The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-25
part ;ou played in the great trials
gainst the State.


gainst the State.
You say, Mr.. Morrison, you were
OF connected win naymoOu, mo-,
nd Pettibone case at all. Yet the
ecords OF the district court in and
or Ada county show in the petition
or writ OF habeas corpus for Steve
Adams, your name attached to that
document written by your own hand
You first wrote the firm name
Morrison & Pence. then 3ou
cratched out Morrison & Pence"
nd wrote your own name John I.
iorrison." Under your name to this
same document written by his own
band is Clarence S. barrow, ali.
nder Clarence barrow appears tAe
nsme, in his own hand writing John
LUCENT" Clarence barrow was lne
principal Attorney for the Western
Federation; Joan Nugent their prin
ipal resident attorney in Idaho.
low His Fee Was
Earned"
| l..
You say your only interest in this
Case was the Liberation OF Steve
Ndams who was being held without
warrant OF law.
WHAT interest did Ciarencs Oar
ow and John Nugent lave?
Was theirs the same interest as
ours?
Why are you indeed, ii you please,
n SO simple a case when great law
ers Ike Clarence Ddrron anu JONI
LUCENT were ready TO do this work?
1t is said, John L. Morrison, that
GU received $1,000 for this simple
ase. You say his uncle paid you the
money. DO you know how much he
aid to Clarence barrow ana joan
Sugent? For let it be known that
,teve Adams uncle was a poor man
)ne hundred dollars would have been
princely Zee for any attorney to re-
Give for a simple case of writ OF
labeas corpus.
Again, Mr.. Morrison, if you
had been an honest Attorney to
Steve Adams, the day that you
and Clarence barrow ana oo4..
Nugent had your secret confer
ence with him, you would have
told him TO have walked out OF
the Peniteneiary. You knew "a.
well as the Attorneys for the
prosecution that we were not
holding Adams against his own
will in the PenILentiary, nut
before Adams would repudiate
his confession promises had to
be made to him to protect him
against the great crimes that lie
had confessed to.
Again let Inc say, you Mer.
present and heard those laonl-
ises made TO Adams, Tor IL was
the only opportunity Clarence
barrow had TO promise Steve
Adams 10 defend him against his
awful crimes.
You were not employed, John
Il. Morrison, because you were an
attorney, but because you nad
been Governor of this great
State. The crimes were SO hor-
rible that that was one OF BAR
rows efforts to employ every
man that he could who would
give his case some respectable
ity, and i'm this way deceive the
people. DO you think, John i.
Morrison, that IL you had not
been Governor of this State, that
you would have been employed
in this case?
For seven months Steve Adams had
been in the Penitentiary. Up to
within few days of your visit to
Adams with Clarence barrow and
ohm Nugent his uncle, who you
lain employed you, had advised
Adams to stand by his confession and
o tell the truth. He said that Steve
vas of Kentucky blood and there was
o danger of his going back on his
confession, but for a paltry thousand
dollars, or whatever your fee may
ave been, you forgot the great honor
he State had given you, the support
he Stuenenbergs had given you in
our election for Governor, and that
owe and friendship for that great
nan you SO profusely expressed.
God may forgive you for your
acts but IL the ReDubfican marty