Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-21
THE ANARCHISTS TRIAL.
Judge Gray Delivers His Charge and the
Jury Retiras.


Jury Retires.
CHICAGO, August 19.--In the Anarchist )
| case this morning Grinnell resumed his adj
dress. He directed his opening reinards t,
answering q proposition in law made by
Foster in his address. He then touched
on Gilmores testimony and said Gilmore
had at all times told the same story It,
garding the bomb throwing. Continuing,
Grinnell said, Captain Schwick had giveu
the prosecution the leading string to tho
conspiracy. The Court then began his ,l-
structions to the jury.
Judge Gray began his Instructions to t liz
jury at 2 o'clock. He said that whoever
is guilty OF murder shall suffer the punish
ment OF death, or Imprisonment of not
less than fourteen years. That as to the
matter OF the law the jury must not go be-
yond the evidence to hunt doubts and that
doubts to justify acquittal must be reason
able, that us matter OF law an accessory
is he who stands by and aids, abets or as
sists, or who, not being present aiding,
abetting or assisting, beth advised, aided,
encouraged or ab,tted the perpetra tion III
the crime, that he who thus aids, abcis,
assists sdxssss A.
cordingly If the.deiehdants attempted to
bomb then the defendants who were in the
conspiracy were guilty OF murder. If there
was an Anarchist conspiracy and defend
ants were parties to it they are guilty Df
murder, though the date OF the culmina-
ton Of the conspiracy was not fixed. II
any defendant conspired to excite by ad
vice the people to riot and murder such de-
fendant is. guilty OF such murders -
were done in pursuance OF s:td
TI,n IL ,,,Ytt 4
arms OF the defendants is immaterial. Cir
cumstantial evidence is complete to prove
quit and if the defendants conspired to
overthrow the law and Dregan was killed
in consequence the parties are guilty aid
it is not necessary that any OF the defend
ants were present at the killing. All parties
to the;conspiracy are equally guilty, ,circum-
stancial evidence must satisfy the jnry be-
yond reasonable doubt. In such cas-.
the jury may find the defendants guilty.
The Judge completed his instructions a5
$50 this afternoon and the jury at once
retired. The defendants listened with
eager attention during the reading Of the
judges instructions to the jury. Parsons
took notes throughout the reading, wh,l,'
the others contented themselves with ia
tening merely. Impressions differ as to t .
length of time the jury will probably he ott.
It is admitted that some portions OF the
instructions offered the Jury an oppor.is-
nifty to discriminate between defendants i'll
the matter of their guilt and the relative
degrees OF punishment as to time fixed and
and that this may result in an udjourn-
ment for to-day before the verdict shall he
returned. A large audience awaits the rt'-
suit with Indications vi tho srnatest utter
| est.
Court adjourned until 10 o'clock to-nor-
| row forenoon without verdict ha' -
been returned.
At 10 o'clock it is learned the Jury Iial
| returned to the hotel. This, it is believed,
indicates that verdict has been found as
| otherwise the jury had been instructed hv
the court not to leave their room in the
Criminal Court building. From the baiiii
it is learned that the jurymen were re:'y
to return to their hotel at O'Clock t;,i+
evening. 1t is conjectured from this that
with the possible exception OF Ncebe, th:
prisoners will fare ais". the jury not hav-
ing taken requisite time to discuss th,i
cases separately to the extent OF atlixiii5
| different penalties.