Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-08-01
HAYWOOD IS FREE,
JURY DECLARES MINE LEADER
NOT GUILTY.
OUT TWENTY-oNE HOURS
Governor Gooding Declares That
State Will Try Meyer
and Pettibone.

Boise, Idaho, July 29-Into the
bright sunlight of beautiful Sab
bath, into the stiffness of city
drowsy with lazy slumbers, William
d. Haywood, defendant in one of the
most noted trials involving con-
spiracy and murder that the country
has ever known, walked free man,
acquitted of completely in the murder
Of former Governor Frank Steunen-
berry
The probability of acquittal OF the
secretary and acknowledged
leader of the Western Federation of
Miners had been freely predicted
since Saturday, when Judge Fremont
Wood read his charge. 1t was re-
garded as strongly favoring the de-
tense in its Interpretation of the laws
Of conspiracy, circumstantial evidence
end the confederation of an accom-
plice who confesses.
1t was also freely predicted that
in the event of Haywood's acQuittal
the state would abandon the prosecu-
ton of his associates, Chas. II. Meyer,
president of the federation, and Geo.
A. Pettibone Of Denver. Statements
from counsel and from Governor
Gooding issued yesterday dispel this
view.
1.-THE verdict is great surprise to
me, and I believe to all citizens OF
Idaho who heard or read the evidence
IN the case" said Governor Gooding
II have done my duty. | have no re-
greet as to any action l have taken,
md my conscience is clear. AS long
as God gives me strength l shall con-
:inue my efforts for government by
law and for organized society.
THE state will continue a vigorous
prosecution of Meyer and Pettibone
and Adams and of Simpkins when
apprehended There will be neither
hesitation nor regret"
Application will be made to Judge
Wood this morning to admit Meyer
and Pettibone to bail,
Not the least interesting of the
comments upon the verdict was that
of Harry Orchard, the self-confessed
murderer of Steunenberg and the
witness upon whom the state chiefly
relied to prove its claim of con-
spiracy by the Western Federation OF
Miners. When told that Haywood
had been acquitted, Orchard talked to
the newspaper men.
well, l have done my duty" he
said. II have told the truth. !
could do no more. l am ready to take
any punishment that may be meted
out to me for my crime, and the
sooner it comes the better"
1t was after being out for twenty
one hours that the jury, that at first
had been divided eight to four and
then seemed deadlocked at ten to two,
finally came to an agreement shortly
after dawn.
The weary, snowy bearded bailiff,
who had kept an all night vigil be-
fore the jury room was startled by
an imperative knock.
The principal actors in the trial
gathered in the court room few
moments before s o'clock and the
white envelope handed by the foreman
to the judge was torn open and the
verdict read.
1t came as an electric thrill to the
prisoner, to his counsel and to the
small group of heavy eyed newspaper
men and court officials who had been
summoned from beds.
Haywood's attorneys 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 congra
.ulationS.