Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-08-02
MOYER GETS BAIL;
HAYWOOD is FREE.
STATE WILL TRY ACCUSED UNION
LEADER IN SPITE OF HAY
WOOD VERDICT.
KEEP PETTIBONE IN CELL.
Senator Borah Objects to His Release
and He May Have to Remain
in Prison.

BOISE, Ida, July 29-Charles Ii.
Meyer, president of the Western FEEDER
alton Of Miners and co-defendant with
William d. Haywood, who on yesterday
was acquitted of the murder of former
Gov. Steunenberg, was admitted to bail
in the sum of SO, ZOO and released this
afternoon.
An agreement to this end was reached
this morning between counsel for the
state and defense, but the making of
the formal application and entry was
postponed from 10 o'clock, at which hour
court reconvened today, until 2 The
delay was asked for to allow further
conferences between counsel as to what
action shall be taken in the case of
George A. Pettibone, the third of the
noted defendants brought from Colorado
to Idaho eighteen months ago.
Fight Bail for Pettibone.
1t is understood that the attorneys
for the state will oppose bail for Petit
bone in any sum whatever. Judge Wood
announced that he would not adjourn
court for the term until tomorrow night
and any order agreed upon by the at
torneys might be entered up to that time.
The big courtroom today presented
far different picture from the closing
days of the Haywood trial. The jury
box and all the spectators benches We're
empty and only d handful of attorneys
sat within the rail. None OF the de-
PENDANTS were in court.
Boise continues quietly to discuss the
verdict and apparently the people are
taking but little interest as to the tu-
ture course OF the prosecution.
The decision of the state to continue
the prosecution of the men now under
arrest and tie statement that Jack Slmp-
kins, the fugitive from justice indicted
with them, is almost within the reach OF
the law and may be arrested at any
time, came as surprise to counsel Tor
the defense, who confidently expected
that Meyer and Pettibone would be re-
leased.
Haywood Is Free.
Haywood is free. After eighteen
eleven nerve racking weeks OF le-
gal inquisition, he walked out yesterday,
alone and eated into the bright sun
light of a still and drowsy Sabbath
morning, acquitted of the charge OF MUIR
dering Frank Steunenberg.
Haywood spent last night quietly at
the house in Boise, where his family has
been living since the trial commenced.
1t was a happy gathering and the re
leased man received congratulations
from his friends in a steady stream. The
kilograms continued to pour in from
nearly every town in the Union. Hay
wood will remain here some days before
returning to Denver to take up his
work. John Murphy, the general coun-
sci for the Western Federation OF Min
ers, who is dying of consumption mere,
is a great friend of Haywood and ar
rangements are now being made to take
him back to Denver if possible before
l.
company him.
His vindcatio came from the lips OF
twelve Idaho farmers, plain, blunt, I'M
cultured men, representatives OF the
sturdy stock that is the backbone Oh tins
country, who simply were not convinced
that the state had connected Hay"ood,
''by his own acts and declarations to
use the language of the court, with the
murder of Frank ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
all. That was the verdict, and the how,
and the why, and the wherefore of 1t.
The mastery logic of Senator Borah.
the painstaking analysis of Prosecutor
Hawley. and the story of Harry Or
chard crumbl4d and withered away i'll
the International atmosphere Of the room
where the jurors for twenty-one hours
infinitely dissected the evidence as they
saw it. And their verdict was mot
guilty"
Judges Charge Factor.
The probability of a verdict OF acqult-
tai had been freely predicted since when
Judge Fremont Wood read his charge,
which was regarded as strongly favorlng
the defense in it's Interpretation of the
laws of conspiracy, circumstantial evil
dence. and the confederation of an &C
complice who confesses.
A canvass of the jury Immediately aft
er they were discharged showed the &C
curacy of the prediction. Ten of the
Jurors declared that in their individual
opinion the instructions practically tor
babe a verdict of guilty.
The other two would not admit this
view of the judges charge, but declared
that they had found it impossible to be-
lieve that any legal connection OF Hay
wood with the Steunenberg murder had
been made.
Mover and Pettibone to Be Tried.
1t was also freely predicted that in the
event of Haywood's acquittal the state
would abandon the prosecution of his as
sociates, Charles H. Meyer, the presl-
dent of the federation, and George A.
Pettibone of Denver. Statements from
counsel and from Gov. Gooding, how
ever, dispel this view of the situation.
Gov. Gooding declared with emphasis
the cases against Meyer and Pettibone
would be prosecuted as vigorously as had
been that against Haywood. Senator
Borah added to this that Pettibone
would be put on trial early in October. ;,