Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-18
FAIR
Az Incident in the Fair Case-HOw the
lHFy Agreed
The Cell Of the Hur6sress-Now She Nan
ages to Spend ner Time.

The San Jose Patriot Of April 18th
contains the following: On the night
OF the day that the jury in the Mrs
Fair case rendered a verdict, the case
and the verdict were the subjects OF
animated discussion in all the saloons
and other public places in san Fran
cisco. Two of the jurors in that case
happened to bein one of those saloons,
sitting quietly and unObserved ina cor
ner, where the verdict Was being dis,
[ Cussed and the case commented on
with much animation. After some
time. one Of these jurors arose and
said: Gentlemen, my friend here
and myself were two of the jurors in
that case, and I will tell you how il
was decided. During the progress OF
the trial not one juror had spoken to
mis- fellow jurors Of the case. No one
had opened mis- lips to another in re-
gard TO the evidence or any argu-
ments; il seemed to be a sealed
subject Tor Us, and when we re-
tired to make up a verdict, no one
juror knew anything of the opinion
of his fellow jurors. On entering the
jury room the first thing done was to
cut a piece Of paper into twelve
pieces, and to place a number on each
piece from one to twelve. These were
put in a hat and drawn, and the slip
drawn was the number of the juror.
On these slips each Juror wrote his
finding in the case, and when his
number was called, put into the hat.
when wrote my finding, Murder in
the first degree 1 hardly thought
there there would be another such
finding on any Of the slips; but when
the slips were all deposited and taken
out and read, TO my great astOnish-
ment it was found that each juror,
on the first and only ballot, had voted
Just as I had, Murder in the first de-
gree. "
We obtained this incident last night
from authority we consider reliable
The San Francisco call, of May 1,
has this reminder Of a noted woman;
" The cell in which the prisoner has
been confined since the jury found
her guilty, is on the west side of the
county Jail proper, on the second cor
ridOr, and is lighted by narrow
grated window at the back. The fur
uiture which it contains, and which
was provided by the prisoner herself,
at her own expense, consists Of a plain
bedstead, a small table, two chairs,
and nothing more. Mrs. Fair is
dressed in a neat, plain black dress,
the same which she wore in court
during the trial. These garbs of
mourning are worn in remembrance
of Crittenden, whose life she took.
The greater portion of the day she
passes in idleness. She reads neither
books or newspapers. The one act of
her BVentiul life, which placed her be-
hind a prison door, pTeOccupies her
mind, and she feels no interest in any
thing except what affects her directly
or the welfare of her child. In the
morning she seldom rises before half
past ten o'clock. The effects OF con-
fnement in a cell are quite noticeable
on her cOuntenance, which has as
sumed a hue that is only attained
when persons are put in place where
the beautiful sunlight does not enter.
She longs TO be removed into the room
fronting on Broadway, where she
was confined before she was tried.
Her meals, two day. are
brought to her from A restau.
rant, and her breakfast she receives
every morning in bed. She is visited
every day by her physician, DR.. j. B.
Trask. her mother, Mrs. Lane, and
her daughter also visit her daily.
They are limited in their visits to one
hour each day, and they and her at
tOrneys and medical attendant are the
only ones besides the matrOn Of the
iail. who has sole charge of the pris-
oner. who are permitted to enter her
cell. The mother and daughter are
searched by the matTOn before enter
ing the cell, as a matter OF precaUtiOn,
so that no cOntTaband articles can be
brought to the prisoner. Mrs. Fair
has EXPRESSED q desire not to see any
strangers: therefore no one is permit
ted to visit her except those who have
with her. A number Of WO-
men of the class called ''strOng-mind-
edV have gone to the Jail for the pur-
pose Of conversing with and cOndOl-
ing the prisoner, but in nearly every
case they are refused admittance. Yes
terday two ladies OF the class de-
scribed gained admission for the puT-
pose Of presenting Mrs. Fair with a
magnificent bouquet of white flowers.
The prisoner and her attorneys are
very hopeful that she viii be Granted
q new trial.