Show t I 1 NEGRO N E U R 0 GETS U 1411 41 JAIL SENTENCE 4 J 1 4 but for obstinate juror fiend assaulting a g ars carl R williams would now be doing penitentiary stunt the nev ne record of 0 friday march contains tho the fol lowing account of the trial and ola tits position 1 op of the case there against a negro pullman car porter davia davis by name who was charged with an assault or attempted assault upon miss aliss irma causon Cl avison of salt lake city in october last while the young joung woman was en on route f rom Califa irnia to her homo home in zion miss clawson has since become the wife of carl R williams for a tune one a resident of price and now a newspaper newa paper reporter around zion te story as given by the record follows ben M milter iller of searchlight came in in for a round of condemnation from the entire community monday night when ho he ob obstinately hanged tile jury a A in the case of the state against 11 II M divis U porter who was indicted on a charge 0 ot i assault assaul tand and battery the nicer enter wl the berth of i a young woman on the limited october last and aftem attempted A an assault while the train was passing through lincoln county from tb tha time the case went to the thc jury monday afternoon until tuesday morning the vote stood eleven to ona for conviction with miller holding out for the acquittal v of the ho against ii the eleven L I 1 others on the jury jur in As as stormy a djury session of twenty hours aa as ha been known in the lincon Linc ln county court for many years the man 7 from searchlight 44 t r rc fried to argue with the other ju nd held obstinately to his single that the a was innocent theother the other jure a were finally roused to such ft a state of indignation that their compliments to iller could bo heard through h th closed doors of 0 the court coutt rom ro m and it is seldom that any white man has stood out against such a grilling as waa wu directed towards the supporter of the ni rj M sr i bat one stage of the member of the who was wu armed ica the 1 room to deposit his gun with 11 wat outsiders alders for safe keeping and mil t ler sp of the night walking un up and down the roo room with an in open knife in hia his hand after appealing to the deputy sheriff for protection at about a letter aletter w sent to judge ludge A brown in which the eleven signers stated their un belief in the guilt of the th and the judge was called in fell cral times to give further instruct I 1 P judge brown mada hia hii instructions plain aa as without V q aaning ying wha what the cue juey should do 40 and after they thee had been bean repeated miller held out saying he lie would stick for fo forty eight days and the jury was discharged tho the sensational climax of the affair came wednesday morning when the cas waa was called for another trial the entered a plea of guilt yand judge brownin brown in sant n ing him to six lix months irr arthe the county jail said d the case was ope one which deserved a heavier sentence than that possible for simple assault and bat bato o tery terye and he regretted that there was no nevada statute under which a heavier penalty could bo be imposed then camo came the dismissal of miller by an order of the court that while entirely dignified vai a assevero as severe aa 3 any of those in attendance had bad ever heard in open court th tho room was filled when judge brown began his brief address he ile aalde aid in part that although no man could bo censured for holding ta an honest conviction ibo evidence ii ir the caso case in question had been so plain and simple that he could not understood the position of allman aman who could hold out against eleven othar other jurymen juryman jury men the judge eaid said he rek rea beaded 1 ded a man biose mind was wm so soi constituted waa was unfit for jury jary service and ended by saying 1 I therefore excuse mr miller from further further service on this panel A suppressed essad murmur of approval passed over the court courtroom room as the tho disgraced man left the roam miller has been openly hooted on the streets ai aiu a lover and plan plane to burn him in effigy were only suppressed by miller keeping in seclusion must of tha time it is understood that bat miller is IA interested interest edina in a civil suit to corne cone up later b bat did not watt wait for a trul 1 1 of d the case and end immediately floated mated outi conveyance t the was defended by jesee jesse simmons a cocu attorney who subjected the complaining witness to a crose cross examination which was uni verbally ver sally regarded as unnecessarily severe he failed faid however r in his attempt to weaken the testimony tea i 14 any degree deg reeThe the original change if against esq was assault with intent to coin rape the grand jury indicted him for si simple aple awault and battery for the reason that two ther ewas was no legal evidence of the intent williams was present at the trial at la pioche and as stated in last advocate it is understood the m matter of dam has been adjusted with tho the ullman company for a R thousand dollars iV williams illiams and miss clawson were ere married at salt lake city soon after her return from california |