Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-07-25
.DARROW IS
STILL ARGUING
Making Long Plea
in Behalf Of Hay.
wood
EXPLAINS SOME THINGS
Tells Jury Why Certain Men
Were Not Placed on Stand
as Witnesses.

'N'"'' oHlE III IeSUIlNg MS au-
dress to the Haywood july this morn.
ing Clarence Darrow, who is hayin,
The last word for the defense took
UP the defense Of Jack Smpkins'
flight after the arres of Orchard. At.
torney Darrow was very hoarse, the
result OF speaking five nours and forty
minutes yesterday, ana he spoke to-
day with the greatest effort.
He said that the reason Simpkins
was not there was because he was
afraid. He did not know whether
SlmpkinS was innocent or not but
TOOK issue with the statement of Haw.
ley that his flight proved his guilt
He said if that was true the fact that
Haywood Meyer and Pettibone did
not flee proved their innocence. But
neither proposition was true. Iaw.
ley blamed the Western Federation
of Miners for re-electing Simpkins
to the executive board. But if he
had not been reelected Hawley would
have said that showed beyond a doubt
that the man was guilty. Counsel
Darrow here went into lengthy dis
cussion as to why the defense had
not put Steve Adams and George A.
Pettibone on the stand. He demanded
to know why the defense had not put
c. X. Sterling, detective OF the
Mine Owners Association on the
stand Adams, the attorney explain
ed is on trial for murder of man
in northern Idaho. Under the cir
cumstances Darrow said he would
rather cut off his right arm than to
allow Adams on the stand, much as
he desired the acquittal of Haywood.
Il am not afraid of what he would say
against Haywood, but / am afraid to
let Adams, my client, turn himself
wrong side 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 his client to do such a thing
would be worthy of the name
AS to Pettibone Darrow said the
same thing.
No Occasion for Meyer to Testify.
The reason lie mad not put Meyer
on the stand while he, too, was await
ing trial, Darrow said was because
there was no evidence of any sort for
Meyer to explain He expressed the
belief that Meyer would never be
tried. Darrow demanded why McPart.
land and Sterling were not indicted.
He charged the Mine Owners Asso-
citation directly with the blowing up
Of the independence depot so that
they might take the law in their own
hands and drive out the federation
members and all the men, women and
children who sympathized with them.
Plunging vigorously into the Cripple
Creek troubles, Darrow declared that
when some day the people will get
right angle of this case and look back
upon the Colorado labor struggles,
they will have had the most important
and impregnant chapters in the his
tory of the United States
Darrow Grows Sarcastic.
Darrow dwelt during the last hour
of the morning session upon the Brad
lev explosion in San Francisco He
declared all the evidence pointed to
a gas explosion and described the tes-
timony in support of Orchards story
as to the bomb manufactured in
Pinkerton McPartland's perjury fac
tory" Attorney Darrow asserted that
it was impossible for Orchard to have
gained the roof of the Bradley apart
ment except by climbing a gutter pipe.
"And you don't catch Harry climb
ing any pipes he went on.
ooh, no, no chance like that for
Harry. He might fall down and hurt
his finger-and if he hurt his finger
he might no be able to play harp
in kingdom come"
A luncheon recess was taken at this
point until p. m. Darrow will COM
plete his plea this afternoon and SEN
ator Borah will commence his closing
argument tonight.