The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-20
THE CLOSING ACT
IN THE uAYMARKEr ErDRAMA,
The States Attorney Closes, tho Court In.
structs and the Case Is Given to the Jury,
Who Decide ON Verdict not yet
plsClOsed-Th Prisoners Nervous,

CHICAGO, August lO-The last day Of
the great Anarchist trial drew an enor'
nous crowd to The court room this morn
ing, aud standing room was at u premium
long before the proceedings commenced,
Even the sidewalks fronting the building
were crowded with men, women and chill
dTen, the women both inside and out oi
the Court outnumbering the male specta'
tors three to one, The Anarchists looked
worried, the strain Of tho long trial, the
damaging evidence brought out against
them, the sCathing denunclatlon OF their
plotting and their hellish designs admins
tered by States Attorney Grinnel, max
ing thUm alive to their real situation,
Upon the conclusion Of Mr., Grinnell'a
speech Judge Gar began his instructions
to the jury,
In his instructions, after giving the
usual definition OF what was murder and
what its punishment ls under the estatutes,
Judge G icy says: Tho court ilstruCts the
jury, AZ @ matter OF law, in considering tha
case the Jury are not to so beyond the
evidence to hunt up doubts or must they
entertain such doubts IS ara merely
ChimeFiCal and couieGtural, A doubt to
justify an aCQuittal must be reasonable,
and 1t must arise from candid and i'm
partial investigation OF all the evidence in
the case, and unless 1t is such, that the
same kind OF doubt iuterposed in the
graver transactions OF lie 1t would Canse
3 reasonable and prudent man to hesitate
or pause, it is insufficient to authorize a
verdict Of not guilty. II alter considering
all theeyldenGs you can say you Ii ave an
abiding conviction Of the truth OF the
charge, you are satisfied beyond a reason
able doubt.
AS TO ACCESSORIES.
The Court instruCts the jury, as q mat
ter Of law, that an accessory is one who
aids, abets or assists or, who not being
present, aiding, abstting or assisting, has
advised, encouraged, aided or Rbetted the
perpetration OF the crime. lie who thus
aids, absts, assists aud advises or enCour.
ages shall be considered 90 q principal.
II the dsf0ndantR attempted to over
throw the by force and threw bombs,
then the defendants who were in the con.
apirscy were guilty OF murder. II there
was an Anarchist conspiracy and the de-
PENDANTS were the parties, they are guilty
Of murder, though the date Of the culmi-
nation OF the conspiracy was not fixed,
II any Of the defendants COnspirGd to ex.
cite, by advice, people to riot and murder
such defendants are guilty OF such murder
as was done in pursuauc9 ot the Conspi.
racy. The impraCtcSbIeneas OF the aims
Of tho defendants is immaterisl evidence
incompetent 10 prove guilt. II the de.
PENDANTS conspired to overthrow the law
and Officer began was killed In Cdusa.
quenCp, the parties are guilty, and II iH
not necessary that any OF the defendants
were present at tha killing. All parties to
the conspiracy are equally guilty.
CiRCuMsTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
CirCum3tantial evidence must satisfy
the jury beyond reasonable donb.. In
such case the jury may lind defendants
guilty. When the delendants testified In
the case they stood on thesams ground rs
other witnesses, The jury can take this
into account in the intercstOi the witnesses.
II any one OF such defendants has lied as
witness tho jury should only bslieve
such part OF his testimony as has been
corroboated.
The Jury then retired. At $3.50 o'clock
Judge Gary, after consulting with the at
torntys for both sides, ordered that the
| Jury bs brought back to the court room 10
receive some instructions in the law re-
garding the crime Of maueau2hter. The
jury was instructed that 1t could return a
verdict Of manslaughter in the case OF any
ona or all the prisoners without conflicting
with tho terms OF the indictment
Tho crime Of msnslaughter was defined,
and the jury having been instructed re-
gardiDg the penalties that the law pre-
sCribed, again retired.
A VERDICT AGREED UPON.
At 0 o'clock 1t Is learned that the jury
has returned 10 tho hotel. This is be
lleved to indicate a verdict has been
found, az otherwise the jury had b'en in
struCted by tho court not to leave their
room in the criminal court building,
From hailil' it is learned that the jury
men wcrC ready to return to their hotel at
O'clock this evening. 1t is coujeourcd
from this, that with the possible excep
ton Of Neebe. the prisoners will fare alike
tho Jury not having taken the requisite
tins to discuss their cases separately Ia
the extent OF alixing different penalties
AT 10 o'clock the lights In the rooms oC.
Cupied by the jurymen were put out and
the blilitfin charge said they had retired
for the night. This seemed to corroborate
the previous impression that a verdict
had basn found, but absolutely nothing
as to ltB nature has leaked out.
CASHIER GR.tY's SUICIDE.
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