Show SE 11 I 1 T M TO 11 F 1 pleass er W the for of mayar urr cartei 1 B harrisan HArrIS cn FOUND GUILTY 0 OF tile verd abit it wll will hold those mayor MayorA ii birg cranks CHICAGO de dep 0 tj tho the murderer 0 f carter H arrison Hr H rison will be hanged banged fsr for his crime the T said it and the v j bf chica chicago approve it aach alit assa was ng evidence adduced V g had ad been the jury pv ho sufficiently babi feame to d for his adt act area and demanded he be pay the highest pen ally alty for his offence offense ag law this however is a fogy sorry pense for he de death oca arter ii H harrison Har riBon nothing 9 f mission minion of ills his crime crime so irritate irritated d gast fc ai as a comparison b be tween himself and but abut in the couri this after afternoons noone J hd showed that oue trait exime in colimon bi between ther thurrl n ile he proved an ij mier abid coward who wished to sav v life at any puce when clerk figurer alc roe arose 16 readie finding of tho the judythe juT vh e pil prisoner chood the back ala i b ae clr s allt i r ff eugene john prendergast t fifty 1 ty of murder in the manner and form as aa charged in the indictment and fix the penalty at read fitzgerald 0 prendergast revealed himself an all utter coward his face turned pale and he opened his mouth to speak but out only a faint murmur came ite he moved slightly and would have fallen but for the assistance of the bailiff when the jury was polled lie he listened with avidity to each and every answer Bre question and as eacia juror uror in turn reit reiterated erSted the verdict the last vestae of courage left prendergast cl gast ile he wasi half led half carried back to his cell where refusing to speak lie he threw himself upon bi his bunk in an attempt to hide bide from his fellow prisoners prisoner whose expressions of satisfaction over the verdict were more emphatic than graceful and more sincere than polite trude closed with an eloquent plea for tile conviction of the prisoner who lie he declared had been proved sane bya by a preponderance of evidence th the e C ourt court then too took 1 a recess till I 1 at promptly that hour the judge began to charge th the jury ejury prendergast buried his face in a black hander handkerchief chief and did not look up till at the close of the judges charge tile the word death was vit uttered and the prisoner looked up for an instant upon the question of insanity which was the main point at issue the judge said if the jury believed the defendant committed the tha crime as charged knowing it to bo be wr wrong ong it was the duty of the jury to find tj the is prisoner guilty even though they believed that it at the time the crime was committed tile the prisoner was not perfectly sane but if tho the jury believes that at the time lie ho committed the crime the prisoner was not of sound round mind but affected with insanity arid and such affection was an efficient cause of the act then the prisoner ought t ta be acquitted jf if tho jury had any doubt as to the prisoners ins insanity anity the law will vi ilL give him the benefit of the doubt if the j jury ury believed the defendant laboring under a delusion which deprived the accused or of the tha power of choosing between right and wrong then the jury must acquit him continued on olt A fifth P rage sentenced to me die continued from om r firel arst page at 1 the jury retired to consider th their r verdict verdice ver dici nothing was heard from them for exactly one hour then bailiff busse hurried through r h the room to notify the jailer to bring the prisoner into court and a few minutes later the jury filed in and took their places pl ices As took his seat seal the judge said erid have you a agreed 0 reed upon a verdict the t twelve w elve men bowed assent and foreman sutter handed a pallet containing tile the verdict to clerk fitzgerald when fitzgerald read in measured tones the finding of the jury the prisoner had upon him the eyes of nearly every person in the room and with difficulty he kept from breaking 0 down attorney wade ajo a jo mado made the usual request that the jury be ba polled and then the prisoner prison was s removed and the judge announced that the jury was excused and the proceedings at an end before adjourn adjourning in court wade wada made the usual application p for a new trial and the judge 0 announced he be would hear the motion at a future date tile the mother of the prisoner did not trust hex self to reni remain ain in court to hear the result of the trial but lingered around the court waiting for the first news to como from the courtroom when it came an instant instant after the verdict was vas rendered she tottered awny away clinging to the bannister for support as she descended tile stairs john prendergast er a ast tho the prisoners brotheris brothe rif lie he was w as in court left without attracting attention trude and his associate todd received hearty cou congratulations r preston harrison harrion being one of the lc first to thank trude for his error eITor tg S before announcing the verdict t alie ie juryman jurymen agreed notto not 0 to make pub public ic the scenes in the jury room and after their dismissal sal they positively refused to talk from a court official it is learned the jury un ani favored a death s sentence |