Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-02
Second Dispatch.

o.. JAMES, NllAi, Jan. l.--iD6 prisoner
William Murphy and his wife spent watch
night in anxiously waiting for the verdict
Witnesses and spectators of the trial who
remained II. the village attended the ball
given il the town hall, and danced through
the hours which were consumed by the
twelve men good and true in trying to arrive
at an agreement upon
THE INNOCENCE OR GUILT
of the accused. Daring the dreary hours
from midnight to morning nothing further
was heard from the jury. but Immediately
after breakfast the deputy sheriff intimated
to the judge that they wished to see him.
Promptly he notified counsel on either side.
G. K. Davis, D. Buck, lawyers, and the at
torney general had returned home, but
County Attorney Thornton and Mr.. johnson
were on hand, and tn judge, accompanied
by them, the clerk of the court and the
GLOBE reporter, visited the jury in their
room. Their foreman, Mr.. Hopkins, of
Madelia, in reply to the judge, stated that
they had not found verdict and
THEY WERE NOT LIKELY TO AGREE.
would not be proper for him to discharge
them. He could sympathize with them fully.
Hecould understand the difficulties of the
case, but if he discharged them the same
difficulties would present themselves to
another jury. He regretted to keep them
there, but the sheriff would see that they
had everything to make them comfortable.
They could take walk, if they SO desired,
with the sheriff, but he could not discharge
them. He asked if they wished to ask him
upon points of law, which would help them
to come to decision. He was answered in
the negative. They were then again left to
their deliberations, and were not heard Of
till the sheriff brought them over to the ST.
James hotel for dinner. 1t was then ap-
parent
THAT THEY HAD AGREED,
and it was not many minutes after they re-
turned to their room that the Judge was no
titled that they had found a verdict. I'm
mediately the judge, counsel and prisoner
repaired to the court house, into which the
Jury soon entered. There we're not more
than thirty persons present when the judge
asked the usual question. Mr.. Hopkins re-
piled by handing the judge a paper, which
stated that the jury
FIND DEFENDANT GUILTY OF MANsLAUGHTER
in ths fourth degree and recommend the
prisoner to the mercy of the court. The
prisoner seemed as the clerk was about to
read the verdict intensely anxious and as
the word guilty was pronounced
HE BECAME LIvID,
but the following words brought the blood
back to his cheeks, and he seemed greatly re-
lieved. Mr.. Johnson then said: eff it
please your honor, we ask that the jury be
polled.' This was Immediately done.
Mr.. Johnson-''If it please your honor,
give notice of motion for
STAY OF PROCEEDINGS.
Judge Dickinson-'Very we'll. If you tele-
graph to Mr. Severance he can be here in
time to attend at half past Tomorrow
He then gave orders to the sheriff to ad-
journ the court to that time.
AS Mr.. Thornton made no objection, the
prisoner was allowed to go out on his pres
ent bail of $1,000 The impression here is
that as soon as Mr.. Severance hears what the
verdict is he
WILL MAKE NO APPEAL.
It appears that ballot taken Immediately
upon the jury retiring resulted il five for a
conviction of murder in the second degree
and seven for acquttal upon the Indictment
Other ballots were taken after the Judges
instructions upon that they could find YER
dict of guilty Of a less degree. At one time
six were for all
ABSOLUTE ACQUITTAL,
and at another nine so voted. Some of tn.
Jury stuck out to almost the last for yer
dict of the crime charged. At length com
promise was made and those for acquitta
agreed upon the verdict given providing {
recommendation to mercy was appended.