Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-26

look back upon the Colorado labor
struggles. they will have read one OF
the most important and pregnant chap
ters in the history of the United
States"
barrow eulogized all the witnesses
introduced in the case by the defence.
He said they had been all called muir
derers. pcrjurors and assassins by
Hawlcy, but they were all brave men.
not a sneaking, craven coward. who
would tie Il bomb to mans front
door ard sneak off into the night.
For the last hour of the morning
session barrow dwelt upon the Brad
ley explosion in San Francisco. He de-
clared all the evidence pointed to a gas
explosion and described the testimony
in support of Orchards story as "the
bomb man manufactured in Pinkcr-
tons perjury factory Before passing
from the Colorado strike in which the
Federation was involved, Attorney
barrow accused Gov. Peabody Of try
ing to murder Meyer: Sherman Bell OF
having tried to assassnatc him ana
the Mine Owners Association of hay
ing had him arrested on false charges.
As opportunity offered, the attorney
continued to inveigh newspapers, and
"tne capitalistic classes.
Leaving Denver with Orchard, OAR
row followed him through Idaho, up to
Portland and Seattle and back to the
Couer D'Alcnes in 1905. Here at Wal
lace, barrow again argued, the inspi-
ration of the motive for the killing OF
Steunenberg, in the finding of all his
old partners in the Hercules mines
ricn, while Orchard himself was poor.
Ignoring entirely the argument of
Richardson that orchard was in the
employ Of the Pinllertons at the time
| he killed Steunenberg. barrow asserted
that the position of the defence was
| that Orchards sole motive for the, muir
der Of Steunenberg was to pay off the
grudge and revenge for having been
driven from the Couer DAlenes and the
loss Of the opportunity to get rich like
his old partners.
Running rapidly through the list OF
witnesses who have testified to the
threats made by Orchard against
Steunenherg. barrow had a good word
| to say for each. and argued their credi.
| bility as against Orchards.
"And so this man, filled with hatred
Darrow continued. went down to Cald.
| well to kill Steunenberg. whom hated
| and he borrowed the money from his
old partner Paulson. in order that he
might be able to do the deed. JACK
Simpkins was at Caldwell, too. and III
went from there to Spokane and thor
to Denver. He travelled on Orchard:
ticket 1 promised to prove this to you
but have not done so. I am not per
mittcd to tell you why. but I may say
that one of our witnesses was killed il
the night time in Denver when he wa:
starting recently for Boise to testify OF
this subject
i barrow admitted that the letter writ
ten by Pettibone to Orchard and re
ceived by Orchard after his arrest, il
which Pettibonc said the 800 had beer
sent to Simpkins by Haywood was
suspicious circumstance, but not in
eliminating. In any event, he said. out
side of Orchard. there was no direc
evidence to show that Pettibone sen
the letter. The letter from Haywood
to Mrs. Orchard and the sending o
money by Pcttibone to Orchard in SaI
Francisco, barrow said. were perfectly
legitimate transactions. This evidence
he said, like all the other eyidenc,