The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-11-09
CONVICTED.
The Jury in the Poisoning Case After Be
ing out Eighteen Hours Re-
turn Verdicl.
Charging Mary Isabel Martin With Murder
in the first Degree.

Charging Mary Isabel Martin With Murder
in the First Degree.
Tie second edition Of the SATURDAY.
EVENING News vent 70 press while c.
N. sterry Was closing the argument ia
the poisoning rriah The third and last
edition announced that the case went 20
tue jury at O'Clock. After supper
the court room was well flled By people.
many of whom hsi listened to the mas
tcrly efforts OF the attorneys, Messrs.
Sedgwick, Kellogg an Sierry for the
state and Messrs. Lambert. Peyton and
Saunders for the defense. The audience
sat patiently waiting for the verdict
until about 10 O'Clock, when becoming
satisfied that il might have 10 wait all
night, dispersed. A few, however, still
fingered about tue rooms and corridors
of the court house, late into the night,
but without avail Early Sun
day morning the information passed
from hand 10 hand that the jury had not
yet agreed It was not ill about half
past - O'Clock yesterday afternoon that
Deputy Sheriff Kremer was informed
by the foreman Of the jury that they
were ready with the verdict. Mr.. Kre-
mer Immediately started in quest of the
Judge aud the attorneys who were
shortly In the court room. The jurors
took seats in the box, the defendant was
brought into the court, and there were
present T. N. Sedgwick and L. b. KEEL
logg OF the attorneys for the prosecution
and l. E. Lambert and Preston Peyton
representing the defense. There were
also in the room spectators and officers.
In the absence of the clerk OF the court
the roll was not called, but
the attorneys ON both sides agreed
that the jurors were ali present.
The foreman OF the jury stated that they
had agreed and the verdict was: guilty.
The judge shereupon read the verdict, as
given him by The foreman, to each ju-
ror, explaining it to each and
asking each if he fully understood it
and ~ import and If il was his verdict
Each responded in the affirmative.
The following is the text:
STATE OF KANSAS,
County of Lyon.
In the district court Tor said county,
The state of Kansas VS.. Mary Isabel
Martin and Edward Z. MOsely.
We, the jury in the above entitled
cause, do find the defendant, Mary Isabel
Martin, guilty of murder in the first de-
gree as charged in the information fiied i
therein.
TSignedl LEROY NEwMAN,
Foreman.
The judge then discharged the jury
and remanded the defendant into Gus
tody.
lie. Lambert gave notice that the de-
Tense would enter a motion for a new
trial
Court adjourned to meet at nine
o'clock on Wednesday morning, Novem-
Der Sth.
Thus ended one of the most memoir
able trials ever held ia Lyon county.
Edward Mosely, the other defendant
will be tried separately, but We under
stood the case will not come up before
the latter part of the present term of
court, and possibly not until the next
term.
Mrs. Martin, ct the reading of the
verdict, did not seem unusually effect
ed, but has since wept bitterly
and shown great feeling. She
said to the jailor: "Mr.
Beers, if was guilty would consider
it just retribution, but / am innocent
and 1 feel badly"
Ed. Mosely, the other defendant, hear
ing the noise above him ia the court
room, knew that the jury had returned
and came TO his cell door and eagerly
asked Mr. Beers the result. When he
heard it, he said nothing, but went to
the rear OF his cell and lay down upon
his cot.
Mrs. Martin, the convicted defendant,
has been almost Frustrated for several
days and has been kept up by the ad-
ministratioR OF medicines.