The Washington times., 1907-07-27

were SET AZ nauBht by Judge Wood
who, as presiding Judge, had the last
word TO say.
The courts clear exempliacation OF
the law in the case took out the flights
Of DarroW into the realm OF socialism
and Borah's impassioned plea for the
nag. and again reduced to dry facts
the real kernel OF this. the most ia
nous OF all murder cases. the fact that
haywood was not on trial because he
was an officer Of the Western Fedora
uon OF Miners nor because anarchy
ruled in Colorado, nor because OF auy
trouble in that State. but for the mur-
ger OF Frank Steunenberg, Idaho's
former governor.
On the surface. the instructions would
seem 20 favor the defense. The real
fact is they favor the Idaho law.
Mrs. Steunenberg CoIIapses.
Senator Borah concluded the last arr7,-
ment for the prosecution last night. His
utterances were so bitter. his picture of
the murder OF former Governor Stunen-
berg so startling. that Mrs. Steunenberg.
the murdered mans wife. had 10 b.
carried from the court room.
Haywood's aged mother was also IN
able TO stand the tension Of the hearing
and was absent the greater part of The
cay. His invalid wife and seventeen
year-old daughter were at his side
however. from the moment that court
opened until 1t adjourned for the night.
Haywood Sat Like Image.
Haywood sat like an image during
Borah's speech demanding that the jury
condemn him to death on the scafrold.
It has been many a day since any
thing Ike the speech which Senator
Borah made vas delivered in any court
room in this country. With wonderful
lucidity, with deadly precision. he gath
cred up the vital facts OF the whole
case, and. brushing away all the mass
of sophistry and immateriality present
ed a vivid living picture of the con-
splTacy and showed the conspirators at
their work.
1t was a display OF intellectual power
tnat amounted almost 10 revelation. The
personal effect OF It was o. verwheIming.
IerrlnC- II carried the crowded court
room breathless and spellbound before
IT, and when It came to an end II left
the audience oppressed with the feeling
that they had seen the flashing sword
OF justice
Not Personal Arraignment.
1t was not a personal aIraignment OF
Haywood. There was nothing OF in
vective or denunciation or vituperation
or hate in It. II was simply an over
powering marshalinE of the evidence
presented by the prosecution. And Hay
wood understood. He SAT- with face
held steady. fronting his accuser but a
dull flush covering It that told In a
manner no words could DENY OF th,.
humping heart beneath. The wife
knew IT, too, and on their faces there
was q revelation OF pain no power OF
pride could prevent, and the lawyers
also knew Darrow and Richardson
strove in vain TO hide their feelings.
Even Pete Breen. the dynnmiter from
Butte, for once lost the sneer OF con-
tempt from his expression and sat with
white face and doWncast eyes The
dingy court room was lighted up by q
lame OF living Ere as this man stood
there pleading the cause of OUTRAGED
law crying In the name of manhood
and me integrity Of the State nor for
the blood OF any man, but for Justice
TO tn muroereIr Of Frank Steunenberg.
4h' chaTm In the magnetism about
the personality Of Borah lent emphasis
10 the force Of his speech His IS a
mental engine Of amazing power II
runs runs at terrific speed and at every revo-
ment. an assertion, an Inference The
logical connection of which is instantly
apparent
Of Tremendous Power.
Terrific. crushing, destroying. these
are the words that come nearest to de-
scribing the tremendous power of the
man In argument and the tremendous
effect Of his speech. Re is not a large
man physically, of medium height I,-,3h
big barrel of body. surfnounted nv
a big head. and there is nothing about
him as ne goes along the street to at
tract attention or differentiate him from
But in action he is a different being
hlS race nights up, his eyes gleam. ne
rad1ates power. His gift OF speech is
wonderful His words flow with aston
lshlng rapidly, but they always GO
straight TO the mark. There never ?s
any hesitation, never any uncertaintS-
Endowed with the highest dramatic
power ne seizes unerringly the telling
point, rushes along with tremendous
energy and deadly precision to the cii
max and with a burst of elO0uenca
drives horne and clinches his concir-
sion.
That is perhaps the most distingu,sb-
ing feature OF his performance. its an
solute lucldity. II Is not merely that
he never deviates from the line OF his
argument. but that every word he utters
as he goes along is absolutely neces1
sary TO the clear presentation of his
thought There is no superfiuity. and
there IS no repetition: What he says,
simply had to be said. and when II Is
said he turns to something else. The
speech dinered from all the other argII-
ments In the order OF its arrangement.
or Orchard where II oegaE. and fol-
lowed Il through chronologicaIly to its
conclusion IN the murder Of Steunen-
Oerg; Borah discussed but two features
OF that tale-the SteunenberC murder
ana the Bradley explosion It was the
conspiracy that occupied him, and that
almost alone.
Immediately upon the resumption of
MS argument he stated four PROPOSE
uons to the jury as the subjects he
would discuss. The frs. was whether
OF not conspiracy existed. a concerted
agreement among four or FIVE men to
commit crimes against the enemies of
the western Federation OF Miners. The
second was whether Haywood was