The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-07-27

shiennS And TO make his peace OdA
| pkth GA why. then. after such . con
den 50. sh1sild he have AttemptA6 TO
Axe his svo life? There vas - sea'
soo for IL
But. sent.emen Of the jury" and
Richar dson's voice, which had 6r0Hn
extremely hnaky from bis los dis
course. took On . tone Il O0Der-
nE scorn a. he crouchsd With baDced
knee and back and paced ~ and dow
before the twelve men, ever shaking
the index finger OF his right hand at
them, III Harry Orchard was in
sch eme At the instiga,ion Of the Pink
ertons OF anybody else TO swear away
the lives OF innocent men-if he were
a part and parcel OF such . conspiracy
well might his conscience have said
TO him, out OF your mouth you have
condemned innocent men, and that is a
burden which should weigh heavily
on your soul. and well might this
worthless creature have attempted his
life There is no other explanation for
="
Continuing his scathing denuncia-
lion 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
Al his side during the trial,
Concluding his address Richardson
said he left the case, with all comb
denee, in the hands OF the jury for
such determination as IL saw Mt
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
Haywoods counsel said that the de
fense was ready and willing to admit
that Orchard committed the deed eH
actly as he described II.
Richardson declared that Governor
Steunenberg's immense stature and
the freedom with which he went about
the country made him a shining mark
for assassination. He could have
been shot by anybody able TO hit the
side Of q 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 10 you that Orchard
had a mania for crime and for com
mitting crime IN a way that would be
sure to attract attention
Mr.. Richardson said that when Or.
chard came to Idaho 10 Nil 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 Cutting 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
Z 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 | do not believe that
one iota of guilt has been established
against Jack Simpkins, 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
inveisled off the train al 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 l
had been incarcerated in the Idaho
bull pen in 1899, if had suffered the
indignities practiced upon the prison
ers in that bull pen: il on the Both day
OF December. 1905. Governor Steunen.
/ berg had been assassinated and had
I been connected with that fact for the
time | had spent in the bull pen, II
/ | had added the fact that | was a
member of the executive board of the
1 Western Federation of Miners and
added the further fact that had been
I 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 fed to
. cover TO preserve YOUR liberty"
| Richardson reviewed Orchards
movements just prior to the killing OF
| Steunenberg and said his straitened
financial condition, when he was re-
duced to the necessity of robbing a
cash register, OF burglarizing a rail-
road station and borrowing money
from a friend. gave the lie to the the