The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-25

man, sitting in his office in Denver 1,500
miles away, employed an assassin to do
this cowardly act, then you ought to hang
him by the neck until he is dead. For
Gods sake. men, do not COMPROMISED If
you believe the story that has been told
against this man beyond all reasonable
doubt, then take him and hang him. He
has fought many a fight against the
prosecutors who are bounding him into
this court. He has fought them on the
open battlefield and he is not a coward.
If he has to die, he will die as he has
lived. with his face to the foe. Bill Hay
wood is either innocent or guilty. If he
is guilty, have nothing to say. But
men, this case is a case of Orchard from
beginning TO end. There is nothing at
all left in the evidence without him"
Mr. barrow here launched into
lengthy, bitter. vituperative Remuneration
Of Attorney James H. Hawley the lead
ing counsel for the state. He assailed
him as a hired man actuated by no other
motive than to get the money of the
state Of Idaho that he might build an
other addition to his house; he denounced
him as ''bughouse," and said that he
had been a friend of labor organizations,
as he proclaimed, only when they got
their cash to his office first.
HawIey Has "Orcharditch."
1T is too bad the old man could not
have ended his career before he took this
case and told the fool things he has told
this jury. What was there in Mr.. Haw-
ley's argument but Orchard? According
to his theory everybody lies that that
scoundrel may be believed. Hawley has
got 'Orcharditis' or 'Orcharditch' would
barrow dismissed Senator Borah, asso-
ciate counsel for the state, with few
words.
Il don't mean to insinuate," he declared.
that Senator BoTah is any more honest
than Hawley, but L do believe he is
Siicker."
Mr. barrow said he did not believe Sen
,truthfulness of Orchards story as was
Hawley.
in fact" he went on, 'T am inclined
to think that if Senator Borah believed
Harry Orchard was going TO heaven, he
want to go the other way"
The attorney told the jurors that If
their verdict showed they believed Harry
Orchard they would be ashamed to go
home and face their wives, their sons
and their daughters
Turning to the discovery of whether
the butcher had motive for butcher
ing Steunenberg," Mr.. DarrOw said there
were many witnesses who showed Orch
ard was trying to sell his interest in
the Hercules mine up to the time he was
driven from the Occur dAenes: There
were others who went uncontradicted and
unimpeached in testifying as to the
threats they heard Orchard make against
Governor Steunenberg.
Orchard as christian"
"HawIey would have you believe that
Orchard cannot lie since he got religion.
l shall have something to say as to that
religion later on, but what l want to
saw now is that If Hawley hasn't got
religion now he had better go and get
it, If there was any left after Orchard
got his
Mr.. Darrow warned the jurors that if
they convicted a fellow being upon the
word of an assassin like Orchards man
caught with his hands dripping in the
blood of his Victims-they would place
stain on the state of their nativity and
OF their adopted dwelling place
1T is better" he exclaimed, that you
should let thousand guilty men es-
cape, better that you should let all the
criminals ever brought to the state of
Idaho go free, than to have ii said you
took away the life of a man on such
testimony as has been given IN this
Mr. Darrow declared that Orchard had
been so contradicted by witnesses that
there was no truth left in his story.
Why" he said, IF George Wash
ingtOn, with al his great reputation for
veracity, had come here as witness and
had been cOntradicted as Orchard has
been, the father Of his country would
have zone out of this court room dis
graced and accounted the greatest An
anias of the age But If you men feel
you can convict Bill Haywood on Or
chard's testimony, why go ahead and do
it. 1 have sat here with you men for
two or three months and I have tried
to read you I have lain awake at nights
thinking OF you mere may DC SOuie
eous plan deep down i'm your souls-I can
not see them-but somehow or another 1
have never felt there was any danger
of your believing that perjured mon
ster. But if you do believe him, If / am
so mistaken as that, If you must have
the life of this man on such testimony
as that, why gentlemen of the jury, we
will furnish you the victim with a glad
and cheerful heart"
Orchard a Craven Coward.
Reviewing the crimes confessed by Or
chard, Mr. barrow said that each one of
them showed the man to be sneaking,
craven coward. 1t was logical to believe,
ne argued. that Orchard now had turned
to lying to save his neck. He said he
had been promised no immunity what
ever but neither Governor Gooding nor
Detective MCFARLAND had taken the stand
to corroborate him.
rs ne to get anything. has he got any
thing, for delivering these three enemies
of the Mine Owners association into the
lions dem He looks fat and sleek and
healthy and in no danger of sudden
death If he hadn't put the blame of his
crimes on Meyer. Haywood and Petit
bone, the grass would be growing over
his grave these twelve months gone But