The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
ORCHARD A LIAR
AND A MONUMENTAL ONE, SAYS
DAHROW.
DEFENSE OUTLINES PLANS
Charges Are Made That Orchard Was
Hired by Pinkertons and
Mine Owners.

combating the evidence put in by the
state. The formalities of opening the
session at an end, Mr. Darrow at once
took up his place directly in front of
the twelve solemn-visaged men in the
jury box and began in the slow, mellow
drawl characteristic of him to state
the theory and plan Of the defense TO
be offered for his client.
Mr.. Darrow reminded the jurors of
the instruction given them by the
court that they are to keep their
minds entirely open as TO the guilt or
innocence of the accused man until all
the evidence from both sides had been
introduced.
you have listened to the theory and
the evidence of the state" Mr.. Darrow
proceeded. "Mr. Hawley has covered
a wide ground in his opening for the
state, and we will have to meet him
step by step. The defendant here is
charged nominally with the murder OF
former Governor Steunenberg. There
had to be some nominal charge. But
the state has told you the case rests
upon giant conspiracy of which the
defendant among others is part.
Murder Part of Conspiracy.
"The states attorney has told you
was but an incident They have told
you the Western Federation of Miners
was an organization to commit muir
der, to control politics, to hire lawyers
and other criminal things.
Part of this is true; part of 1t is not
true. 1t is true there is a labor organi-
zation known as the Western Fedora
tion of Miners. 1t is true the Western
Federation of Miners has spent money
for lawyers. 1t was unfortunate, but
most people have to employ lawyers at
some time or another.
This organization was really born
in 1s92-1S93, right down in a cell be-
meath this court room, where Ed
Boyce, the first president. was a pris-
oner, and where now the three men
charged with this murder are awaiting
the Judgment of this jury.
ITO start out with, they hired law
yers and they hired the best they
could. They hired Mr.. Hawley. now
the leading counsel for the state. Mr..
Hawley laid out the plan of their or
ganization for them; he advised them;
he was the godfather of the Western
Federation of Miners and the men who
formed the organization thought 1t was
an innocent undertaking. Mr.. Haw-
ley was their first attorney and contin-
ued as their attorney for long time.
II there was anything criminal In their
appropriating money for lawyer the
miners did not know 1t.
THE Western Federation of Miners
is an industrial, not murderous or
ganization. 1t has from time to time
taken hand in politics, but we are not
going to hang every organization
which has done such thing. II we
did no corporation would be safe. The
Western Federation of Miners did all
1t could to pass the eight-hour law in
Colorado, Utah and Montana. 1t tried
to elect friendly United States sena-
tors. 1t tried to elect Mr.. Hawley, but
unfortunately failed"
Mr.. Darrow went on to say that
there was no claim that the Western
Federation of Miners was an organi-
zation of angels.
angels Do Not Work in Mines"
angels do not work in the mines,
declared the attorney, they are the
mine owners.
''We are not here to apologize fog
anything the Western Federation OF
Miners has DONE" declared Mr. Oar
row. ut has been a fighting organiza
ton from the first, and If it dies it will
die fighting organization. 1t has had
troublous career; 1t has been op
posed by every device of the mine own
ers, but 1t has prospered."
Mr.. Darrow went at some length tC
show the trouble and opposition the
union had had since its inception. In
some communities, he declared the
president of the organization, when he
went to visit the miners, was refused
both food aAd lodging by the mining
companies.
Arrests have come thick and fast,
the attorney continued. Some of the
charges were purely imaginary and il
ninety-nine cases out of one hundred
the men have not even been given the
grace of a trial.
LAS soon as the Western Federation
of Miners was born the mine owner.
went about to destroy 1t, and as the
chief means of destruction they hiret
the Pinkerton Detective Agency will
one Mcfarland at its head We will
show you that this agency has beer
busy sleuthing, following, working ant
lying to get these men. We will show
that they have hired detectives ant
placed them in positions of responsi
bility as secretaries and presidents o
local unions; that these men con
stantly advised the miners to strik,
and that when a strike was on the,
counseled violence, dynamite and mur
der. They did 1t at Telluride, the,
did 1t at Cripple Creek. and at man!
other places"
Pinkertons Chief Factor.
1--WE will show that the PinkertoI
Detective Agency has been a chief fac
tor in this case from the very begin
ming. 1t has organized itself into
band to spread calumny against tn,
Western Federation of Miners w,
will show that in one case, where
cage fell because of defective machin
cry and sixteen men were killed, /
was laid TO the Western Federation o
Miners.
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