The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-25
PASSIONATE APPEAL. MADE Darrow Begins Argu-
 1nent to Jury. SEVERE DENuNclATIoN MADE Scoffs at Conviction on Testimony
 of Orchard. Says It Is Only CsrreberateA by . Dog,
 wall-Eyed Horse a.d Attor- ney Hawley of Prose-

cution.
 Boise. Idaho. July 24-The career of Frank Steunenberg. the murdered some length this afternoon by Clarence Darrow in his plea in behalf of William
 D. Haywood. Justifying the articles published in the Miners Magazine, the official organ of the Western Fedora
 tion of Miners, MT. Darrow said the
 action of Steunenberg In asking for
 United States troops to quell the riot
 and the establishment of martial law
 in 1899 was unjustibiable and had properly stirred up intense feeling in
 labor circles against the Governor Mir. Darrow's argument. unfinished tonight. developed into an appeal for
 labor as against capital, and a denun- citation of all opposition .o the unions. He held an audience startled and open
 mouthed as one after another of the
 sentiments poured from his lips. His
 in this respect he fulfilled and sur
 passed the limit of sensation. Three hours were given to Orchard and it was when vituperation. physical force and words were spent that Dar-
 row turned to J. H. Hawley leading counsel for the State and the Pinkerton detectives for something on which to pour the lesser volume of abuse.
 The State of Idaho came in for .
 tion for the part 1t has played in the
 prosecution. Culture. education and
 wealth each in turn were described as constituting a combination against the workingmen, the uneducated and the poor must be protected.
 Denounces Consultation. Reaching the climax of denunciation and sympathy for the working class and hatred for the rich. he assailed the constitution of the country and cried. The constitution; tho constitution; 1t is here only to destroy the laws made for the benAfit of the poor"
 MT. Darrow's support of labor unions and of union men was passionate and
 his eulosy of the Western Federation of Miners eloquent. Lovingly he touched upon the beauty Of sslf-sacri-
 flee found in the struggle for humani- ty. where the working man Ais found. And In the bitteregt sarcasm. his voice pitched in its highest note and his arms upheld. he heaped abuse upon selfish rich and upon the administration of the State of Idaho
 Darrow Begins Address. Clarence Darrow, of Chicago, today
 
 fense to the jury in the Haywood case. The court room was crowded to its capacity.
 In opening MT. Darrow impressed the chief case upon the twelve men in the box and declared the defendant Is in Idaho as an alien. brought l.50e miles from home into a community and
 before jury which does not view life or industry as the men accused of the
 murder of former Governor Steunen- berg have been taught to look at 1t. The defendant in this case and the men in the jail below" declared MT |. Darrow, have been brought to trial
 in the home of man who was killed ! in a most cowardly. the most brutal way that any man was ever sent to death. Many of you men on this jury voted for Governor Steunenberg. "Cne of you had business relations with him, while in the house of another of you he made his home for two years, | You are almost the family circle of the
 murdered man. and none of you has ever had any community of interest with this defendant.
 Appeals for Fairness. Under these circumstances I can but ask you to lay aside as much of the passion and prejudice as you can and look at us as If we were one of you. Give us the fair and impartial trial you would give if you had not
 known the deceased. You men for
 more than a year past have had your
 minds poisoned by lies in the local
 newspapers. but now that you have set here for more than two months and
 have heard the testimony. you know you have been fed upon poison and lies. Lay aside as much as you can of
 this poisonous stun; try to get your
 mind free and be guided only by the evidence.
 The prosecution in this case knows 1t cannot convict on the exact evil dence. but 1t relies upon the strained. forced circumstances to get a verdict from you. This defendant was taken
 by force from his home, brought 1.5o0 miles and set down before a hostile | fury to be tried for his life.
 imagine yourselves. men. taken from your farms and set down before a jury | in Chicago to be tried for your lives. | and then you can in some way feel | as this man does in this case. I be- lieve that under these circumstances YOU will hesitate to act on the rotten | testimony given In this case to take away the like of fellow citizen. No Compromise Verdict. "Rut some of you will say perhaps | that while there Is not enough here | to warrant sending a man to death, | there Is perhaps enough of evidence as | to crimes having been committed in | the Western country to vote to put Bill | Haywood in jail-to compromise on a verdict for manslaughter or murder in inc second degree. You have that right. gentlemen of the jury. but l want to say that whatever else you are do not believe you are towards. And want to say that whatever else Riii Haywood may be, he is not a coward I would not thank this jury if ;t returned a verdict of assault and hatterv and assessed a fine of $5 aaainst this defendant.
 "This murder was cold -blooded, de- uherate and cowardly In the extreme.
 If this man. sitting in his office in Dem yer 1 800 miles away. employed an as- sassin to do this cowardly act. then
 you ought to hang him by the neck un- til he is dead. For Gods sake. men, do not compromise.
 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 mas
 fought them on the open battlefield.
 and he is not a coward. If he has to
 .t4 x,;u aia 10 has lived with bis