Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-18
THE VERDICT.
The Crcnin Jury Convict Cough
lin, o. Sullivan and Burke and
award them LifeSentences.
Kunze Gets Three Years and
Beggs is Acquitted Scenes and
Incidents of the Occasion.
THE CROSIN VERDICT /.
Coughlin, O'suIiiyan and Burke Get Life
Sentences.


CHICAGO, Dec. 49,, 2 p. m.-Judge
Mcconnell has just announced that a
return will be made by the jury in a
few minutes. He has been informed
that verdict had been reached.
THE VERDICT.
CHICAGO. Dec. 10. 2:32 p. m.-
Cnughlin, Burke and 0Sullivan i'm
prisonment for lie; Kunze, three
years; Beggs, not guilty.
HOW THE VERDICT READS.
CHICAGO, Dec. l6.-Tbe verdict of
the Jury il as follow-: ave, the jury,
find defendant John F. Beggs not
guilty. We, the jury, find defendant
Kunze guilty Of inanslaughter as
charged in the indictment Z and fix his
punishment at imprisonment in the
peniteDtisry for the term Of three
years. We, the jury. find defendants
Daniel Coughlin. Patrick O'Sullivsn
and Msrtin Burke guilty of murder In
the manner and form as charged in
the indictment, and fix the penalty at
imprisonment in the peniteutiary for
the term Of their natural lives"
At the request Of the defense, the
jury was then polled an reaffirmed the
verdict, Simultaneous with the an
nouncement of the verdict Conghlin.
0'Sullivan and Burke turned deathly
pale, while Kunze started suddenly
from his seat and moment later
dropped his head upon his breast and
burst into tears. Beggs' face WAS lum-
inous with joy, vni Immediately after
the polling of the jury, arose from
amid the pris lners and walked over to
the jury box, and during the breath
less lull that followed, shDok Foreman
Clarke's hand heartily and said: Gen.
tlemen, | tnsnk you. / trust that the
future may confirm your judgment,
and that you will never regret that
you found me not guilty Of this terri
BILE charge" As he shook hands with
the Juror, each man bowed his head
i'm Acknowledgement Of the grateful
words of the liberated man. The oply
sound that broke the stiffness was the
deep sohs Of the little German, Kunze
He burst out with, "God knows | am
innocent. / never was in Llkeyiew
that night. Oh, God knows am In
nocent, gentlemen O'Sullivan was
the only one Of the other three prison
ers who found refuge iE tears. For a
moment they tricsled down his cheek
but a minute later his b ack eyes
flashed with defiance or a revival of
coura ge, and dashing his hand across
his brow he braced up i'm his seat and
cast a long glance around the court
room. The only evidence of terror to
be seen In Coughlin was the increased
ralor that overspread his face as he
fully realized the significance Of sem
teDce Of life imprisonment, and his
lips twitched neryously during the
colloquy that followed between the at
torney and the court IN relation to 4
new trial. While getting their pay
certificates. the twelve Jurors we're
surrounded by reporters, who hes!ered
them for information Of what had
transpired in the jury roou and the
cause OF the long delay, but the jurors
had agreed between themselves not to
reveal anything. In the main corri-
dor Of the criminal court building, be-
fore the announcement Of the verdict,
sat Dan Coughlin's wife. On her
knee was the pretty little girl who has
called out in the court room for her
pa. The old gray-haired door-keeper
knew what was coming and tried to
to get them to go home. They were
kept in ignorance until someone came
into the corridor and called out the re-
suit Mrs. Coughlin stood erect,
shrieked and fell back into a chair.
She buried her face In her hands and
moaned wildly as she wept in her
anguish. Her swaying form was sup
ported by the kind hearted old door
keeper, and the pretty little babe
stood leaning against her mothers
knees. For moment she looked into
her mothers face and then laying her
pretty face In her mother's lap, she too
began to cry. Mrs. Whalen, O'Sulli-
vans sister -in-law, had come over 10
hear the result. Her clesr-cut and
handsome face hardened when she
heard the news. Her eyes filled for a
moment. She glared an instant at
the iail walls. Then she turned saw.