The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-28
HAYWOOD WILL
TAKE STAND IN HIS
OWN DEFENSE
Attorney Oarrow in Opening
Statement Enters Emphatic
Denial for Miners.

Boise. idaho, June N.-tn an aa-
dress that oecupie two sessions OF
the district court yesterday, Clarence
Darrow. OF Chicago. outlined to the
Jury the detailed plo< and defense ot
William ID. Haywood 10 the charge
that he murdered former Governor
Frank SteunenberE. In broad deserip-
ltion, 1t is a denial OF every material
count In the testimony OF Harry Or
| chard. with a showing that Orchard
killed Steunenberg bocsuee OF IL prl-
vate grudge as the result OF the loss
of a rich share In the great Herculea
mine. and explanations OF the nde-
| pendent circumstances that tend to
| connect three co-defendants witt Or
cliard's life and operations. Haywood
will take the stand to make personal
denial CT Orchards accusations. Moy-
er may be called to testify solely to
the events and circumstances affect
tng the Western Federation of Miners,
but Pettibo1le viii not be a witness
in this case. Mr.. barrow explained
that Meyer and Pettibone must stand
clared that every lawyer knows the
dan3er, whatever the circumstances,
of exposing men awaiting trial under
like circumstances.
In Sweeping Denial.
Mr.. barrow denied the existence of
the great conspiracy to murder all
legged by the state With Orchards
testimony as a basis: denied that the
federation was anything but an earn
est fighting labor organization. with
higher wages, shorter hours, tolerable
working conditions and the care and
safety and education of it's members
and their wives and children as its
high n only motives: denied the in
timacy with the three co-defendants
that Orchard laid claim to: denied tho
several conferences and conversations
hat Orchard swore to: that Orchard
had not even committed many of tho
crimes he had boosted OF. and pro1n-
Used to make proof of his conten-
ions with many OF the men named
by Orchard when on the stand and
many witnesses of creditable charac-
ter who We're not connected by any
tie With the federation or its leaders.
Mr.. barrow charged that agents
of the mine workers. association OF
Colorado and the Pinkerton detectives
had Joined hands in a conspiracy to
discredit n destroy the Western
Federation of Miners. Agents of the
mine owners had, he asserted, com.
mitted many minor crimes to dis.
credit the federation, and promised
that the defense would show that
1t was a reasonable inference that
they had engineered the %1ndepend-
ence depot outrage as an "attempt"
that had miscarried into n tragedy.
He asserted that this trial was tho
elimination of the conspiracy to kill
the organization by killing the lead.
ers; that the organization and not
"Bill' Haywood, was on trial. and
fInt 1Jorryy Cpchnyl ,1r1nr tho va
nipulation of Detective MCFARLAND
was trying to kill Meyer, Haywood
and Pettibone that he might save
his own life.
Explains Draft to Simpkins.
In explanation of the draft for $500
which Haywood sent to Jack Simpkina
on December 81, 1905. Mr.. barrow
promised that the defense would show
that Simpkins had an expense account
of 1923 against the federation and that
after Simpkins had cashed the check
for that amount in Denver he gave $100
to Haywood with the request he mail
the amount to him at his home in Spo-
kane.
OF the personal relations between
Orchard and Pettibone. Mr.. barrow
declared that anyone could make
friends with Pettibone, and that Petit
bone had fed Orchard as he would ANY
other dog" AS to their financial rela-
| llOIlS, WI. DaiIOM Salu UNaC when
Orchard left Denver for Wyoming ha
gave Pettibone his money, his Masonic
badge and other trinkets and all his
papers for safe keeping. From time to
time Pettibone forwarded parts of the
money to him as requested.
The registered package that went tc
San Francisco contained the Masonic
pin, trinkets and papers, and the money
that Pettibone sent TO Orchard at sSaI.
Francisco was sent under the %ssuueG
names that Orchard had directed anG
suggested in Il telegram he sent TO Pet
1iDone. Use of assumed names. coun-
sci declared. was u common practice
al2long the union miners OF Colorado,
made a stern necessity by the black
listing of union miners whom, he de-
clared, a been abused, bounded. de-
MED justice and driven from the state.
MIR. Darrow said the defense would
probably not undertake q showing as
TO the unsigned letter received by Or
chard at Caldwell jail-the letter that
sand that had been sent to Jack ON
December 81, and which Orchard swofe
P%ettibone wrote-and at the close both
sides would probably argue their re-
spective constructions of it.
The defense will call its first witness
at $50 o'clock this morning and prom
ised that unless the cross examination
Is exceptionally long to make all of its
proof within seven or eight days.
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