The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-07-23

Governor Stuenenberg, saying Harry
Orchard was caught almost red hand
ed in the act. A Pinkerton detective
came to Idaho and soon had a confes-
sion from man who, to save his own
worthless neck, was ready to place the
blame on others. The matter was
taken up by that portion Of the press
which depends upon prosperous and
capitalistic classes and the leaders Of
the, Western Federation Of Miners
were adjudged guilty of the crime
without heating.
$50 far reaching was this act" de-
clared Mr.. Richardson, "that it ex-
tended even to the White House. The
attorney begged the jurors to lay
aside any impression they may have
formed from reading the newspapers
during the past year and to start with
him at the beginning of the case and
go through the various tenets one by
one without the feeling of prejudice.
ssDo this,'' he exclaimed, $50 we
may justly determine the light of
high heaven, if the man here at the
bar and his co-defendants are guilty.
Of the crime charged. 1t is my inten-
tion to carry out my argument, if am
fo11o
ing order:
''First-I shall discuss the law as
applied to this case and to the pros
ecuting witness.
Second shall discuss the history
of the Western Federation of Miners
as shown here in the evidence.
Third shall discuss the general
conditions which prevailed in the
Occur d'Alenes at the time Of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill explo-
sion and at Cripple Creek prior to and
during the strike in that section.
"Fourth-I shall discuss the series
Of events relied on by the state
to prove conspiracy against the de-
PENDANTS, Hay wood, Meyer and Petit
bone.
Fifth shall devote myself to the
defendants, who are here on trial, re-
membering dhat while the range of
the evidence has covered many fields
and many crimes, there is but one
charge in the indictment, but one Of
fense against the state Of idaho.
Sixth shall consider Mr.. Or
chard while under arrest.
Seventh shall consider Mr.. Or
chard while in the penitentiary.
"Eighth-I shall devote myself to
the impeachment of Mr.. Orchard.
"Ninth-To the treatment of Mr..
Haywood, the manner and method Of
reasons therefore.
b "Tenth-I shall devote myself, as l
have been iii mind to do, to the rea-
sons why certain witnesses did not
testify for the prosecution and as to
why certain others did not testify for
the defense.
Eleventh and fnally-I shall dis
cuss this case as it appears before
this jury.
when have finished these II sub
divisions I will have done all that
can do to assist the jury in arriving at
a proper and just verdict in this
CASE
Discussing the law as applied to Or
chard, Mr.. Richardson said the corrob-
Grating evidence in support Of CON
fession mad by a witness must be SO
strong that, standing by itself, sepa-
| rated and apart from the witness, the
story must be sufficient to remove all
reasonable doubt as to the defendants
guilt; said hat the state had no cor
roborating circumstances of this char
acter as to the murder of Governor
Stuenenberg, and that for that reason
a general conspiracy was charged and
all the events of the Colorado labor
wars were gone into.
/ Delving inte the Occur d'Alene
ltroubles, M. Richardson declared thai
most of the mines there were owned
by the Standard Oil company and hi
| proclaimed that wherever conditions
were such as to create Rockefelle
at one end of the line and mar
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