The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-28
CRAIG CASE GIVEN TO TIE JURY.

A LARGE CROWD WITNESS NE CLOSING
SCENES OF THE CRAIG lRIAL---A FAIR
sPRihKLING OF THE FAIR sEX--A RE-
suME OF THE HISTORY OF THE CASE.
The BULLETIN has carefully RETAINED
during the progress of the Craig trial from
giving publicity to any facts connected
with the case that could possibly he con.
strued to the prejudice of the people or the
defendant. As the conclusion of the trial
removes all bans on that score, and rs the
case has excited considerable interest, we
give brief history Of its salient points, ms
adduced in evidence At the September
term of the Alexander Circuit Court, 1875,
an indictment was found, accusing James
Craig of the murder of Thomas
Morrow. The case has been con.
tnued from court to court, until
last Thursday it was called for final trial.
The facts of the homicide had been extern
Sivcly discussed throughout the county, and
great difficulty was had in finding twelve
Jurors without disquali'ying opinion, Out
of the one hundred and twenty summoned,
the following gentlemen were chosen and
duly swoln to t.l the solemn issue: O. By
Hunter, +, G, Hill. G.. VI. Frazier, Joseph
Dixon, John Hurst, Daniel Dean, S"nuel
Williamson J. J. Hold. Joh1 Fulton, Leon
Peterson, Scott Neal and W. VI. Williams.
The defendant andElcccascd were employees
of Anterior. the owner of the large
saw mill ut Unity in tbs coun,, -
Morrow was sawyer, and Craig storckcepcr.
In the month of May, 1876, about three
or four o'clock in the afternoon, Morrow
was seen to approach and enter the store
room where Craig was engaged at his bust
ness. \ few minutes ate, wards. Mrs.
Brown, a Witness for the people, tc', ticS
that She saw the two men in front of the
store, in the street, and saw Craig strike,
withh' list the deceased from No to four
blows, knock Nc him dowd He was then
carried 10y Craig and a man named IIo>mcr
into the house. She was Standing near her
smoke house, about two hundred and fifty
yards from the combatants Mrs John
Hodge, who was sting at her window about
100 feet from the scene OF the ARRAY stated
that she saw Craig kicking ut something
on the pOrch-could not see what ii was
that he turned, went into the store, threw
ha, out, and assisted 10y Ho,mcr carry
Morrow into the Storc-hcr testimony ~ this
point being the same as Mrs BroNa's She
also stated that HIGH board fence was
between her and the parties The teSti-
mony of the physician who examined ne
corpse twenty five hour, after death en-
sued declared that the only wounds in
fictcd were "a bruSc on the neck under
the right ear, and a black spot under the
light shoulder blade, near the >p'nal
column
Some ten or twelve days after the death
of Morrow, DR.. Warincr made thorough
post mortcm examination with view to
aScertaining the injuries inflicted by the
blows of defendant. He t',titcd that
40 bones were broken or fractured, the
skull was pund, and the stomach appeared
T. be more decOmpoScd than any other por-
ton of the body, and that the wounds dis.
covered could not Of themselves be con.
Sdcrcd fatal. The defense showed further
that the parties had been on friendly
terms; that the deceased was in the habit of
getting drunk, was drunk at the time Of the
difficulty, and while in tbs condition We
inclined to be Quarresome and vicious.
The foregoing is brief statement Of
the most important facts disclosed
upon the trial The argument OF
counsel began day before yesterday, in the
afternoon. Judge Mulkcy and Mr.. Line
gar defended Mr.. Mccartney, Of Metropolis,
and Mr.. VIM. Mulkey represented the PEE
pie. Long and exhaustive speeches were
made by these gentlemen, and there We
certainly no lack Of zeal and ability on
either side. The concluding argument was
made yesterday by Mr. Mccartney, and the
case submitted to the jury. At one o'clock
this morning the jury were still out.