Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-27
Ettor, Gioyannitii and Ca
russo Are Acquitted.
Respondents Thank Jury--Sym-
pathIzers JubiIani Over Result.
Lawrence Workers Plan Demonsira.
tion to Be Held, Thanksgiving Day.

Salem. Mass, Nov. 26.-"Not guilty."
is the verdict of the jury in the case
of Joseph J. Ettor, Artro Giovannitti
and Joseph Caruso for the murder of
Anna Lopizzo, who was Killed in a
Lawrence textile strike riot, last wn-
ter.
When the three men had heard the
words, freeing them from the awful
charge, they embraced and kissed
each other in the prisoners cage. Clio
vannitti, then spraug TO his feet and
said Gentlemen of the jury he
said his face beaming with Joy. in
the name Of Justice, Truth and civ
ilzation. | thank You.
As he sal down the court interpre-
ter. Alfred Saeeo. rose fer earuso and
said:
MIR. Caruso desires me to say. that
he wants 10 thank yon all, and now
that lie is free he says that he was
innocent of the crime"
sttor. the leader of the strike at
Lawrence, and chief center OF interest
in the case. that has arousd world
wide attention. addressed the Jury.
May it please the court. he said
Il thank you, not only for myself but
i'll the name of my companions. | feel
impelied To thank the court for the
fair manner in which this trial has
been conducted. The thanks We offer
is not only ours, but thanks i'll The
name of the working class"
The jury entered the court room at
$50 o'clock. Immediately thereafter. the
prisoners, each wearing red carna-
ton. were brought to the cage. in the
If la
even Caruso. At this hour the court
room was not half crowded. Judge
Quinn ascended the bench. at S24 and
asked if the jury had agreed upon a
verdict.
We have" said Foreman Robert S.
Stlllman, as he handed it to the court
bailiff.
Joseph Caruso stand" command
ed Clerk George. AS Caruso obeyed the
clerk called:
''Garuso face the jury; jurymen. look
at the prisoner. Gentlemen of the jury
is Joseph Caruso guilty or nto guilty2 %
Not guilty" was the unanimous re-
ply.
Ettor and Giovannitti were likewise
commanded to rise and again the ju-
rors chorused verdict of Not gull
ty," for each defendant The jury,
which for more than six weeks. had
listened to the evidence in the now
historic trial, was then excused from
further service with the thanks of
the court. The jurors FASTENED from
the building and were cheered by the
crowds of mill workers in the streets.
When the jurors had left, the court
announced to Caruso that there was
another Indictment against him.
charging him with assault with
deadly weapon with intent To kill and
that the court would release him ON
his own reeognizance. When the hap
ply prisoner had taken oath to appear
in court, when summoned, he was re-
leased from the cage His wife. waiting
at the rail. behind the prisoners cage.
fell into his arms and a dozen of his
male companions rushed forward and
kissed him.
Ettor and GioYannitti were also
held on another Indictment, charging
them together with William d. Hay
wood, of the Industrial Workers of
the World and others with conspiracy
On this they were released in bonds of
Helen $. Dudley of Boston.
The Lawrence strike leaders were
then freed from the prisoners cage,
and beseiged by a crowd of men and
women in the courtroom For several
minutes they We're the recipients of
kisses from the men and congratula-
tions from the women. The defendants
and their attorneys held a jubilation
meeting in the courtroom, when court
was adjourned, and a few minutes la
ter. followed by a cheering throng of
mill workers, they marched through
the streets from the courthouse to
the local office of the Industrial Work
ers of the World, where they remained
for sometime in jubilation.
II have no immediate plans said
Ettor to the representative of The
Associated Press, but ] am going as
soon as possible to my home in Ia
coma, Wash, where 1 have a par
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