Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-06-28
DEFENSE OF HAYWOOD
Opening Statement by Attorney
barrow Of Chicago.
ORCHARD STORY IS DENIED
Asserted That seIf.confessed Muir.
= dsrer Killed steunenberg Be-
T., cause Of Private Grudqe.

Boise, 1da, June 25.-1n an address
hat occupied two sessions of the dis
61ot court Clarence Darrow of Chica-
- outlined to the jury the detailed
6o1ense Of William D. Haywood to the
aAarge that he murdered Former Gov
Ognor Steunenberg. In broad descrip-
too it Is to be denial of every ma
ooSial count in the testimony Of Or
ohard with showing that Orchard
killed steunenberg because Of a pri-
vats grudge due to the loss of rich
share in the great Hercules mine and
explanations of the Independent cir
1amstances that tend to connect three
1o-defendants with Orchards life and
operations.
Haywood will take the stand to
make personal denial of Orchards
accusations, Meyer may be called to
testify solely to events and circum-
stances affecting the Western Fedora
tion of Miners, but Pettibone will not
b 4 witness in this case.
Mr.. barrow denied the existence Of
the great conspiracy to murder al
legged by the state with Orchards tes-
timony as basis; denied that the
federation was anything but an
earnest fighting labor organization
with higher wages, shorter hours,
tolerable working conditions and the
sare Of It's members and their wives
and children as it's high and only mo-
tives; denied the intimacy with the
three co-defendants that Orchard laid
claim to; denied the several confer
ences and conversations that Orchard
swore to; denied that Orchard had
ever committed many of the crimes he
had boosted of and promised to make
proof of his contentious with many
Of the men named by Orchard when
on the stand and many witnesses of
creditable character not connected
by any tie with the federation or its
leaders.
Conspiracy 10 Charged.
Mr.. barrow charged that agents of
he Mine Owners association of Colo
RADIO and the Pinkerton detectives had
loaned hands in conspiracy to de-
TROY the Western Federation of
Miners. Agents of the mine owners
had. he asserted, committed many
minor crimes to discredit the fedora
lion and he promised that the defense
would show that it was reasonable
Inference that they had engineered
$hn Yn6annn1onan
attempt" that had miscarried into a
tragedy. He asserted that this trial
was the elimination of the conspiracy
20 kill the organization by killing the
leaders; that the organization and not
"Bill" Haywood was on trial and that
Harry Orchard under the manipula-
lion Of Detective MCFARLAND was try
ing to kill Meyer, Haywood and Petit
bone that he might save his own life.
In explanation Of the draft for 500
which Haywood sent to Jack Simpkins
on Dec. Fl, 1905, Mr.. Darrow promised
that the defense would show that
Simpklns had an expense account for
423s against the federation and that
after Simpkins himself had cashed the
check for that amount in Denver he
gave Haywood 500 with the request
that he mail it to him at his home in
Spokane.
OF the personal relations between
Orchard and Pettibone, Mr.. Darrow
declared that any one could make
friends with Pettibone and that Petit
bone had fed Orchard as he would
ANY other dog" AS to their financial
relations, Mr.. Darrow said that when
Orchard left Denver for Wyoming he
gave Pettibone his money, his Ma
sonic badge and other trinkets and
some papers for safe-keeping. From
time to time Pettibone forwarded
parts Of the money to Orchard.