Arizona republican., 1907-07-23

Boise. July 22.-For four hours and half today E. F. Richardson pleaded with the jury for the life of Haywood. Under an oider of the court, the hours for the sessions were changed. and in place of sitting in the afternoon. the court met at 6 p. m. Judge Wood was informed by the jury that the extreme heat of the court room was too try ing on some of the jurymen and he complied with their request for a late evening session.
 The preliminary hearing of the case of pr. I. L. McGee. one of the witnesses for the defense. charged with perjury. came up this afternoon and ~ill be continued tomorrow. Orchard was on the stand over an hour and was given severe grilling in the cross exami- nation by McGee's counsel. The pris- oner-witness however. maintained his characteristic calm throughout. He denied that he was in the Couer d'AIenes when McGee swore to meet ing him at Wallace. A. W. Aller, the other witness for the defense. who is on a perjury charge. was today bound over by the district court.
 PLEA FOR A LIFE.
 "The event of Dec. 30.1905. result ing in the tleath of Governor Steun- enberg. cast consternation over the en- tire civilized world"
 In these words Richardson began to- day. his opening address for the de- fense. Richardson plunged direct ly into the death of Governor Steun- enberg He declared that it was Steun- berg's fortune during his administra- ton. to stand in the forefront of the labor war in the Occur d'Alenes. Per haps," he said. the situation demand ed all that the governor did. Perhaps it did not. I shall not attempt to say, but. at any rate. for the first time. in the administration of American justice. the bull pen was called into being. Men were put into the bull pen, perhaps as matter of necessity. but certainly without due process of law. Steunen- berg's course was condemned on one side and praised on the other. as the members of the two hostile camps viewed the matter. The leaders of the Western Federation were adjudged guilty without hearing"
 50 far-reaching was this influence declared Richardson, that it extend ed even to the White House" The att torney begged the jurors to lay aside any impression that they had formed from reading the newspapers during the past year and start with him and go through the various events without feeling or prejudice.
 Do this" exclaimed Richardson "so that we may justly determine ir the light of our consciences, illumined by high heaven, if the man at the bal and his co-defendants in the cells be- low are guilty of the crime charged. Il is my intention to carry out my srgu- ment in the following order: First. I shall discuss the law as ap- piled to this case and to the prose cutting witness.
 Second I shall discuss the history of the Western Federation as showT ! in the evidence.
 Third. I shall discuss the genera i conditiQns which prevailed in th' Occur d'Alenes at the time of tho | Bunker Hill-Sullivan mill explosion and at Cripple Creek. prior to and dur | ing the strike.
 Fourth. I shall discuss the serie: | of events relied on by the state tC prove a conspiracy between the de fendants. Haywood. Mover and Petit | hoe.
 Fifth. shall devote myself to thu l ascertainment of the particular offens' | the defendants are held here for. Re member. that while the range of evi | dence covered many fields. and man! crimes. there is but one charge in tn
 indictment. but one offense agains
 the state of Idaho.
 | sixth. shall consider Mir. Orchard while under arrest.
 Seventh. I shall consider OrcharC while in the penitentiary.
 Eighth. I shall devote myself t' the impeachment of Orchard.
 Ninth. To the treatment of Hay
 wood. the manner and method of and the reason therefor.
 Tenth. I shall devote myself as