The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-07-25
ADDRESSES
THE JURY
Clarence OarrOw, Of Chicago.
Addresses Jury in Hay.
woods Defense To-Day
Associated Press.


barrow began the closing address
for the defense IN the Haywood case
this morning The court room was
crowded to IT'S capacity In opening
Dsrrow impressed the chief case upon
tho twelve men in the box and de-
clared the defendant is in Idaho as
an alien, brought 1900 miles from
homo into a community and before .
Jury which does not yisw lfe or IN
dustry as tho men accused Of the
murder Of Steunenherg had been
taught TO look at H. The defend
ants in this case" declare Darrop,
no one is brought 10 trial in the
home OF the man who was killed In
a more cowardly way Many of YOU
on This jury voted for Stcuncnborg.
one Of YOU had business relations
Wild him. while In the house Of an
other he made his homo for two
years. You are almost family cir
Gle Of the murdered man and none
! OF YOU has over had any communi-
| cation Of interest with the defend
ants Under these circumstances
can hut ask YOU TO lay aside az much
NJ passion and prejudice as YOU can
and look at us as II We we're one
Of YOU" The attorney asked for
fair and impartial trial and that the
jury be guided by the evidence only.
He said he prosecution could not
convict on exact evidence and was
relying upon forced circumstances 10
get verdict lie called upon the
| Jury for a clear cut verdict and ask
ed them not TO compromise on any
verdict OF murder or manslaughter
or murder In the second degree,
Il would moi thank this jury If It
returned . verdict Of assault and bat
terry and assessed fine of S. against
the defendant" he said. IF YOU be-
| liove the story that has been told
| against this man, take him and hang
him. Bill Haywood is either guilty
or innocent II he is guilty have
nothing to say, but men, this is a
case of orchard from beginning to
end, there is nothing at all left In
the evidence without him"
barrow launched into a lengthy,
bittre, vituperation denunciation Of
Attorney James II. Hawley, the lead
ing counsel for the state, He as
saulted him as hired man, actuated
by no other motive than 10 get the
money OF the state of Idaho, that he
might build another addition TO his
house He denounced him as bug
house" and said he had been a friend
OF labor organizations as he pro
claimed, only when they got cash to
his office first lie said Hawley had
"Orchaditis" or "Orcharditch" might
he better termed to have dismissed
Borah with a few words II don't
mean to intimate" he declared, that
Senator Bor9h is any more honest
than Hawley but do believe he is
slicker" He said he did not believe
Borah was as overcome with the
truthfulness of Orchards story as
Hawley. "Hawley would have you
believe Orchard cannot lie since he
get religion. shall have something
TO say as to that religion later on but
what | want to say now is this: II
Hawley hasn't got religion, he had
better get it if there IS any left after
Orchard got his barrow declared
Orchard had been so Contradicted
that there was no truth left in his
story. He said It would he a dis
grace to the state of Idaho TO con
Wet a man on such testimony. He
reviewed the crimes confessed to by
Orchard and SAID each one showed
the man to be a snealing, craven
coward, who had never taken d
chance that would endanger his mis-
cradle hide II was logical, he ar
gued. that Orchard should now turn
to lying to save his neck, Turning
to Orchards religious conversion he
declared that before Dean Hicks re-
Iigious advises, had persuaded him
to lay his sins, on Jesus, Father"
MCFARLAND, detective, had persuaded
him to lay his crimes on Haywood,
Meyer and Pettibone
barrow declared that oncc before
in his life, Orchard had been CON
verted had become superintendent