The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-26
JURY WILL GET THE
HAYWOODCASE SOON
1t Is Believed That a Verdict
Is Possible Within the
Next Few Hours.
SENATOR BORAH'S TALK.
MRS. sTEuNENBERG, WIDOW OF
THE MURDERED GOVERNOR,
WAS IN COURT FOR FIRST TIME
-DARRoW'S APPEAL.
SENATOR BORAH'S TALK.

{ Boise, July Ex-senator Borah re-
sumed argument in the Haywood case
mine owner or Pinkerton sent Orchard
to Colorado so that it eliminates the
Colorado situation from the argument.
The Colorado situation did not affect
this trial, he said. He analyzed Incl
dents surrounding the Steunenberg
murder.
Boise. Idaho. July 26.-The last word
in defense or accusation of "Bill'' Hay
wood will have been said when the sun
sets tonight, and the fate of the miner
will rest in the hands of the twelve
men who for days past have listened
silently to impassioned pleas of con-
demnation and exculpation.
Senator Borah has added the last
stone to the edifice of roof which the
state has built up and upon which it
will demand the life of the accused
man Senator Borah commenced his
speech last night. In strange con-
the defense, Clarence Darrow, who
had preceded him, the senator address
e.. the jury in cold, level tones, eIo-
quently but bitterly devoid of all rhe-
torical flourishes. With remorseless
logic he added fact to damning fact
and with bitter satire attacked the ;.r-
guments of his opponents.
Mrs. steunenberg in Court.
When Borah rose to speak he faced
Mrs. Steunenberg, the widow of the
murdered governor for whose fate four
men now stand to answer at the bar
of justice. 1t was the first time the
widow had appeared in the court and
she occupied a seat inside the railing
beside her youngest son, Julian. But
a few PAGES away sat Haywood, stern
and composed, his invalid wife seated
beside him. Not a glance or gesture
betrayed the immense strain under
which the man has labored for days.
The background was filled in with the
great throng of spectators, while over
a thousand men and women outside
begged vainly for admittance.
The morning and afternoon sessions
of the court were occupied with the
close of Darrow's speech. The lawyer
pleaded for Haywoods life until his
failed him. In a faltering
tone he concluded his eleven hour
speech in the following words:
MY strength and voice are gone. l
must leave this case with you here gen.
tlemen, under the law of the state.
When my voice is silent, and Meyer
and Haywood cannot be heard, the last
appeal for their conviction will be
made by the accuser. l know the emf
nent lawyer who will, in closing. speak
Of law and order. the flag-which the
mine owners have desecrated. l know
how skillfully he will plead to you to
find this man guilty, and l must sit
and listen.
Il can only ask you to weigh with
care every word he utters: l only ask
you to remember and explain every
fact and circumstance to your con-
science that does not point to Bill
guilt.
Haywood is accused by Harry Or
chard; Orchard, the most blackhearted
Harry Orchard the perjur-
I'd villain; Harry Orchard the biggest
coward that ever lived: Harry Orchard.
Who is shifting his sins upon others.
f you can convict my client upon the
word of this vile creature. then peace
De with you
Voice and Strength Fail.
Il lack the voice and the strength"
lie said. ito discuss with you the many
hings / would like to call to your at
ention."
Mr.. Hawley says that he believes in
his case. l believe in it as l believe
my life. I've given thirty years of
ny life for the poor: | have pleaded
auses for them but never before have
pleaded cause in which | felt such I
N interest and never did | hope for a 1
-erdict in favor of my client as | hope
or this
Eloauently Darrow appealed for me :
y and Justice. He said he had known 4
Haywood for years and that the day of I
lis conviction would be sad day for /
i'm. The sun would not shine and |
he birds would not sing.