The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-24
DEFENSE IN
HAYWOOD CASE
TO HAVE INNING
EVIDENCE FOR THE STATE ALL
IN AND HAYWOOD WILL To-
DAY ASSERT INNOCENCE.
DARROw OPENS FOR DEFENSE
Will Consume All of To-day in Out.
lining Evidence to Be
introduced.

BOISE, Idaho, June 23.-Wm. ID.
Haywood, having already pleaded not
guilty to the charge of murder and
having heard the evidence the state
of Idaho has placed before the jury
in support of it's charge, will tomor-
row formally assert his entire inno-
cence.. Mr.. Darrow, as attorney for
Haywood, will say that his client is
not only not guilty of conspiracy to
assassinate Frank Steunenberg, but
that Haywood is the victim of con-
spiracy to disrupt the Western Fede-
ration of Miners.
Mr.. Darrow's address to the jury,
putting forth the outline of the evil
dence he proposes to introduce, pro-
badly will take the most of the day.
He will assert that Haywood by sheer
force of character, rose from the
humble position of miner working
for days wages, to become the
secretary and treasurer of a labor
organization with upwards of 5O,-
600 members. He will show that
Haywood was elected to Office by the
members of the Western Federation
of Miners through successive terms
of Office because of his ability and his
honesty
He will point out that the personal
character of the man has not been
assailed, but that a conspiracy charge
has been made. Mr.. Darrow will not
attempt to deny that many foul
crimes have been committed. He
will not deny that Steunenbergs was
assassinated, but he will maintain
that his client had nothing to do with
it or with any other murders and
that the state has not connected Hay
wood with any conspiracy. He will
charge a conspiracy on the part of
the Mine Owners association, with
a large membership and unlimited
money behind 1t, who, finding the
Western Federation of Miners in
imical to the mine owners, plotted to
wreck the Western Federation and
by conspiracy with detectives and
others, to create feeling against the
Western Federation that governors
of states and even the federal gov
ernment would be willing to help the
mine owners to drive the members
of the federation from the country
| 1t will be asserted that the Or
chard story is true only in that the
| crimes were committed. In his
speech to the court on Saturday last
Mr.. Darrow intimated that there was
not even proof, other than the state
ment of Orchard, that Orchard COM
mitted the crimes he has enumerated
1t will be asserted that the con.
spiracy as between Haywood, Meyer
Pettibone, Orchard and Adams, was
fabrication of Orchards, who, in
order to save his life, brought the
others into 1t and that the price oi
the confession was the pardon of the
actual murder of Steunenberg. The
motive of this murder, it will be as.
serted, is to be found in Orchard 4
desperate poverty and the fact that
he saw his old partners in the Her.
cules mine rich and prosperous
while he, hunted criminal, robbed
tills and attempted burglary in or.
der to replenish his pocket. 1t will
be charged that Orchard borrowed
money from August Paulson in Wal.
lace in order that he might have
enough money to go to Caldwell, kill
Steunenberg and get away. The
taking of testimony for the defense
may begin tomorrow, but it is doubt
full, if after Mr.. Darrow has finished
his address to the court, the court
will take up this phase of the case
Counsel for the defense are of tht
opinion that the first witness will be
called on Tuesday. Judge Wood
however, is anxious to push the case
to completion and 1t may be tha
from now on he will extend the
hours.
The defense will probably take no
more than ten days with the intro
duction of evidence, but counsel fol
the state will go into a close exami
nation of the witnesses brought tt
upset the Orchard story and for thii
reason it is thought that the case fol
the defense may take up a Longer
time than was occupied by the state
The rebuttal testimony will taxi
probably week. The speeches anG
verdict may take the greater part O
another, SO that it is not though
that the conclusion will be reached
before the end of July.