The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-17
BeGGS GOES SCOT FREE


CHIcAGo. Dec. lS.-The great Cronin
trial is ended, and the verdict rendered
by the jury this afternoon is disappoint-
ing a. the friends OF Coughlin, O'Sullivan,
Burke and kunzc. while the friends of
John r. Beggs are congratuiating tli.,
senior guardian ON his acquittal. The
verdict is a disappointmcnt, too. tn the
friends OF DIR. Cronin, who hoped that his
murslerers would pay the extreme penalty
for their cowarsily crime. While Cough
lin. O'Sullivan and Burke will he sent to
prison for life and kunze for three years.
friends of the defendants arc confident
that they will ultimately bc set mt liberty.
All day Sunday crowds gathered i'm the
vicinity of the court room waiting far IA
verdict. Al 5::D o'clock judge McCou-
nell went home, stating that hc would he
ON hand again ut 10 o'clock this morning
to receive any return the jury might have
10 make. Runors of all kinds rrgar,linu
the situation i'm the jury room were afloat
mored that Juror Culver was holding ont
for the acquittal OF all Ave defendants,
but this proved as groundlcss as the other
stories.
| A representative of the associated press
calfrd to-slay at the home of John Culver.
sdH in sas and aa am s,.r~iew lrSf w @ With his
| wife, who has been charged i'm the Chi
casro papers with having secret and pre-
ssl,nahly improper cot,vcrsation with him
before the jury retired. The family was
| greatly agitated over the reports IN the
a.,crs. Mrs. Culver told of her actions
ON Friday, saying she sent her son down
| town in the morning To tell the baiIiir
| Santa, whom she knew well, that she
1 as Asc had bcets accnsson,esi 70 do. In
4 the afternoon when she saw her husband
| Bailitf Santa stood right beside them and
heard every word they said, She only
| spoke of not having come down tn dinner.
| etc. She did not entieavor to hold
| any private conversation with her htIs-
| band. In regard tn the statement that her
husband had been britcsl, she said she
| had never spoken to any agent of the de-
| n
ton with her husband which she would
hesitate to make public. II do not be-
earth that could brine Mr.. Culver. I do
not know his position in the case. dp
ner met States Attorney Lonaenecker IT,
night. and that gentleman exprcssesi him
self confident of my h,,si,a.,ds integrity:
Mr.. Culver is - very determined man, and
il he believed he was right hc would stick
1t out i'm spite of the whole world"
kinds of wild and wooliy yarn. in regard
| to the case. One i'm extra declared the
verdict had been reached and prctensics
| gave - long circuInstantial account OF how
Juror Culver was assaulted by AN inf,iri
fused to agree with the other eleven and
that Culver sent notice tn Judge McCon
Gonns,I r.."I;,s ,b"s na w,'', x % hax,. s's :,
: look after himself. The ai,surtiity OF thi'
is se.lf-cvidcnt from the fact that Jutg'
. porter yesterday that anything like 60
, ercion would Justify the discharge of th'
When Judge Mcconnell sent u mcsscn
ger To the baIliff in charge of the jury T.
1 inquire whether the jury had any cornInu
. back promptly. The jury was not prc
pared to take action and had no cornmu
Thus all reports Of the jury having agree,
| upon "a verdict were found AS utterl
! grountiiess as the hundreds that proceed
! ed them. Judge Mcdonnell, in AN intei
D view with AN Associated Press reports.
= this morning. deprecated any publication
!. of wild speculation by the papers and de
: MED that any assault on Juror Culver ha
taken place as published. The matte
i would have been reported 20 him and
4 The statement tina. Culver had apteais,
y to him for protection was absolutel
y TO ruppose the jury was unable 90 agres
AS u had not intirnated any such thin
AZ iO:aU this morning Judge Mct.or,ne
u announced that NO verdict had bs,s.
It reached and that he would not be i'm n
noon. Al thathoIr the attorneys for hot
=. sides were notified ty the judge that "a We
e aispas@ned ss % s the % Saiiifr. 10 coa.l.cs ' Il
:, defendants into the court room. BON
7. ,roubic was experienced i'm finsiir
). =. 2 rs they had arrived and the prisone
" were brought in. The court was called
ar.sr and in answer e, 70 TO- .i. ;r usual gu.
the following verdict:
's We, tn. jury, ind defendant John +. B.ggs q
&C. kunze guilty oi mansi,'lghisr. as charged in Z
Il inrnt in the ,peni,-nti,ry for term OF ,hr
Or & YEAR, W. ,hs my nna , asiepa.n', M,,s ban ban
sil,y 81 mnrdsr ,n. ~ the n.r % a % and is,
or ,mnas.nm.np in the Irni,.nti,ry for ,l,. term
~ their natural lives.
AT the request Of the defense the ju
was then poliesi and reaffirtned the vs
diet. Simultaneous with the annonns
OF ment of the verdict Co,iehlin. o'Sulliv'
l. IL. t.lx