Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-26
DARROW CONTINUES
PLEA FOR haywood
COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE SAYS
JACK SlMPKINS DID RIGHT
TO STAY AWAY.
DECLARES HE COULD
NOT GET FAIR TRIAL
Explains Action of Miners Union in
Rejecting Him to Executive
Board-Why Adams and Pettibone
Did Not Testify.

DIO iNOl CStIiJs
Boise, Idaho, July 26.-Final plead
ing for the acquittal of William d.
Haywood was continued Thursday
morning by Clarence Darrow, who con-
cluded his address in the afternoon.
U. S. Senator Borah began the closing
argument for the state at the evening
session.
Mr.. Darrow confined himself more
closely to a review of the evidence, but
throughout the theme there continued
the strong note of abuse Of Orchard
and condemnation for Pinkertons. Ex-
treme hoarseness at first interfered
somewhat with the speakers flights of
oratOry, but a liberal use Of lozenges
affected some relief and by the time
Mr.. Darrow reached the labor trou-
bles in Colorado he threw all restraint
aside and in spite of reminder from
the court, he rose to even greater
heights than Wednesday in his assault
upon the existing order, past and pres
ent. He would speak, he said, upon
the subject of deportations and await
DarroW Defends Simpkins.
Mr.. Darrow defended the action of
Jack Simpkins in disappearing. He
argued TO the jury that at the time of
Steunenberg's death no man accused
of the murder would have been given
a fair trial. He commended Simpkins
for remaining in hiding during the
present trial and brought bold accusa-
tion against the jury he was address
ing when he said:
Possibly year hence every man
who has not been hanged can get a
fair trial in Boise"
He explained the action of the
Western Federation of Miners in re-
electing Simpkins a member of the ex-
ecutive board upon the ground that as
brave men and brothers we should
stand by him until he is tried and con-
yicted."
Mr.. Darrow went into a lengthy dis
cussion as to why the defense had not
put Steve Adams and George A. Petit
bone on the stand. He demanded to
know why the state had not put K C.
Sterling, the detective of the Mine
Owners association, on the stand.
Adams, the attorney explained, was on
trial for the murder of a man in north
ern Idaho. Under these circumstances
Darrow said he would rather cut off
his right arm than allow Adams to
take the stand, much as he desired the
acquittal of Haywood.
Afraid of Cross-Examinat1on
Il am not afraid of what he would
say against Haywood, but 1 am afraid
to let Adams, my client, turn himself
wrong side out under the cunning
cross-eXamination of Senator Borah
and then have his testimony used
against him when the second trial for
his life begins. No lawyer who would
permit client to do such a thing
would be worthy of the name"
AS to Pettibone, Darrow said the
circumstances were much the same.
He is to be tried for his life for the
murder of Steunenberg. Pettibone is
described as an easy-going, big-hearted
fellow who had allowed the creature
Orchard to work his way into his
house. 1t was more important for
PettibOne to wait and take the stand
in his own behalf than to lay himself
open in the trial of Haywood, much
as Pettibone would have liked to tes-
tify for the prisoner now at the bar.
The reason the defense put Meyer
on the stand, while ne, too, is await
ing trial, Darrow said, is that there is
no evidence of any sort for Meyer to
explain. He expressed the belief that
Meyer would never be tried for he did
not believe that prosecution even so
foolish as the one against Haywood
would dare to put man on trial with
such f1imsy evidence as could be en-
tered against Meyer.