, 1879-03-06

the ratfun. trnthpcd on thu rghta Ut tho citl-
zen, had rohbe!. an1 rHulcrcd, and murdered,
atty. Giving force 10 tlcir verdict hy returning
II Us quick and sharp rs Lamb shot Race
THE INSTRUCTIONS
wcro then given 10 the Jury by the Court.
'tlley ,wcro tho usual ones regarding n reasoti-
abGo doubt, n drfcntlant's testimony, etc., ETC.,
In Sherry nnd tonnclly's-bctnEa as follows:
1.-TWO OF more ncrsons agree and conanlrc 70.
Rcihel for ihc dong of IN unlawful act, aud, IN
pursuance of auen conspiracy. ono Of tl!en' com.
m,!s lhe crime o. mnr'lcr. !hey arc all nq,,alty
gulltyof murder. Il anch killing was Q natural or
prohabtc eonsc?ncneo Of such unlawful aet:
The Jury retire.! at 5:4O y. 1n.. Judge WEllams
telling them before they .lcnnttci tint ho would
10 within sall up 10 or 1O o'clock, ,1l, II notf-
fled. would CONC In nntl receive tl,sr verdict.
For while after tho Retirement Ut tiH: 1ury
Tho c0trt-rnom waa almost entirely deserted.
The police authorities. who had watched tho
progress Of tho trial with such dcep interest,
ann several attorneys wlio had paid moro thad
oaAttorno,s osllcc, md only tic otllccrs Of
the Court And the reporters clunE to tho stcnc
Of the trial. Later, l|oacver, quito iiutnuer
began to drop In, among whom were several
ladies, and
All. sANNEn or SPECULATION
as to what the verdict would be was lndu1eed In
as a pastftnc. EVERYBODY seened 10 believe
tin. the verdict would be guilty, but in the mat
ter Of punishment there was tic grcatcst diver
sity Il opto9: AZ Gslock % ,e indications .nn
and the officers in charge wcro momsnsarlly
saHlssso& sal ee&n es and e fs 'oss not "' ees as
he 9opon 9G m a tor he SaSc.
would nor be 80 tedious tnsk, and ut 7:15 NIL
eyes wcro attracted to the 1ury-room, by brisk
knock from within, whlcl, was the signal for ~
ID less time tan il takes to wrlto Tho returned
| mid announced that an agreement had been
reached. No one, VI cot1rsc, knew what the
aRrccn,cut was, but Tic fact that 1t had been
| for john Lamb, and five minutes Inter Eacssct-
| pcr wus on tic way for Judge Williams 10 re-
tcive Tile verdict. whatcrcr It might be. Al
s:5o the Judge arrived and BY t',ls ,a tine TIC
ienduMt's attorncvs, scvcrnl Of the police
aSGissb s's nessborhood @ had locked 'inS' inio tic
eour.-room. making quite an audience. Judge
the prisoner sent for, and the jury brought In.
Lamb preceded thu Jury ~ entering tho room.
I maintaining the mir u indifference which Ind
| took the sent allotted him the !lrst day hu waB
g.! brought into court. I1c had scnrccly been
seated. however, before tilc Jury afed Into shs
watched them closely without displaying my
emotions Of nuv kind, and only, lifted his eyes
| from them to greet ono Of his counsel, Who
Nv this time W1R beside him,
\ Tie Court broke the awful silence by nsk!ng
| tho Jury II they Ind agreed upon verdict,
4 wheicunon member arose nnd said they had,
| md hnllIrd slip OF paper to the officer, who
conveyed It to tic Cierk Of tic Court. The pa
| per contained
| THE VERDICT,
md the Clerk reatl It III 4 clear and distinct
| voice II was us follows;
We. the Jury, find tic defendant. John 1amb,
guilty In manner and form AZ charged IN thc In
u!ctmcnt, nad fix the punishment at death by
hanging.
The verdict was aig1led by the twelve Jurors,
| md It's reading created Huttcr throughout tlie
roont. Ln,nh's face flushed up at the rcadlng
e wo 1a,c Gty II a whe i 1n.oa bni IL s
chair, but beyond this and n long.drawn sg
! tllera was nothing Iii bis conduct worthy OF
note or to Indicate the terrible ,laturu Of the
ordeal through which llu must have been pasan-.
As soon as the reading had been completed.
slr. Forrest, OF the prlsoner'e counsel, a1oss Art
askcd tint the jury DO pollcd. and tic Clerk
asked each Of tl!cm the atcrcotyocd question.
Each Juror arose and answered. emphaticnlly,
ut is'' This balng through with, the usual
motion for . new trinl was entered, a,it tho
Court ordered the prisoner reminded, md Latb
| stood up and at the beckoninE Of the Jnier fol-
lowed him through the dark corridor which leads
to the jail, anu wus soon away fron the public
gaze md In the shfe.kccplng Of cell No. ~,
which fs on tic second ter oi cells 1soIn!lns
| ry was confined up to tic time Of Ills execution.
TN the way to the jail he remarked to the Jutlcr
NE WAS 1NNocENT,
and that instead Of being the murderer be was
| to be murdered,
A reporter dropped over to the Jail during the
evening to SEQ Lamb, but ltn would not be sccIi,
having requested the Jailer 70 Let l1tni have
peace. II was learned Rbosit him. however, that
no had said ,o would rather be hung than sakc TAX
ton or fifteen years III tho Fcnitcntiary. but
wbtlo hc would not be seen,
| oEonuE FREEMAN,
allas "shconey" George. would be, and seemed
delighted ut 6cing called upon. lie was occ,i..
pyinE eel NJ II IN tns ny; =. depa1tmcnt nn
"ilave you heard the verdicta" Querlcd the
"No, uayo not" was the answcr.
"'rho jury found him guilty, and axcd Ills
II was afraid Of TINT" was the low, half-
sobbiDg response.
"Wllat do you thlnk OF tn
! NIL very sorry, very sorry.H And be drew
his llu!iti acr0as his eyes US II to wlpc away q
swell, Lamb stood the verdict like a man,"
~ thought he woufd, and tylievc now tllat
am surrer about II tlnn he is."
"1'he Freubcrgs will take this hard, Of
"Ycs, but they ought not to. They arc the
guilty parties, aud ought to suilor. II 1t had
| uuk DGEu Aui tHGlll OAAlA1o HtVlG WuulA AcFGi
lnyo been robbed, nor would Otiiecr Race have
been killed." .....
$50 YOU feet bad about the RESULT"
~ feel very bad, nnd am very sorry, heard
tho bell RUG when Lamb WIS taken In to hear
the verdict, and 1t ratig 50 quick and sharp thai
was afraid something; was wrong. Twas writ
| ing letter at the time,
ExpARsBtN0 Mr FEEL1N0s
AS best could while waiting for the verdict
md hero 1t In taking down Ills coat and expos
ing the pocket containing it), and you maj
rcud It,"
Tile scribe took the letter urd read 1t, and thu
following IL a copy, which was given very re-
luctantIy, for he said he did not write It for The
papers, but simply to express bis feelings on tlt
subject In which alc had a lecp Interest:
wAlylNu Yos TUE VERDICT.
Sitting IN my gloomy cell this night or night
waiting for vrrdIct that ts either to lcclde Tin
A.n tno grcateht villain oil earth or that my ono.
! con,rals john Lan,h IN tho cold d-bloodel
@ri1erer Of a., a. "oobis: ob!s:. upright l,on
I while doing hls duty, cannot refrain from pen
ming my thoughts. IN this solemn hour my sous Ii
as cam ia tho ocean II said 10 he OIL a quiet nnsn
NOR tye. when tho sostlNg uun crowns tho w9rld IL