Why was the trial of Big Bill Haywood in Idaho the trial of the century?
Well, I think it’s the trial of the century for a nber of reasons. I think Big Bill Haywood himself is a very colorful character. I mean he’s made for journalist to write about. He has a patch over one eye, he’s a powerfully built miner. , and he is very well spoken and expresses himself well and I think that attracts attention. The attorneys certainly attract a lot of attention. William Bor had just been appointed United States Senator from Idaho, so he’s the new senator. Clarence Darrow, the famous defense attorney comes to defend Big Bill Haywood. And laboring people, workers throughout the country were attracted to this trial because of the way, the underhanded way to their way of thinking, that these people were arrested. And so, they provided the money that paid for Darrow to come. It was raised in small contributions primarily from workers not just in the United States but around the world who saw this as a case that pitted workers against huge management and their government al
