The Springfield herald., 1907-08-02
: N OF G U ILTY"
WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD, ACCUSED
MURDERER, A FREE MAN.
THE FAMOUS TRIAL CLOSES
Judge Wood Gave straightforward In
structions to the Jury and Begged
Careful Deliberations.

|
Careful Deliberations.
Boise, Idaho.-William d. Haywood
| Is a free man.
Into the bright sunlight of beauti-
| full Sabbath morning, into the still
ness of city drowsy with the lazy
slumber of summer day, William D.
Haywood. defendant In one Of the most
noted trials involving conspiracy and
murder that the country has ever
known, walked, free man, ac-
! quilted of the murder of former Gov
| ernor Frank Steunenberg.
The probability of verdict of ac-
| quittal in the case of the secretary
treasurer and acknowledged leader Of
| the Western Federation of Miners had
been freely predicted when Judge
| Fremont Woods charge was regarded
as strongly favoring the defense In It's
| Interpretation of the laws Of con,
| spiracy. circumstantial evidence and
| the corroborauon Of an accomplice
who confesses.
1t was also freely predicted that in
! the event of Haywocd's acquittal the
state would abandon the prosecution
| of his associates, Charles II. Meyer,
the president of the federation, and
| George "A. Pettibone of Denver.
Statements from counsel and from
| Governor Gooding dispel this view Of
| the situation. Governor Gooding said:
| 1.-THE verdict is great surprise to
| me and, l believe, 20 all citizens OF
Idaho who have heard or read the evil
! dence in the case.
Il have done my duty and my con-
| science Is clear. AS long as God gives
| strength l shall continue my effort for
| government by law and for organized
| society.
1.-The state will continue a vigorous
prosecution of Meyer and Pettibone
and Adams and of Simpkins when ap-
pretended. There will be neither hes.
| itation nor retraction."
To Ask Bail for Others.
Application will he made to Judge
Wood to admit Meyer and Pettibone
| to bail, and 1t is said that in the case
| of Meyer. against whom the state is
| admitted to have its weakest case, a
| favorable consideration would not be
| unexpected.
Not the least interesting of the COM
| ments made upon the verdict was that
of Harry Orchard, the self-confessed
murdered of Governor Steunenberg
| and the witness upon whom the state
chiefly relied to prove its claim of a
| sinister conspiracy against the West
ern Federation of Miners. When told
at the State Penitent:ary that Hay
wood haa been acquitted, Orchard
| said:
"Well, l have done my duty. l have
| told the truth. / could do no more.
l am ready to take any punishment
| that may be meted out to me for the
| crime, and the sooner the better"
1t was after the jury had been out
! twenty-one 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 agree
| ment 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-bearded old bailiff, who
had kept an all-night vigil before 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
been gathered into the court room at
few moments before s O'Clock the
white envelope handed by the foreman
to the judge was torn open and the
verdict read
Electric Thrill to Prisoner.
It came as an electric thrill to the
prisoner, to his counsel, to the attor-
neys for the state and to the small
group of heavy-eyed newspaper men
and court officials who had been sum-
moned from beds but lately sought. or
from Offices where sleepless waiting
had marked the night
Tears welled to the eyes of the man
who, during the eighty days of his
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written upon his every feature-at last
the icy armor he had thrown about
himself with the first day of jury Sc
lectoi nhad been pierced and whatever
of pentup feeling had been contained
within was loosed. Haywood's attor-
neys were fairly lifted from their seats
and Judge Wood made no effort to re-
strain them as they surrounded him to
shake his hand shout aolud their
congratulations. James H. Hawley,
leading counsel for the state, and o. M.
Vanduyn. the prosecuting attorney OF
the county in which former Governor
Steunenberg was assassinated, sat,
gloomy and unspeaking, in their places.
Senator Borah, who made the closing
plea for conviction, was not present.
or the prisoners counsel, those In the
courtroom were Clarence Darrow of
Chicago, E. F. Richardson of Denver
and John F. Nugent of Boise. The alb
sentees from the defendants table in
cluded Edgar Wilson, the former law
partner of Judge Wood, who presided
at the trial.
Family Not Present.
No members of the prisoners family
nor any of his friends among the So
cialist writer's and the so-called labor
jury" who have been attending the
trial, was in the courtroom at the early
hour the verdict was returned. The
spectators benches were empty, but
in the doorway stood Governor Frank
Gooding, who has taken an active part
in pressing the prosecution of Hay
wood and his associates. There was
no demonstration other than that made
by the attorneys for the defense, and
the court proceedings were over. the
prisoner had been discharged and the
jury dismissed for the term in less