The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-08-03
THE HAYWOOD VERDICT

The worlds famous trial of William D. Haywood, secretary Of the Western
a .s.as,sa IN Of = . na.sts es ,% sas % so !. I s. s0'n nsses SSIs sn 3 the ,sa1 .inus. e as : ' g,
the Western Federation. las com to . close and the verdict o. mot guilty"
is he result.
a jury whossa qualifications IS a Intelligent and unprecedented body Of men has
of the sensational case made by the prosecution, raj rot entirely unexpected
and has been accepted by the geat majority Of people-not necessarily as a
complete vindicati0n Of the accused, but al a failure t. directly connect Haywood
with the crime for which h vas on trial.
The result Of the Haywood trial vas . magnificent vndcation II the jury
system =. -D s. ~s..s ~ vs ~ IL der soc,.,,. .susnt
which las continually and vduaby invedghed against trial by jury as a system
designed and used for the protection Of the rich and the persecution Of the poor
The trial and acouiualo Of Haywood is he greatest victory won by the jury ss.
The result Of h trial is Il the more notable by reason Of the great combi
nation of forces anayed by the prosecution For years. extending over the
fierce struggles in Colorado, dating back to 1885, has there been a ceaselss
labor wars POI tn omcers n inner circle OF IN western federa'ion y
Miners. The greatest detective agency of the country, the Pinketons have been
,1 0us' ~ tra .a . rna,s " - ~ sy.r ST naasn in ID history Of the federation and
OF it's leaders in the Occur 'Alene, Cripple Greek, Telluride an other storm GEN.
ters the Pinkertons came up to the steunenberg cases. and with that cumulative
claimed to b he uersopal agent Of william D. Haywood, the accused, in the kin
ing Of steunenbrg a nan who had made himself obnoxious to the Federation
With the Pnkeron agency and thu confession # the murderer himself he prose
cuton had a galaxy of attorneys famed throughout the country. Back Of the
prosecution was the governor of Colorado and the present governor o. Idaho
and wei the president Of the United States himself all II whom had either
lent thdrd direct support or had given utterances prejudgng the guilt IF the de-
a fund of money at the command of the prosecution which had n o limit to C
compnsh the conviction Of the accused. Never were allied forces greater than in
he prosecution of william I. Haywood. And still, a simple minded jury Of IL
men,, mostly farmers whose knowledge Of the outside world perhaps extended n o
ing of steunenberg Tor had such guilty knowledge # the act a to make him
amenable o any IN OF the various degrees Of murder, rendered permissible un-
der the Judges instructions. Surely the courts, as illustrated by this case.k onw
no distinction of person OF cata and ART netting out even handed justice to all
alike, as the evidence appears in the case.
There are two classes of people in this country who insisted upon it that
Haywood would be found guilty. Those # n class owled for lis conviction
s.%S IN s s,.a n1 ~ Las ~ n.t ssa', and = MANY similar crime had been N.
mued in other labor wars it must be that tn leaders II labor movements were
the instigators If nota actually the perpetrators OF those crimes. They saw n o
possibility of escape, FOR very scintila # evidence, they twisted to convict their
man. Every shred of evidence IN his favor vas 'perjuHd' -
On the other hand. the extreme arhsans # Haywood also, knew" ne would
be convicted. They saw a deep conspiracy between the money power ne the
courts, % send Haywood to the galows and break up organized labor, and Vs.
peciauy tn Western Federation of Miners. They shouted from h street cor
per- and the platform IN bazoned it in their newspaper organs that Haywood
had been smugged into an unfrMndly state, not to be tried lin a court of justice
ut to be sent to his death through ar inquisndon; for justice to thu common
people vas not to b had in the courts of America under existing conditions
This was made up of the red fag'' followers, many of whom have been in evil
dence Elm Godhed the past year.
But these classes have something to reflect upon, as a result of the Haywood
verdict; hi oe that prejudice and manufactured public sentiment do moi neces
sarny play a part in the findings # a jury and the other class that the courts
Of this country are open to poor and rich alke-to the oppressed as well as to
b oppressor That the reds have profted by tn lesson vas evidenced in
h parade and jouifcaton in Goldfed by the labor unions, overt the acquittl of
Haywood. Whereas only a few weeks previous, upon h arrest of Haywood
tn streets were paraded behind the rd flag OF anarchy, with banners reuing
The constitution n the courtsin the great demonstration n tn night tn news
If the verdict vas received, 1900 labor union men marched the streets every
single one of them carrying the flag of the American Republic. They have come
70 find that the trouble is not with our institutions and our laws tut in the way
they are administered. which often causes a miscarriage If justice
The people OF Goldheld ditrict-those whom the extremist among the min
es like to refer to as the enemy received the announcement If the verdict of
acquittal with equanimity and composure. They are true Americans and respect
the findings of the courts as ue and just and from which there is no appeal
Whether Haywood ws actually guilty or not, they accept it as conclusive that
the evidence brought cut in the case vas not SUFFICIENT in the minds of al honest
titled to a verdict o acquttal; and there is lot a man in thisc community who
and clearly sustained. The spiit Of fair play is very much in evidence in this
western country ,otr.+ and n q tn more sUa han TN, IN a sadSa n.. -. ,.anr.n.
Of good feeling IN this camp Those who believed that tn Boise trial was only
n civu wr between capital md labor must revise their programme. There
Is No. min sn s% oon ~ = r Dss%ss o nD SMh a sds csp as -. ee Tween u employer os and
gated TO the rx, the sooner will we hav satisfied peace and prosperity o. all
aap a. . n as "a farther ~ from s%' labor troubles shaa Il q IS nov. a and I@1S is Is
s e.. eel y .e as a s sss sss1r 2 |. moths y s.ss Says ss m en- :. = sn sns ear Ss and reason on
thss 3 svay evidence that the IRA Of peace and good will has set in and to
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