The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-21

wood and Pettibone, the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners would not have spent
1900 cents in his defense, much less
s., 500.
TOO much stress, genelemen,~ cannot
be laid upon the connection of Jack
Simpkins with this crime. His failure
to appear here, his being a fugitive
from justice in the face of an indict-
ment charging the grave crime of muir
der are proof positive that he is a
guilty man. Yet in the face Of this,
what do we find-that Jack Simpkins
is retained through two annual elections
as a member of the executive board of
the Western Federation of Miners and
stands today as one Of the highest Of
ffeers of that organization. l ask you
in all seriousness, gentlemen of the
jury, if You can imagine anything more
defiant of public opinion than this?"
Alleged Threats of Orchard.
Mr.. HawIey reviewed the testimony
of the various witnesses who testified
that they had heard Orchard make
threats against Governor Steunenberg-
Most Of this testimony came from
bright and shining lights of the fed
Grafton" from an old soldier who had
been in the insane asylum twice and
whose testimony was shown to be false
in practically every detail; from Cen
eral Gene Engley, an ex-attorney gen.
eral of Colorado, zone of those misflt
politicians who f1oated into office when
Bloody Brides Waite was placed in
the governors chair, the glib person
who came here and discoursed on
scientific anarchy and philosophic So
cialism, and would have been talking
yet if his own counsel hadn't stopped
him." from Dave Coates, who when
he believed Harry Orchard was about
10 kidnap the children of Gus Paulson,
failed to say anything to Paulson
about it, and from various others
whose testimony the attorney charac-
terized as unworthy of belief.
All Casual Acquaintance.
1T seems" said Mr.. Hawley, "that
all these threats were made by Or
chard to casual acquaintance. The
defense has failed utterly TO show that
he talked to any one Of his friends
about his grievance against Steunen
berg. He said nothing to Paulson, his
old partner; he said nothing to Hay
wood or TO Meyer, as they themselves
have testified; or to Pettibone so far as
we know. Orchard had sold out his
interest in theE Hercules. mine more
than a year before Governor Steunen-
berg ran him or anybody else out of
northern Idaho"
Mr. Hawley declared it was time the
leaders of the Western Federation of
Miners were brought to the bar of
justice and shown that there is high
er law in this land than their own de-
sires.
TT is time for u.s." he continued, !
ito show them that here in Idaho we
are a law-abiding, a God-fearing peo-
pie who intend to do our duty toward
the leaders of the Western Federation
of Miners or some lowly tramp just |
blown into the state and charged with |
some minor offense. We believe you |
men of the jury are impressed with |
firm desire to do your duty as you see
1t. All that the prosecution asks is |
your best judgment, your honest judg- |
ment.
War on Labor Unions.
I'm the argument on the other side |
we viii hear much Of capital waging |
war on labor unions. Nothing could /
be more untrue in this case. All that |
has been spent in this inquiry has |
Idaho. As to labor unions no man has |
a higher regard than 1 have for them, /
and no man believes more strongly |
than 1 do that laboring men should 1
band themselves together to secure |
shorter hours and higher wages. But /
the Western Federation of Miners, I'm
der the leadership of Meyer, Haywood |
and Pettibone, cannot be classed with |
any of the labor organizations that we |
know of, and which will be referred to /
by counsel for the labor organizations |
that we know are not in criminal hands |
and are not criminal in intent and |
Neither are the rank and file /
Of the Western Federation, but the or
ganization has fallen into sinister |
hands.
LAS to the part 1 took as counsel in |
the organization Of the Western FEEDER |
alton of Miners, l have no apologies to /
make. II my advice and counsel had /
been acted upon the organization would !
have been a powerful factor for good |
In the development of the west, in |
stead of an engine of oppression. Its
unenviable position of today is due to |
the arrogance of its leaders I'm seeking
to control the politics and society Of |
the communities where 1T operates.
HawIey's Closing Words.
the Western Federation Of Miners, as
American institution, but is trying to
5ubvert the laws of the land. 1t is
not in harmony with our constitution
and our laws.
Gentlemen Of the jury, 1 have
omitted many of the hundreds of in
3idents that have come up in the evil
1ence of this case, because of the
ength of time that would be required
and the fatigue it would cause you.
nave no desire, gentlemen, to have the
scalp of any innocent man dangling at
my girdle. / would not have an innO-
,ent man convicted through a single
word Of mine. / wish / could find
some way of reconciling the testimony
n this case with the innocence of this
defendant. But can reach but one
,onclusien-t he is not only respon-
ible for the murder charged before
rou, but for scores of other grave
,rimes. But my opinion is nothing,
he opinion of the opposing counsel is
you, with the evidence to
guide you, are the sole judges, and 1
or one win be satisfied whatever your
7erdict may be-"
Mr.. Hawley concluded at 4;45 p. M,
It which time court adjourned until
Monday morning