The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-25
DARROW'SPLEA FOR HAYWOOD
ONLY ONE MORE SPEECH, THEN
THE CASE GOES TO THE jury.

chicago Lawyer Demands tina His client
Be set Free or l~Ianged-No Com.
promise He Declares Tells Jury That
n Ne Dies II VIII Ne ~ . Martyr.
BoIsE, July "A. -Clsrence Darrow ~
Chicago this morning began the closing
plea for the life OF William d. Haywood.
In an address Of over two hours and n
half he held the attention Of a crowded
court room to the last word he spoke.
When he had finished thS morning part
Of his speech II was generally agreed that
he had struck tho strongest blow that has
yet been struck for the defence. Later In
ths day IL didn't seem 30 strong.
II was a bold aud p~erilous address. for Il
demanded one Of two things and nothing
else Zee either the aoquittal OF Haywood or
his conviction Of murder in the first degree,
the penalty OF which is death.
Almost at the very beginning Mr.. Darrow
acclaimed in his most fervent manner
that tho defence wanted no compromise,
The murder Of Gov. Steunenberg,
he declared, was cold blooded and de-
iberste to the last degree II Haywood
c~onspired to IL he ought to be hanged.
II he didn't he ought to be set free. There
was no third course logically possible.
Vivid and flaming an IL was. Darrow's
address was not always taotful; rather
IL was defiant. for he warned the jurors
not to cherish the notion hat Bill Hay
woods death" would disrupt the Western
Federation Of Miners. Though the fed
Grafton lays claim TO a me nbership of
not more han 10000. he asserted that II
Haywood vent as a martyr" to the gallows
a million hands would take up the banner
he dropped at his grave and bear 1t on to
victory in the end"
IL MIR. barrow is an actor he belongs to
that school Of acting which maintains that
in order to convince an audience the actor
must convince himself. That MIR. Darrow
convinced himself there was no doubt
whatever. At several times he was deeply
moved by his own eloQuence and once the
tears streamed freely down his furrowed
Despite the vigor an the moving quality
OF the address 10 impressed one as after
all the plea OF a man who was hoping for q
Disagreement. II was too defiant and too
bold 20 admit Of the s%upposition hat IL
vas addressed to the jury as a whole.
On the contrary, IL convinced the dis
interested auditor that IL was rather pro-
nounce for the purpose OF bracing up the
nerve Of some one or two or three jurors
who were thought to be favorable to the
defence. lest they should be won over to q
conviction by the majority. This theory.
in fact, comedies with the rumor already
afioat that the Jury will be 10 to 2 or 0 to ,
for conviction on the hrst ballot.
barrow was still talking when IT got
dark. He will finish tomorrow morning
probably. unless he runs out OF venom
over night. 1t is now expected that Senator
Borah will begin his address tomorrow
afternoon n finish II Friday morning.
In hat event the jury will get the case
same afternoon.
MIR. barrow opened with an eloquent
prejudioes. He reminded them that Hay
wood had been brought $500 miles to be
by those who were intellectually alien
to him, in the nome OF ex-Gov. Steunenberg.
80 brutally murdered, in q community
where the seeds OF class hatred had been
diligently sown for q year and a half. He
their minds to the extent OF understanding
tho hopes and aspirations Of h men rep
resented by the labor leaders on trial. Then
he made a bold stroke. Said he:
This murder was cool. brutal cowardly.
And ! want to say TO this jury. II this de-
plotted that murder. sitting in his
ONCE 1900 miles away. then for Gods sake
hang him by the neck until he Ia dead.
would NOT thank this jury for a compromise
verdict. This man In either innocent or
! don't believe you jurors arc
towards. and | know Bill Haywood is not.
II he has TO die he'll meet his death with his
back to the wall. We want no compromise.
We know yov may be reluctant to hang a
man on this periured testimony OF Harry
Orchard. We kno that It is possible you
ht send him TO the penit entiary on account
Of that dislike. But with all that in mind we
would not thank you II you found him guilty
OF assault and fined him sS. No compromise
for us, gentlemen. Guilty. or innocent he In.
II guilty let him suffer the full penalty OF the
law. II innocent let him go free.
Nothing can bring back Gov. Steunen-
berg to life. No action OF yours can bring
him back to his widow and his children. An
you can do IL TO make another widow and
more orphans, and N You are willing 10 do
on this evidence. why. well and good,
and may peace be with you.
IL did not AXE barrow long to Yet to
Orchard. He did IL by alluding TO Haw-
ley's statement TO the effect that there
was enough evidence In the case to hang
Haywood outside Of Orchards.
rs Hawley bughouse or does he think
YOU twelve men are?' demanded the law
yer. ANY sane man knows that this Is
a case Of Orchard from beginning to end"
He ven on to tell OF the inception OF
the federation in Jail, where. he said, they
were gathered for c~onscience's sake
He went on to fire the very best gun the
defence has in the way OF violence by re-
ferring to the testimony given by the two
King women, who swore they often saw
Orchard in the company Of Sterling. the
Mine Owners Association detective. in
Sterling's room in the spring before the
Independence depot explosion. This WAS
the most important contradiction OF Or
ohard's story that the defence has been
able to produce, for Orchard swore fatty
he was never in Sterling's room.
Mr.. barrow rose to the supremest heights
OF nerve when he tried d convince the
Jury tina Big Bill Davis was a respectable
witness. Davis is the man who led the
union miners when they blew mp the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mill and whose cross
examination by Borsh made even the de-
fences counsel admit In private that Davis
was a ~self-evident liar. This was what
barrow had to say OF the aforesaid Big
Bill Davis and Billy Easterly. both of them
accused OF dynamite outrages by Orchard;
They may have stood up in a fair fight and
struck brave blows against their enemies.
Bill Davis was safe in Nevada. but he read
Harry Orchards testimony. He knew his
enemies we're in Idaho. a hostile land Yet
he came here and put his neck In a halter
and put the other end OF the rope in Hawley's
hand and testified for his friends. And II
,hara 4. n man hare that would mt fnrp from