The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-03
haywood IS freed
Of MURDER CHARGE
UnbeIief of Orchard and Judge
WOODS Instructions Said to
Be Responsible.

Boise, Idaho, July 28.-Into the
bright sunlight of q Sabbath morning,
into the stiffness of city drowsy with
the lazy slumber of q summer Sunday,
William D. Haywood, the defendant in
one of the most noted trials involving
conspiracy and murder ever known,
walked today free man, acquitted of
the murder of former Governor Frank
Steunenberg.
The probability of verdict of &C.
quittal in the case of the secretary
treasurer and acknowledged leader of
the Western Federation Of Miners had
been freely predicted since yesterday,
when Judge Fremont Wood read his
charge, which was regarded as strong
~ favoring the defense in it's interpre-
tation of the laws of conspiracy, cir
cumstantial evidence and the corrob-
Grafton of an accomplice who con-
fesses.
It was also freely predicted that in
the event of Haywood's acquittal the
state would abandon the prosecution
of his associates, Charles 81. Meyer,
president of the Western Federation
of Miners, and George A. Pettibone,
of Denver.
Will Prosecute Others
Statements from counsel and from
Gov. Gooding issued during the day,
dispel this view of the situation. Gov.
Gooding said:
1.-THE verdict is great surprise to
me, and believe to all the citizens Of
Idaho who have followed the case.
II have done my duty. I have no
regrets as to any action have taken,
and my conscience is clear. As long
as God gives me strength shall con-
tinue my efforts for government by
law and for organized society.
1.-THE state will continue a vigorous
prosecution of Meyer and Pettibone
and Adams and Simpkins when appre
hended. There will be neither hest
tation nor retreat"
Application will be made to Judge
Wood tomorrow morning to admit
Meyer and Pettibone to bail, and it
was said tonight, that in the case of
Meyer, against whom the state is ad-
mitted to have its weakest case, IA
vorable consideration would not be
unexpected.
Not the least interesting of the COM
ments made upon the verdict was that
Of Harry Orchard, the sell. confessed
murderer of Gov. Steunenberg and the
witness upon whom the state relied
to prove it's claim of sinister conspir-
acy against tho Western Federation Of
Miners. When told at the STAGE peni-
Tertiary that Haywood had been &C.
quilted, Orchard said:
Orchard IL Resigned
"Well. I have done my duty. I
have told the truth. I could do no
more. I am ready to take any punish
ment that may be melted out to me for
my crime, and the sooner it comes the
better"
It was after icing out twenty .one
hours that tho jury, which at first had
been divided eight to four, and then
seemed deadlocked at ten to two, final
~ came to an agreement shortly after
the first faint streaks of the coming
day showed gray against the giant hills
which wall Boise to the north and
east. The weary: snow bearded bailif
who had kept an allnight vigil before
the jury room was started into action
by an imperative knock from within.
Events moved rapidly enough after
this, and when at last the principal
actors in the trial had been gathered
into the court room at a few minutes
before eignto' clock the white envelope
handed by the foreman of the jury to
the judge was torn open and the ve~-
dict was read.
II came as an electric thrill to the
prisoner, to his counsel, attorneys for
the state and the small group Of news
paper men and court officials who had
been summoned from beds but lately
sought or from offices where sleepless
waiting had marked the night.
Haywood Sheds Tears
A0oEo W01AoO W t00 0y0O VI UuG 1uoA
who during the eighty days Of his
trial had sat with stolid Indifference
written upon his every feature-at last
the icy armor he had thrown about
himself with the first day Of jury selec-
tion had been pierced and whatever
of pent-up feeling had been contained
within was loosened. Haywood's at
Journeys were fairly lifted from their
seats, and Judge Wood made no effort
to restrain them as they surrounded
him to shake hands and shout aloud
their congratulations. James M.
Hawley. leading counsel for the state,
and o. NJ. Vanduyn, the prosecuting
attorney Of the county in which fol-
mer Gov. Steunenberg was assassinat-
ed, sat gloomy and unspeaking in
their places. Senator Borah was not
present.
Haywood Goes to See Mother
Haywood's first thought was of his
aged mother, who on Saturday night
had suffered q nervous breakdown