St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-15
THE JAMES VERDICT.


Iy Declined by That Gentleman.
GALLATIN, MO-, Sept. 6.
Within a few minutes after rendering
their verdict the Frank James jury became
invisible. They paid their board bills and
left for home, and one at least was sar-
castically invited to come again and be a
iuror at the next trial. Their sympathizers
disappeared with them, and all Galatians
nroner citizens at once became an lndigna.
ton meeting. Groups of men gathered on
every curb and corner and denounced the
verdict as an outrage on law and order. "A
conviction had hardly been looked for, but
a hung jury was deemed probable and
an acuuittal an impossible thing. Yet this
iu,.v took but two ballots to arrive at
Verdict. the first standing eleven to one Tor
acouittaI, the second unanimous LOT
acauittal. People here can not under
stand how this verdict was arrived at;
and rumors of curious import IN REGARD
TO the Jury which have been floating round
For DAYS past were suddenly revived. LIZ
was remembered that five names of the
panel of forty had been on the list OF Jurors
desired to be summoned by the defense. AT
the time it was debated whether to nave
the entire panel rejected and a new list
summoned by an officer other than the
Sheriff. or to strike the five names off in the
States challenges. The latter course was
adopted with some misgivlng. twas also
remembered how a man had ridden through"
the western part of the county and notlned
certain parties friendly to James to be on
hand for Jury service. 1t was remembered,
to,, how one of the twelve had, before be-
ing summoned, stated chat no matter what
tbe evidence might be he would vote Tor
acouittaI if on the jury. Another OF the
twelve was said to have been brought by
the defense so that he could be placed on
the panel. The feeling against Sheriff
has been pretty strong from the beginning
of the trial, and that officer has been most
heartily criticised tonight.
Long before supper time the sympathy OF
Gallatin's best citizens, in behalf OF law
and order took a practical form. Iuha
was raised, chiefly through the exertions OF
T, B. Yates, of the Farmers Exchange
Bank. and George Tuggle, of the Davless
County Savings Association, to present. MI;
Wallace with something thatwould remind
him of the esteem that Gallatin's citizens
had for the man who had SO vigorously
prosecuted James. Nearly all the property
owners and merchants OF Gallatln met ~
| o'clock. D. fairfield Davis made the pre-
sen+ation speech, and handed Mr.. w aliace
| a cold watch on behalf of the citizens OF
| this place, in appreciation OF his services IN
| the prosecution of the most famous crIml-
nal case ever tried in this State. Mr.. w al
| lace responded, declining the offered git pc
| cause he was public officer and not YET
| through with the task of fitting burden OF
| legal Punishment on Frank James, shout
| ders. and assuring his friends that ne val
ued their offer of a present equally Wltn Tue
present itself, but treasured the 1eeilng
| which prompted it above all else. After
| few words by Judge Shanklin, resolution
was offered by DR.. Black to apply the
| money in printing Mr.. Wallace's closing
| snaech. This was carried, and Messrs
! Davis. Black and Yates We're made COM
| mittee on that business. The meeting then
/ adjourned There are three other cases
| here against Frank James-ene for beng
| aceessorv to the killing of Westfall by Jes-
| GO lanes: one for the Sheets murder IN
/ connection with the robbery of the Gallatln
| Rank. and one for simple larceny at w IN
/ ston. If he is acquitted here on all these,
there is still the Blue Cut case to be trled at
| independence, and the Northteid ana oGnef
| cases after that, so that this aileged chi'-
/ alrous bandit is far from free.
KANSAS Cry, Sept. 8.
The verdict in the James case was re-
| ceived with great interest in this city. The
report flew from mouth to mouth till it be.
came the sole theme on the streets, in the
| saloons, at the hotels, among business men
/ and LAWYERS, in police and city circles, and
i in fact, among all classes of people. twas
j talked about tonight to the exclusion OF
other topics. Some declared that no other
4 result could have been reached; that there
i was no evidence to convict; that the state
ments of witnesses for the State were no
4 worthy of belief One in thousand though
that James had received simple justice
A great majority of the people, however.
said that the verdict of acqulttaI was a.
outrage which would add TO missouri
shame in many instances
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Sept. 8.
The news of the acquittal of Franz
James was received here between four an'
five O'Clock this afternoon, and immediatel,
spread through the town. Among thos
closely the outcome of it was not sur
I prise. Some said they We're in hopes d
& would be convicted, others were glad OF M
|, acouittaI, while others made it the occasion
for reviving the epithet, poor OLD MIS-
souri, Governor Crittenden, when ar
preached and asked il he had ahybnihg
say regarding it, replied that he mad moi
ali IS the verdict of a jury" he said, SAN
it would be improper tor me to comment O
i, it,"
: INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Sept. 6.
kilograms have just been received cor
tanning intelligence of the acquittal {
Frank James at Gallatin. There are fe'
of the personal friends of Frank here, ,whe
Of course, are jubilant, but the majority &
) the people are very indignant, and pre-
nounce the verdict an outrage on justice.
3
IxD1ANAroL1s, md Sept. g..
, Bob Ford, ~ slayer Of Frank !, Jane n,
brother. Jessssssfs now playing at the ze
I Theater, in this city, in play entitle
, saTbe Brothers Oath" He was seen by
J reporter and apprised of the verdict u Il
James trial. Upon being Informed OF u
= acauittal of James he manifested greaO su
f. l, "A heard from some