Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-12-17

and O'Sullivan were found guilty OF mur-
der: penalty. life imprisonment. hunze,
three years: Beggs acquitted
THE FULL TEXT.
CRrr1yAL CoUKr, CHICAGO. December l6.-
The verdict Of the jury in the Cronin case
is az follows:
We, the Jury. end the defendant. John F.
Begg-, not guilty. We. the jury. and the Do
fendant, John kunze. guilty OK manslaughter as
charged in the indictment ana lx his punish
meat at imprisonment In the penitentlary Tor
the term OF three years. We, the jury. una tne
defendants. Danol COugh!in, Potr1ck OSuluVhn.
aud Martin Burse. guilty OF murder IN the man
ner aud form a. charged in tho Indictment. anu
TX tho penalty at Imprisonment Ia the Deniten-
tiarY for the term OF their natural lives"
Mr.. Forrest. Of the defence, at once re-
uuested that the jury be polled, and this
was ordered 10y the Court. To each Juror
the question was put by the clerk OF the
court. WAS this ana Is this now your YER
dict!"
Foreman Clarke was the first man to rise
and answer firmly in the affirmative. The
other men followed in turn and gave the
same answer.
Simultaneous with the announcement Of
the verdict Coughln. O'Sullivan. and
Burke turned deathly pale while kunze
started suddenly from his seat and a
moment later dropped his head upon his
breast and burst into tears. Beggss face
was luminous with JOY. and Immediately
/ after the polling Of the jury he arose from
( amid the prisoners. walked over to the
iury-bOx. and during the breathless lull
that followed shook Foreman Clarke'5
hand heartily. and sad:
"Gentlemen, thank you. | trust that the
future may confirm your Judgment upon me,
and that you will never regret you found me not
guilty Of this terrible charge
As he shook hands with the jurors each
man bowed his head il acknowledgment
of the grateful words OF the liberated man.
The only sound that broke the stiffness
was the deep sobs of the little German
hume. lie burst out with God knows
am innocent. ! never was in Lake View
that night. Oh! God knows am innocent,
gentlcmcn.'
O'Sullyan was the only one Of the other
three prisoners who found refuge IN tears.
For moment they trickled down his
checks. but a minute later his black eyes
flashed with defiance, or revival OF
courage. nnd ne dashed his hand across his
brow, ne braced mp IN his seat, and cast q
long Glance around the courtroom.
The only evidence of terror to be per-
cciycd in C0ughlin was an increased pallor
that oyerspread his faceas hefully realized
the significance Of the sentence 70 life I'M
prisOnmcnt. and his lips twitchcd nervous
" during the colloQuv that followed be-
tween the attorneys ana the Court relative
90 q motion for o new trial.
! Martin Burke was unquestiOnably the
! least affected of al the prisoners. Ills
usually horid face took on slight pallor
as the verdict was announced, but q mo-
mcut later his iaw again began metnodicai-
" with The masticdtiOn OF gum as regularly
rs ar any previous time during tine trlat
As the verdict was annouucedandth the large
audience contemplated KunZe's grief,
Beges turned 10 reporter aud said:
"ltisa shame 20 sentence hunzs. Poor little
fellow. ,hink nc T. a. innocent A. ! am II 4 q
ID shame 90 aon1 hin ~ the pcnitentlary for
three yosra. He had no more ilea Ot being
found guilty tuan you hal OF being declared an
acc saplce IN this crime
In the mean time comments among the
audience were rs varied 0s were the indi-
yiduals that constituted tine motley assem-
blaze that had assembled IN morbid curl
os,ty 10 hear the penalty pronounced upon
their fellow-men.
The friends and admirers of the mur-
derod physician were naturally indignant
at tie verdict. 1t Is a shame said Z. W.
Dunn; "a shame and q trayesty upon JUS
ticc."
HIS sentiment found IN echo in the hearts
Of COZ u irshnen 81 hO were near hln,
while only dozen feet away members OF
theotler faction were congratuiatlng them
selves and the prisoners that the verdict
had been no worse, and the friends Of
Beges were elbowng their way through 10
grasp the hand of the senior guardian OF
Camp 20 IN telicitation upon his cXonera-
ton. Boggs took q seat IN one OF the lurr-
chairs after the retirement OF that body
and spent she next hail hour Pleasantly ac-
cording interviews 20 q scOrc Of newspaper
men that crowded around him.
Mr.. Forrest, on behalf of the condemned
defendants. entered the accustomed mo-
tiOn for new trial. and, after considerable
discussion. the Judge fixed January 18th rs
the day on which the motion for new
trial should be argued, and the prisoners
were taken back TO Jail.