New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-27
BOISE TRIAL CLOSES.
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by devious ways most of thom climbing a steep
mproyieed stairway in the rear. rhe jury was
also brought up these stairs.
Inside the court, as the next TO the last day
Of the trial began. Haywood sat surrounded 10y
his family. His invalid wife. whose helpless
condition and paIlid face have attracted 80 much
attention and sympathy. sat Immediately at his
right and next to her was the gray haired
mother, who yesterday could not restrain the
tears which wel!ed to her eyes as Clarence Oar
row, Of Chicago. made the last plea for the life
If her son The prisoners daughter and sist"-
were also in the family circle, the only absentee
being the little ten-year-o.l girl Henrietta.
Mrs. Frank SteuneUberg. the wife uf the muir
dered Governor. ana her stalwart son. Julian.
were early in the courtroom. and when they had
been shown 10 seats inside the attorncys' rail
found themselves within seven eight feet Of
Haywood himself Attorneys from many cities
arguments and constituted a large proportion
OF to-day's audience. When the las, seats
We're occupied disappointed hundreds remained
on the courthouse lawn TO catch what they could
Of Senator Borahs address III" words filtered
out Of the windows.
ORCHARDS TRAIL. or BLOOD"
Senator Borah began by reviewing briefly the
points made in the opening hour IF his address
To the jury last night He said he would go
briefly over the trail Of blood left by Harry
Orchard, taking first the murder Of Governor
Steunenberg and barking back over some Of the
more important Incidents developed I'm tho testl-
mony.
a hardly need to tell you sensible men," do
clared the pleader. that rinkcrtpu detectives
had nothing 10 do with the assassination Of
Frank Steunenberg That is one of the most
absurd If the many absurd things brought into
this case by the learned counsel Of the defence"
Senator Borah. in laying tho foundation for
his argument Of conspiracy. pointed out that
Orchard went 10 Caldwell from Denver and fresh
from assocatJ on with the officers Of the Western
Federation Of Miners who regarded Steunen-
berg as an enemy. He then touched upon tie
fact that Marian Moore, officer of the West
ern Federation OF Miners. in tcstifying for The
defence admitted that he agreed with Orchard
TO deceive Orchards wife when Orchard wished
to desert her
Harry Orchard left Denver with crime in his
heart The mpeilins, compelling force came
from Denver George Pettibone helped Orchard
pack his utensils Of murder in his trunk. Why
is Petitions not here to deny #? His silence Is
confession OF his guilt. Pettibone's absence is
an absolute confederation Of Orchard"
Iaklng up the question of personal motive
the defence had charged against Orchard SEN
ator Borah showed the jury the deed bv which
Orchard had parted absolutely and forever with
his interest in the Hercules mine fourteen
months before General Merriam and his negro
troops marched into the Cmur d'Alenes.
This deed, the letters and kilograms and all
pered with in this case. corroborate Harry or
chard and fit IN precisely with the story he has
told you, Governor Steuncnberg did not causa
Orchard 20 lose his interest in the mine so how
could he have entertained murderous
grudge?"
CORROBORATION OF ORCHARD
Senator Borah took up one by one the wit
nesses for the defence, who, he said. corrobo-
rated Orchard and proved a criminal conspiracy.
because they had covered and protected Orchard
up to the time he confessed and Implicated Hay
wood
Among these were Bill Easterly. a mem
Der of the Western Federation Of Miners who
heard Orchards threats and to whom Orchard
teiephoned from Caldwell before the murder;
w. r Davis. the president of the local fedora
ton, who also heard orchard make threats
against Steunenberg, and who swore the pass
ing of the armed and masked mob in posses
sion Of a train did not interest him when he
saw II; David Coates, the eX-Lieutenant Gov
ernor of Colorado and friend of the federation
with whom Orchard discussed the stealing Of
the PaulsOn children: Lottie Day, who was in
troduced by Haywood 10 Orchard and VINO saw
Orchard and Haywood in private conversation;
General Eugene Engley the former Attorney
General of Colorado, who. Of all men, an officer
Of the law, should not have kept these direful
threats a secret locked within his breast when
the State of Idaho looking for evidence
against Orchard. the suspected assassin
But" said Senator Borah. General Engley
does not believe in law. lie is not even social
list; he is anarchist. You heard the speech
he made here in the witness chair. Nobody
could stop it.
with such men as Engley in office am not
surprised that Colorado has had hell within
her borders for the last ten years"
The Senator next read effectively to the jury
the articles denouncing Steunenberg in THE
Miners Magazine
There is much talk here and in the argument
of counsel about industrial! There is
an industrial war, but il is for you men to
determine whether Industrial warfare shall be
carried out the principle Of murder
The defence tells yuo that outside of Or
chard's testimony there is nothing here to prove
a conspiracy. What more do you want? We
put Orchard and Simpkns and Meyer and
Haywood and Pettibone together in Denver.
Now watch them they move to the scene of
Frank Steunenbergs murder"
Briefly Borah showed the friendship existing