| Show I COMMENT OF PROSECUTION How the Attorneys the State Regard Re-gard the Verdict Senator Arthur Brown who was associated a sociated with the prosecution was very reluctant to discuss the verdict saying say-ing the thing was a little too warm yet and hp wanted time to think It over before saying much In n few days ho lId It you wish It I will give you my opinion upon this thing In full and T promise you that I shall not mince matter You may say this much for me that I feel Indignant that lme should be allowed to go scot free when It scorned to me thai there were all the evidences of a coldblooded murder I dont believe nulUclent care l Is taken in selecting the material from I which Juries must be drawn I dont believe we get the Best material The way to better matters is S to remove re-move the Democratic party and other criminal classes the Senator continued S ued laughingly County Attorney Putnam on being asked for his opinion of the outcome of the Renbrook trial said I feel I that I the verdict waa wrong and that It should have been voluntary manslaughter slaughter In view of the character of some of the witnesses I hardly expected a verdict of murder In the first degree I was hard to have to depend eo much on Steve Keenc and Leda Strombers and we could not very well expect the Jury to believe everything they IdS Id-S to a certain extent we were forced to discredit our own witnesses and under the circumstances It was difficult for n man In the Jury box to sense tho situation always correctly h 1 believe however that Benbrook ought to have been convicted of voluntary volun-tary manslaughter and am surprised at the verdict OH It was returned Mr Putnam stated he wis Informed last evening that five of the Jurymen In the Henbrook case celebrated the outcome out-come of the trial at Benbrooks house early In the evening and that one of them got his Jury scrip cashed without discount at the Sheep Ranch Inquiry at the Sheep Ranch club and the home of Bonbrook last evening resulted In t positive denial of the truth of either of time statements of Mr Putnam as to the cashing of the scrlp or the celebration at Rcnbrooks house Assistant County Attorney Ray Van Cott said that ho was disappointed at time verdict I can BCC he said where a Jury might feel justified In not returning a verdict of murder In the first degree under thc testimony offered In this case but I cannot help thinking a verdict of voluntary manslaughter should hnvo been found |
