Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 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
il the sum of $4,000 and released this
afternoon.
An agreement to this end was reached
tins morning between counsel for the
state and defense, but the making of
the formal application and entry was
postponed from 10 clock, at which hour
court recOnyened today, until ,. The
delay was asked for to allow further
conferences between counsel as to what
action shall he taken i'll the case of
George \. Iettibone, the third of the
noted defendants brought from Colorado
10 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 Tor the term until tomorrow night
and amy order agreed upon by the at
torneys might be entered up to that time.
The big courtroom today presented q
far different picture from the closing
y
I box and all the spectators benches were
empty and only Il handful of attorneys
sat within the rail. None Of the de-
PENDANTS were III 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 Simp-
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 Il surprise to counsel for
the defense, who confidently expected
that Meyer and Pettlbone would be re-
leased.
Haywood Is Free.
Haywood is free. After eighteen
months imprisonment, closing with
eleven nerve racking weeks of le
cal inquisition, he walked out yesterday,
alone and elated, into the bright sun
light of 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 happy gathering and the re
leased man received congratulations
from his friends i'll Il 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 here,
is a great friend of Haywood and ar
engagements are now being made to take
him back to Denver if possible before
his death. Haywood will probably ac-
company him.
His vindcation came from the lips of
twelve Idaho farmers. plain, blunt, UNI
cultured men, representatives OF the
sturdy stock that is the backbone of this
cotntry, who simply were not convinced
that the state had connected Haywood
by his own acts and declarations, to
use the language of the court, with the
murder of Frank Steunenberg-tha
all. That was the verdict. and the how,
and the why, and the wherefore of it.
The mastery logic of Senator Borah,
the panstaking analysis Of Prosecutor
Hawiey. and the story of Harry Or
chard crumbl4d and Withered away in
the Unconditional atmosphere of the room
where the jurors for twenty-one hours
infinitely diSsected the evidence as they
saw it. And their verdict was Not
guilty"
Judges Charge Factor.
The probability of Il verdict of acquit-
tai had been freely predicted since when
Judge Fremont Wood read his charge,
which was regarded as strongly favoring
the defense i'll its Interpretation of the
laws of conspiracy, circumstantial evil
lence and the confederation of an ac-
complete who confesses.
A canvass of the jury Immediately aft
err they were discharged showed the ac-
curacy of the prediction. Ten of the
Jurors declared that i'll their individual
opinion the instructions practically for
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.
Meyer 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 Pettlbone
would be prosecuted as vigorously as had
been that against Haywood. Senator
Borah added to this that Pettibone