Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-08-26
MEXICO MISSOURI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26 1886

lie allowed his gaze to rest Tor moment
on the crnging forms OF the little old
mother, weeping sisters and wives. Then
bringing his eyes to the jury again, he
told them they had done their work well.
ssYou have listened attentively to the
evidence given, in every detail, both for |
and against the prisoners. Your close |
and verdict Is the expression |
of your convictions. This has been a |
long and tedious trial, but you have |
served well. think you for your atten- |
ton"
The Judge then in few words dis |
charged the Jury, and notified them that |
that they were at liberty to go. There |
was not one of the twelve good and true
men but looked THANKFUL and drew a sigh
Of relief. The jury then rose and filed
out of the room, and the bailiffs made
their way to the sides of the prisoners.
Not one word escaped any one of the
eight Their faces still wore the same
vacant look, and as they rose from their
seats and followed the bailiffs, 1t was
with slow, unsteady steps. Reaching
the door, Lingg turned to look at his
sweetheart, and his anguish was appar-
ent by the tears in his eyes. As her
eyes meet her lovers, her tears burstout
afresh.
IflLu, uHCOuLn dioO
turned Just in time to hear heart-rend-
ing shrek from his wife, and saw her
fall against a seat. He made a motion
toward her, but collected himself and
went out with the rest.
"ACH GoTT!" sHRIEKED THE WIFE,
Zach Gott?" Then her utterances took
the form of rawlings, and she fell back in
a dead faint. Restoratives were applied,
hn G
she resumed her cries. Some of her
female friends finally quieted her, and
even the judge came down from the
bench and looked pityingly at her. She
was then taken out of the room, and the
others followed.
Mrs. Parsons did not seem very much
agitated, though she bit her lips and
looked at the judge and people with
strained eyes, as if striving to keep her
| tears back
| SPIES mother went out still weeping,
| and clinging to her daughters dress, and
| tears gushed from her eyes freely. 9th
er women wept, and the crowd in the
street stood aside in respectful manner
to let them pass.
Judge Gary came down shortly after,
and a great many persons Lifted their
hats as he passed. The courtroom was
cleared, and the people went away to
home and work.
The trial of the Reds was over.
Before adjournment Judge Gary set the
time for any motions by the defense fol
next Thursday.
A reporter for the United Press fount
a couple of Jurors after they had made
their escape from the building, ant
questioned them regarding their deliber
ations and differences. When they re
tired to the jury.room yesterday after
noon the Iirst thing agreed upon was Il
keep their work, except as regarded gen
eral information, profound secret, TO
; reasons which they refused to divuige
but which they considered competent
A thorough discussion of the contested
points in the testimony was gone into
, as well as all the phases of the cas-
which the jury had become acqualntet
with during the long siege. Their
, were some differences at first, but i'll tn
| main the Jurors agreed upon the dispos
ton of the prisoners. What their dlffel
ences were they will not tell. Then the
proceeded to ballot on each of the pri'
oners separately. The result Of the fir:
ballot, or any of them, or how many
e took before verdict was reached is ma
ter which they will not give information
r They concluded their work and then hs
e the verdict ready at half-past seve
2 O'Clock last evening before they left u
!. jury-room for their supper.
1 'sWe had plenty of time for thinkil
: the matter over during the trial, as t,
e evidence was voluminous and the arg
/. ments exhaustive" said one of the ]
i rors; "and we had come to look on II
o matter dispassionately, and with no fec
G ing for or against the prisoners. "
$ calmly reviewed the evidence, and foul
s our verdict accordingly. We did n
d consider that the claim that the throw
of the bomb was acting independently
e the leaders was reasonable enough to
IS init OF a judicial doubt, and even II
d was acting independently, it was Il
2 teaching and preaching of Spies and b
d followers that caused him to throw
r. IN any event, the murder was the ou
il growth of the inflammatory exhortatio
ID of the Anarchists.