The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-06-28
STATE CLOSES CASE
PRINCIPAL SHOWING or PROSE.
CuTIoN is ORCHARD STORY.
DEFENSE WILL Be THE AGGRESSog
Haywood's Attorneys Have $50 Wit
nesses to Rcfute Testimony
introduced.

tbI"'' IudHp- ne CLOSING OF tho
case Of the state leaves the battle for
the life of William ID. Haywood up in
the air-thp defense from this tine
| on viii assume the aggressive and ia
prosecution the defensive The case
will 20 on through the aggressive
cross examination and the state will
then present evidence In rebuttal, but
1t has already put forward its main
proposition.
As to the Stcunenhcrg crime, which
IS the one charged against Haywood,
the state has made the following show
ing.
Haywood sent money to Simpkins,
who lived with Orchard, nine days be.
fore the murder Of Steuncnberg. and
an unsigned letter from Denver. show.
ing by It's address to Thomas Hogan"
that the author knew the alias Of Or.
chard. Without making any request
legal aid was furnished Orchard two
days after his arrest.
Letters TO Mrs. Orchard a Plan.
Haywood sent a letter to Mrs. Or.
chard, the second, which the state
claims showed evidence Of a plan to
conceal the whereabouts Of Orchard,
and was part Of plan to make an
alibi for him.
HaywOod's letter to Mrs. Orchard
made the statement that the last the
writer had heard Of Orchard he was in
Alaska, when in reality Orchard and
Simpkins were at Caldwell There Is
nothing only Orchards word, though,
to show that Haywood was not him.
self deceived
Haywood, PettIbone and Orchard are
located together on several occasions
In Denver between spring and fall OF
1905.
Articles from the Miners Magazine
and some testimony as TO the Cour
d'Alcne strike, shows animus TOWARD
Steunenberg by Haywood and other
federation leaders.
The state made the following show.
ing on the alleged general conspiracy:
Orchard has been traced through tho
more important movements connected
with the alleged attempts on the life
of Bradley at San Francisco,
II has been independently shown
that Pettibone sent remittances and
correspondence TO Orchard under an
assumed name.
Orchards word is all the proof
shown that the Bradley explosion was
by bomb. The Peabody bomb cas-.
ing has been produced and its history
proved.
Miss Peabody Testifes.
Miss Peabody has confirmed the Or
chard story Of one attempt to shoot
her father, and William Vaughn, Or.
chard's travelling companion, has civ.
en- general confirmation to the story
Of Orchard going to Canon City to
kill Peabody.
The discovery OF the Goddard bomb
has been established. but the plot
NIL rests on the testimony OF Or.
rhard, as does also the Independence
explosion and the murder Of Detective
Lytc Gregory, His story OF the vindi.
GATOR outrage is partly supported by
outside testimony
The chief confederation OF the Or.
hard testimony has been as TO the
things he did and the time and man.
Ter Of their doing, and the defense !
that aside from his testi. |
nony there is not n single piece Of |
Independent evidence against Hay. |
wood or any fact that connects Hay. |
wood with the crime charged or any
,thcr crime.
II IS expected that Haywood will 20
m the witness stand and that there
viii he a strong showing as to his
character.
The defense has upward Of $50
witnesses, and It Is estimated that II
will take from three weeks to
month to present all OF its testimony.