Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-07-25
FINAL EVIDENCE
SUBMITTED TO COURT.
f1awley Completes Argument for State.
Defense Takes up Argument and
Makes Strong Case to
the Jury.

The entire day was taken up last
Friday by the attorneys in the Hay
wood case arguing the admissability
of large part of the evidence which
had been submitted to the Jury.
The court had requested the attor-
neys to make this argument before
he instructed the jury. In this
rnanner he hoped to restrict the
final argument IN this case to the
testimony which had been properly
admitted.
On Saturday the judge announced
his decision on the question which
had been presented the day before
Immediately following the an
ncuncement of his decision, ]. II.
Eawley began the argument to the
jury. Mr. Hawley made one of the
strongest pleas ever presented to an
Idaho jury. He said: Whenever
Orchard has been contradicted in
his testimnuy it has been by a per-
son interested as party in the con-
spiracy or by a person whose testi-
nOny has absolutely been proved
to have been false. | believe it
was the saving power of divine
grace working upon him to bring
TO justice one of the worst criminal
bands in the country MIR Haw-
ley explained the theory of the
prosecution which is that the West
ern Federation of Miners was a
criminal organization and that they
had entered into conspiracy
against all persons opposed to their
plans He then took up the tes-i-
nony of the various witnesses and
the history of the many crimes
which had been committed. He
denounced many of the witnesses
for the defense as willful perjurers
and others he said were guilty of
unIntentional falsehoods and showed
where they had contradicted them
selves. Mr. Hawley concluded his
argument at 4 AS Saturday with a
strong, earnest plea for justice, for
an honest judgment from honest
men of Idaho. He did not charge
that a majority of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners were criminals
but that the evil deeds of the Of
ficers and that the scum of the
organization had overshadowed and
brought discredit on the rank and
file. THE time has come he said
''when society should rise to make
war upon the evil influences that
are the curse Of labor organiza-
tions. We must show the world
that here in Idaho we are, law
abiding and a God-fearing people
who will deal out even handed JUS
t1Ce to the criminal accused OF the
highest crime as to the tramp
charged with some petty breach OF
the law
Monday morning Attorney E F.
Richardson opened the argument
tor the defense. He reviewed the
testimony of the witnesses and the
history of the crimes as viewed by
the defense. He divided his address
into eleven subdivisions. He said
First | shall discuss the law as
applied to this case and 10 the pros
ecuting witnesses; second the his
tory of the Western Federation of
Miners; third the general condition
in the Occur d'A1enes and at Grip
PIE Creek; fourth the series OF events
relied on by the state to prove
conspiracy; fifth the SteunenDerg
murder; sixth, seventh ana eiShth
concerning Orchard under arrest,
IN the penitentiary and his I'M
peachment; ninth, to the treatment
OF Mr. Haywood; tenth, to the rea-
sons why certain witnesses oio
not testify, both for the prosecu-
t1on and the defense; eleventh,
snail discuss this case as IT ap-
pears before this Jury. -
On Wednesday. Mr.. Richardson
concluded his argumendt TO the
Jury His address was at all times
interesting and on many occasions
ne became very eloquent He
pieaoed with the jury not to con-
Vict Haywood on the testimony OF
the sef-confeSsed criminal Orchard,
"horn 1t had been shown was pos
sessed with lust for murder Fin