The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-07-12
WILL HAYWOOD co FREE2
Mine Owners Rely Upon oratory of
their Lawyers. Letter
From Hon. N. R. Smith.
To the Editor of THE TIMES:

oe better shown than by quoting a
part OF what pretends to be news
dispatch to the Denver Republican
from Boise on July 3. Truth.
fully speaking the dispatch in ques. ..
ton never saw telegraph wire.
1t was written in the Denver edi
torlal rooms of the Republican by
a hired editorial writer and bears
all the ear marks of a prejudiced
editorial, though it masquerades
under Boise date line as bona
fide news dispatch. 1t is in part
as follows:
Boise, Idaho, July 3.-(Special 1.-The
manifest impatience of the jury and re-
fusal on The part Of the court to longer
allow the Haywood trial to continue as
a propaganda for the National Socialist
party have brought the close of this
case, which has been before the court
for fully two months, within measurable
distance, not to exceed two weeks longer,
unless Darrow, as he threatens he will,
takes whole week to SUM up for the
defense,
Every day and every witness intro
duced by the defense have made il more
distinct that lawyers Darrow aud Rich.
ardson have lost sight of the actual is
sue and have been appealing to the
court at large. Almost all of the wit
nesses called by the defense have been
used to promulgate the cause OF Social
ism and not to testify for Haywood.
"These witnesses have been asked to
speak Of the class struggles in Colora-
do, to tell Of deportations and sutferings
alleged, and the call of the wage
slaves" who obeyed the orders of the
Western Federation of Miners. Once in
a while slight effort might be made to
prove Orchard to be a monumental
liar, instead OF the hired assassin of
the inner circle, as the prosecution has
shown him to be, but this was incidental
to the main purpose of impressing on
certain element that this was not a muir |
der trial, but class struggle.
Haywood will not be acquitted: the |
best his lawyers look for is a divided
Jury"
Those who believe in justice, as
we'll as those who have faith in the |
American jury, have this conso.
Iatlon, as expressed by a man who
hac been constant spectator
throughout the Haywood trial:
On the testimony now before the
Jury it would be cruel to convict
eat. " This comparison, though
put, cannot be otherwise
han upheld by all fair-minded
men who have attended the trial
iud heard the evidence.
This rampant, respectable,
'ycophanitic, capitalistic Repub.
lean newspaper says, as above,
Haywood will not be acquitted.
be best his lawyers look for is a
livided jury The truth is that
he best the lawyers for the State
ven hope is that the jury may be
ivided, Their only hope is that
'enator Borah may, in the closing ,
rgument for the prosecution, sweep
he jurymen off their feet aud there.
y prevent verdict of acquittal
Or the defendant.
There were summoned in all 25l
eniremen from which the jury
as finally selected. In the county
iere are fifty seven bankers and
bout l,500 union men, all eligible
,r jury service. Fifteen bankers
ere summoned by Sheriff Shad
odgkin. Mr.. Mine Owner figured {
1t the proportion with his own
tile table Of logarithms,
They have Republican Govern
out here in Idaho. His name is
ooding and he sends boquets to '
AIRY Orchard. The Governor !,
ies to talk about the "regener- +
ion of Harry" The Governor v
so likes to loiter in the court .
ON with the notorious McPart- d
nd. The Governor is so popular "
Ada county that he lacked only = =
j votes of carrying it at the last 8,
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