The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-22
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Attorney Richardson Opens for
Haywood at Boise Trial.
Afternoon Sessions of Court
Are Dispensed With.
DOORS WE'RE CLOSED.
Crowd of Spectators Was Toe
Big for the Room.
Defendants Lawyer Indicates
His Line Of Argument.

! Boise, Idaho, July 22.-The excel
lent character and consistent philan-
| thropy of the Western Federation of
Miners; the patient suffering of labor
under the lash of capital and the per-
jury and perfdy of Harry Orchard
were the main points in the opening
argument in the defense of William
| D. Haywood, presented this morning
| by e. F. Richardson. In spite of the
sWeltering atmosphere every seat in
the court room was filed long before
the opening of the session Hay
woods mother sat beside the prisoner,
the invalid wife, daughter and sister
and stepfather composed the family
group and seven of the battery of
Haywood counsel were in their places.
Judge Wood announced during the
argument he will hold two sessions a
day, one in the morning and~the other
from to $3.50 p m.
Mr.. Richardson has subdivided his
argument under eleven heads, which
he enumerated to the jury this morn
ing. 1t is probable that the opening
argument will take two days
The event of December 80, 1905,
resulting in the death of Governor
Frank Steunenberg cast consterna-
ton over the entire civilized world
In these words, E. F. Richardson
began today the opening address for
the fate of William D. Haywood in it's
hands.
For 5 minutes before Mr.. Richard
son began to speak the courtroom had
to be closed this morning against the
throng which sought admittance One
woman who came early and secured
an advantageous position in the first
row, attracted considerable attention
because of the large field glasses she
held almost constantly to her eyes.
Mr.. Richardson plunged directly
into the death of Governor Steunen-
berg in his opening sentence. He de-
clared it was Governor Steunen berg's
fortune during his administration to
stand in the forefront of a labor war
III the Occur D'Alenes. Perhaps. he
said. the situation demanded all that
the governor did. Perhaps ii did not.
81 do not know declared Richard
son, land L shall not attempt to say.
But at any rate for the first time in
the administration of American jus
tice the bull pen was called into be-
ing.
"Men were put in this bull pen
perhaps as a matter of necessity. but
certainly without due process of law.
Governor Steunenberg's course was
condemned on the one side and prais-
ed on the other, as the members of
two hostile camps viewed the matter.
War Broke Out Afresh.
"When the death of Governor
Steunenberg was flashed to the world.
there was Cn0 III1Il0OIdlG
in nearly all quarters that there was
some connection between the Occur
D'Alenes troubles and the bomb
which was placed at his gate.
again hostile camps arose. On
the one side it was said the act must
have been done by some man in
whose breast personal hatred ranked.
The mine owners, however, were
strong in their condemnation OF the
Western Federation of Miners. 1t has
been said here that in some quarters
there was even an attempt to justify
the deed
II want to say to you gentlemen that
we of the defense do not believe there
is any justification for such an act. We
shall not attempt to justify it; we do
not believe it can be justified from any
point of view.
Mr. Richardson then reviewed The
events following the death of former
Governor Steunenberg saying Harry
Orchard was caught almost red-handed
in the act A Pinkerton detective came
to Idaho and soon had a confession
from a man who to save his own worth
less neck was ready to place the blame
1Inon Others The matter was taken up
nv that portion of the press which de- |
nends upon the prosperous and capital
istic classes and the leaders of the |
Western Federation of Miners were ad-
judged guilty without hearing.
So farreaching was this influence, de- |
clared Mr.. Richardson, that it extended
even to the White House. The attor-
ney begged the jurors to lay aside any
impression they may have formed from |
reading the newspapers during the past !,
wear and to start with him at the Do- |
ginning of the case and go through the |
various events one by one without feel |
ing or prejudice.
ssDo this' he exclaimed, $50 we may
i,stlv determine, in the light of our |
consciences, Illuminated by high heav- |
on If the man here at the bar and his |
co,defendants in the cells below are |
Guilty. of the crimes charged. 1t is my |
intention to carry out my argument, If
I am not overcome oy neat IN the 1cl-
lowing order:
Order of His Pleading.
..E,irst-I shall discuss the law as ap-
n1ied to this case and to the prosecut-
ing witness.
the Western Federation of Miners as
shown here in the evidence
s'Third-I shall discuss the general
conditions which prevailed in the Occur
~ Alenes at the time of the Bunker Hill |
and Sullivan mill explosion and at
Cripple Creek prior to and during the
strike in that section.
s.Fourth-I shall discuss the series
of events relied on by the state to prove
a conspiracy against the defendants
HAYWOOD, Meyer and Pettibone.
.sFifth-I shall devote myself to the
ascertainment of the particular offense
for remember, gentlemen, that while
the range of the evidence has covered
many fields and many crimes. there is
but one charged In the indictment, but
"Sixth-I shall consider Mr.. Orchard
while under arrest.
Seventh shall consider Mr.. Orch
ard while in the penitentiary.
"Eighth-I shall devote myself to the
of Mr.. Orchard.
inf f17a %T-oo Of Mr. i