The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-12-27

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turning 70 the States attorney. said
"rhe prisoner BcggS Of course. Will
stand discharged, - there is nothing
against him. believe. The Jury WILL
also BE- discharged, and the prisoners
remanded 70 Jail"
"Iicfore the prisoners are rrman,icd. y
said Mr.. Forrest jumping fror, his seat.
II desire 10 lake a motion. | thought
! would Wait until the jury was dis
charged before moving 70 have day
set To- the argument " motion for .
new trial"
Al this stage OF the proceedings the
defendant kunze was loud in his mani.
festations Of grief while tears flowed
copionsly down his checks Between
his sobs and cries he was heard TO say:
Il am innocent. God knows. Of this.
never was ~ Lakevicw. II l have
got 10 suffer three years imprisonment
for this il is shame. Longenecker got
witnesses 70 swear that was In Lake.
view >chuetfier~
At this point kunzc's grief became
too much for utterance. and his words
were indistinct
! After long argument. Judge Neon
nell set January 10 as the day for filing
a motion for new trial. the matter &c
be considered BY the court on the 18th
Of January. Judge Mcconnell then ar
nounced that the court would stand adj
journed until January Is, and left the
bench
II Is stated tonight on undoubtcd an
thority that but for the fear Of Juror
Culver going mad in the jury room the
other eleven would have stood out in
definitely for hanging Coughlin. Burke
and O'>ullsvan. twenty-one years inn
priscnmcnt for Beggs and fourteen
years for kunze.
After the jury had gone Beggs held
an agreeable lcvee with the newspaper
men Of his acquaintance. To the sur
prise Of all Of them he said he did not
expect the verdict as rendered. lie
looked for disagreement. He said he
could make no explanation Of his rca-
sons now further than 70 saw that he
was possessed of Information which led
him TO believe that the jury would
divide on the question Of guilt and that
he would explain further some time in
the future.
After the date for which argument for
new trial will be made was fixed. the
prisoners including Heggs. were hurried
from the courtroom to the Jail They
were surrounded by detectives and
bailiffs every man OF whom was thor
oughly armed. As Coughlin passed n.
along he sighted some old friends in the ,
;rowd that was staring al him in Curl
,us way. and he salurcd them with ,
Save ~ the hand As prisoners and 4
yuards tsamped noiSily along. the bic !
'teel gate Of tine jail swung open and
he entire party passed inside Then +
ne gate was closed with q loud clang
ma the prisoners 'rare shut from the 7
'eneral view. Burke was hurried to
he boys department.: Coughlin. OSulli-
an and kunze were aiken to their cells !
nd locked up. !.
Beggs paid brief visit 70 his cell TO 4
ather up some trinkets he had there. \
nd then he hurried down TO the Office. \
here he signed q book placed before d
i'm. moment later he was literally 4
4 the hands 81 his friends. As Berrs
rossed the Jail yard little man ran
'rward to meet him. The greeting :,
1at was exchanged was very ef.usive. .
he little man was VIM Murphy. father :
the girl who first told the story Of Z
r tronin's presence in North Clark I
rect grip car. when in fact his muir \
-rers were packing his mutilatcd body :
the big trunk. Murphy caught !.
eggs arm and hurried him through
e waiting. gaping crowd to carriage
Iat was standing at the curb of tho
ak Harry Jordon. whose connection z
it'll the defense movement has always 3
'cn prominent, helped Bcggs into tho =
Irriage- Lawyer Foster took seat n
side his client and then Murphy and g
'rdon and Lawyer Ames piled in in 2
scriminately and signaled the driver r
hurry away. 4
The entire party proceeded to the Y
lice Of Murphy 4 Ames. on Clark =
rect a large delegation Of Irishmcn
as there 70 meet them. and the es- Y
ped man held another levee for near ;
two hours. when his wife came in q
ID informed him that he was due at >
yme. "
Several Of the jurors were interviewed =.
their homes this evening. But all Of y
lem declined TO be interviewed further =
an 70 say that all talk of personal en- n
'untcrs in the jury-room was the 4
eeest bosh. A resolution was passed y
disclose nothing that had transpired ~
the jury-room- One juror said the
ascn for % long a delay in reaching s.
'rdict was that the jury had waded Il
'rough the entire mass Of evidence, II
st taking II up as whole and then as
'plied to each defendant. Juryman ii
orth, when asked why a life sentence nj
stead Of the death penalty had been n
ven to Coughlin. Burke and OSulli- 81
IN. said there were several presidents r.
r such verdict. at
on