Nine months later they were released. In May 1919 the circuit court of appeals ruled that the defendants had not had an impartial trial, and the judgment was therefore reversed.
البته ،‏ ایشان نُه ماه بعد آزاد گشتند و در ماه مه ۱۹۱۹ دادگاه استیناف منطقه‌ای آمریکا دادرسی دادگاه نخستین را غیر بی‌طرف اعلان کرد و حکم آن را نقض نمود .‏