St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-17

clerk of the court, "Was this and is this
now your verdict?' Foreman Clarke
was the first man to rise and answer
firmly in the affirmative. The eleven
men followed in turn and gave the
same answer. Simultaneous with the
announcement of the verdict, Coughlln,
O'SulIivan and Burke turned deathly
pale, while KunZe suddenly started
from his seat and a moment later
dropped his head upon his breast and
burst into tears. Beggs' face was lumi-
nous with joy, and Immediately after
the polling of the jury he arose from
amid the prisoners, walked over to the
jury box, and during the GREATNESS iuli
that followed, shook Foreman Clarke's
hand heartily and said:
"Gentlemen. thank you. trust that the
future may confirm your Judgment upon me;
aud that you will never regret that you found
me not guilty of this terrible charge"
As he shook hands with the jurors
each man bowed his head in acknowl-
edgment of the grateful words of the
liberated man. The only sound that
broke the stiffness was the deep sobs OF
the little German, KunZe. He burst
out with:
81 am innocent. God knows I am inno-
cent. God kne6s that l never was out 10
Lakeview that night Longenecker bougi {
two witnesses. l am sure OF that. They
went out and bought farms with the money
they got. Him and Scnuettler did it."
O'Sulivan was the only one of the
other three prisoners who found refuge
in tears. For moment they trickled
down his cheeks, but minute later his
black eyes flashed with dehance or re-
yixal of courage, and dashiDg his hand
across his brow, he braced up in his
o1Io rrlo
court room. The only evidence of
terror to be perceived in COughlin was
the increased pallor that overspread his
face as he fully realized the significance
of sentence TO life imprisonment, and
his lips twitchPd nervouSly during the
collOquy that followed between the
attorneys and the court relative to the
MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL.
Martin Burke was unquestiOnably the
least affected of all the prisoners. His
usually fiorid face took Oh Slight pallor
as the verdict was announced, but mo-
ment later his jaws again began the
methodical mastication of gum, as regu-
larry as at any previous time during the
trial. As the verdict was announced
and the large audience contemplated
little KunZe'S grief. BeggS turned to
reporter and said:
little fellow, think, is as innocent as l am.
II is d-d shame TO send him TO the peni-
tentiary for three years. He bad no more
idea of being found guilty than you had of
being declared an accomplice in this crime.
In the meantime, the comments
amOng the audience were as varied as
were the individuals that constituted
the motley assemblage that had assem-
bled in morbid curiosity TO hear the
penalty pronounced upon their fellow
men. OF the Irish in the audience, and
there were scores. one of the two fac
tions. into which the people are divided,
W ould naturally be indignant at the
verdict. at is shame," said Hon. p.
w. Dunno. "a shame and a travesty
upon justice" His sentiment found an
echo in the hearts of dozen Irishmen
who were near him, while, only dozen
feet away, members of the other faction
were congratulating themselves and the
prisoners that the
VERDICT HAD BEEN no WORSE.
and friends of Beggs were elbowing
their way through to grasp the hand of
the senior guardian of Camp 20, in felic-
itation of his exOneration. Beggs took
a seat in one of the jury chairs after the