The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-29

Witnesses for dcfense, 81.
Cost to state cf Idaho, 800, 900.
Cost to Canyon Company, $50, 900.
Cost Of the defense, $500, 900.
BOISE, IDAHO, July 2s.--In the
bright sunlight OF a beautiful Sab
bath morning, William D. HAYWOOD, Z,
secretary and treasurer Of the West
ern Federation of Miners, walked a.
free man to-day, acquitted Of the mur-55
der Of former Governor Frank Steu-S
nenberg. 5s \ e
4 obahility OF acquittal was freely.
predicted after Judge Fremont Wood
read his charge. which was regarded
as strongly favoring tho defense in Its
Interpretation Of the laws Of con-
spiracy, circumstantialS evi dence and
the corroboration Of a confessed ac-@
complice. It was also freely predictedE a
that, IN the event OF Haywood $ les
qIittal, the State would aband on the
prosecution of his associates. GCharl
III. Moyer, president OF the Federation,
and George A. Pettibone. OF Denver
Statements from counsel and from
Governor Goo1ing, issued to-day, dis
pei this view Of the situation.
4 Governor Gooding said:
Governor to Press Charge. SsSs3s
The verdict Is a great surprise to-
me. and I believe to all citizens 5nf
Idaho who n have E heard or cad " tlle
evidence In the case. fnve5 lone my \:
duty. I have no regret as to- Il any
action r have taken and my conseiences3
is clear. AS long as 3E God s gives
me strength, I shall continue my ef=sS
forts for government by law and for
organized society. ~ sf4 "a
THE State will continue a vi gorous#
prosecution Of Meyer and Pettibone&
and Adams, and of Slmpkins when# APP
pretended. There will be neither hes
itation nor retrea t." b i3S n STs sslssS5
Application will be made to Jnd ge
Wood to- morrow to admit Meyer and
5Pettibone to bail, and It was stated to SS$ss
night, as to Moy er,@ a gainst whom the
State is admitted to have Its weakest
case, q favorable nsiderat ton would
not be unexpected u u sS issss "A
Not the least interesting OF the COM
.ments made to-day was that%of Harry
Orchard, the confessed murderer Of
Steunenberg. and the witness on whom
the State chiefly relied to prove It's
members of the Western Federation OF
Miners When told at the State peni-a
-tentiary that Haywood had been ac-$
Quilted, Orchard said: ss ssSs
Orchard Ready for unIshment. u sa
We'll, I have d lone my duty / have
told the truth. could do no more. I am
ready to take any punishment that may
DO meted out to mo for my crime, and
the sooner It ONES the better.'.
It was after being out for twenty
hours that the jury, which at first had
been divided 8 to 4 for acqulttal. and
then seemed deadlocked at 10 to a.
finally came to an greemept shortly
after the first faint streaks Of the COM
ing day showed gray above the giant
hills which wall Boise to tho NORTH
and east l
The weary. snowy bearded balm.
who had kept an all-nigh vigil bo ~
fore the juryroon, was startled into
action by an imperative knock from
within. Events moved rapidly enough
after this. and when at last the prin rs
cipal actors in the trial had been
gathered into the courtroom, at Few
moments before s o'clock, the enyelopas
handed by the foreman to the Judge
was torn open and the verdict read
Haywood Breaks Down. S5
It came as an electric thrill to tho
prisoner TO his counsel. to the at
torneys for the State. and to the small
group OF newspaper reporters ana
court officers who had been summon -s
ed from beds but lately sought, Or
from offices where seepless waiting
had marked the night. Th 4 en- rs 4
Welled to the eyes Of the man Who
during the eighty days Of his trial.
had sat with stoltd Indifference writ-S
ten on his every feature, At last. the
Icy armor that he had thrown about
himself with the first OF Jury selec.S
tion, had been pierced. 5E .ssS
Haywood's attorneys wore rair.vs
lifted from their seats, ana jude
Wood mads no effort to restrain thenn
as they surrounded him to shake III
hands and shout aloud their congratu.$ i
lations. M sEl!. .f5l &
James II. Hawley, leading couna.,
for the State, and o. N, Van Duyn, the
attorney of the county IN,
which former Governor Hteunenbera
WAS assnssinated, sat gloomy and un-@
speaking. Senator Borah. who lnadaS
the closing plea for conviction, was
not present. sS ~
or the prisoners counsel, those a.
the courtroom We're Clarence Darrovs
of Chicago; L, II, Richardson. Of pans.s
Yer, and John ~. Nugent, of Boise. M 7Sl
The absentees from the defendantsas
table included Edgar Wilson, the Yor-
mer law partner OF Judge Wood. wiz
presided at the trial. s 81.
None Of Family Present.
No member of the prisoner's fanny
nor any Of his friends among the 80 Ii
cialist writer's and the labor inrv ~
was in tho courtroom whoa the ~.
diet was returned. The apectator..
benches We're empty, hut IN the doas.
way stood Governor Frank sCsoodinr
VINO has Etaksn active part In prea sim - NJ