Show RU t III W I 1 I 1 j n on M fi n 0 1 I 1 I 1 pt un ay U L a N UIN a N R I 1 COORT wife of convicted man became hysterical on hearing jurys verdict will be I 1 I 1 sentenced wednesday I 1 I 1 i i 1 I 1 I 1 ruy nuy was adjudged guilty of adultery by the jury in the district court yesterday afternoon the verdict was returned after thirty one minutes deliberation by that body and a pitiful scone scene followed its reading by tho the clork clerk tile the young wife of the man who stands convicted of this revolting deed became hysterical and it was only after much urging on the barlot part of her friends that she could be persuaded to leave the court room barnez who had hitherto borne up bravely under tinder the strain collapsed when the verdict wag kvas i read and sobbed like a child he lost all control of himself and required the support of the officer who ushered him from the court room to his cell there lie ho sat like one in a dream and wept till late at night ills his sentence has not yet been pronounced as the cour court has thas decided to postpone the same until 10 a in february this case was remarkable in many ways one of them being the unflinching devotion of the defendants wife ever since his incarceration in the he county jail last tall fall she has visited him dai daily liand and her faith in him seemed coined to remain un unshaken shahen even to the end of the be trial another feature of the case the difficulty experienced ing direct fies testimony from the prosecuting witness certain physical defects admitted b by both tho the def detente eriko and ole prosecution caused a confusion and indefiniteness in liar her presentation ot of evidence that made it difficult to get at tho the facts for that reason it seems that the niost damaging evidence was submitted by the defendant while under cross examination although it was evident that he had carefully weighed the statements that lie made while on the witness stand a few questions by the attorneys for the prosecution brought ou several contradictions that must have had much influence with tho the jury tho the facts as brought out by the trial were as follows miss aliss ruth white who is 28 years old was walking alono alone in glenwood enwood GI park on the afternoon of july ath last year when she was accosted by a stranger who introduced himself as loroy leroy castro sho she accepted his invitation to take like a walk through the park and in the conversa tion which followed he represented himself as being a single man man while walking through the bushes near the lake he assaulted her and abd it was at this place that tho crime was committed which wrought the downfall of the ibe young tho the sanctity of a home and may add another name to the state penitentiary TOIL ruth white was uncertain incerta la as to whether this occurred on july ath or two days previous to that time and the defense took every possible advantage of her contusion confusion on this point she alleged that after this she met the defendant alone on several occasions and that at ono one time ho he sent his bis brother to fill an appointment which he be had made with her when lie he had been injured by a fall from a bicycle after they had bad been acquainted quain ted for some same time he told her that ho he was a married roan man and that his name was ruy barnez and as proof took her to his home and her his marriage license at the beginning of 0 his testimony barnez denied that ho he had ever met the white girl alone but said that his wife was was with him very every time he saw her later in his testimony he admitted nd that she called at the barber shop where he was working oner after noon and inquired for his brother when she was told that he had left town she told the defendant of her condition and threatened to wreak vengeance on him at an unguarded moment he told the story of his fall from the bicycle and unconsciously corroborated the evidence of the plaintiff ho he made some remarks which boomed calculated to throw discredit on her character but these were overthrown by the argument of one lof f tho the prosecuting attorneys who said that an investigation of 0 f her character as it was before her ruin had been accomplished might properly be made but it could bo be of no value subsequent to that time much circumstantial evidence evid erica was introduced to show the movements of both parties to the case from the corn com massion sion of the crime until the defendants arrest but most of it seemed of little consequence the other witnesses were as follows miss myrtle Prea haw baw mrs glen koch thomas pardoe phillip spears and officers pender brown and lano lane |