Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-06-27
STATE CLOSES CASE
AGAINST HAYWOOD
barrow Opens Case for the Defense and
Makes Strong Plea for Clients. Davis
on the Witness Stand.
0 Monday morning.

to Monday morning.
On Monday morning Darrow
stated to the jury what the defense
expects to prove. He reviewed the
organization of the Western Fede-
ration, saying that it was organized
in the Ada county Jail by Edward
Boyce and a nuWber OF others.
That for long time j. H. Hewley
was their attorney. That ever
since their orang iaziton the mine
owners have been trying to kill it,
That all manner of dastardly crimes
have been committed by order OF
these prosecutors of honest laborers
and charged to the Western Fede-
ration of Miners. That finally
the mine owners employed the
Pinkertnos to assist them, and
that the arrest of Meyer, Haywood
and Pettibone has been caused by
them. He explained the objects of
the Federation and told what good
they had accomplished. 1t worked
for shorter hours for the miner, for
better conditions, and took hand
IN politics whenever they thought
they could elect men favorable to
themselves. He declared that it
was nothing but a beneficial as
sociatoin trying to uplift its class.
He asid that the Pinkreton detec-
tive agency had organized them
selves into band to spread calumny
against the Western Federation of
Miners eve will show that in
one case when a cage fell because of
, defective machinery and 10 men
were killed, it was laid TO the
Western Federation of Miners.
The burning of the Moscow univer-
sity was laid to the Western Fede-
ration Of Miners. Every illegiti-
mate child born west of the Missis
sippi has been wrapped in its
swaddling clothes hurried to Den
yer and laid on the doorstep of the
Western Federation of Miners. -
Mr.. Darrow reviewed large part
of the evidence introduced by the
state. He said that he did not
think Orchard ever went to the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill
which he testified he helped blow
up. Speaking of Orchard he said,
''We'll prove conclusively that he
is the most monumental liar that
ever agced witness staud9. - He
spoke of the good qualities Of the
{ defendants, of Meyer plain, simple
honesty of Pettibone's sunny nature
and free-heartedness. He said
, that they would attempt 10 show
that Orchard killed Steunenbere
because of personal hatred which
/, 4 arose becasue the troops in the
t Coeu d'Alenes drove Orchard out
/ and the had to sell his interest
: in the Hercules mine. Darrow
] said that Haywood would take the
stand and tell his full connection
! with the Western Federation anc
: all that he has ever done as ar
/ officer of that organization. He
: thought that Meyer would be put
on the tsaud but did not thing tna-
ONhAOOhN NNOdiQ do DC WAS never
I an officer of thu union and hac
' nothing to do with it. In explain.
t ing Miller's visit to Orchard he
S said that 1T was the policy Of the
5 Federation to always defend AM o.
' its members-no matter how OBJ.
a scure they might be-w when the,
' were accused of crime. He sale
f that the state OF Colorado had SEN
/ these men here to be tried for the
r purpose of killing the Western Fed.
\ Grafton of Miners.
Eight witnesses testified for the
: defense Tuesday. Two of these test.
= flied to conversations with Orchard
: in which he said ne would xii
t Steunenberg if he had to hang foi
, it. The others testified TO ther,
! being intimate relations bet weer
E D. c. Scott, a railway detective
' and K. c. Sterling, a special agen
: for the mine owners. This is fo.
= the purpose OF establishing
= counter conspiracy of the min,
E owners against the Western Fede
E ration. Mrs. Mary ]. King wa,
t the first witness. She said tina
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