The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-08

Nhen, upon the assembling OF court W
O'Clock this afternoon, the sheriff announ
ccd that the jury had agreed upon YER
diet, there was at first feeling OF deep sur
prise, and then word passed that the YER
dict must be surely conviction for murder
in the first or second degrees. The same
large audience which had listened to Wal
lace's grand effort OF the morning re-
turned to hear the outcome The |
ladies', who have been in faithful attend
ance since the first day, occupied all the !
seats on the stage Sheriff Crozier brought |
the defendant in, followed by the faithful |
little wife. He WAS as cold and calm as
ever, and was, 10 appearances, the least
concerned man OF all that throng. The sus- |
pense OF the little wife was painful. All
color had left her face. Her lips were
closely pressed together, but her hands
we're engaged in twisting a handkerchief
into a rope.
most painful silence prevailed az the
| jury filed in with the balffs, looking as
wise and solemn as Jurors always do when
| bringing in verdict. When they were
seated Judge Goodman asked the fore nan,
| Mr.. Richardson, Have you a verd.ct?'
"We haye,D said he, as he arose and
handed 1t to the court.
FRANK JAMES TURNED HIS EYES
upon the Judge and pecrcd as though be
might read his fate in advance. The wife
| dropped her eyes 10 the floor and seemed to
await the blow. 1--WE, the jury, find the
defendant, Frank James, not guilty as
charged in the Indictment read
| the Judge, in slow and
| distinct voice. The prisoner
never changed expression. His wife,
color returned and her eyes filed with
tears. So great was the surprise, that for
an instant the throng seemed to be dumb
aud parayzed. Then the demonstration IN
the audience, forty or fifty people. per
haps, applauding. A wedressed lady,
middle age, whom Mrs. James did not
know, made way to her side and seizing the
little lady about the waist, raised her in the
air three times and
KISSED HER on THE FACE.
Frank James accepted the congratu atoms
OF his counsel in an unemOtional manner and
never spoke to his wife. Charles p. john
son 5 face was wreathed in smiles. The
people OF Gals,in, the 6rst sh oek over, be-
san to discuss the verdict in no friendly
tones. The sheriff pounded vainly for order
for seyersi minutes, During the confusion
it was agreed by counsel on both sides
that the indictments for the killing Of Con.
ductor Westtal at Winston, and for the
killing OF Capt. Sheets in 1863, would be
laid over until The October term. The jury
was then discharged and IL Is noticeable
that they oei no time IN leaving for their
homes in the county, for IL is a fact that not
one Of the Jurors live in the pretty little city
Of Gaiatin. Frank James was returned to
his cell, where
An OVATION OCCURRED.
Old Mrs. Samuels mas not IN the court
room when the verdict was returned, but
the news WAS carried over to the nttie frame
house across from The saH, where she was
! in waiting. The news OF the acquitts Of
her son ffected her strangely, for she ran
out on the street, and, wsSiag her one arm
above her head, cried out with sarcas tic
emphasis a she ran, "Hurrah for Wal
lace Hurrah for the bloodhound that has
been whipped ~
. Then she went over TO the jail and
Rugged her son, and wept and laughed
and behaved in an altogether hysterical
manner. When the correspondent called
visitors. The mother sat on one
side gazing proudly at the son whom
she loved, and the wife was nestled by his
side, holding one Of his thin, almost trans
parent hands between both of hers while
the little boy PLAYED with his blocks on the
floor, completing
THE FAMILY GROUP.
None but friends and acquaintance were
admitted. The prisoner got heartily tired
of being on exhibition like a museum cur.
iosity while in the Independence Jail, and
She rif Crozier. since his incarceration at
Gallatin, has res pected his feelings in that
respect. On the table in the comfortable
cell were fully dozen bouquets, sent in
after the verdict. A young lady friend
OF Mrs. James was busy writing
kilograms 10 parties in Missouri. and
kentucky, announcing the acquitta, which
she Signed "Anuic James, Frank was
in laxative mood, and while was there
he freely discussed the incidents Of the trial
and particularly the arguments. His coun.
sci had made fine speeches, and "the cf-
forts OF Philips and johnson deserve to
live, F" said he; land as for Waace's
speech this morning, doubt II it was ever
eyceed in court of justice. | had heard
him once before In a Kansas City court, and
knew that he was "A strong speaker but he
cclpsed himself o.day. II is true that he
twisted the evidence IN some instances, and
went u little out of the record. but from his
star dpoint the speech was as fair As 'thoNc
of lawyers generally. ~
WAS the verdict a surprise 10 your
'By no means. read that Jury during
the trial. saw that they were men who
would only convict when satisfied beyond
reasonable doubt OF guilt aud when to-day
was waiting for the verdict to be read
could have stokedlmy life on It's contents. "
FRANKS FUTURE,
For the present Frank James will remain
In the Gsllalin Jail, lie is to be tried at
the next term Of court for the murder OF
Westfall at winston, being indicted as nc.
cessory with Jesse James. The same evi.
dence that was adduccd in the Mcmillan
case is TO be depended upon. The defence
say that they will make stronger fight the
next time, now that toey know the re.
sources of the state. A conviction in the
WestfaIl case Is highly improbable, Then
there IL the Sheets murder, which occurred
= In 1869. IL has always been known that
Jesse James was at that affair, hut public
| opinion has been dyhlpu as