The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-06-27


ing. with Senator Bogah as first read
or Judge Wood admitted mary Of the
strongly worded articles ~ ihc Min
cr-s Magazine IN which Frank Stonn.
enbeFg was bitterly denounced ard a.
one after another they werc let in
Bofah read them to tho jury. These
were admitted as showing the Rnimns
Of the federation officials eininst
S~teuncnbere aud showing animus
against Justice Goddard and 0abbart Of
the supreme court % Colorado whom
Harry Orchard swore be tried many
times 20 Kill The state introduced
ia evidence the decisions Of those
judges on the Colorado eight hour law
and the habeaB corpus applications o.
Charles n. Meyer.
To practically every piece OF tes-
timony Offered objection, then made
a motion 10 strike out, and lastly took
an exception on the record To all
evidence connected with the general
conspiracy alleged by the state the OBJ
iections OF the defense included the
proposition that the acts shown we're
not binding on the defendant and that
they were not connected with the
S~teunenberg murder and there was fire.
qnent objection 20 the evidence Of
fsred 70 %corroborate the testimony OF
Harry Orchard, an alleged aocompllce
IN the manner provided by the state.
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Boise. ID June 2--When the state
Friday closed rs case against william
d. Haywood charged with the murder
Of Frank s~teunenberg. the defense
made an unsuccessful attempt to Sc
cure from the court an order directing
the jury 70 acquit the prisoner. Judge
Woods ruling which requires the de-
Tense 20 meet with evidence the case
that the state has presented, was made
az 5;l5 o'clock and Il was then ar
ranged that HaywOod's counsel should
make their opening statement and
present their first testimony on Mon
day next.
Attorney r r. Richardson made the
principal argument in support OF the
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and eloquent argument
He took for his guide the Idaho stat
ute which forbids conviction upon the
uncorroborated testimony Of an accom-
plice and quoting many authorities in
support Of his contention that there
must be convincing confederation en-
urelY independent Of the testimony OF
the acoomplice and made an analysis
Of all the testimony offered He de.
clared that none OF the testimony
could stand without the support OF
Orchards story. and that the statute
specifically forbade lis acceptance I'M
der those circumstances.
lie also argued that the testimony
o. Orchard was the only showing that
ia any way connected Haywood with
the crime and that the statute forbade
conviction under those circumstances.
Senator Borah. who alone spoke for
the state. argued with ike force and
eloquence that Heywooa's connection
has been Independently shown and
that Orchards testimony has been
erroborated by independent cireum-
stances and evidence. He also sub
mitted a general argument TO show
thag the state had established the ex.
istence Of a general conspiracy IN
which Haywood was a participant and
IN which he strongly developed the
alleged connection Of Pettfbone aud
Simpkins.
Clarence barrow. who closed. plead.
cd that there was not a shred Of evil
dence In the case capable of standing
without the rotton thread OF or
chard's story 10 sustain Il and that
the plain provision Of the idaho stat.
ute made the duty Of the court clear.