The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-25
STILL BITTER.
Clarence DarrOw Continues His
Abuse of Orchard.
Accuses PinkertOnS of the In
dependence Depot Explosion.
EXCUSE FOR SIMPKINS.
Says He Was Afraid to Come
Forward and Testify.
Tells Why PettibOne Was Not
Placed on the Stand.
EXCUSE FOR SIMPKINS.


| Ing for the acquittal of William D.
Haywood was continued this morning
| oy Clarence Darrow. United States
Senator Borah will begin the closing
| argument for the state at the evening
session.
Mr. Darrow confined himself more
! closely to a review of the evidence, but
throughout the theme there continued
increasingly and almost to the point of
monotony the strong note of abuse of
Orchard and condemnation of the
Pinkertons. Extreme hoarseness at
first interfered somewhat with the
speakers flights of oratory, but a lib
eral useof lozenges afforded some re-
lief and by the time Mr. Darrow reach
ed the labor troubles in Colorado he
threw all restraint aside and, in spite
of reminder from the court. he rose
to even greater heights than yesterday
in his assault upon the existing order,
past and present. He would speak, he
said, upon the subject of deportations
and await the instruction to the jury
later.
MI. Darrow this morning defended
the action of Jack Simpkins in disap-
pearfng. He argued to the jury that
at the time of Steunenberg's death no
man accused of the murder would
have been given a fair trial. He COM
mended Simpkins for remaining in
hiding during the present trial and
jury he was addressing when he said:
Possibly a year hence every man
who hasn't been hanged can get
fair trial in Boise
He explained the action of the
Western Federation of Miners in re-
electing Simpkins a member of the
executive board upon the ground that
as brave men and brothers. we should
I1xy h 1aa frin
convicted"
The court took recess at noon until
p. m.
DarrOw Resumes.
In resuming his address to the Hay
wood jury this morning. Clarence E.
Darrow of Chicago, who is having the
last word for the defense. took up
defense of Jack Simpkins' flight after
the arrest of Harry Orchard. Mr..
Darrow's voice was very hoarse, the
result of his five hours and forty min
utes of speaking on yesterday, and he
spoke today only with the greatest of
effort.
"They ask US why Jack Simpkins is
not here" said Darrow "and 1 will tell
you. The reason he is not here is that
he is afraid to be here. / don't propose
to go around the question and give any
fantastic reasons. He is afraid, that's
the reason. Hawley tells you that Simp-
kins' flight proves that he is guilty.
With that statement 1 take serious is
sue. If the fact that Jack Simpkins
ran away proves he is guilty, then by
the same token the fact that Haywood,
Meyer and PettfbOne did not run away
proves that they are innocent. One Is
just as true as the other but neither is
true. used to think L could tell wheth-
er man was guilty not by the way
he acted, but l got over that long ago.
Some of the guiltiest men 1 ever knew
have acted in the calmest and most in
nocent manner while many an innocent
man has had to take refuge from the
mob. 1 don't know whether Jack Simp-
kinS is innocent or not. Is there any way
can tell and be honest with the jury.
haven't seen him after he ran away.
He was in Caldwell with Orchard and
was Orchards friend. Simpkins had
been in the Idaho bull pen and indigni-
ties to which he was subjected burn
in his heart today and will probably
burn there forever for all 1 know.
Both Had Reasons.
"Simpkins had reason to harbor hatred
against Steunenberg. Orchard had rea-
Dor hatred against Steunenberg. Simp-
kins and Orchard bad been together in
Spokane for a month before they went
to Caldwell. If Jack Simpkins went
there for the purpose Orchard was told.
and prefer to think that he was mere
ly on a trip to the southern Idaho unions
and stopped off at Caldwell only for day
or two at Orchards solicitation; what
he went away without guilt. He did not
raise g hand against Steunenberg.
"Hawley blames us for re-electing
Sinpkins to the executive board. 1t
might have been better to have left him
off. This is a cowardly world. L might
have been better for the 10000 members
of the Western Federation of Miners
to nave turned their backs on him when
he was az, s,sed, hu' If we had J., TIM:
%Iawley would have told that the fact
t!'at the federation dropped Simpkiiis
showed beyond a shadow of doubt that
the man was guiltq. But that is not the
stuff the brave men of the Western
Federation of Miners are made of Till
Jack Simpkins is convicted, every mem
ber of the federation will stand by him
and will not Judge him until he has
had his day il curt.
IF Simpkins had Ia. your l-f TIL L.
you men f is jury wlI l have told
him to go away until the passions of men
had cooled. till he could appeal to an
impartial Jury which would listen pa-
tiently to his Story and reTtdHr a fair
and Just verdict upon him. Oe course
you would.
You know that these defendants are
far safer today than they were eighteen
months ago. Mems passions cool, Their
feelings subside and they look at things
more calmly and fairly. You know these
defendants are having a fairer trial to-
day than they could have had twelve
months ago. 1t is natural that they
should. A year hence 1 venture to say
that every man not hanged can get
fair trial in Boise.
Adams end Pettibone.
Mr.. Darrow here went into a lengthy
discussion as to why the defense had
not put Steve Adams and George A.
to know why the state had not put K.
c. Sterling the detective of the Mine