The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-23
Arguing in Defense
of Haywood at Boise
Says Neither Side Dared Put
Him on the Stand.
INFLUENCE AT WORK
He Declares to Keep Neville
From Giving Testimony.
Insists That Bradley Was
Blown Up by Gas Explosion.


sion of court in the Haywood trial Mr.
Richardson continuing his argument
said he would do all he could to
abridge his remarks on account of the
intense heat and believed he would be
able to conclude some time today.
The contention of the defense,
| Richardson declared, is that no mat
ter whether Orchard committed the
crimes to which he confessed or not,
no connection has been shown be-
tween Orchard and the defendant at
bar. Concluding his discussion of the
| Vindicator mine explosion, Richard
son declared again that the prepOn-
derance OF testimony showed it to be
an accident.
Orchards testimony as TO receiving
money from the Western Federation
| of Miners for crime was not corrobo-
| rated by single witness, Mr.. Rich
ardson asserted, and should not be
| considered.
AS to the coming of the militia to
| Cripple Creek, Attorney Richardson
said they came at the behest and in
| the service of the Mine Owners as
ISOLATION, whose members were as
sessed SO much a month to buy the
certificates of Indebtedness issued by
| the state.
Mr.. Richardson declared that while
| under the ruling of the court he was
tions from Cripple Creek or the en-
ployment of detectives in the various
miners unions, he wanted to dwell as
nuch as possible on conditions in
| Colorado.
II want to weave into your minds
| the thought that will come to you
| when we reach the tragic event
at Caldwell; so you will understand
why we have on the one side Harry
Orchard, finely dressed and clothed
and in safety, although he is the con-
| fessed murderer of your late COVER
nor, and on the other the effort to
Sal- 0A -
| them out of the way at the instiga-
ton and for the benefit of those
whose names 1 shall mention here
after. What 1 want you men to know
| crimes charged against them in Colo
RADIO they would long ago have been
called to account to Colorado law"
The Lyle Gregory Murder.
Mr.. Richardson dismissed the muir
| der of Detective Lyle Gregory In
Denver, with the statement that alb
solutely nothing was shown to con-
meet the Western Federation with the
crime.
Next in the consideration of the at
| torney came the blowing up of the
independence depot. He demanded
| to know why young Neville who was
said by Orchard to have been with
him the day of the explosion. was
the stand to corroborate the confess
ing witness.
There is something behind this
prosecution" declared Richardson.
Senator Borah. have no fault to find
with them. 1 think that the jury, the
court and everyone will say that in
the main this case has been tried
fairly and decently by the attorneys
on both sides. But somewhere there
is influence which kept young Neville
off the stand.
Richardson charged that the indie
ha
of plot by the Mine Owners Ito ex-
tirpate. root and branch. the Western
Federation of Miners which was trying
to control wages and secure work for
its member under proper conditions"
Answering Mr.. Hawley's taunt in his
opening address as to why the defense
had not put Steve Adams on the stand.
Richardson declared he wanted to be
perfectly frank.
cit would have been a case of dog
eat dog and Hawley and BOrah knew
it. Under the same influences that
worked on Orchard they secured a con-
fession from Adams which he repudia-
ted. They have the confession and we
have the reputation. The whole truth,
put him on the stand and the other
didn't dare to.
Why Meyer Testified.
I'm passing here 1 want also to say
that the only reason Meyer was put on
the stand is that not one scintilla Of
him with any crime except the unsup-
ported word of Orchard. AS to George
A. Pettibone he will take the stand at
his own trial and explain satisfactorily
the transactions he had with Orchard"
Mr. Richardson said there was no in
dependent evidence whatsoever to con-
meet Haywood with the attempts df
there were any on the life of Fred
Bradley in San Francisco. AS to Pet
tibone sending money to Orchard while
here. that was something to be explain
ed at the trial of Pettibone- The de-
Tense contends that Orchard left some
of his own money with Pettibone.
Richardson spent the last half hour
explanation of the explosion at the
Bradley residence in San Francisco He
argued the impossibility of a bomb ex-
plosion but insisted that reservoir for
escaping gas had been formed in the
walls and under the flooring and that
ed cigar the explosion occurred and at
the point of least resistance. under the
mat in the outer porch the floor was
torn up. He scoffed at the evidence
gases; told the jury that in the east 1t
was possible to run the finger down the
carpet and then put it to the gas jet
and light it.
In conclusion counsel. said that in his
opinion orchard, the typical wanderer
and tin horn gambler. read of the ex-
plosion and adopted it as his own. In
any case Mr.. Richardson said in this
as in every other part of Orchards tes-
timony there was not a Scintilla of evil
dence to connect Haywood with the in
Al this point in the argument court ad-
journed at S:35 until this morning.
McGovern Himself Again
New York July 23.-Terry McGovern
ir return from a Eaa nit9rilITl1 and VO