Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-06-24

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Boise, June 24.-A great crowd
gathered this morning in the court
room where William ID. Haywood is
on trial. to hear the speech of Attor-
ney Clarence Darrow, outlining the
purposes of the defense in combating
the evidence put in by the state.
Darrow began in the slow, mellow
drawl, characteristic of him, to state
the theory and plan of the defense.
The states attorney has told you"
said Darrow, that the murder of
Stenenberg was but an incident. They
nave told you that the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners was an organization
10 commit murder; to control politics;
to hire lawyers and do other criminal
things. Part Of this is true. part is
not true"
Not Murderous Organization.
Darrow mentioned the fact that the
states Attorney Hawley was the first
lawyer employed by the Federation
and that he laid out the plan of the
organization.
"The Western Federation of Min
ers, said he, us an Industrial and not
murderous organization. 1t has
from time to time taken a hand in
politics. but we are not going TO hang
every organization which has done
such thing. If we did, no corpora
ton would be safe"
Darrow said that there was no
claim that the Federation was an
organization of angels.
ANGELS do not work in mines" de-
clared the attorney. "T'hey are mine
owners"
A Fighting Organization.
I'VE are not here to apologize for
anything the Western Federation of
Miners has done. 1t has been a fight
ing organization from the first and il
1t dies, 1t will die a fighting organiza-
ton. 1t has had a troublous career;
1t has been opposed by every device
of the mine owners, but 1t has pros
pered."
Darrow detailed the benefits the or
ganization had brought to the miners
and said that the Butte union alone
has paid more than a million dollars
to the widows and orphans of its
members.
Pinkertons to Blame.
Darrow said that as soon as the
federation was born the mine owners
set about to destroy 1t. and as the
chief means, hired the Pinkerton De-
tective Agency with MCFARLAND at its
head.
1--WE will show" he said "that they
have hired detectives and placed them
in positions of responsibility as sec
and that these hired men constantly
advised the miners to strike and that
when a strike was on, they counselled
violence dynamite and murder. They
did II at Telluride; they did 1t at Grip
pie Creek. and at many other places.
1--WE will show that the Pinkerton
Agency has been the chief factor in
this case from the very beginning"
he declared.
Miners Magazine.
Darrow said that probably many
foolish, intemperate things had crept
into tho Miners Magazine, but that
the editors had no college education.
and Meyer and Haywood paid but lit
tie attention to 1t. He said the defense
would read matter from the maga-
zine, showing that 1t does not advise
violence, but counselled a wise ad-
ministration, and discussed economic
conditions temperately.
He said the defense would show
that Jack Simpkins was thrown into
the bull pen" in Couer D'Alene and
maltreated. He was stood up at a
post by a colored soldier and bayo-
driven into his breast.
Orchard n Boaster.
The defense VIII show, Darrow as
serted, that Orchard was shoe
string gambler, who had never done
a days work in his life, and that he
was not at the Bunker Hill and Sui
livan mill as he had testified, when IL
was blown up. and did not partici-
pate in most of the crimes, of which
he has boasted.
\ Monumental Liar.
Il don't like to take any bloom OFF
the peach like that, but while we Will
show that he is not the murderer he
boasts himself to be, we will compen-
safe him by proving him to be the
most monumental liar that ever exist
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'Refore our first witness leaves the
stand, gentlemen, we will convince
you, yes, we will convince Prosecutor
Hawley himself, that this man Or
chard has lied in the most essential
points Of his story.
1--WE believe we have from 25 to 80
witnesses. who will take the stand
and contradict this man absolutely.
| Some of these witnesses will be min
ers. but others will be eminently re-