Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-07-04

i Boise, Idaho, June 70. - In an ad-
dress that occupied two sessions OF
the district court yesterday Clarence
barrow of Chicago outlined to the jury
the detailed defense of William B.
| Haywood to the charge that he muir
dered Former Governor Steunenberg.
In broad description it is to be de-
NAL OF every material count in the
testimony of Orchard, with showing
that Orchard killed Steunenberg be-
cause of private grudge due to the
loss of rich share in the great Her
cules mine, and explanations of the
independent circumstances that tend
to connect the three co-defendants
with Orchards life and operations
viii Deny Everything.
! Mr.. barrow denied the existence of
the great conspiracy to murder alleged
by the state with Orchards testimony
as basis; denies the intimacy WITH
! the three co-defendants that Orchard
laid claims to-; denied that Orchard
had committed many OF the crimes
| he had boosted Of, and promised TO
prove his contentious by many
of the men named by Orchard when
| on the stand.
Plot to Destroy Union.
Mr.. barrow charged that agents Of
| the Mine Owners Association OF Col
| orado and the Pinkerton detectives
had joined hands in conspiracy to
| destroy the Western Federation of
| Miners. Agents of the mine owners
had, he asserted, committed mary
| minor crimes to discredit the fedora
ton. He asserted that this trial was
the elimination of the conspiracy 10
kill the organization by killing The
leaders; that the organization and rot
bill" Haywood was GA trial, and that
Harry Orchard, under the manil,lla-
ing to kill Meyer, Haywood and Petit
bone that he might save his own life.
Vengeance Was Orchards Motive.
Boise, Idaho, June 27.-The first di-
rect testimony in defence OF William
d. Haywood was offered yesterday,
and 1t was chiefly directed toward
showing that Harry Orchard, blaming
Frank Steunenbcrg for the loss of his
interest in the Hercules mine, had
threatened to have revenge by killing
him, and that the conduct Of Orchard
and K. G. Stirling, both before the In
dependence explosion, when they were
frequently seen together, and after
wards when Sterling called off blood
hound that was following Orchards
trail, justified the inference that the
mine owners inspired the crime.
Orchard on the Stand.
The calling of the first witness for
the defense was preceded by further
examination of Orchard to permit the
defense to complete it's formal i'm
peaching questions. These questions
We're nearly all in connection with the
claim that Orchard killed Steunen-
berg because of an alleged grudge
growing out of the sale of his interest
in the Hercules mine. Orchard again
denied that he ever threatened to kill
Steunenberg because of the Hepcufes
mine, and again asserted that he had
sold his interest in the mine two years
before the trouble that drove han out
of Northern Idaho.
Two witnesses called later in the
day swore that Orchard Threatened to
kill Steunenberg because Of the Her
cules mine matter, and the defense
has prepared the way for such testi-
mony from dozen more witnesses.
Several witnesses located Orchard
at various conferences with Sterling,
the detective for the mine owners as
,sociation, prior to the independence
explosion
Tracked by Dog.
Another witness told of the effort to
locate the men guilty of the indie
pendence station outrage by starting
bloodhound from the chair rung
used in pulling off the mine explosion. /
He said the dog took the road to Col.
orado Springs, the one over which Or
chard fled in the night, and that when
he reported to Sterling he got orders
to call the dog off Sterling said he
knew who blew up the station and
later said that it was Steve Adams.
Denies Story Told by Orchard.
Boise, Idaho, June 2S-William F.
Davis of Goldtield. New, one of the
most important witnesses for the de-
tense of William D. Haywood, accused
of the murder of Frank Steunenberg,
was called to the stand at noon yester-
day, and his cross.examination had
not been completed when court adj
iiourned. Harry Orchard testified that !
Davis led and commanded the mob
that destroyed the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mil! in 1899; inspired, as the
agent of Haywood and Meyer, the Vim
dictator explosion and the train wreck
ing plot at Cripple Greek, and was an
accomplice in the independence sta
ton crime.
Denies Orchards Story.
+ On direct examination by Clarence
barrow he went over the story of his
working life. including the pathetic
story of the death of his wife and
babe at Cripple Greek, at which he
wept. and made positive denial OF
every statement of Orchard that in
yolved him or his associates in any
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