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CLARENCE DARROW; Renowned Trial Lawyer and Social Activist. An archive of seven Clarence Darrow items, including two Autograph Letters Signed, a Typed Letter Signed, a letter written for Darrow by his wife while he was in the hospital, Darrow's autobiography, Inscribed and Signed, and Darrow's biography by Irving Stone, with a partial check signed by Darrow. The letters in this section were written by Clarence Darrow in 1906 and 1907, in the midst of one of the most fascinating criminal trials in American history. It involved a long and violent labor dispute between the Western Federation of Miners, which included most of the metalliferous workers in the mines of the West, and the Western Mine Owners' Association. Fifteen years of union bombings and murders, and of mine owner intimidation and greed culminated in the bombing death of former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg on December 30, 1905. Radical union leader Bill Haywood was accused of ordering the assassination. Clarence Darrow, America's most renowned defense attorney, agreed to defend Haywood in a case which attracted national attention. The letters offered here are written to John Wourms, an Idaho lawyer who assisted Darrow with the defense. A rare archive of Darrow material, related to one of the most widely publicized trials in American history. (7 items) (1) Autograph Letter Signed, "C S Darrow," March 31, (1906), on Savoy Hotel letterhead, Denver, Colorado, 9.5" x 6", Extremely Fine. In part: "...returning in about two weeks to look up some matters for the case. Have you found any thing along the lines of what I suggested, this is most important if it can be done. If it can not please see if there is any danger of being contradicted if we get any such evidence...Tell the stenographer to send the bill...to W[estern] Fed[eration of Miners]...." Darrow was at Western Federation headquarters in Denver to gather evidence for the case. (2) Autograph Letter Signed, "C.S. Darrow," October 9 (1906), on hotel stationery from The New Willard, Washington, D.C., 1-1/3 pages, 6.5" x 5", Very Fine. In part: "My Dear Wourms, I am here to argue the Habeus Corpus case which is supposed to come up....Please keep me posted about prospects of other case - by wire if necessary...." Minor ink smudging. For two days after writing this letter, on October 10 and 11, 1906, Darrow would argue before the U.S. Supreme Court that William D. Haywood and two other defendants, had been illegally brought to Idaho to face charges that they had murdered the former governor of Idaho. On December 3, 1906, the Supreme Court, with one dissension, ruled that the arrest and forcible removal of the union leaders did not violate their constitutional rights. (3) Typed Letter Signed, "C S Darrow," January 29, 1907, on Darrow, Masters & Wilson letterhead, Chicago, 11" x 8.5", Very Fine. In part: "...I think the longer we can put off the Adams case the better...I feel that if Adams is not tried before the others he never will be tried, no matter how they come out...put it off as long as you can...I will come on a wire. I presume that you will see Mr. Richardson...I will be ready on command from you and him...." Steve Adams had made a confession relevant to the Haywood case, which he later recanted. The state then made another accusation against Adams, trying to scare him into testifying against Haywood. Darrow's defense of Adams resulted in a hung jury. (4) A 2+ page letter dated October 10 (1907), written by Darrow's wife for him, while he was in the hospital with mastoiditus: "It will be out of the ? for me to try the Adams case for 5 or 6 weeks...I am still in the hospital....I am sure that Judge [Fremont] Woods will put it over the term if necessary. Then, too, this case is still uncertain, and of course the Adams case will not be set to conflict with it....I will have the Rathdrum lawyers fully advised. Will give you full notice for getting witnesses...." The state decided to retry Steve Adams in Rathdrum, Idaho, but this second trial also ended in a hung jury. (5) Autobiography Inscribed and Signed, "To my good friend John Wourms / A companion and soldier in an important campaign / With the affection of Clarence Darrow," no date, no place, Fine. The book is, "The Story Of My Life" (Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1932, 465 pages). The gold-stamped, blue cloth covers are worn, and the edges are rubbed; the pages are toned but intact. John Wourms (1871-1945), to whom the book is inscribed, was a lawyer who lived in Wallace, Idaho. Darrow mentions Wourms in his autobiography several times with affection. At one point, referring to the Haywood trial, he writes, "...of all the lawyers in that case, John Wourms and I are the only ones still alive." Darrow boldly penned and signed his inscription in black ink on the half-title page. (6&7) A partial Check Signed "C.S. Darrow," 1925, mounted into the front cover of "Clarence Darrow For The Defense, A Biography By Irving Stone," Signed "Irving Stone" on one of the inside flyleaves. The book was published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., New York, 1941, 570 pages; covers are blue with black print; some looseness at spine and lightly toned pages; otherwise, Fine.
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