The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-26
DARROW DRAMATIC
Made Impassioned Appeal in
Behalf Of Haywood
HEAT WAS MOST INTENSE
But He Held HIS Audience to CIus-
est Attention
Chicago Lawyer Made no Attempt
ut Refinement in Attack-Was
Particularly SeveT1c Aon Leading
Counsel for tile Defense

ut Refinement in Attack-Was
J Particularly Sewers, Aon Leading
Counsel for Hle Defense.
Boise, Idaho, July 24.-The career
of Frank SteunenDerg, the murdered
former governor of Idaho, was dis
cussed at length this afternoon by
Clarence DarroW in his plea in behalf
Of William D. Haywood charged with
murder. Justifying the articles pub
lished in the Miners Magazine, the Of
fetal organ Of the Western Fedora
ton, Mr.. barrow said the action of
Steunenberg in asking for United
States troops to quell riots and the es-
tablishment Of martial law in 1899
was unjustifiable and had properly
stirred up intense feeling in labor
circles against the governor.
MIR. Darrows argument, unfinished
tonight, developed into an appeal for
labor as against capital and a denun-
citation of all opposition to labor
unions. He held an audience startled
and 0pen-mouthed as one after an
ether Of the sentiment poured from
his lips. His attack on Orchard was
anticipated and in this respect he full
filled and surpassed the limit of ex-
pectatiOn. Three hours were given
to Orchard and it was only when vitu-
peratiOn, physical force and words
were spent, that DarrOW turned to
James H. Hawley, the leading coun-
sci for the state, and the PinkertOn
detectives for something on which to
pour the lesser volume of abuse. The
state of Idaho came in for a large
share Of .DarrOw's denunciation for
the part it has played in the prOsecu
ton. Culture, education, the consti-
tuition, the supreme court and wealth
each in turn was described as con-
stituting a part of a combination
against the WOrkingmen.
Mr. Darrow sneered at universities.
"And what is cultured man." he
exclaimed, but a cruel tyrant al
Ways?"
Reaching the climax sympathy for
the working class and hatred for the
rich, he assailed the constitution of
the country and cried: THE consti-
tuition! The constitution, 1t is here
only to destroy the laws made for the
benefit of the poor
Mr.. DarrOW's support of labor I'M
ion men was passionate and his eulogy
Of the Western Federation eloquent.
Lovingly, he touched on the beauty
Of self sacrifice found in the "strug-
gle for humanity where only the work
ing man is found" while in the bitter
est sarcasm his voice pitched in its
highest note and his arms upheld, he
heaped abuse on the selfish rich and
upon the administration of the state
of Idaho.
Boise, Idaho, July 24-Clarence
Darrow, Of Chicago, for two hours
and a half Of the morning session Of
the Haywood trial today, proclaimed
the innocence of his client and the i'm
possibility of his conviction upon the
corrOberated evidence Of Harry Orch
ard. J. H. Hawley, leading, counsel
for the state, and Orchard were fig
ures around whom most of the storm
Of the morning centered. Throughout
the ten weeks Of testimony taking,
Hawley and Darrow have clashed al
most daily and there have been fire.
Quent exchanges OF angry words until
during HaWley'S argument the lie was
passed. This morning Darrow vented
his accumulated wrath. There was
no attempt at refinement of attack,
it was straight vituperatiOn and angry
denunciatiOn. For two hours and q
Hall DdFION rang JIe CIdi ScS OLA
Orchards past. his present and his
future, and on Orchard he heaped
every word OF abuse and contempt
that the least possible show Of re-
spect for the court would permit.
The court room was crowded to its
limit, was hot and the atmosphere
heavy. but the Chicago lawyer held
his audience to close attention
throughout the morning. He pleaded
with voice and gesture. Not Quiescent
for a moment, he paced TO and fro be-
fore the box addressing, eacC of the
jurymen in turn, and always pleading
that an Idaho jury would never find
a verdict against Haywood upon the
testimony of Orchard, who, he said,
was 'corroberated only by a dog. a
wall-eyed horse and J. H. Hawley."
Mr.. Darrow, in closing the argu-
ment of the morning session, said If
the jury should hang Bill Haywood
"one million willing hands will seize
the banner by the open grave and
bear it on to victory.
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