Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-06-27
DEFENSE OF HAYWOOD
Opening Statement by Attorney
barrow Of Chicago.
ORCHARD STORY IS DENIED
Asserted That Self-confessed MUIR
derer Killed Steunenberg Be-
cause of a Private Grudge.

Boise, Ida, June 25.-In an address
that occupied two sessions of the dis
trict court Clarence barrow OF Chica-
go outlined to the jury the detailed
defense of William d. Haywood to the
charge that he murdered Former Gov
ernor S~teunenberg. In broad descrip-
ton 1t Is to be a denial Of every ma
terial count in the testimony of Or
chard with a showing that Orchard
killed Steunenberg because of a pri-
vate grudge due to the loss of a rich
share in the great Hercules mine and
explanations Of the Independent cir
cumstances that tend to connect three
co-defendants with Orchards life and
operations.
Haywood will take the stand to
make personal denial of Orchards
accusations, Meyer may be called to
testify Solely to events and circum-
stances affecting the Western Fedora
ton Of Miners, but Pettibone will not
be a witness in this case.
Mr.. barrow denied the existence of
the great conspiracy to murder al
legged by the state with Orchards tes-
timopy as a basis; denied that the
federation was anything but an
earnest fighting labSf Organization
with higher wages, shorter hours,
tolerable working conditions and the
are Of its members and their wives
and children as its high and only mo-
tfves; denied the intimacy with the
three c~o-defendants that Orchard laid
claim to-; denied the several confer
ences and conversations that Orchard
swore to; denied that Orchard had
ever committed many of the crimes he
had boosted Of and promised to make
proof of his contentious with many
of the men named by Orchard when
on the stand and many witnesses of
creditable character not connected
by n tie with the federation or its
leaders.
Conspiracy Is Charged.
Mr.. barrow charged that agents of
the Mine Owners association of Colo
RADIO and the Pinkerton detectives had
Joined hands in a conspiracy to de-
stroy the Western Federation of
Miners. Agents of the mine
had, he asserted, committed many
minor crimes to discredit the fedora
ton and he promised that the defense
would show that it was a reasonable
inference hat they had engineered
the independence depot outrage as an
attempt" that had miscarried into a
tragedy. He asserted that this trial
was the elimination Of the conspiracy
to kill the organization by killing the
leaders; that the organization and not
"Bill" Haywood was on trial and that
Harry Orchard under the m~anipula-
ton of Detective MCFARLAND was try
ing to kill Meyer, Haywood and Petit
bone that he might save his own life.
In explanation of the draft for 500
which Haywood sent to Jack Simplins
on Dec. 81, 1905, Mr.. barrow promised
that the defense would show that
Simpkins had an expense account for
1929 against the federation and that
after Simpliins himself had cashed the
check for that amount in Denver he
gave Haywood 500 with the request
that he mail it to him at his home in
Spokane.
OF the personal relations between
Orchard and Pettibone, Mr.. barrow
declared that any one could make
friends with Pettibone and that Petit
bone had fed Orchard as he would
"any other dog" AS to their financial
relations. Mr.. barrow said that when
Orchard left Denver for Wyoming he
gave Pettibone his money, his Ma
sonic badge and other trinkets and
some papers for ~safe-keeping. From
time to time P%ettibone forwarded
parts of the money to Orchard.