William Borah: While prosecuting Haywood and the labor bosses, Borah, age 42, fought a desperate personal battle against an indictment for timber fraud. Jubilant Boiseans paraded down Main Street when the senator-elect was acquitted in September 1907.

Prosecutors in caricature: Harry S. Palmer drew caricatures of the leading prosecutors for the Evening Capitol News during the trial.

The prosecution team (left): Owen M. Van Duyn of Canyon County stands over Borah (left), William A. Stone (hat in hand), and Hawley.

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