The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-29

more. + am ready to take any pun
ishment that may be meted out to
me for my crimes, and the sooner 1t
comes, the better"
Jury Out 21 Hours.
1t was after being out for 81
hours, that the jury which at first
had been divided eight to four and
then seemed deadlocked at ten to
two, finally came to an agreement
shortly after the first faint streaks
of the coming day showed gray above
the giant hills which wall Boise to
the north and east. The weary,
snow-b bearded old bailiff, who kept an
all-night vigil at the door of the jury
room, was startled into action by an
imperative knock from within
Events moved rapidly enough after
this and when at last the principal
actors in the trial had gathered in
to the court room at few moments
before 5 o'clock, 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, to the at
tOrneys for the state and to the
heavy-eyed newspaper men and court
officials who had been summoned
from beds but lately sought, or from
Offices where sleepless awaiting had
marked the night.
Tears swelled to the eyes of the
man, who during the 80 days of his
trial, had sat with stolid Indifference
written upon his every feature-at
last the icy armor he had thrown
about himself with the first day of
jury selection, had been pierced and
whatever of pent-up feeling had been
contained within, was loosed. Hay
woods attorneys were fairly lifted
from their seats and Judge Wood
made no effort to restrain them as
they surrounded him to take his
hands and shout aloud their cOngrat-
ulations. James H. Hawley, leading
counsel for the state and o. M. Van
Duyn, the prosecuting attorney for
the county in which former Governor
Steunenberg was assassinated, sat
gloomy and unspeaking in their
places.
Senator Borah, who made the clos
ing plea for conviction, was not pres
ent. OF the prisoners counsel, those
in the court room were Clarence Dar-
! row of Chicago, E. F. Richardson OF
Denver, and John F. Nugent of
Boise. The absentees from the de.
! fendant's table included Edward VIII
son, the former law partner of Judge
Wood, who presided at the trial.
No member of the prisoners fam
lily nor any of his friends among the
socialist writer's and the so-called
Labor jury" who have been attend
ing the trial, was in the court room
at the early hour the verdict was re-
turned. In the doorway stood Gov
ernor Frank Gooding, who has TAX
en- an active part in pressing the
prosecution of Haywood and his as
sociates. The court proceedings
we're over, the prisoner had been dis
charged and the jury dismissed fol
the term in less than three minutes
time.
Surprise Everywhere.
The news of the verdict was re
ceived reluctantly in Boise. Extra
editions of the papers carried the
) tidings far and wide and during the
day there was considerable discus
sion in the clubs, cafes, hotel lob
bies and upon the street corners. Tht
surprise which had been so nantes
in the courtroom was prevalen
everywhere. The long time the jur.
was out had conveyed the genera
| impression that there could be nj
other outcome than disagreement
The rumors which spread so rapid!
and frequently throughout the night
and which were as unreliable as sucf
rumors always are, were generally tt
the effect that a majority of the ju
rors had voted for conviction. SOM
were even SO radical as to say tha
the only difference of opinion exist
ing in the jury was as to the degre'
of guilt. The apprehension of dis
agreement spread even to member
of the defendants counsel, and whel
to this feeling were added the ru
mors of an adverse decision whicl
continually beat about their ear
during the night, there could b.
found none to doubt the genuinenes
of the Joy as the verdict was read.
i Clarence Darrow of Chicago, VIII
had made plea describing the cas-
at issue as struggle of "clas
against Glass;" who had defiantl
told the jury that its members wer
hostile to his client, and had ha
their minds poisoned by corrup
and capitalistic press, had entere
, the court room with the mood o
J his speech still upon him, but a
, Haywood was freed and as the jur
, was passing out, he We'd with tn
other members of counsel and wit
, the prisoner himself, in thankin
with many evidences of sincerity tn
, twelve citizens of Idaho who ha
, heard the evidence and rendere
, their unalterable opinion. Mr.. Rich
, ardson, too. fastened to dictate
, statement in which he declared tina
, his client had been given an abso
} lutely fair and impartial trial an