, 1879-04-30

to bring In verdict Of murder In the second
dcErcc were willing 10 return a verdict Of rnl-
three years. imprisonment; but the two who
favored nc1nftsat wnultl mt agree 10 verdict
above lnvolnntnry rnnnslansh.cr The prisoner
Wns rEtnhhs!etl without hall.
Much difficulty was cxpcyrnrci In obtaining
q Jury fur tic accond trtnt. Tie defense made
strong ctrort to have thu c,sc rernoves! To
nnnthcr county. on the ground i!lat ia!r trnl
ct'ufd nnt he had In icl,muul. Dr Monday
men wcrc brought from Alexandria md Fred.
crickabuTg-sEx from chcb plste. Tho general
Interest manifested tn t,u first trial was awak-
cted. nnt II cunsfnund unabnte1 throughout
iurr visited 1hc scene of the tEa1cdy In The ~.
lacct'taesory. At Tie frat session vi the trial
iic Gourt.rnotn wnb crowded. wftli spectators. +.
II. a1ct}ufrc, Curt% friend, WHO wcnt will, MIN
an'l cnnrch 1nan slarncs Wilson Price tcsti-
fletl tnr ts prosecution III regard 10 The c3rcun-
htanecs Of tl'c llDrsuwint'.E a,ul the shooting.
'll'elr esi'lunce .atl rot .itNrr materially from
Miss CottfcIl was aaEain called tn the wt.ncsa
Stand. Shu cune cloactY refle,l, but at The sug.
Kcstfnn Of tic attornera the veil Was removed.
She was dressed IN black, ne On t!,c OCCASION Of
first, she ut length rcgaincd Ter cos!posurc, md
answered Ia u clear vu[ce the ttl,estls,us u tln
attorneys. AHr testimony agreed with that
given In the t'sst trial, except On two points.
IuV HaA WGe1VAelf ohHIH tlht fhG Nll9
nhc was not engaged to i'"lnirxter, in reply
merely aa ias'mate s,11Isad. ''' r. MI T. til ssi
lad lately ytliscovered her inistako Of testifyIng
that ahu was Is, WHEN she was - ycars p'd, nnd
swearing that s'!c llat been engaged n poInlcx-
ter for two years. She wus on i1ls witness
sharp pcross-exutnnasIn hy The Commemorative
Attofney. Tn The next day Of the trial she was
recalled to testify on tor'e omitted points.
Other Hitnesscs wcre examined ii regard to
the relative weight md size df p0ladextcr aiil
Curtis. .Juhn Nagel, = youti, ctn',foyed in tho
stlus store where Curtis Was clerk, testified that
when Miss Cottrrll quilted tho store On the day
Of tho alleged Insult, she manifested no dis
nppcared to ,e in d p1casant hu,nur. Mrs:
Duwtcs, who wnited III tho carriage, testified
lint s1iss Cottrclt appeared fcrr Indignant orcr
Cur.ts' conduct after hho caR,e out Of the
store.
III summing tip for the prosecution the Com.
moumcuitl,'s ATTORNEY, George D. Wise. sa'1
That cruel md degrading insult was hcaTtcl
upon Curtis When ]lc wAs horscwllfpped, Aid
ho found In The evidence. lic held tllat no nnn
should be permitted to make plea OF scll-t!c-
fcnsc who Ind determined upon lltlo nf act1of!
ttMt would provoke another TO rctnlflinnt nrhl
Ind also dctcrmlnetl u takG his llie IN t'!e csent
concluded ut = O'clock Wednesday escnnE. The
iurY wcrc unable tu aurea un verdict till res
trrtluy morning. They then returned verdict
| US atIove rcpurtcd. ..
After the reading ot the verdict hy the Clerk.
| po!ndcxter. wllo 1lad maintained wonderful
fortituc throughout SANK tuto ILLS chair cotls-
p|ctely overcome, h.lryng his face i't his hni!s,
| nnu giving vent 10 bis emotion in tears. His
three broif,ers, who have nvra In constant at
tendance with h,ln during the tso trials, "ero
likewise showed signs Of feeling. immediately
following the verdict. 'srs was a lul' In ths
proceedings, a,Ml dcathlikc qulct prevailed.
Excep. suppressed mltrn,us, there wah no
demonstration On the part OF the crowd that
| defBgly packed the cmrt-tUon nnl the ap-
| proarhcs ts,rrcto. l1le defense filed II
number Of bills Of exceptions during
the ptogress Of The trial, Nnd II new
one is asked fur aud nut granted tue casc
will 20 to the Supreme Court of Appeals Of the
State It Is snld that maturity OF th.: Jury have
already expressed willingness to sGn asl appeal
los Executive cencncy In tile event That new
! trial Ia not obtained.
The prisoner remained In court for nearly m
| hour after the verdict, conYera!Ilr With his
brothers and friends, after which he was taken
to iail III q hack.