| Show I SURPRISE IN ELLISON CASE Jury Comes Into Court With a Ver Verdict Verdict dict diet of Not Guilty OUT OUi SCARCELY TWO W nouns V S nn on n Ih Ii Second Heo d huh Itol l amid hit his hi r U te teVor tOil For Vor Joy Jo at nt th Ih 1110 Announcement At 8 S last III night the Jury la IQ lathe the nyde lyde J murder murd r case 1 limit court with aith a 0 verdict of at riot not guilty The Tue crime for tor which the young onion man was tried tiled was the fatal fati shootIng of A S 5 Watson Walton at his hili undertaking undertakes on oil Wet West Second South street w on the afternoon of ot Nov NoY J a 1902 Th TIme Injured man lived for tor several days after arter the shooting but finally filially succumbed to the wound ho he had hael received nt at tIme thu hands of or Ellison To 10 the lIme II of ot murder In the fret first It d tho the man nina Interposed th the of ot justification under tinder the tho stat lInt statute statUte ute by lent on of or the defilement of ot his Iy by tIme the deceased fIt und and temporary insanity brought about by ty tho tito know I edve of his hili V Upon these thene two h defenses tho tue jury upon Its second decided d that thai the th defendant should bo Lo V THEY rIlEY WEPT WI J T FOIl Fon JOY Ellison and his mother Mrs litre Payne wept for tor Joy when tho the verdict was an announced as soon ns as ourt court ad adjourned thor they both hoth rushed to 10 the tho Jury Lox to wring tho no hand of or each cock Juror tad and thank each c one of ot them theta for tor or the verdict v Mrs Watson Wat ol and Mr Mrs Kill EIlt ton eon were Merc t not apt present In court to hoar hear the verdict There Thero were ore between 75 und spectators present when the tho Jury returned cl r p JURY Judge Juhe Morse Mor completed 11 his hili Instructions lions to the Ibo Jury at nl live minutes past palt 4 yesterday afternoon and Urn the jury jur then retired to the Jury room George Bills Duis was ejected foreman and the lInt first ballot was wall then Ihen taken result remit resultIng Ing Jn itt nine for tor or acquittal n two for tor vol voluntary vu r manslaughter und and one oM for Cor mur murder murdel tIer del In the first degree with a n Uon for mercy After consider considerable consIderable able discussion dl of oC tho the law and the tho evi evl evidence dence denro tv q L second lec ballot was taken joIst jUPt at d 0 U Upon this ballot every everyone evor everyone one of lie tha 12 Jurors voted for an oc tic i V It Jt took t k them Item Just joist 1 I hour and 65 55 1 minutes to It reach a II verdict Tho The bailiffs In charge Were Vere notified that n a verdict hud had been reached and anel were ere sent to see if It Judge Morse was wall In his hla private office Learning that he h tad had gone home the Jury Instructed the to fo o notify his honor and nn an tho the attorneys attorney In th the cose caso that a 1 verdict would be returned at 8 TIme The jury lury Ju was then taken Inken up I town for tor din ret JURY JUnY FILES S IN INt At t the tho appointed hour the Jury filed Into nto court and took look Beats seats In the Jury to box ot Judge Morse had ascended the Lenh und and was as waiting Deputy County Clerk George 0 Armstrong tron acted as riceS rk Of tho the court occupied n no choir beside belde his hIli mother and on Ills his right was wal Mr Truman frumar Diet AlLy Atty Att occupied occur led his usual chair Judge KIng Sing and Judge Powers Power were not pros pres present eat ent when the waS as read re but the tha com clime Jr Ir 1 later laler VeRDICT of ot tIme the Jury jun have you arrived at a II verdict asked Judge Morse V Ve Ve r e have was the Ihl reply Foreman Dill Bills then arose and handed Clerk Arm Atm I the tha verdict which was 81 In a II s Mil goal al td hl Vj envelope Tho Time clerk handed It to tl I Judge Jugo Morse who Vho opened It and rend refill readIs rendit It t Is this your verdict asked the I he I court It Is III was the response The clerk will vIll rend read the verdict raid paid the tho court whereupon wh Clerk Arm read It Il aloud In a clear and din die distinct voice olce NOT V When the words wools not guilty were worp rend t half halt arose from tram his hili chair lit then sank back ana covered hi his hili face with his hll handkerchief Ills JUs mother bUrtt burst Into Inta tears ears and covered her face tAce Ih her hr handkerchief Judge Morse Morat nod Atty Aft Truman thanked the Jury jur or Us Its consideration After Arter the Ihl court discharged the tho Jury arid and adjourned l and ane his hI mother rushed In 10 the time JurY ury box and Anet ia 11 p Hl the hand han of oath Juror uror and thanked each one for tor th time oer er erMet Met 1 was then lion surrounded by b who heaped heap ll congratulations upon him J JUDGE KINO At this point Judge King who with Mr Ir Truman so 0 ably defended del ended the tho Ih young oung man mann entered the lie court room and anti up to tn his client The boy threw hi f arms around him and thanked him over anti and over ocr again for what h lie he and amI am Mr Truman had halt done ilone Clyde was wa too overjoyed to ey much about his hi plans rr for or time the future lie He staled that Im h hould probably tako take a trip to CaU fornia or Ot Iowa Joa lx before for settling down here to live lire He lie said raid that he h would Vault wouldn n never M r again to his hi wits wife Ills tuB said AliI that thaI he was 81 going home ham with her fur for the She Sh matt mails tIme the statement that thai he she would rather se seher her 11 er son Ron dead and In his hl grave rove to tl o have ha him go 10 back buck to tn his hU wife Judge KIng Jf g and tind Mr Truman refused fl lM to o the verdict but desired to In thank hank Judge More forPe orse and the Jury Jur for tor their fair fall and anti courteous treatment of or orthe the ho defendant ll n 1 Ally Atty AU had to III lillY for tor publication Ing ns the CI diet |
