The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-03-30
The De Young Murder.

We published brief dispatch on Saturday an
nouncing the acquittal of young Kalloch, OF San
Francisco of the murder of De Young. special
to the Chicago Times gives fuller details of the
acquittal and its attending incidents. The dis
patch. dated San Francisco. March q, says:
The Kalloch murder trial was ended to day in
the acquittal of the defendant. The case was
given to the jury yesterday afternoon, and, after
being out nearly twenty-four hours they re-
turned this afternoon at 4 o'clock. All day
about the Court Room groups of people had
gathered waiting to get news of the result When
word was passed along that the Jury was coming
In there was wild dash made BY the crowd I'm the
corridors To get near the Court Room door and catch
sight Of the man whose fate was to be decided.
Inc foreman OF the Jury, after the usual formal
interrogation, said slowly: I'VE find the defend
ant not guilty" Young KallOch, who had been
sitting in nervous suspense at the side of his coun-
sell sprang to his feet and was Immediately
surrounded by his friends. who shook hands
and INDUCED in other expressions of de-
missed the prisoner, and he left the Court
Room with his friends When he reached
the street great crowd was assembled, largely
made up of Kalloch's partissns, who shouted and
take the horses out OF kallochs carriage and drag
the acquitted murderer home through the streets.
This was done. the procession attracting much at
tention but winning very few expressions of en-
couragement from people In the streets. 1t is re-
ported that the Jury the first ballot stood eight
for acquttal and four for conviction and the next
ballot nine for qulttal and three for conviction
This position was maintained until this after
noon, when the three for conviction came
over. One Juror admitted that the ground for
acquittal selfdefense, not insanity. The
singular verdict, in the light OF the testimony, is
the talk of the town tonight. 1t has not changed
the opinion of partisans of either Kalloch or De
Yo ung. 1t has the effect however, OF convincing
many people that the result is disastrous to the
State as showing that Jury can not be depended
on to punish cold blooded murder. Kalloch
and his gang are wildly jubilant tonight. Service
of thanksg wing is being held in the Metropolitan
Temple, at which Old Kalloch and his son are
both announced 10 speak. The place looks like a
political Ward Club OH the night of election as
bonfres are blazing in the street in front of the
sample of the opinion of the evening
from the Chronicle, of Vallejo: 1.-The
and cold -blooded assassination. There is no rea-
son for doubt that il was premeditated and the
result of a horrible conspiracy. The villainy ex-
ercised in screening the murder has been equalled
only by the outrageous course of bribery and per.
jury pursued at the inquest and trial, and ii
young Kalloch does not hang, the case will be one
of the blacklist blots on the legal and social histo
~ of san Francisco and the whole State. Any
juw that, in the face of such damning facts and
evidence either acquits disagrees, deserves the
derision and distrust OF every man interested in
the enforcement of laws necessary to preserve
property and protect private citizens and public
servants from the knife and pistol of desperate
adventures, driven in their nefarious calling to
even the extreme OF vile assassination"