Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-20
NOT GUILTY.

NOT GUILTY.
The Trial of the Notorious Bandit, Frank
James-Its Progress and Result-The Jury
After Short Deliberalion Render YER
diet of Not Guilty-Two Other Counts to
be Tried at the October Term.
THE DEFENSE.
GALLAT1N, Mo-. Sept. 4.
The whole of this day has been devoted to
argument in the James case. The first speech
was that by Mr.. Hicklin for the State-a very
plain, forcible, logical speech. This was fol-
lowed BY one from Mr. G9 , for the de-
by Mr. Phillips for the defense. He spoke
for three hours and was listened to with the
court while he was speaking. Tomorrow
Judge Shanklin speaks for the State and Mr.:
Johnson for the defense. Mr.. Wallace viii
GALLATIN, Mo-. Sept 5.
Judge Shanklin occupied the morning on
behalf of the prosecution, demonstrating
from the evidence the probability of Frank
James being connected with the Winston
robbery. He claimed there was proof positive
of the defendants participation in the rob
ana fa IN s 5ne being
entirely on the testimony OF interested Wit
neSseS.
followed Il line of argument like this; That
the cas~was either one of murder in the first
degree or nothing, and 1t did not contain any
fendant had all along been trying to form
new associations for himself, chiefly aided by
1he ha19 IN of his e th ha be Sroh ha
w sendns the his wife to to
against the accused from motives of personal
safety; that there were but four men at the
Winston robbery, and that the defendant was
not one of those four; that the mere proximi-
ty of Frank James to the scene of the robbery
as detailed by the States witnesses did not
prove actual participation in the crime: that
ernOr Crittenden how Frank had demonstrated
with Jesse James for killing any one on the
train rather than when he stated from the wit
ness stand how Frank had remarked that he
believed he had shot one man, as he had seen
him drop; that the State had no case If Lid
dells testimony was taken out of it; that all
were liable to be mistaken in their Identified
ton of other specimens of the race, and that
the tn. al alibl set up was good one as meas9red
the parties supporting it, because it would
have been easy to get fifty men with perjured
of the Winston robbery in Texas, Colorado or
any other part of the country.
GALLATIN, Mo-, Sept. 9.
Mr.. W. H. Wallace. Prosecuting Attorney
for Jackson County, commenced his closing
argument on behalf of the State in the case
against Frank James at a few minutes after
nine this morning. His speech was most ex-
haustive one and was the great feature of the
trial, good judges declaring they never heard
1t surpassed for vigor, evenness, power and
eloquence. AT its close Judge Goodman
charged the jury who then retired in charge
of the bailiffs.
charge of the jury were notified that they
were ready to submit verdict, and when
court reopened at four o'clock Judge Good
defendant was brought into court with his
face pale and impressive as the day the trial
began. He was attended by his wife, whose
face wore an expression of suffering that
made 1t painful to look upon. The hall was
not at all crowded. as few had expected u
their seats, all of them keeping their faces
fixed on the court. Judge Goodman put the
called ana the verdict was sui Submitted h e the
Judge read aloud: 1--WE, the jury, find the
defendant not guilty. as charged in the in-
Loud applause followed and some Of the a,l-
dience threw up their hats while great contu-
sion ens1ed: Amid 1t al frtnS lanes sat at
color or tremor of hand, just as he had looked
at the speakers and witnesses all through the
in second from an expression of terror to
of radiant Joy. Counsel for the defense
smea and wore the pummes Of viG,ory we'll
Judge Hicklin looked gloomy and spoke not.
The jury was then discharged and they
quietly left the courtroom. When some
degree of order had been restored
and one man had been brought be-
fore the Court and given CHANGE 10 beg off
for throwing up his hat, and when the gay
assemblage of ladies had moderated their
jubfant buzz to a reasonable degree the Court
suggested that there were two more cases on
the docket. The Westfall case and the one
wherein the robbery of the Winston train in
charged without any killing. They will be
tried at the October term.
The court then adjourned and the prisoner
was taken back to Jail in seemingly the same
state of mind as when he left 1t. s.-