The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-26

made by Orchard against Steunenberg,
and argued their ,credibility as against
Orchard. General Engley of Colorado,
a former attorney general, afforded an
Governor waite, who, Darrow said. would
be revered by tens and hundreds of thou
sands Of people throughout this country
for the noble stand he took in the cause
of labor
"And so. this man, filled with hatred"
Darrow continued. went down to Cald
we'll to Kill stsunenberg wnom he hated,
and he borrowed the money from his OLD
partner Paulssn IN order that he might
be able TO do the deed Jack Simpkins
was at Caldwell, too, and he went from
Travelled on Orchards ticket l promised
to prove this to you but / haven't done
so. am not permitted to tell you why.
but ! may say that one of our witnesses
was killed in the night time at Denver.
when he was Starting recently for Boise
to testify on this subject"
Letter Written by Pettibone.
Darrow admitted that the letter writ
ten by Pettibone to Orchard and received
by Orchard after his arerst in which
PettibOne said that 500 had been sent to
Simpkins by Haywood, was a suspicious
circumstance. but not discriminating In
any event, he said that outside of Or
chard there was no direct evidence to
show that Pettibone sent the letter.
The letter from Haywood to Mrs. Or
chard and the sending of money by Pet
tibone to Orchard in San Francisco, Oar
row said, were perfectly legitimate trans
actions This evidence. he said, like all
the other evidence brought out by the
state. failed utterly to incriminate his
client.
Al five minutes after 4 o'clock. after
having spoken altogether for nearly
eleven hours. Darrow reached the perora-
ton.
he said. Ito discuss with you the many
things l would like to call to your at
tention."
He paid a tribute to Senator Borah as
the able counsel who would follow and
plead for law and order and speak Of the
flag and the country.
Nothing in the Case But Orchard.
But ! tell you. gentlemen. that there
is nothing in this case but Orchard. l
am confident that you will realize this
and in this confidence leave the case with
you and may peace be with you,
'Mr. Hawley says that he believes in
this case. ! believe in it as I believe in
my life I've given thirty years OF my
life to the poor. have pleaded causes
for them. but never before have / plead-
ed cause in which felt such an inter
est. and never did / hope for a verdict in
favor of my client as hope for this.
Eloquently barrow appealed for mercy
and Justice. He said he had known Hay
wood for years, and that the day of his
conviction would be a sad day for him.
The sun would not shine and the birds
NUulu nut SlLSs
Eloquent Peroration.
"But it is not for Bill Haywood I
plead" he cried. cor for mis- widow or his
orphans. If he dies. 10000 men who work
in the mines will send their mite to sup
port the WIDOW and the little ones and
q million people send their message of
sympathy. l don't plead for Haywood
Don't think for moment that if YOU
kill Haywood you will kill the labor
movement of the world or the hopes and
aspirations Of the poor. Haywood can
die If die he must. but there are Others
to take his place and carry the banner
which he lets fall. | plead for the poor
and the weak and the weary. The ewes
of the world are on you twelve men of
Idaho tonight. and wherever the English
tongue is spoken and throughout the civ
iliZed world they are wondering about
your verdict. If you decree death the spi
ders and the vultures of Wall street will
send up poems of praise and wherever
men live who hate Haywood because ne
works for the poor, you will receive
your need of praise.
Women in Tears.
But if you acquit this man there are
millions OF men-Out on the broad
prairies, on the wide ocean, in the fac
earth-there are women and children who
viii pray for you. These men and Wo-
men and children stand here with me to-
ploring God to guide your Judgment and
implorlng you to save Haywood
Mr.. barrow finished abruptly ard as
he walked to his table plainly showed
his emotion and many women in the an
dience were in tears. Court Immediately
adjourned until p. m.
Senator Borah's Address.
the jury shortly after D. m He said
he appreciated that the jurors were IA
tigued from their long ordeal and prom
tsed he would be as brief as possible un-
he declared would be an answer to the
argument of the opposing counsel
Il am aware said Senator BOrah.
that l am in this case as a special prose-
cutOr. The learned counsel on the other
side has impressed this fact upon you
But let me say that the state which does
not protect its citizens or punish wrong
doors would soon lose the respect of its
people and have no standing in our civ
ilization-
Defense Of HawIey.
But counsel has gone further with my
associate. Why they should attack Mr.
HaWley. who went fearlessly into the
investigation Of this matter; why they
should assail in a personal way a man
who has practced law in his community
for forty years, and whose loyalty, whose
honesty, has never before been QUes-
toned. do not know. 1t is usually
gument-to do away with his losic-bUt
running through this case is an attack
upon everyone, be he high or low. who
has had anything to do with OF been I'm
any way associated with the investiga-
ton of the crime of Dec. 80. 19O5.''
Senator BoTah declared the state did not
want Haywood convicted of any crime
for which Orchard or Pettibone or Meyer
or SimpA1ins or anybody else was respon-
slble. and desired verdict of guilty only
If the evidence was deemed sufficient to
warrant such a conclusion.
The senator denounced Clarence Oar
rows statement that the jurors minds
in this case. Nowhere. he declared, could