The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-17

"a ling. he should be considered false in ali.
He must, however be found to have falsiAel
in trivial matter oi no Importance or II the
falls si0cation was unintentionel. the rule did not
corpus deficit must be found. before anything
eise could be done. Was Cobb killed 10y poison,
and killed by the prisoner Whether she did
II ulOne or Jointly with her paramour did not
matter. The rule OF law was that II dozen
persons conspircd to commit a crime they. were
al equally guilty. Doremus and Whithouse
had sworn that arsenic was found in the body.
Did Cobb die by his own hand. either intcn-
tionally or unintentionally II not. then he
At this point four or I've Jurors. including the
foreman. sat down; The others gradually fol-
lowed their example. until within fifty minutes
after the Judge commenced the whole twelve.
amid the astonishmont Of the whole court room,
The Chief Justice paid no attention to this
extraordinary conduct but continued to speak
1t has been advanced. /" his Honor said. that
the dead man ate arsenic liketh Syrian noun
tainecrs. The jury must remember that the
prisoner and her mother had the strongest mo-
tVes in the world to swear falsely the one to
saye her own life and the other TO save her
ehids. All the direct evidence was that Of
Wesley W. Bishop. who was u self-condcmncd
murderer. II was not safe To convict on such
be- fully satisfied from all the evidence that this
mum was telling the truth and the whole truth"
The Chief Justice laid stress on the fact that
when there was hut one witness to the murder
II was not enough To secure capital convtc-
ton, There il no question ho said, " that
whole charge, i you can bcliovo him, He
swears 90 all the facts in the case over and over
again. and in the most positive manner He
swears io visits, rides. presents, indicating a
bond of Illicit affection between the pair II Is
for YOU to judge whether these facts are fully
made out. Then thcrO must be strong and
overpowering motive for murder for expert
cncc had shown that such atrocious crimes
wrre never committed without adequate motive.
No one else. 1t was claimed. had such adequate
motive save tho prisoner and her paramour.
Tie Jury retired To- their room ut 5:l5 II
lnI lppf the intention pf the Julga To lpt thnn
70 home TO tea rs usual. hut on the representa-
tiOns Of Prosecutor Waller, ho consented TO
said by lawyers To b0 the first time in Conncr-
ticut murder trial In which the Jury were kept
together over meal time.
For the first quarter Of m hour after the
Judges departure. tho prisoner retained her
position near her weeping mother The strain
| upon oven her wondcriul nerve, however was
! too great. and Jailer Beokwith led her to the
| retiring room provided for her. The au.
| dien'e Kept Their seats patiently untl
! O'Clock. when the majority ot them began
To-. drop, IN to thor home: Il vas NWas
ballot stood 10 'or murder in the first dcgrc" to
! ? for arquual. and that rcucatcd ballots had not
! changed the vote. Prosecutor Waller and the
| leading lawyers on both sides took "A hasty
| mn IA In one Of the consultation rooms and then
returned tq thei seats, nj the bar. Groups oi
! lawyers gathered IN little knots cracking Jokes
hanginEs and murder trials of tho past A
! pcryRle the throng the large majority OF whom
| were against the prisoner. No.,
" uAi " lUfl ElNf NtFs FL tAlltl n Ahll.
wcll-dr.sscd fellow in rcd nocktie and gold pin.
! 10 one u the lawyers.
! pose" This sally elected loud laughter and
| was followed ny Joking references TO ~" Chief
| Justices sentence Of sixty davs in tho Maluney
/ HOMICIDE. aud productions mat Nate would g"t
even less The. majority o' tho ladies pres NJ
were also against the prisoner. and chatted
insisting that Kate Cobb was guilty 10 the
u don't want her to be hanged one lady
/ said hor friends hut | do think that she
| ought 10 20 10 State prison for life. II Bishop
Is hanged she ought 10 be- hanged with him. u
! The sentiment WIS generally commended
At 6 o'clock Mrs Cobb retired 10 the County
Commissioners room a, tho end Of the lobby.
Miss Louisa Trojan. Mrs. l0oms. Miss
| LOOMS and her brother. Mr.. Waterman.
coffee sandwiches and doughnuts. sne barely
| tasted them md then turned TO the win.
dow with 2 flushed face. and famed herself
/ rnWilv. Her friends gathered around her,
/ ana tried % console nor and comfort her Win
predictions. NJ .a'qultal IN, only, with pqrial
success Mr.. Trojan ana Miss Looms were
| uutngging IN their Efforts To- cheer her up. AMI
| oveiyt' iug was dom ~ her friends and cpun-
sci o. uakc Tie terrihle suspcns loss painful
! AS O'Clock Mr. Wait aud Mr. I 'csher. two Of
her lawy'rs called on her. and eN Pressed hopes
In The c"nsuitn,ion room were gathered Chiei
| Euciucer Carrier ot ~" Norwich Fire Depnri-
m"rt william II. Shields. -, C,V ,judg,
/ Frank =. Brown, fsG. aud T. G. Cook th,
iaml stroke Of the ai" crew. The chances of
thought there would b" an agreement unlrss ia,
lury wer" Kept out hll night One ot the ob
ou" Who took notes So irrQur urniy during th'
trial md summing NJ. Among the lawyer
hero. me juror that takes notes is put down n'
At 10 O'Clock. loud rapuing by tho Shcrf
annouH."d ihnt ,,mr'hinE, imporl.nt a.,
bench uho thi"i Justice brlng detained at IN
hotrl hv indisposiuonl. and the Jury lli"i int
| thrir seuf-. Thew inrk"d colt, stern. ana dc
! aI.fnls fhsra evidently nltFn some
whcr.. Clerk Wei stcr Park called their naiiY''
slowly. each ono rising ~ his seat AMI Iurnih-
they had all answered IA" Clerk said: "Gnuilt
m"n of the jury, M this indictment In behalf o
the STINT" oi Connecticut and the prisoner at tu'
hHr. hate NJ. Cobb. aro you agreed upon
y.rdtDtf'
.foreman Bg2wping. -poakins slowly and de
The wlnte-hairrd Judge looked upon the iur'
douUlulIy. aud then sMd; Gentlemen IN
cnsc uf this magnitude icrl compelled - koel
you out. even though II caus" uers mai dlscOm
tort You will retire t9 your room;
Tho twelve mon hird huck with iowrrast an
,li-rnu-piats looks. Ihrre was no suggestion
uuI rCioiv eennct ~ relish the idea Of sleep
in. on the hard floor several m9rn hnliol
Wrr- lad between II O'Clock and widnlEhl, nu
" tnout chang ng IN" ron'pl"Nion ~ 9ialrs' p,
At II .lJ word pas ,rd through the sti
crowded coutt room TINT thr Jury had came
an agreement. Tn" pro~I"@ Of nighi on .hr
ten me-. had produced unanlmID q, '",l ,a
si1tfyimg. NiIi:ioa Grcaillcs- leuuy sheril
Oprurd the door l"Nliug from lnt lnIS Io'i
and wins Ispered. They've agreed" Jhe now
circulated with gre n rapidly ana IN a. iN
minutes the epuc@ in front oi the bar was me
5 with AN anxious. surging crowd.
Word was sent 10 Chi"f-Justice Park VINO la
gone home to his residence At Laurel Hlli ma
| n mile distant Arran-rm"n's hul been hal
y | g. notify him Immediately, but thrnuf
. | some hungllng the Intelligence WAS sent D
| a hArkmun who did not know that the lur
Y | had agreed and merely told MS Homo
| thar he was wanted at court.
The Chief Justice sent word thht ne would r.
e turn in the morning. AMI went ba'K 10 be
r. again. Then Prosecutor Waller sent Mr.. ~
ley with fleet horse to inform ms Honor tlll
. something might happen, Iurymnn missl
r. Il g. and that II he would appear IN court III
g Jury would bring in Il verdict.
q The Judge dressed ana drove 10 the cou
p room. which he reached Just ~ the clock ma
/ Gated seven minutes past IL. The nervous ~
& dlcnce had waited. mean time. impat'nil
u There was another solemn pause ne luI,
.. flied slowly INTO court and took thclf srNt
h Their faces were firm and sci. but those WI
d scrutinil"d them anNiousiy could grt u" lnu'
10 pf their verdict The pr soner had been Ill,t
II time. aplrls"d ot what mad occurred, ana nun
d f,etnd wonderful ilrmncss.
Il Kate NJ. Cobb. stand up and lace inc jury
l.. called Clerk PARK IN a loud voice. - .
J. The prisoner arose, removed hcf VOL rrVeH
,t iug "a face A. pnle as death, but nNei anu III
n lts-i iy. ms mHrhla. A slight trncc OF color
Itar Ihpptss hut II look ol III nllE EU