The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21

.arsE.NNere Piletrr'''7lts on o. 3Nl'f miners.
Other, and II Tie the last ter, ten weeks, has
j1red W'lasr stage and James II.
,,leading counsel for the prose-
is now arguing to the jury that
# evidence presented by the State proves
re guilt OF Haywood ns a member, to
I use his own words, "of tly worst band
lof consprhtors that ever infested any
section of this country" Mr.. Hawley has
characterized Orchards evidence as a
7plain story told without effort at con-
4ccalment without sboastfulncssR and with
out fear. Hei points out that aicross-
lc&amination without parallel in the his
4 tory OF criminal cases failed to alter the
story in any one particular He main
K tained that the confession of Orchard was
due 10 the power of divine grace" 4
All Conspirntors Guilty
Quoting the law of conspiracy that
every man connected by the eviderfe with
IN conspiracy or combination must be re-
sponsible for every act done and every
: word spoken by d member OF the COM
bnation. MIR. Hawley said 1t was a Just
law because otherwise any man might
pieach abominable crime and then fall
back. claiming that his hands were clean.
though the foulest crime resulted from
his advice. On this. he said. Is based the
charge against Haywood. that he muir
deIed ex-Governor Steunenberg and on
this was based the affidavit made by the
Meyer and Pettibone. Mr.. Hawey re-
peatedly anticipated the probable argn-
ment Of COUNSEL for the defense, which
he said would be directed towards ex-
citing hatred against some pewons con-
Eected with the prosecution,
VIII Censure Governor.
You will" he said, hear charsr,E.--
brought against thes murdered .,,taguci
4 who did his duty, N Willard Stageri
and called out sold mother now lives.
snra neacem Henry Reynolds
u al Al. IT. ,,,,,, r,,dquette engineer,
an,aa M i1n",eS Iaa WI, sag on the excurson
ava prys t1,nS,ood s nd regular run.
4 they had nothing Yin Of eleven cars
sties e,l,lEts5 ,n as'.s arquette shop en-
uia Hot piNlnn tief their families to
Z, feiYosHWheh 'heS "Solis for their an
y Acrines. running at high #
"Accidcnf ty miles an hour
The killing of Mcie. 1t struck, theI
aent at Tho Sindic.sf the freight truin4I
4 !, fhe,jor,s crime 5 tarces sas to turn the
CRIME was contenI,lss.. s.s!:y ~ aI,piuho Al, i
,.eNlloii, vas y o'o sids,@ both headed /
en-unlon men 70 Iew Of the frelehtA
gang. z. and 1t was only a
rev houfs 1;is to remove all traces
or them from the scene. s I
ssSss rsmsasa s's ts R PsssnSs sa
damaged, and We're used to convey the
dead and injured. These were the
rear ye cars. .has IhstWo shes nsxt s;s
nsTt car forward stood almost on end /
after the wreck. Its forward end rest I
ing on the roadbed. and the rear end |
high. In the air upon the two tele- /
ecoped coaches that had been following
It Two coaches were thrown cross
wise and lay suspended from bank to I
bank Of the cut five or six feet above |
the rails. !
,1nss Of Debris.
I. OF the baggage not enough remained
Portions Of the baggage car and OF
the locomotive tenders and freight
cars were piled in an indescriba b le |
mass Of debris.
The twenty eight dead bodies first
taken from the wreck were shipped
TO Ionia, and the injured were placed
There were about thirty-fvc injured
people on each train, Later in the
heed brakeman of the passenger train.
was taken out of the wreck.
Fireman Knowles died on the relief
train, en- route to Detroit. bringing the
found in the wreckage. and that sew
eral of the, injured may, die.
] Responsibilities Is placed squarely
oficials od Of the pairoad. s 6aic.als wRo
visited the scene OF the wreck soon
after the accident secured from the
freight the orders under which it was
running. and which clearly showed the
position of the passenger excursion
train. and that the freight had en-.
cronched upon the other trains running
time.
The special train was due a, Salem
MT 9:1o AZ NJ. and at Plymouth at $50
y. NJ. II passed Salem on time. The,
time card Of the special was telei
graphed to the freight crew in the
form OF a train order. and this order.
crew attached was recovered ,hv the
officials Of the road. Tho freight crew
left the scene early. but railroad off
cials said that they expected simply
that they had forgotten.
The collision occurred at o:12 o'clock
and the freight train should have
reached Salem at 9lo. to be within
4 their orders
ZEKE LEWIS NEXT