Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-07-26
HAYWOOD TO
KNOW FATE SOON
Famous Trial at
Boise Ends To-
morrow
CASE TO JURY THEN
Senator Borah Makes Final
Plea For Conviction of Al
legged Murderer.

Boise, July 26-As early as 7 o'clock
this morning the court house doors
were besieged by hundreds seeking ad-
mittance to the limited court room.
So great was the throng that the court
officials and others having business at
the trial had to find their way into the
building by devious ways. When court
opened at 8 o'clock hundreds of those
who could not get admitance remained
on the lawns to catch what they could
of Senator Borahs address as the
words filtered through the windows
Both Families Were There.
Inside the court room, as next to
the last day Of the famous trial began,
Haywood sat surrounded by his fam
lily. His invalid wife, whose pallid
face and helpless condition have at
tracted SO much attention and sympa-
thy, sat at his right and next to her
was his gray-haired old mother The
prisoners daughter and sister were
also in the family circle.
Mrs. Frank Steunenberg, wife of
the murdered governor and her son,
Julian, were also early in the court
room and were seated within seven
or eight feet of Haywood.
Orchard Had Crime in His Heart.
Senator Borah began his address by
reviewing briefly the points made in
the opening hour of his address last
night. He said he would go briefly
over the trail of blood left by Orchard,
taking first the murder of Steunen-
berg and barking back over some of
the most important incidents devel-
oped in the testimony.
Senator Borah declared that Or
chard had left Denver with crime in
his heart ani that Pettibone helped
him to pack his utensils of murder In
his trunk. Why was not Pettibone
there to deny it? His silence, declared
Borah, was confession of his guilt
and his absence was an absolute cor
roboration of Orchards.
Taking up the question of personal
motive in the murder of Governor
Steunenberg, Borah showed to the
jury the deed by which Orchard parted
with his interest in the Hercules Mine,
dated fourteen months before General
Merriam and his negro troops marched
into the Occur d'Alenes. Borah then
took up one by one the witnesses for
the defense who he said corroborated
Orchard and proved the conspiracy
because they had covered and pro-
tected Orchard up to the time ne con-
fessed against Haywood. OF General
Eugene Engley, former attorney gen
eral Of Colorado, one of the defenses
witnesses, Borah said he was an an
archist
with such men as Engley in office
am not surprised that Colorado has
had hell within her borders for the
past ten years.
The senator next read to the jury
articles denouncing Steunenberg in
the Miners Magazine.
Absolute Proof Of Conspiracy.
"There is much talk here and argu-
ment Of counsel about industrial war
There is industrial war, but 1T is for
YOU men to determine whether indus
trial warfare shall be carried out on
the principle of murder. The defense
tells you that outside Of Orchards tes-
timony there is nothing here to prove
a conspiracy. What more do you
want? We put Orchard and Simpklns
and Meyer and Haywood and Petti-
bone together in Denver. Now watch
them as they move to the scene Of
Frank Steunenberg's murder"
Briefly then, Borah showed the
friendship Of the quintet.
Follow Orchard, Meyer, Haywood,
and Pettibone from Denver to the
death Of Steunenberg at Caldwell, re-
view the testimony, watch their ac-
tions and l say that an absolute and
concerted conspiracy has been
proved. They killed Steunenberg to
show the world they never forgot an
enemy. Mhy is Pettibone afraid to
sneak. Where is Jack Simpkins who
was at Caldwell with Orchard and
could tell so much? He is in a
corner afraid to come to say word
for his life long frienss."
Ridicuied Theory Of Gas Explosion.
Answering at great length the the
ory that the attempts on the life of
Fred Bradley at San Francisco were
accidents, Borah pointed out that the
latter moved directly from Denver to
San Francisco. He traced the move
ments of Orchard in San Francisco
and. ridiculed the theory Of gas ex-
plosion.
And declared Borah, when Or
chard gets ready to leave San Fran
cisco, where does he 60? Back to