The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-25

Owners association, on the stand.
Adams. the attorney explained, is 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.
At am not afraid of what he would
say against Haywood, but L am afraid
to let Adams, my client turn himself
wrongside 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 a client to do such thing
would be worthy of the name"
AS to Pettibone, Darrow said the
He is to be tried for his life for the
murder of Steunenberg. Pettibone is
described as an easy going. big heart
ed fellow who had allowed the Great
ure 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 testify
for the prisoner now at the bar.
Why Meyer Testified.
1.-THE reason the defense put Mover
on the stand, while he too, is awaiting
trial." Darrow said, lis that there is
no evidence of any sort for Meyer to
explain. He expressed the belief
that Meyer never would be tried for
he did not believe that a prosecution
even so foolish as the one against
Haywood would dare to put man on
trial with such fiimsy evidence as
could be entered against Mover
Mr.. Darrow demanded to know why
Detectives MCFARLAND and Sterling
were not indicted, saying that to the
latter especially had been brought
home some of the most serious things
L.
the Independence depot explosion
which he charged up directly to the
Mine Owners association.
Il don't believe they Intended to
kill IA men or any men, but they
wanted to put up a job as they did in
the train wrecking case so that they
might take the law in their own hands
and drive out the Western Federation
of Miners and all the men, women and
children in the district who dared to
sympathize with them"
Mr. DarroW picked out the story
told by Orchard as to the plans for
kidnapping August Paulson's children
as follows:
Oh, yes, somebody was always sug-
gesting these things to Orchard. He
never did a criminal act of his own
volition in his life. But if you men
can find way to believe Orchard in
preference to Dave Coates, 1 don't
know how you can ever make peace
with your conscience or your maker.
And if you can find no way of believ-
ing Orchard in this instance you must
know he has been lying and lying
since his conversion-S
Cripple Creek Troubles.
Plunging vigorously into the Cripple
Creek troubles, Mr.. Darrow declared
that when some day the people get
the right angle on this case and look
back upon the Colorado labor struggles,
=,
portant and pregnant chapters in the his
tory of the United States
Talk about law and order,'' he ex-
planned, nowhere in all the world has
law and order ever been trampled in the
dust as it was at Cripple Creek by the
Mine Owners associat ton and their CO.
horts, the respectables - merchants,
bankers and the lfke-and the disreputa-
bles-the gun men"
Darrow eulogized all the witnesses in
troduced in the case by the defendants
He said they had been all called muir
derers, perjurers and assassins by Haw-
ley, but they were all brave men, not
sneaking, craven towards, who would
sneak off into the night. No, they stood
in the open and fought fairly when they
did fight.
Darrow dwelt for the last hour of
the morning session upon the Bradley
explosion in San Francisco. He de-
clared all the evidence pointed to a
gas explosion and described the esti-
mony in support of Orchards story as
to the bomb, manufactured in Pink
erton McParland's perjury factory"
The attorney asserted that it was i'm
possible for Orchard to have gained
the roof of the Bradley apartment
house except by climbing the gutter
pipe.
"And you don't catch Harry climb
ing any pipes" he went on.
"Oh, no; no chance like that for
Harry. He might fall down and hurt
his finger-and if he hurt his finger
he might not be able to play upon the
harp in kingdom come"
The luncheon recess until 2 p. m.
was ordered at noon.