James Henry Hawley (left) on Main Street, about 1907: An emigrant from Iowa via California who panned gold on the Salmon River, served in the territorial legislature, practiced law in Hailey, and ran successfully for Boise mayor in 1902, Hawley, age 61, was widely considered to be the most able homicide prosecutor in the West. At the trial Hawley alleged that Haywood and the labor bosses had plotted more than 20 murders, including a rail depot bombing in Colorado and deadly attacks in the Coeur d'Alenes. Although grim and less flamboyant than Borah, his junior partner, the plain-spoken Hawley was eloquent enough to return the Democrats to the statehouse as Idaho's ninth governor, 1911-1913.

Governor Frank Robert Gooding (center): Gooding, fearing assassination, moved his family from their Warm Springs mansion to a Pinkerton-guarded suite on the third flood of the Idanha Hotel. The security of the Idanha made the hotel a good site for official receptions, including the governor’s inaugural ball.

James McParland (right): The famous Pinkerton detective came out of retirement to to extract Orchard’s confession. McParland then diligently built the case against Haywood, Pettibone, and Moyer. Maintaining a suite at the Idanha Hotel, he testified and assisted the prosecution throughout the length of the trial.

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