Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-25
DARR|)N Taxes UP
S|NPK|NS' DEFENSE
Says Witness Feared For His
Life If He Came to the
Boise Trial
HIS ARGUMENT IS LENGTHY
Tn. Fact, He Claims, That Haywood
Meyer and Pettibone Did Not Run
Away Proves Their Innocence-says
Federation Will Stand by simpkins
-Tria! Nearing Its End.

Boise. Idaho July 25.-Clarence Dar-
roy, who is having the last word 1or
the defense, resumed his address TO
the jury this morning. He took up the
defense of Jack Simpkins' flight after
the arrest of Harry Orchard. Darrow's
voice was very hoarse, as result OF
Eve hours and forty-five minutes OF
speaking yesterday. He spoke today
with the greatest effort.
"They ask us why Jack Simpkins is
not here" said Darrow. Il Will tell
you. The reason he is not here is he
Is afraid to be here. don't propose
to go around the question and give
fantastic reasons. He's afraid, that is
the reason Hawley tells you Simpkins'
fight proves he is guilty. With that
statement take serious issue. If the
fact that Simpkins ran away proves
he is guilty, then by the same token
Of fact that Haywood, Meyer, and Pet
tibone did not run away proves the
innocent just as true as the other,
but neither is true.
II don't know whether Simpkins is
present or not is there any way can
tell and be honest with this jury?
have not seen him after he ran away.
He was in Caldwell with Orchard and
was Orchards friend. Sinpkins had
been in the bull pen and the indignities
to which he was subjected burn in his
heart today, and will probably burn
4 there forever. Simpkins had reason to
harbor a hatred against Steunenberg
Orchard had reason, either rightly or
wrongly to harbor hatred against
Steunenberg."
Says simpkins |. Innocent.
'Simp and Orchard had been to-
gether in Spokane for month before
they went to Caldwell If Simpkins
went there for the purpose which Or
chard has told, he went away without
doing 1t. He did not raise a hand
against Steunenberg. Hawley blames
US for re-electing Simpkins to the ex-
ecutive board. It might have been
better for the 10000 Western Fedora
ton miners to have turned their back
on him when he was accused. But il
we had done that Hawley would have
told you that the fact that the feder-
alton dropped simpkins showed a
trend Of the shadow of doubt that
the man was guilty. But that is not
the stuff the brave men Of the feder-
ation are made of. Until Simpkins is
convicted, every member of the feder-
alton will stand by him and will not
Judge him until he has had his day in
court"
Accused Steve Of Being Afraid.
Darrow went into a lengthy discus
sion as to why the defense had not put
Steve Adams and George A. Pettibone
on the stand. He demanded to know
why the state had not put K. G. ster-
ling, a detective for the Mine Owners
Association on the stand. Adams, the
attorney resumed, was on the trial for
the murder of a man in northern Ida
no. Under these circumstances, aDar-
row said, he would rather cut off his
right arm, than to allow Adams to take
the stand, as much as he desired the |
acquittal of Haywood. II am not afraid
what ne would say against Haywood,
but I am afraid to let Adams, my client, |
turn himself wrong side out under the
cunning cross examination of Borah |
and then have his testimony used |
against him, when the second trial for |
his life begins. No law
permit a client to do such thing, |
would be worthy of the NAME" AS to
Pettbone, Darrow said:
'cThe circumstances We're much the |
same. He is to be tried for his life |
for the murder of Steunenberg. 1t was
more important for Pettibone to wait |
and take the stand in his own behalf, |
Yha n fo Law him self one. t,3
Meyer Never to Be Tried.
'HThe reason the defense put Meyer
on the stand, while he too is awaiting
trial. Darrow said, "is there no evil
dence of any sort for Meyer to explain.
He expressed the belief that Meyer
never would be tried, for he did not |
believe the prosecution. even so fool
ish as the one against Haywood. |
would dare to put the man on trial
with such flimsy evidence as could be
entered against Meyer.
barrow demanded to know why De-
tectives Mcfarland and Sterling were
no. indicted, saying that the latter
especially, had been brought some Of
the most serious things in the case. He /
said he referred to the Independence
depot explosion, which he charged up
directly to the Mine Owners Asso-
citation.
Il don't believe they intended to
kill fourteen men, or any men, but I
they wanted to put up job so they
might take the law in their own hands /
to drive out the federation and all |
men. women and children in the dis
trict who dared to sympathize with