St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-07
GONE TO THE JURY.
The spauIdIng Murder Case i'm the
Hands of The Jurors.


The arguments in the Spaulding murder
trial were made yesterday morning. and the
case given to the jury at noon. County At
torney Eaton of Monticello opened for the
prosecution. He dwelt for some time on
the conflicting testimony of the witnesses
! for the defense, and the accuracy of the
witnesses for the prosecution. He acknowl-
edged that the blow came hard upon
| Spaulding's relations, but declared that JUS
tice must be done, and the murderer of
Charles Washburn punished for his crime
Mr.. Woolley, for the defense, made a
strong argument. showing by well-draWn
conclusions that if Washburn was within a
few feet of Spaulding when the fatal shot
was fred Spaulding must have stood at
| least forty-three inches above the dead man.
He made strong, sympathetic appeal to
the jury, which was not entirely without
effect. The charge of the judge was short
and to the point.
| When court reassembled in the afternoon
all was suppressed excitement over what
sort of verdict the jury would bring in
| The crowd had dWindled away somewhat,
SO that now it was mainly friends of the
prisoner and of the dead man who remained
| to see the closing act in the tragedy. The
prisoner was not at hand early in the after
/ not lost his cOmpoSure and bore I'D well.
His face was somewhat drawn, but other
wise than this he gave no sign of what his
thoughts were. He merely tOyed with his
hat while waiting for the jury, and occas-
Sonally turned and whispered to his mother,
wife and sister. His mother presented
much the same appearance she has all dur
Ing the trial "a broken hearted look.
Spaulding's wife occupied the same seat
she has since the first day of the trial. and
sat with her face buried in her right hand,
her left nervously picking at her black
dress. Never word said she, and when
spoken to by her sister-in-law, Miss Spaul-
ding, her lips would move trife. but no
sound would issue therefrom. She gazed
in stony silence at the scene before her, her
gray eyes containing blank expression,
except when they rested on her husband,
who avoided her glanceS as much as posi-
BILE. Miss Spaulding preserved her tran
guilty to remarkable extent, and while
not conversing with her mother sat looking
around the room. lost in thought.
Soon after dinner Spaulding's wife
and mother left the court room and
did not put in all appearance again
during the day. At o'clock three
Ominous raps sounded on the door in
which the jury was locked. Instantly the
room became as still as death. Spaulding
partially arose in his seat, cast a quick
glance at his sisters white face, and
dropped back into his seat his head down
and his lips twitching nervously. A deputy
sheriff opened the door and the twelve men
walked out, took their seats. and had the
definition of the different grades of killing
human being explained to them. AS
Judge Lochren went down the list from
murder in the first degree to justifable hon.
icide, the silence depend, and every eve
was turned on the jury, in whose hands
rested the life of Granville l.. Spaulding.
After having the different degrees explained
to them the twelve men returned once more
to their room. At $50 Judge Lochren, re-
ceving word from the jury that he had not
better wait for them, as they could not tell
how long it would be before they could
agree upon verdict, went home, and soon
the court room was emptled of the people
who had waited in the hope of hearing the
verdict.
AT late hour it was given out that the
| jury would return no verdict until morning.
| One man, who claims to know, says when
it does come in it will be ''manslaughter in
in the fourth degree, or else justifable
homicide"