Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-27
STATE CLOSES CASE
PRINCIPAL SHOWING OF PROSE-
cuTloN is ORCHARD STORY.
DEFENSE WILL BE THE AGGRESSION
Haywood's Attorneys Have $50 Wit
nesses to Refute Testimony
Introduced.

Boise, Idaho-The closing of the
case of the state leaves the battle for
the life of William d. Haywood up in
the air-the defense from this time.
on will assume the aggressive and the
prosecution the defensive. The case
will go on through the aggressive
cross-examination and the state will
then present evidence in rebuttal, but
it has already put forward its main
proposition.
AS to the Steunenberg crime, which
is the one charged against Haywood,
the state has made the following show
ing:
Haywood sent money to Simpkins,
who lived with Orchard, nine days be-
fore the murder of Steunenberg, and
an unsigned letter from Denver, show
ing by its address to Thomas Hogan"
that the author knew the alias of Or
chard. Without making any request,
legal aid was furnished Orchard two
days after his arrest.
Letters to Mrs. Orchard a Plan.
Haywood sent a letter to Mrs. Or
chard, the second, which the state
claims showed evidence of a plan to
conceal the whereabouts of Orchard,
and was part of a plan to make an
alibi for him.
Haywood's letter to Mrs. Orchard
made the statement that the last the
writer had heard of Orchard he was in
Alaska, when in reality Orchard and
Sinlpkins were at Caldwell. There is
nothing only Orchards word, though,
to show th3 Haywood was not him
self deceived.
Haywood, P%ettibone and Orchard are
located together on several occasions
in Denver between spring and fall OF
1905.
Articles from the Miners Magazine
and some testimony as to the Cour
d'Alene strike, shows animus toward
S~teunenberg by Haywood and other
federation leaders.
The state made the following show
ing on the alleged general conspiracy:
Orchard has been traced through the
more important movements connected
with the alleged attempts on the life
of Bradley at San Francisco.
1t has been independently shown
that P~ettibone sent remittances and
correspondence to Orchard under an
assumed name.
Orchards word is all the proof
shown that the Bradley explosion was
by a bomb. The Peabody bomb cas-
ing has been produced and its history
proved.
Miss Peabody Testifies.
Miss Peabody has confirmed the Or
chard story of one attempt to shoot
her father, and William Vaughn, Or
chard's travelling companion, has CIV
en- general confirmation to the story
of Orchard going to Canon City to
kill Peabody.
The discovery of the Goddard bomb
has been established, but the plot
all rests on the testimony of Or
chard, as does also the Independence
explosion and the murder of Detective
Lyle Gregory. His story of the Vindi-
Gator outrage is partly supported by
outside testimony. ,
The chief confederation of the Or
chard testimony has been as to the,
things he did and the time and man
ner of their doing, and the Defense
contends that aside from his testi-A
mony there is not a single piece Of
Independent evidence against Hay.
wood or any fact that connects Hay
wood with the crime charged or any
other crime.
It is expected that Haywood will go
on the witness stand and that there
will be q strong showing as to his
character.
The defense has upward Of $50
witnesses. and 1t is estimated that it
will take from three weeks to a
month to present all of it's testimony.