The Glenwood post., 1907-07-27

esS1On, should ne have attempted 10
take his own life? There was no rea-
son for it.
But, gentlemen of the jury" and
Richardson's voice, which had grown
extremely husky from his long dis
course, took on tone of wither-
ing scorn as he crouched with bended
knee and back and paced up and down
before the twelve men, ever shaking
the index finger of his right hand al
them, 'if Harry Orchard was in
scheme at the instigation of the Pink
ertons of anybody else to swear away
the lives of innocent men-if he were
a part and parcel of such a conspiracy
well might his conscience have said
to him, Out OF your mouth you have
condemned innocent men, and that is
burden which should weigh heavily
on your SOUL and well might this
worthless creature have attempted his
life. There is no other explanation for
it."
Continuing his scathing denuncia-
ton of Orchard, Richardson declared
that none but this accursed criminal
had been brought to court to defame
The name of Haywood-a man who had
always led an exemplary life and had
always been an exemplary citizen,
proud of his family. proud of his name,
caring ever for his invalid wife who sat
at his side during the trial.
Concluding his address Richardson
said he left the case, with all conf
dence, in the hands of the jury for
such determination as it saw fit.
Richardson was held in the court
room for some time after the adjourn
ment accepting the congratulations OF
his friends and others in the big audi
ence
Richardson said that, while every
state is expected to take care OF the
crimes committed within its borders,
Colorado had sent an ocean of her
dirty linen here for the gentlemen to
wash"
Haywood's counsel said that the de
fense was ready and willing to admit
that Orchard committed the deed ex-
actly as he described it.
Richardson declared that Governor
Steurenbergs immense stature and
the freedom with which he went about
the country made him Il shining mark
for assassination. He could have
been shot by anybody able to hit the
side of a barn door," asserted Richard
son. "and Orchard himself tells you
that Steunenberg each week took long
drives to the sheep camps across the
plains, where he could be seen as a
mark for rifle ball for miles.
There was not a week of his life
that he could not have been safely
killed, had there been a desire for his
taking off in anything but a spectacu-
lar manner. | say to you that Orchard
had mania for crime and for COM
mittng crime in a way that would be
sure to attract attention"
Mr.. Richardson said that when Or
chard came to Idaho to kill Steunen-
berg, after stalking the governor for
several days he apparently abandoned
the mission on which he says he was
sent
Did he have cold feet? No. There
is no claim here that Orchard has
feeling of any. sort. | tell you there
was working in that maniacal mind
the proposition of Slutting his desire
with the killing of Steunenberg. But
he wavered and went away to Port
land, only to return later and accom-
plish his purpose when the fires were
famed into a brighter flame"
Richardson here took up the con.
nection of Jack Simpkins with Harry
Orchard. Orchard tells you himself
that neither Haywood, Meyer nor Pet
tibone suggested that Simpkins should
help in the crime. Jack Simpkins was
a man who had been confined in the
bull pen in the Occur d'Alenes Haw-
ley has told you that he has fled from
justice.
Il am not here defending Jack
Simpkins, but l do not believe that
one iota of guilt has been established
against Jack Smpkins, except that
when he was making an official trip to
the mines of southern Idaho, in re-
sponse to a letter from Haywood and
a request from the local union. he was
inveigled off the train at Caldwell for
a day or two by Harry Orchard, to
fasten suspicion upon him.
Now, | Will say TO you, gentlemen,
that if | had been here in 1906, if /
had been incarcerated in the Idaho
bull pen in 1899. if | had suffered the
indignities practiced upon the prison.
ers in that bull pen; if on the 3Oth day
of December. 1905. Governor Steunen-
berg had been assassinated and | had
been connected with that fact for the
time | had spent in the bull pen, II
had added the fact that l was a
member of the executive board of the
Western Federation of Miners and
added the further fact that had been
in Caldwell with the man subsequent
ly arrested for the crime, would have
done, and | believe you would have
done, previsely that which was done
by Jack Simpkins-would have Sed to
cover to preserve your liberty
Richardson reviewed Orchards
movements just prior to tie killing of
Steunenberg and said his straitened
financial condition, when he was re-
duced to the necessity of robbing a
cash register, of burglarizing rail.
road station and borrowing money
from friend, gave the lie to the the
ory that the federation was paying for
the crime, and that he could get money
whenever he desired.