Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-27
The Great Case Will Be Submitted by the
Court This Morning |
Senator BOrah's Powerful Argument Received
the Praise of Counsel for the Defense and of the
Defendant Himself

Boise. July 26.-The evidence and
argument arc at an end and tomor-
row morning the jury will be left to
decide what penalty. if any, Haywood
shall pay for his alleged participation
in the criminal conspiracy. resulting
In the assassination of former Cover
nor Steunenberg, with which he is
charged. Senator Borah spoke the
last words tonight. Tomorrow morn
ing Judge Wood will instruct the Jury
which is expected to retire to a con-
sideration OF the verdict about IL
o'clock
The crowd seeking admittance TO
the court room tonight broke all rec
ords in the murder trials of Idaho.
Two hundred people remained in the
grounds when the doors closed after
the morning session and hours before
they opened again all approaches were
blocked. When finally every inch of
space within the room was filled. sew
eral hundred stood on the lawn under
the open windows that they might
catch sentence from the impassion-
ed pleading of the young senator.
LINKING THE CONSPIRATORS.
Borah laid the foundation for his
argument last night! This morning he
began an analysis of the evidence, but
confined himself to the murder of
Steunenberg and the conspiracy. He
linked Orchard to Haywood: Haywood
to Simpkins: Simpkins to Meyer and
Meyer to Pettibone. Then. selecting
only-the evidence cf witnesses for the
defense. leaving Orchards confession
out. he wove the lives and movements
of the five men together. Without de-
parting from the record. and incident
ally clearing up a number of situations
that had been left somewhat clouded.
he brought the officers and members
of the Western Federation together.
Then he took Orchard away from
Denver and back again to Denver. to
the headquarters of the Western Fed
! Grafton. This was done carefully; al
most monotonously. 1t was the quiet
before the storm-then Borah's voice
and manner changed. He sprang into
action. His voice quivered and with
hands upraised and fingers outstretch-
ed. he shouted:
Watch them now; watch the five
eonspirstors; watch them now. Steun
enberg is to die in thirty days and
they are moving on the scene"
ALWAYS BACK TO DENVER.
The dramatic utterance and the
tense figures of the pleader sent a
thrill through the court room. For the
space of ten seconds there was silence.
Then relaxing. Borah continued with
his merciless logic. He brought Da-
Wis. Copley. Adams and Easterly. all
of theh officers or members of the
Western Federation into touch with
Orchard. Without a pause he drew
picture after picture of the men asso-
ciating at various points. From each
place and fresh from every crime he
brought Orchard back "home to Den
ver." and then smiling. leaned towards
the jury to ask: why always back
to Denver. unless it was to find there
the protection and the pay of his en-
ployers?"
All the things denounced or sneered
AZ by counsel for the defense found a
told and brilliant paragraph of de-
fcnse in Borah's interludes and counsel
tor the defense were driven into a
murmur of protest. now under the lash
o. his pointed sarcasm and again when
under TRADE of indignant reproach.
culture, Christianity, law and order.
refinement, the home and the country
found a ready champion. The state
OF Idaho, its people and its chief ex-
ecutive. each in turn, was given a
brilliant eulogy.
THE BEARING OF HAYWOOD.
Under it all, Haywood himself was.
perhaps. the one man in the room
who showed the least emotion. At
times his face flushed. and more than
once. he oaled under the attacks of
Porah. Reaching the climax OF the
oonspiracies. Borah pointed an accus-
ing finger at the man who. he said.
was the criminal force behind the
Western Federation"
Mrs. Stcunenberg, the widow of the
dead governor. attended the morning
session. but left early, almost pros
trated by the emotion awakened by
Borah's vivid oratory. Haywood's
mother also left the court room in tears