The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-26
ALL THE RESPONDENTS
THANKED THE JURY
! Then, FoIIowedBy ByGIeefuIThrong,
They went To a Hall Where
a JoIIification Meeting was
Held Over Their Release From
Prison.

Salem, Mass, Nov. 23.--"Not guilty
was the verdict of the jury to-day il
the case of Joseph j. Ettor, Arturo Clio
yannitti and Joseph Caruso, who were
charged with the murder of Anna Lo
pizzo, killed in the Lawrence textile
mill strike last winter. When the pris-
oners heard the verdict they embraced
:. and kissed each other in the prisoners
cage
Govanntti said: "Gentlemen of the
jury, in the name of justice, truth and
civilization, | thank you" His face
was beaming with joy.
For Caruso an interpreter said: "Mr.
Caruso desires me to say he wants to
thank you all and now that he is free
Ettor addressed the jury, saying. 81
thank you, not only for myself, but in
the name Of my companions. | also feel
impelled to thank the court for the fair
manner in which this trial has been con-
ducted. Thanks we offer in not only
ours. but thanks in the name Of the
working classes"
The verdict was returned at S:25 this
morning, and as the jury left the build
) ing they were cheered by the crowds
Of mill workers gathered in the streets.
Caruso, who is under Indictment eharg-
ing assault with intent to kill, was
released on his own recognizanee; and
Ettor and Giovannitti, also indicted for
conspiracy to incite to riot, were released
on bonds of $500, furnished by Helen
s. Dudley of Boston. When freed from
the cage, the strike leaders We're besieged
courtroom, and few minutes later,
followed by a cheering throng of mill
workers, they went from the courthouse
to the local office of the Industrial
Workers of the World, where a jubila. |
ton meeting was held.
Ettor told the Associated Press that |
he had no plans for the future. but in |
tended soon to return to his home in
Tacoma, Washington, where he has a
father striken with paralysis since the /
strike began. Giovannitti said he did |
not intend 20 go TO his home in Brook
lyn for day or two. So far he has
met only police and detectives in Mas
sachusetts, he said, and now he hoped to
get acquainted with Massachusetts gen.
tlemen. He expects to visit friends in
Boston and vicinity. Caruso and his
wife danced away like two children.
Afta, loat ho Ind. fr,a NAT,rl,aro 1
of the World headquarters, the liberated
men went to the Salvation Army hail.
where mass meeting was being held
and where they addressed the crowd in
the Italian language. Later to-day they
planned to go to Lawrence, where a big
demonstration YVES expected.
Events Leading Up to Arrests.
The trial of Ettor. Giovannitti and
Caruso came about in consequence of
the strike in the textile mills in Law ,
renee Mass, suddenly precipitsted Jan 7
uary l2 last and continued for two i
The commonwealth maintained J
that Ettor and Giovannitti melted the
riot in which the Lopizzo woman met 4
her death, by inflammatory speeches TO t
the strikers. Caruso was accused, with '
Salvatore Scuito, who never has been {
with actual participation
in the riot. II,
The strike, which was accompanied by | v
much violence. enlsting organized and o
unorganized workers on one hand and n
mill overs on the other, with the police
Df Lawrence and militia OF AIassaehu- a
setts on guard 20 avert disastrous con- h
sequences. attracted worldwide atten- !
iion for many weeks. Riots were fire. a
luent; cars in Lawrence were attacked: r
men. women and children who attempted
10 work were assailCd and in some cases Z
injured. and there were repeated clashes =
strikers and the organized forces W
u the law until citizens OF Lawrence "
we're alarmed at the threatened struggle. e,
ts climax came on January %. = day
'egnn with a parade Of agitated foreign n
'orkers 20 demonstrate their solidarity i
gainst the mill owners. and ended with .,
riot in which the Young woman vas i,
lain and Oscar Benoit, = Lawrence po- .,
iceman. stabbed
Other riots followed the next day and ii
hat midnight Ettor and Gi0raunitti ai
rsre arrested, charged with being acres in
0ries before the fact % the Lopizzo "a
murder. Later CarHlso was arrested. II