The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-25
HAL BREWSTER IS
 MURDERED BY NEGRO
SON OF A PROMINENT ATLANTA LAWYER, DEPUTlZED TO MAKE AN ARREST, IS SHOT ON ExcUR- SION TRAIN.


 one of Atlanta's prominent lawyers. was shot and almost instantly Killed on an ex- eursion train between College Park and LaGrange, Ga. today by a negro named French Early. Young Brewster and sev- eral others were deputized by the sheriff to arrest Early on the train, who was wanted for series of crimes When they attempted to take the negro into custody, he fired, killing Brewster and woundinG several others. Early jumped from the train but was captured later and landed in the LaGrange jail.
 LaGrange, Ga, June 4. French Early, the negro who shot and killed Hal Brew ster on an excursion train today between College Park and LaGrange, was spirited away from LaGrange tonight by the sher- fir of Troup county, and is now in prison at Columbus, Ga There were rumors of mob violence and the sheriff took the negro to Columbus as a precautionary measure. The body of Mir. Brewster was shipped to College Park tonight.
 safe at least, I won't answer for their being sound
 Travels to Denver.
 MT. Darrow quickly sketched the period of Orchards travels from Denver to Wallace.
 From Wallace. Orchard and Jack Simpkins came to Coldwell" he said Or chard succeeded in drawing $500 from Paulson and said he was sorry he didn't ask for $500 Simpkins made the trip in pursuance of his duties as an organizer of the Western Federation of Miners. He went to Silver City and other places. He received regularly the money that was due him for his work. We will show to you why the drafts were sent to Simp- llins from the miners headquarters what they were for and that they were a part of the regular course of business.
 Haywood on the Stand.
 MT. Haywood will take the stand and tell you his full connection with the fed eration of miners, and tell you everything he has done, and as an officer of the fed eration. Mover, who is to be tried for his life, will probably take the stand. l do not want to say this positively, but I think he will testify and tell this jury all he knows. 1 doubt very much if Petit bone will be put upon the stand, as he was never an officer of the union and had nothing to do with it. l won't say surely as to Pettibone
 As to the letter received by Orchard at Caldwell, we may not be able to show you except by argument who it came from or what it was about, but we will do the best we can.
 Orchard came to Caldwell vowing ven geance against Steunenberg. He had for years been connected with a detective agency. Now don't understand me to mean that I believe any detective of the mine owners wanted to kill Steunenberg. I don't mean this. but l do say that Or chard, while a detective in the employ ment of the agency killed Steunenberg because of the old grudge of which he had spoken so often He killed him in the most cowardly way murder could be com mitted; he was caught red handed and turned over to Mcfarland. the head of the westren branch. After some manipulation he was persuaded that the best thing he could do would be to place the blame on some one else, which he did He is get ting the biggest price for this he ever got for a crime. He has hopes to save his miserable neck"
 Arrest of Officials.
 Coming to the arrest of Haywood. Moy- CT and Pettibone Darrow charged that it was all done by the Pinkertons on a perjured affidavit. He described the cap ture in Denver of Haywood. Mover and Pettibone, who he said were arrested, denied all the rights of citizens, kidnapped and brought to Boise for trial, where in the jail they have been waiting for year and over for a jury to pass upon their case.
 "When Orchard was arrested" con tinued MT Darrow. it was announced that he was a member of the Western Federation of Miners. Haywood was told of it and at once went to Silver City, in- structing them to look after the case. We will show that 1t is part of the policy of this organization to look after its mem- hers, no matter how obscure. Miller came and saw Orchard a few times, but, find ing that Mcfarland was also visiting him, Miller decided that Mcfarland could do Orchard more good than he could do, and perhaps he was right.
 No Connection With Crime.
 Haywood, Mover and Pettibone never had any connection with this man in any criminal act We will demonstrate to you before we are through that it is not this murder case; that Haywood is not on trial, but that the state of Colorado has sent the men to Idaho, thinking condl- tions and people here are different and that the mine owners association of Col orado might succeed in hanging these men and killing the Western Federation of Miners through them. That labor or ganization and all labor organizations and not William Haywood are on trial here.
 Mir Darrow had spoken for three hours and twenty minutes. He was pretty well exhausted and it was decided to postpone the taking of testimony until tomorrow. Mr Darrow said he thought the defense would not require more than seven or eight days to conclude it's case. Court adjourned until 9:S0 a. m. tomorrow.