The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-07-25

Boise, Idaho, July 25.-In resuming
his address to the Haywood jury this
mor-1ing Clarence E. Darrow, who is
having the last word for the defense,
took up the defense of Jack Simpkins
flight after the arrest of Orchard.
of speaking five hours and forty min
utes yesterday, and spoke today with
the greatest effort. He said that the
reason Simpkins was not there was
because he was afraid. He did not
know whether Simpkins was innocent
or not, but took issue with the state
ment of Attorney Hawley that his
flight proved his guilt. He said that
if that were true, the fact that Hay
wood, Meyer and Pettibone did not
flee proved their innocence But neith-
er proposition was true. Hawley blam
ed the Federation for re-electiag Simp
kins to the executive board, but if
he had not been reelected Hawley
would have said that showed beyond
doubt that the nan was guilty.
discussion 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
K. c. Sterling, a detective of the mine
owners association, On the stand. Ad-
ans, the attorney explained, is on
trial for the murder of man in north
ern Idaho. Under the circumstances
Darrow said he would rather cut off
his right arm tnan allow Adams on
the stand, much as he desired to ac-
quit Haywood. 81 am not afraid of
what he would say against Haywood,
but l am afraid to let Adams, my eli
ent, turn himself wrongside out under
the cunning cross examination of
Senator Borah, and then have his tes-
timony used against him when the
second trial for his life begins. No
lawyer who would permit a client
to do such thing would be worthy
of the name" AS to Pettibone, Oar
row said the same thing.
The reason the defense had put
Meyer on the stand, while he too was
awaiting trial, Darrow said was that
there is no evidence of any sort for
| Meyer to explain. He expressed the
belief that Meyer would never be
tried. Darrow demanded to know why
MCFARLAND and Sterling had not been
| indicted. He charged the mine own
ers association directly with blowing
| up the Independence depot so that
they might take the law in their own
hands and drive out the memkers OF
| the Federation and all men, women
and children who sympathized with
| them. Plunging vigorously into the
| Cripple Creek troubles, Darrow de
| clared that ."@when some day the peo
pie get to the right angle of this case
and look back upon the Colorado la
Dor struggles they will have read o1e
Eof the most pregnant chapters in the
history of the United States"
Darrow dweE for the last hour OF
the morning session upon the Bradley
explosion. He declared that all the
evidence pointed to a gas explosion
and the testimony in support of Or
| chard's story as to a bomb "manufac
tured in Pinkerton McParland's per
jury factory" The attorney asserted
| that it was impossible for Orchard
to have gained the roof of the Brad
ley apartment except by climbing the
gutter pipe. And you don't catch
Harry climbing any pipes" he weni
on. "Oh, no, no chance like that fol
Harry. He might fall down and aurt
his finger, and if he hurt his finger
he might not be able to play a harI
in Kingdom come
/ Luncheon recess was taken unit
1 200 p. m. Darrow will complete hi:
plea this afternoon, and Senator Bo
rah will commence the closing argu
ment tonight.