He received six months' imprisonment for contempt of court in disobeying the injunctions, while he was bankrupted by countless damage suits.

He had no chance.

The Plutocracy had passed sentence on him.

The courts were in the hands of the Plutocracy to carry the sentence out.

And with Hearst crashed also to destruction the Democratic Party that he had so recently captured.
With the destruction of Hearst and the Democratic Party, there were only two paths for his following to take.