The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-01-09
GEO. P[TTIBON[
is ACQUITTED! s!
Verdict Is Red(hed After an
All Night BdIIOtin9.

Boise, Jan. 4.-The end of the
prosecution of the men connected
with the charge of murder for killing
Ex-Gov. Frank Steunenbera, with
the exception OF the cases against
z Orchard and Jack Simpkins,
Q oday with the acquittal OF
g. Pettibone.
- ii. Meyer, president OF the
IL - federation OF Miners, was
o. ,eleased this afternoon at 4
SE md will return with Petit
bne In few days to Denver.
4 The ease OF Orchard, the self-con-
[fessed assassin OF Steunenberg, Is In
| he hands OF Prosecuting Attorney
Ivan Duyu Of Canyon county. Nc
statement as to the future procedure
p that case has been made, but II
viii be called during the next term
BIZ court at Caldwell, when it viii
lfobabIy he disposed Of.
Simpkins, member Of the eSecu
i've board OF the Western Federation
bf Miners, who is charged with com
Dlicity in the crime. Is fugitive
ron justice, and the charge against
lim will stand.
When the Meyer case was called b.
udge Wood this afternoon, James II
Iaaley, representing Prosecuting
kttorney Van Duyn, signified tn
iesite of the state 10 have an orde
bf dismissal entered.
II am satisfied. " said Judge Wood
that the course taken by the dis
trict attorney, decided on by attoi
neys for the state, Is the prope
course to be taken in the matter.
have watched the evidence carefully
SO far as the connecting and corrobt
hating evidence under the statut
was concerned In its application
this defendant. aud there has ce
kainly nothing been developed In Il
Eases that would justify the court
submitting the case against him
|, Jury, unless there was considerab
additional connecting testimony tina
hat which has been shown In Il
.wo cases that have been tried. NJ
Tor that reason the case will be di
missed and an order entered exone
. TatIpc the bail of the defendant.
At the request .. the state Z
! cases against Dr. Maeee and G.
! Aller, charged with perjury. by re
! son of testimony given by them
: the HAYWOOD case, was also dismisse
4 I Although the Pettibone jurors agre
that their deliberations should
, kept secret, it has been learned tn
e on the first ballot the vote was eig
q to four, the majority being for
auittal. The second ballot result
e In vote of nine 10 three. The thi
G ten to two and so 1t remained
: through the night. The two holdi
out for conviction were tinally "
n over. Pettibone and Meyer receiy
X many telegrams OF congratulate
4 chiefly from Colorado friends. Pet
n bone, although very i'll for the p'
e two weeks, walked to the local he'
e quarters OF the Western Federatl
s this afternoon.
e The verdict OF acquittal y
d reached after fourteen hours de.
20 alton. The verdict was brought 4
1f court at ll:I5 this morning.
le demonstration Of any kind mar
h the reading OF the verdict wb
a made PetIihoue free man. Al
two years imprisonment await
: trial. the defendant, pale and en-
ated because Of his long illn
- merely smiled as he heard OF his I
A. dom, and a moment later ne was
ad rounded by his attorneys and friel
y His wife, who has been by his
OF at every session OF the court du
IT. the trial, wept for Joy. All n
u. the bslloting OF the jury stood
g" for acquittal ana two for convict
There was no change until the
ballot WIS reached. both OF the
'a' who had been holding ont ri
an way at the same time. Express
~ from members of the Jury after
~ discharge showed that from The
-" ten of the jurors maintained
the state had failed to prove tn
lth fendant guilty of the crime chal
40. The verdict caused no little sur
in Boise In view OF the verdict II