Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-07-25
Towards
the End
barrow Pleads that Testimony ReIat-
ing to Deportation and Pinkles'
Campaign Be Admitted

gebher every Item that they deem in
erimlnating on the defendants part,
and on the other side, the defendant,
the man fighting for his life, be mere
ly allowed to make denialsi We think
we have a right to how facts, to show
every fact that can in any way 90
to prove not only that he is innocent,
but that will point to the presumption
of another's guilt"
Mr. Darrow spent some time in dis
cussing and citing authorities as to the
materiality of evidence showing threats
on the part of Orchard against Gov
ernor Steunenberg He declared that
If there was any question as to the
relevancy of any testimony in the case
the doubt should be resolved in favor
OF the defendant.
The fact that Sterling was not callel
to the stand was an admission of the
testimony of the three witnesses who
saw him so frequently in conversation
with Orchard.
"At any rate these witnesses have
not been arrested for perjury on the
word Of the most periured villain who
ever came into a court room, Harry
| Orchard"
Arguing as to the competency Of
the testimony given as to conditions
and deportations in Colorado Mr.. Oar
row held that the defense should be
/ allowed equal latitude with the state.
ga man defending his life," he
said, "should have even a wider lati-
tude than the state that is seeking to
send him to his death"
"We claim the crimes charged
| against Meyer, Haywood and Petit
~. -rs-o es....aaiis IA by others ..nd VIC
must be allowed TO show evidence, con-
ditions and circumstances which tend
to bear us out. All that the mine own.
ers did-the deportation of men, the
defiance of law, the forbidling of mer-
chants to sell food and supplies to the
families of the men driven out Of the
district-all that they did in further
ance of their criminal conspiracy to
| destroy the Wesern Federation of
Miners, is competent testimony, and it
should be left to the jury to detcrm-
inc its value
"The jury should have all the facts
that this case has developed. We OBJ
icct to the state going to Colorado to
convict these men of crimes commit
ted in Ilaho. We didn't want TO go
into all these details, but the state was
allowed to place before the jury every
iot and little, every isolated circum.
stance, every bit of testimony that
could in any way tend to corroborate
any statement of Harry Orchard.
care they TO be allowed to show
every fact which might connect these
defendants with any responsibility,
and we to be denied the right to pre-
sent contradictory facts in order that
the jury may determine for itself who
was guilty and who was responsibleH
Let the twelve men weigh the evil
denee. We shall rest content"
When Borah came to reply, he said
the defense counsel had claimed that
it was the Pinkertons that created all
the disturbances in the unions, but the
more Riddell talked anarchy and force
the higher he climbed in the union.
He claimed that the Colorado evidence
was immaterial because they have not
proved a counter-conspiracy.
Mr.. Richardson gave the closing ar
gument on this question.
He said that when an accused man
can prove that some one else commit.
ted the crime that was competent cvi.
dence.
VERY little has been heard in this
case of the actual issue involved-the
assassination of Governor Steunenbcrg.
IL there had been evidence TO directly |
connect with this ofrcnsc the Colorado
troubles would never have been heard !
of. But the state was reduced TO a
mere claim that the killing Of Steu,
nenberg was but mere incident Of |
n giant conspiracy.
"orchard said, Haywood employed |
him to do certain things, and the state
attempts to connect him by set Of
Haywood comes in and
says, Il will show you a set of strong.
er circumstances against some one
elsc.'
81 claim and urge IL upon your hon.
- N