The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-06-27
HAYWOOD Will.
TAKE STAND IN HIS
OWN DEFENSE
Attorney Darrow in Opening
Statement Enters Emphatic
Denial for Miners.

Boise, Idaho, June 26.-In an an.
dress that occupied two sessions on
the district court yesterday, Clarence
EDarrow, Of Chicago, outlined to the
Jury the detailed plot and defense on
William D. Haywood to the charge
that he murdered former Governor
Frank Steunenberg. In broad descrin-
uion, it is a denial Of every material
count in the testimony of Harry Ora
lchard, with a showing that Orchard
killed S~teunenberg because of a pri4
waite grudge as the result Of the loss
of a rich share In the great Hercules
mine, and explanations of the inde4
pendent circumstances tina tend I'd
connect three co-~defendants with Ora
ehard's life and operations. Haywood
lWill AXE the stand to make personal
denial Of Orchards accusations. Nov
Ter may be called to testify solely to
the events and circumstances affect
ing the Western Federation OF Miners.
but Pettibone will not be a witness
in this case. Mr.. barrow explained
that Meyer and Pettibone must stand
clared that every lawyer knows the
danger, whatever the circumstances.
of exposing men awaiting trial under
like circumstances.
In Sweeping Denial.
Mr.. barrow denied the existence Of
the great conspiracy to murder al
legged by the state with Orchards
testimony as a basis: denied that the
federation was anything but an earn
est fighting labor organization, with
higher wages, shorter hours, tolerable
working conditions n the care and
safety and education of its members
and their wives and children as it's
high and only motives; denied the in
timacy with the three co-defendants
that Orchard laid claim to; denied the
several conferences and conversations
that Orchard swore to: that Orchard
had not even committed many of tho
crimes he had boosted of. and pro1n-
Used to make proof Of his contena
lions with many of the men named
by Orchard when on the stand and
many witnesses Of creditable charac,
ter Who were not connected by any
tie with the federation or it's leaders.
Mr.. barrow charged that gents
Iof the mine workers association OF
Colorado and the Pinkerton detectives
had joined hands in a conspiracy to
!discredit and destroy the Western,
Federation of Miners. Agents Of ths
mine owners had, he asserted, com.
'mitted man minor crimes to dis,
credit the federation, and promised
that the defense would show that
it was a reasonable inference that
they had engineered the Independ-
ence depot outrage as an attempt
that had miscarried into a tragedy.
He asserted that this trial was tho
elimination of the conspiracy to kill
the organization by killing the lead.
fers; that the organization and not
aBh" HAYWOOD, was on. trial. and
that Harry Orchard, under the ma
inlpulation of Detective MCFARLAND
H.H was IRVING tn kill Ntnvn,~ IolyuNnI
and Pettibone that he might save
his own life.
Explains Draft to simpkins.
In explanation of the draft for s10C
which Haywood sent to Jack Simpkins
on December 81, 1905, Mr.. barrow
promised that the defense would show
mat Simpkins had an expense account
OF $22S against the federation and that
after Sfmpkins had cashed the check
Tor that amount in Denver he gave $10G
70 Haywood with the request he mail
the amount to him at his home in Spo-
kane.
of the personal relations between
orchard and Pettibone, Mr.. Darrow
declared that anyone could make
friends with Pettibone. and that Petit
pone had fed Orchard as he would ANY
other dog" AS to their financial rela-
ions, Mr.. barrow said that whert
orchard left Denver for Wyoming I'D
save TetllDOne ms money, his Masonic
badge and other trinkets and all his
papers for safe keeping. From time to
time Pettibone forwarded parts of the
money to him as requested.
Inc registered package that went to
san francisco contained the Masonic
pm, tr1nkets and papers, and the money
mat Pettibone sent to Orchard at Sar
francisco was sent under the assumed
names that Orchard had directed and
suggested in a telegram he sent to Pet
lDone. Use of assumed names, coun-
vel declared, was a common practice
among the union miners of Colorado,
made a stern necessity by the black
5usting Of union miners whom, he de-
t!ared, a been abused, bounded, de-
tiea Justice n driven from the state.
Mr. barrow said the defense would
PROBABLY not undertake a showing as
20 the unsigned letter received by Or
snard at Caldwell jail--the letter that
SAD that q been sent to Jack" on
december 81, and which Orchard sWofe
sfsltlbone wrote-and at the close both
sloes would probably argue their re-
spectve constructions of it.
lhe defense will call its first witness
r ESQ o'clock this morning and prom
.sed tlat unless the cross examination
rs exceptionally long to make all Of It's
PROOF Within seven or eight days.