The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-06-28
MYWOOD'S Defense
Stated BY barrow
GENERAL DENIAL OF MUCH OF
ORCHARDS CONFESSION
WILL BE-MADE.
No Murder conspiracy-Mine Owners
Accused of Plot and Minor Crimes
Explanation of Draft Sent to
Simpkins.

Simpkins.
Boise, Idaho, June 25.-In an ad-
dress that occupied two sessions OF
the district court Monday, Clarence
barrow, of Chicago, outlined to the
jury the defense of William D. Hay
wood tt the charge that he murdered
former Gov. S~teunenberg. In broad
| description, it is to be a denial OF
every material count in the testimony
of Orchard, with a showing that Or
| chard killed Steunenberg because of
a private grudge borne by the loss OF
a rich share in the great Hercules
mine, and explanations of the indie
pendent circumstances that tend to
connect three c~o-defendants with Or
chard's life and operations.
Haywood will take the stand to
make a personal denial of Orchards
accusations; Meyer may be called to
testify solely to events and circum-
stances affecting the Western Fed.
Grafton of Miners; but Pettibone will
not be a witness in this case. Mr..
barrow explained that Meyer and Pet
tibone must stand trial for this same
crime, and declared that every lawyer
knew the danger, whatever the cir
cumstances, of exposing men awaiting
trial under like circumstances.
Denies Alleged Conspiracy.
Mr.. barrow denied the existence of
the great conspiracy to murder al
legged by the state with Orchards tes-
timony as a basis; denied that the
federation was anything but an
earnest fighting labor organization
with higher wages, shorter hours, toll
cradle working conditions and the
care and safety and education of it's
members and their wives and chill
dren as it's high and only motives; de-
MED the intimacy with the three CO.
defendants that Orchard laid claim
to; denied the several conferences and
conversations that Orchard swore to;
denied that Orchard had even commit
ted many of the crimes he had boast
ed 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 cred
table character not connected by any
tie with the federation or it's leader.
Nj. Darrow charged that agents of
the Mine Owners association of Col
orado and the Pinkerton detectives
had Joined hands in a conspiracy to
discredit and destroy the Western
Federation of Miners. Agents of the
mine owners had, he asserted, COM
mitted many minor crimes to dis
credit the federation, and he prom
ised that the defense would show
that they had engineered the indie
pendence depot outrage as an cat
tempt" that had miscarried into a
tragedy. He asserted that this trial
was the elimination of the conspiracy
to kill the organization by killing the
leaders; that the organization and
not "Bill' Haywood was on trial, and
that Harry Orchard, under the manip-
ulation of Detective MCFARLAND was
trying to kill Meyer, Haywood and
Pettibone that he might save his own
life.
Explains the 500 Draft.
In explanation of the draft for 500
which Haywood sent to Jack Simpkins
on December q, 1905, Mr.. barrow
promised that the defense would
show that Simpkins had an expense
account of 1928 against the federation,
and that after Simpkins himself had
cashed the check for that amount in
Denver he gave 800 to Haywood with
the request that he mail the amount
to him at his home in Spokane.
OF the personal relations between
Orchard and Pettibone, Mr.. barrow
declared that anyone could make
friends with Pettibone, and that Petit
bone had fed Orchard as he would
ANY other dog" AS to their finan-
cial relations, Mr.. barrow said that
when Orchard left Denver for Wyo-
ming he gave Pettibone his n
his Masonic badge and other trinkets,
n some papers for safe keeping.
From time to time Pettibone forward
ed parts of the money to him as he
requested.
The registered package that went
to San Francisco contained the Ma
soni pin, trinkets and papers and
the money that Pettibone sent to Or
chard at San Francisco was sent in a
manner and under assumed names
that Orchard had directed and sug,
gested in a telegram he sent to Pet
tibone. Use of assumed names. u
sci declared, was a common practice
among the union miners of Colorado.
made a stern necessity by the black
listing of union miners who, he de-
clared, had been abused, bounded, de-
MED justice and driven from the state.
v. s. to Watch German Army Work.
Washington, June 25.-The army Of
icers who have been designated by
the war department to represent this
government at the German army a
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