Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-02
IN OF GUILTY"
WILLIAM o. HAYWOOD. ACCUSED
MURDERER. A FREE MAN.
THE FAMOUS TRIAL CLOSES
Judge Wood Gave straightforward In
struetions to the Jury and Begged
Careful Deliberations.

full Sabbath morning. into the still
ness Of city droSsy with the lazy
siumber Of u summer day. William ID.
Haywood. defendant IN one Of the most
noted trials Involving conspiracy and
murder that the country has ever
known. walked. free man. ac-
quilted Of the murder Of former Gov
ernor Frank stsunenberg.
The probability Of verdict OF ac-
quiltal in the case of the secretary
treasurer and acknowledged leader OF
the Western Federation Of Miners had
been freely predicted when Judge
Fremont Woods charge was regarded
as strongly fayoTinE the defense In its
Interpretation Of the laws Of con-
spirucy. circumstantiai evidence and
the corroboration of an accomplice
who confcsses.
II was also freely predicted that In
the event OF IlaywoTd's ncquitial the
state would abandon the prosecution
Of his associates. Charles II. Meyer.
the president of the federation. and
George A. Petiibonc of Denver.
Statements from counsel and from
Governor GoodinK dispel this view Of
tho situation. Governor Goodins said:
THE verdict Is u great surprise TO
me and. ] believe. 20 all citizens Of
denee In the case.
II have done my duty and my con.
science Is clear. As long as God gives
strength ] shall continue my effort for
government by law and for organized
society.
"Thc state will continue n vigorous
prosecution OF Meyer and Pc,tibone
and Adams and OF Simpklns when ap-
pretended. There will be neither hes
itat!on nor rc,racllon."
To Ask Ball for Others.
Application will he made TO Judge
Wood to admit Meyer and Pcttibono
to bail. and II Is said that In the case
Of Meyer. against whom the state II
admitted TO have It's weakest case. n
favorable consideration would no, be-
unexpected.
Not the least interesting Of the com
mcnis made upon the verdict was that
OF Harry Orchard. the scifconfcsscd
murdered Of Governor StcuncnbcrI
and the witness upoa whom the state
chiefly relied TO prove It's claim Of
sinister conspiracy against the West.
crn Federation Of Miners. When told
ut the State Pcni'cntiary that Hay.
wood had been acquitted. Orchard
said:
well, ! have done my duty. have
told the truth. ! could do no more.
] am ready TO take any punishment
crime. and the sooner the better"
II was after the jury had been out
twcnty-onc hours thnt tho Jury
0hich Mt first had been divided eight
10 four and then seemed dcadlockcd at
ten TO two. finally came to mn agree
mcnt shortly after the 1rst faint
strcaks of the coming day showed
gray above the giant hills which wall
Boise TO tho north and eas'. The
weary. snow.bcarded old bailin. who
had kept nm nll.nigLt vigil before the
door OF the jury room. was startled
into action by IN imperative knock
from within. Events moved rapidly
enough after this, and when Mt last
the principal actors in the trial had
been gathered into the court room at
few moments before S o'clock the
white envelope handed by the foreman
to the Judge was torn open and the
verdict read.
Electric Thrill to Prisoner.
II came MS an electric thrill TO the
prisoner. to his counsel. to the attor-
neys for the state and to the small
group of heavy-eyed newspaper men
and court officials who had been sum.
moned from beds but lately sought, or
from Offices where slecpless waiting
had marked the night.
Tears welled TO the eyes Of the man
who, during the eighty days of his
trial, had set with stolid Indifference
written upon his every feature-at last
the Icy armor he had thrown about
himself with the first day OF jury Sc.
lectoi nhad been pierced and whatever
of pentup feeling had been contained
within was loosed. Haywood's attor-
neys were fairly lifted from their seats
and Judge Wood made no effort to re-
strain them rs they surrounded him to
shake his hand shout aolud their
digratulations James II. Hawley,
leling counsel for the state, and o. NJ
vNauyn, the prosecuting attorney Of
the county In which former Governor
Steunenberg was assassinated, sat,
gloomy and unspeaking, in their places.
Senator Borah, who made the closing
plea for conviction, was not present.
OF the prisoners counsel, those in the
courtroom were Clarence Darrow of
Chicago, E. F. Richardson OF Denver
and John F. Nugent Of Boise. The alb
sentees from the defendants table In
cluded Edgar Wilson, the former law
partner of Judge Wood, who presided
at the trial.
Family Not Present.
No members of the prisoners family
nor any Of his friends among the So
cialist writer's and the so-called labor
jury" who have been attending the
trial, was in the courtroom at the early
hour the verdict was returned. The
spectators benches were empty. but
in the doorway stood Governor Frank
Gooding, who has taken ar active part
in pressing the prosecution Of Hay
wood and his associates. There was
no demonstration other than that made
by the attorneys for the defense, and
the court proceedings were over, the
prisoner had been discharged and the
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