Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-19
haywood TRIAL IS
Nearing THE END
TESTIMONY ALL IN AND LAW
YERs ARGUE OVER ADMISSl-
BiLiTY OF EVIDENCE.
DEFENDANTS ATTORNEY
is THE FIRST TO SPEAK
DarroW Charges Mine Owners with
Depot Disaster and Causing Riot
Through Hired Men-Scores De-
tectives and Orchard.


Boise, Idaho, July 19.-The evidence
! is all in. Analysis and argument will
now begin in the Haywood trial and
within the next seven days the fate
| of William d. Haywood Will rest with
the jury.
The session Thursday morning was
given up to Clarence Darrow, who in
behalf of Haywood argued that the
showing of the deportation from
Cripple Creek during the strike period
and connection of the PinkertOn de-
tectives and hired "gun men," should
be allowed to go to the jury.
Mr.. Darrow reviewed the Colorado
situation He charged the mine own
ers and the detectives with planning
a wreck on the Florence & Cripple
Creek railway, with blowing up the
Independence depot and with creating
riot through hired men.
Charges Conspiracy Against Union.
Darrow was impassioned and hurled
invective without stint at the detec-
tives and at Orchard. He closed with
e, whirlwind appeal for the right to
show a conspiracy against the West
ern Federation of Miners Senator
Borah replied to Darrow's arguments
in the afternoon.
Beginning with the Occur d'Alene
troubles of 1899, Mr.. Darrow called
the courts attention once more to the
fact that William d. Haywood at that
time had nothing to do with the gen
eral organization of the Western Fed
Grafton, but was an obscure member
of local union in Silver City, many
hundreds of miles from the scene Of
the disorders.
As to the employment of detectives,
Mr.. Darrow declared that most or
practically all of the testimony in the
case was secured by Pinkertons and
it would be impossible to associate
them and their methods from the is
sue. Taking up Orchards crimes as
confessed by him, Mr.. Darrow said
the defendant at bar was compelled,
in refutation of a charge of having
murdered Frank Steunenberg, to
meet all sorts and conditions of al
legations.
AS to the Bradley explosion, claimed
by Orchard, Darrow said 1t was en-
tirely competent to produce testimony
that the explosion was caused by gas.
1t was also the proper curse, he said,
to show that the Vindicator mine in
cident might have been an accident
rather than the result of design.
Talks of Orchards Threats.
Mr.. Darrow spent some time in dis
cussing and citing authorities as to
the materiality of the evidence show
ing threats on the part of Orchard
against Gov Steunenberg. He de-
clared that if there was any question
as to the relevancy of any of the tes-
timony in the case, the doubt should
be resolved in favor of the defendant
Mr.. Darrow charged the Inde-
pendence explosion directly to K. G.
Sterling, the detective of the Mine
Owners association. Three undis-
puted witnesses, he declared, had told
of seeing Orchard sneak into Ster-
lings room at night on at least Is
occasions. The explosion was a part
Of the conspiracy, the attorney assert
ed, of the men who were engaged
in the laudable occupation of driving
out every man who had ever shown
any sympathy with the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners. The men who de-
fed sheriffs and courts and set them
selves up as the only competent
judges"
Sterling sat in the courtroom for a
week and was not called, said Mr.
Darrow, and this he took as an ad-
mission of the testimony of three
witnesses who saw him so frequently
In consultation with Orchard.
At any rate he added, these wit
nesses have not been arrested for
perjury on the word of the most per
jured william who ever came into
courtroom-Harry Orchard"
Arguing as to the competency Of the
testimony given as to conditions and
deportations in Colorado, Mr. Darrow
feld that the defense should be al
lowed equal latitude with the state.