The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30

showing its confidence in the president
of the federation"
Discussion Of the verdict In the Hay
wood case was widespread to-day, con-
census Of opinion being that the jury
had done its duty as it saw it and
should not be criticised. Editorial COM
ment of the local papers is to this eff
feet, the Daily Statesman saying:
1.-THE Statesman in common with the
great mass OF the people regrets that
the trial of VIM. d. Haywood for the
murder of former Gov. Frank Steun-
enberk resulted as it did. The verdict
came as a great surprise, as 1t had not
been supposed that such conclusion
would be reached, even the defense, ac-
cording to the best information OBJ
tainable hoping for nothing more than
hung jury.
But the case has been decided by an
Idaho jury under the facts as they
found them and the law as laid down
by the court and it is the duty of all,
as in all cases fairly and fully submit
ted to our constituted tribunals of jus
tice, to accept the result in that spirit
of loyalty to our courts which is a
necessary attitude of mind on the part
of citizens of the republic if our rights
are to be protected and peaceAand or
der and good will are to reign"
The Evening Capital News says:
There was bound to be keen disap-
pointment, whatever the verdict may
have been, But the jury which tried
the case was one whose honesty, integ-
rity, ability and good citizenship no one
doubted, and now that they have ex-
pressed themselves it will come with as
| little grace on the part of those whose
minds were made up to the contrary
verdict to complain Of their decision as
| it would for those who are now pleased
to have denounced the verdict had it
been the other way.
There is but one thing to do, and
this is to let the Haywood case die from
the public mind as quickly and quietly
as possible. In the minds Of some it
will linger as q dream-a terrible night
lmare-in the body polite of the state
IN LllS mllluS VI OlllSIo ~ llluSb lSludlll
as living lie to the arguments and
doctrines of that political school which
teaches the doctrine Of discomfort"
The jurors in the case continue pub
llicly to discuss the part they played in
arriving at verdict, Samuel D. Gill
man, the last man to vote for acquIt.
tai, said.
There has been published one state
ment that | want to correct. One OF
the jurors is quoted as saying that the
jury had to spend a long, disagreeablt
and tiresome night in order to convince
1.-TWO Jurors that the defendant was moi
guilty l want to say that they never
did convince us. 1 believed that he
was guilty and / still think he is guilty
and / want the world to know 1t.
simply acquiesced in the verdict of &C.
lauittal because l felt that / could moi
do otherwise after I found the entire
eleven other jurors voting to aoquit
but. was convinced that / was right
Kindly make the correction for me-"
A. P. Burns, juror No. IL, said:
II was firmly convinced when we left
the court room that the first ballot
would show a vote for conviction.
still retain the belief that Haywood
was guilty, and only changed my vote
because it struck me that If the evi.
dence presented left eight men uncon-
WINGED of the guilt of the defendant, i
would be impossible to get twelve mer
in another trial. and that it would be
better to settle the quesuon by acquit.
tall"