The San Francisco call., 1907-06-25

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L included the throwing over ot Jack
Sinpkfns. the fugitive member OF the
executive board Of the western fedora
tion, who was indicted with Meyer,
Haywood and Petttbone for the murder
Of Ex-Governor Steunenberg- and i laid
foundation for a further Tightening
a the load OF the federation by the
separation OF Pettibone from Meyer
and Haywood By declaring that he had
never been q member OF that organi-
zsuoa. although he was the friend OF
us officials and members.
Dsrrov directly charged Orchard
with the Steunenberg killing and sd-
nitted that Jack Simpkins was with
him N Caldwell Z short time before
The commission OF the crime he did
not admit Simpklns' connection with
thst murder in so many words, but he
did refer several times 10 the personal
hatred of Simpkins for Steunenberg.
growing cut OF his bull pen" expert
ence IN the CoeUr G'Alenes in 1888 He
made 10 attempt 70 explain the fight
o. Sinpkins. ana as far as that ofhcisl
q the western federation IS concerned
his case has been practically abandoned
by the attorneys for the defendants.
TRIES To SHOW MOTIVE
The motive that actuated Orchard
ard emphasis DarroW declared again
and again that i was the hatred that
grew ont O. the loss OF his interests in
ire Hercules mine The attorney
promised 70 show by numerous wit
nesses that Orchard had spoken OF his
loss as having been caused BY SteUr-
e1berE and threatened % get even II
II were the last act OF his life Then
counsel admitted IN the midst OF one
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did rot develop into paying property
Until four years after Orchard had
ps-ted with his interest and two years
after he had quit the Occur c dAlenes-
Dsrrow II action IS an engaging
personality. he strives 70 present the
APPEARANCE OF complete fairness and
succeeds IN Il extremely well He
stands immediately in front OF the jury.
often with one hand on the iron rail
thar serves for Z footreSc for the front
row OF jurors He speaks most OF the
time in an ordinary conversational
tone. stepping back q little when he
scars 70 brief flights OF oTs1ory or
wants 70 lend vigor 10 his words ey
using more voice His manner OF ad-
dress Is exceptionally pleasant
He does not con6ne himself strictly
% the tedious business OF hard. cold
legal argument There is variety and
Wit both II what ne says and his way
OF saying IL over and again today he
6evisted slightly from the lire OF his
argument 20 throw in little Hghtness
by cracking 2 joke. Oftener than not
Z vas a. hfs own expense OF that OF his
profession But he was quickly back
with his point more often than not en-
uhssized BY the detection He had the
closest attention OF the entire crowded
courtroom from beginning ID end
MRS. MoFER IN COURT
The whole Haywood family sat near
the defendant throughout the day and
in the afternoon Mrs. Meyer, who has
recently recovered from an Illness
which confined her for a time in the
hospital here, was present
Il the attention paid By the jurors
e an evidence Of effect that the speech
rad OF them, Attorney DarroE may
veil conE-etulare himself. for they
listened 70 him very attentively
throughout But they are an in
scrutsbie lot OF hard headed farmers
and Il was = rare thing for any .:
them 70 smile & little AZ DarroE
pleassntries. even when he hit himsel.
hardest
The course that Darrow had laid out
for himself was one OF the greatest
dimculty. He had 70 attempt 20 show
the Jury that Orchard was. as he put il
a monumental liar" who had. never
theless. put good portion Of truth
suto his story. There were g good
many things that had TO be admitted.
The evidence regarding them was such
as could not be controTerted and they
showed q considerable intimacy be-
tween Orchard on the one side and
Meyer, Haywood and Petibone On the
other. There were a good many other
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them On Independent testimony and
others on the oath OF men whom Or
chsrd had implicated
The lire between these two classes oE
points IN the Orchard story vas deli
cate one 70 trace. II was not easy 10
single out one feature OF that story
and deny II while admitting the truth
Of another which occurred al the same
time DzrroE did IL with as much
skill as could have been shoEn-
DEFENDS FEDERATION
He began right AZ the start by de-
clzriug that the western federation OF
miners is and has been = fighting Or
zznizatior- He told OF its birth IN
the very cell IN the Ada county jsfI
now occupied by Meyer. Haywood and
Pettfboze IN the daytime BE declared
that II Il had 70 die IL would die fight
fuz He told Of some Of the fights
that x had gone through and Of tie
hsrdships that its members and on
GERS had met in the pursuance Of their
duties and because OF their faith But
these fights were every ones battles n
rhe legitimate warfare which the or
zznizstion vsged on behalf OF its men,
bers and its principles and there was
10 crime IN any OF them. asserted the
speaker
To be sure, the miners were often
rough, hard men explained Darrow.
Miners are not angels; il is the mine
owner who is that" he exclaimed
lust sympathy with the miners and
spprecistion OF their struggles in the
erort 70 improve their condition ran
through all the speech, as did scorn
FOR the mine owners and especially FOR
thst organization which he contemptu-
ously designated as their tools, the
Pinkerton detectives.
They (fhe mine oEnersl repestedly '
hired detectives and placed them IN po-
xftions Of respectzbility as secretaries
OF presidents OF local unions" declared
Dzrrow-
re did not stop 10 explain how the
mine owners could get their men elect
- - once by the locals but went on