The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-24
WILL OUTLINE
THEIR DEFENSE
Attorney barrow, Representing
Haywood, Today Will Talk to
Jury for Three Hours.
WILL CHARGE CONSPIRACY
TRIAL WILL CONTINUE UNTIL
END OF JULY.

Boise. Ida, June civilian D.
Haywood, having already pleaded not
guilty TO the charge of murder. and
having heard the evidence the state of
idaho has placed before the jury in
support of its charge, win tomorrow
morning formally assert his entire in
nocence and outline the evidence he
proposes to produce in order that the
presumption of innocence still resting
in the mind of the jury may become a
fixed judgment.
SClarence barrow, as attorney for
Haywood, will say that his client is
not only not guilty of conspiracy to
assassinate Frank Steunenberg, a for
mer governor of Idaho, but also that
Haywood is in fact the victim of
conspiracy to disrupt the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners and, under the guiSe
of legal procedure, condemn to death
the chief officers of the Federation, of
which Haywood is the secretary and
one of his cO-defendantS under the in
dictment is the president.
VIII Talk Three Hours.
Mr.. Darrow's address to the jury
presenting the outline of the evidence
he- proposes to introduce and the posi-
yion he hopes TO be able to prove,
NrObably will take up the most of the
day. Court meets at 10 o'clock and
takes recess at noon.
Mr.. barrow says that he expects his
speech will occupy at least three hours
and possibly more. 1t will be an eX-
haustive presentation. He will assert
that Haywood by sheer force of char
acter rose from the humble position of
q miner working for a days wage to
become the secretary and treasurer of
a labor organization with upwards of
$4,000 members. He will attempt TO
show that Haywood was elected to of
flee by the members of the Western
Federation of Miners through success
i've terms of office because of his abil-
iity and his honesty. He will point out
that the personal character of the man
has not been assailed, but that a con-
spiracy has been charged.
Mr.. Darrow Will not attempt to deny
that many foul crimes have been COM
mitted. He will not deny that Steu-
nenberg was assassinated, but he will
maintain that his client had nothing to
do with this or any other murders and
that the state has not connected Hay
wood with any conspiracy.
Will Charge Conspiracy.
Mr.. Darrow will charge a conspiracy
citation with a large membership and
unlimited money behind it, who, find
ing the Western Federation of Miners
inimical to the mine owners, plotted to
wreck the Western Federation and, by
conspiracy with detectives and others,
create such feeling against the Fed
GRAFTON that governors of states and
even the federal government would be
willing to help the mine owners drive
the members of the Federation from
the land.
The Orchard Story.
II will be asserted that the Orchard
story is true only in that the crimes
We're committed. In his speech to the
court on Saturday last Mr.. Darrow in
timated that there was not even proof
other than the statement of Orchard,
that Orchard committed the crimes he
has enumerated.
1t will be stated that the conspiracy
as between Haywood. Meyer, Petit
bone, Orchard and Adams was a fabrx
cation of Orchards, who, in order 70
save his life, brought the others into
At, and that the price of the confess
ZION was the pardon of the actual muir
derer of Steunenberg. The motive of
this murder, it will be asserted, is to
be found in Orchards desperate power
~ and the fact that he saw his old
partners in the Hercules mine rich and
prosperous, while he, a hunted GRIM
inal. robbed tills and attempted burg
larry in order to replenish his pocket.
1t will be charged that Orchard Dor
rowed money from August PaulsOn in
Wallace in order that ne might have
enough money TO go TO Caldwell, kill
Steunenberg and get away.
May Take Testimony Today.
The taking of the testimony for the
defense may begin tomorrow, but it is
doubtful. If after Mr.. Darrow has fin
ished his address. the court will take
up this phase of the case. Counsel for
the defense are of the opinion that the
first witness will be called on Tuesday
morning Judge Wood, however, is
anxious to push the case to completion,
and ii may be that from now on he
will extend the hours.
The defense expects to take not more
than ten days with the Introduction of
evidence, but counsel for the state will
go into close examination of all the
witnesses brought to upset the Orchard
story, and for this reason it is thought
that the case for the defense may take
up A longer time than was occupied
by the state. The rebuttal testimony
viii take probably a week. The
speeches and verdict may take the
greater part of another, so that il is
not thought that the conclusion will be
reached before the end of July.