Show I I I I I I I BANKER MAGILL IS I I FREE ONCE 11 MORE Court Instructs the Jury to I Render a Verdict of Acquittal I II I CROWD CRO APPLAUDS JUDGE I Prosecution Lawyers rs Astonished Astonish Astonished Aston Aston- ish d at Abrupt Termination lion tion of Case Casc I Decatur Ill III Oct 18 The Tho Tho l i imUl murder mUl er trial came caine to an end hero Iero this I Io I afternoon o wl with h a dramatic su suddenness j 1 fully C In Jn keeping with the sensations that thai have ha accompanied this ble Inco Jc Its trU l lc i i t o oHu J 11 II Jury Hu bl anU U Id dh 1 Il to t I b J Ui n. n t t I IaH banker and lila bus wife from fromaM aM all guilt oC uC the murder of or the Iho accused ac ue- I CU Q mans man's first wife wire The ruling of or the tho court was t bo- bo J. J unexpected even bi by attorney attorney altol nc ney for tOI tho the acc who only a n short time before had sought in vain sain for Cor an al Instruction of ur aC acquittal That Thal It Ita was a wasa aa a peculiar ruling however was amply c cv by the almost almol unprecedented demonstration that followed In the g room I I I I I I I Women omen Jo 0 lid Women and Yemen and during this trial the time court room has continuously continuous been packed d with omen rosc omen rose from their stoats beats and screamed their approval I applauding They split hplU their glove the decision of the Judge The They a al al- macat mr sl smothered Ia his wire wife and their pretty daughter Marguerite l In Inthe inI Inthe the fervor OI eT of their of-their their congratulations A t half hair dozen fou fought foucht ht for ten minutes to check the dl buttie but tie the noise was so o great that their voices could not be he heard an and the rush to toI toward to- to 1 ward the time front of or the court room became beI became be be- sweptback swept swell came so su strong that the they were I back and powerless It was wast t not until the time greater part of or the i crowd had literally been forced out outI I of or the lie dual door that order was restored I and the formal steps of voting yoUns and en entering cn- cn n I I the acquittal could be taken A. A Happy Group I The Time Magil family group was a picture pic Plc- ture of or happiness when the jurors jurors' tiled flied back Into the room and arid the Iho ver ser verdIct verdict I dict was read and entered by the cleric clerk himself for the lie first I time lime during the trial beamed good good- alternately Marguerite 1 wept and laughed Fa Fay FaIa Ia III naturally nat nat- I e was obviously on Oil Pu lagie c Eight BANKER MAGILL IS FREE ONCE MORE from r Page Pago O One deeply moved and walked over o and tind nd d h her r hu husband L. from th the court r l' room to th I wa ili O 1 tJ n t t h fi IR IJ They smiled happily at nt allI all nU I thank tOti ou ou for tor tho the kindly ln l Interest Interest Inter Inter- est st said ln JI n a. as ho forced his way through h the crush at the thc court courtroom courtroom courtroom room door 1001 Come and see us w all us-all all of or you When hen they reached tho the floor below Marguerite l Magill halted After hot Her Witness iness Fees the clerks clerk's omco over there Isn't It she he asked pointing to a aYes sign n. n nYe Ye Yes replied some one ono In tho the crowd crowel Then I will vIiI get my witness fees ce she he said and darted in at the door There Is no precedent in Illinois le leal legal legal le- le gal al history for on a judge deman demanding a a. verdict of guilty or ci Innocence in a felony case after testimony and argument argument ment mont have hove been finished There is some ome criticism of ri-f tho the courts court's ruling But the general op opinion in- in ion the almost universal verdict i is that there was not sufficient evidence to convict either cither of the defendants Stale Stale- flo l. l Tho Tue state was disappointed It professed professed pro pro- Ceased to have havo evidence e In hand before the trial he began nn that was WOM not produced to the jUr Jury Tho court permitted d nel neighborhood gossip to be lie Introduced ed and ond It came come In volumes ol But nut there was never hover anything specific States State's Attorney Miller Miller- I e. e of or Dewitt Dowitt county count who closed the tho case this afternoon after after- noon in a n ner fiery burst b of ot oratory orator de demanding tie lIe manding a n. verdict of guilty In both hoth cases enseR said tonight that he lie wn was as M lr sure that three of or tho the Jurymen J were In favor ta of a 0 verdict of guilty guilt for Fred fa lIl One of or the members had told him so 0 Still sun his statement is somewhat at variance with the tho answers er given gl Judge Cochran After tor the tile jury J had returned with Its verdict Judge Cochran saidI said I II 1 am sure suro that in following m my In in- in you Ott O simply did that hat hiat which you would ouM have Is that not so soT so Each Bach Juror nodded In the affirmative c except one lie He 1001 looked toward Sta States State's tes te's A Attorney Miller fIller shook hl ills his head hend and then smiled Marguerite Is generally given I n credit ro for tho the happy happ outcome of or the tho case cIse It was a her manner that won the jurymen her testimony that eon convinced Judge Jud o Co Cochran t testimony n-testimony testimony that the examination cross of the state stale could not weaken reI re I I dont don't know what 1 I shall do do MI he said tonight Marry h some of or those men men who ho have hn bombarded me with Ith proposals proposals pro pro- h 1 by mall How Y very n. n Xo No 0 1 shall shail remain with my father Cather I 1 would not desert him for tor or anyone I trust In his ills affection II He lie Is strong slicing anti and brave bra Ho lie has haR stood up p under this fire Ore of ot calumny as aR only a n. man of or blood anI and ten tender lender er fo e for his family could do If Ir I ma may c contribute to hl his happiness by liy m my remaining with him I J shall hlll do s so 80 o always alway 1 Mrs IrR bas forgiven all nil her foes I J wont won't be he bothered t with their talk alkan alk an any she said sahl I 1 shah quickly try tn to lo forget torget all these harrowing scenes With my ray husband I shall live livo down the scandal We Vc haven't ha nn any money moner but we have o health our 11 freedom free tree dom our mutual confidence the love lovo of or Marguerite for The world is big bib Time begets beget's oblivion lon and ani soon Noon the memory of this cruel persecution will b bo be gone one Tin Tin- Inline I 1 thought of atho case awn away from i tho the Jury jur soini time ago said Judge Cochran tonight Lo There here was no evidence to 0 hold holti elthor cither or hii IC wife I It was a t gos os gossip lp mongers monger's affair But a as I havo ha said sah I dl dislike lIke to toden den deny a jury the right to its own o de deliberations deliberations do- do liberations But nul when argument closed closed clos clos- ed Oct tOlla today m my duty was clear It l lIS Is un unusual UlI- UlI usual to lo take nice a case COMe from a jur jury but hut it I lb it not Irregular I Tho speeches today today six six of them were of at the the- old fashioned I- I kind Ind ono one hears boon In these thee da day on only In the country |