Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-01-08
THE oRoNlN JURY.


Public-Cuivcr Signs the Verdict While
Declaring His Belief in the Innocence
OF the Defendants.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.--The record of the
deliberations OF the Cronin jury from
the time the twelve 'peers" finally re-
tired until they returned to Judge Nc
Connell's courtroom with the famous.
verdict that assigned Coughlin, o'Sulli-
van and Burke to living death in the
penitentiary is one of the most interest
ing chapters Of the great trial. The
Herald, of this city, against which pa
per Juror Culver has brought suit in
the sum of S25, 900 for libel, has never
let up in its effort to solve the mystery
Of the jury's deliberations, and pre-
sents a three-column article which it
claims is complete record. The fol-
lowing is a synopsis of the Herald's
article:
The first ballot was taken on this
question:: "Are any of the defendants,
guilty?" The result stood eleven in the
affirmative and one in the negative.
Culver was the minority. Several Of
the jurors talked to the real-estate
man, and after trying to find out just
persuade him that majority of the de-.
PENDANTS were guilty. Culver, how
ever, maintained his position with,
dogged earnestness and turned deaf
ear to the arguments of his companions.
The second ballot was ordered on the
question: "Was DR.. Cronin killed in the,
Carlson cottage?" The result, as be-
fore, was eleven to one, the majority
voting in the affirmative.
Saturday morning Culver took the
position that Burke's Identification was
by no means complete. In fact, he
also claimed the identity of the furni-
ture had not been established.
Several of the jurors held short con-
sultation in undertones, and at the sug-
gestion of one of their number series.
of resolutions concerning many Of Gull
ver's utterances in the rooms the jury
occupied at the Commercial Hotel was
written out and fred at him in rapid
succession. These in substance are as,
follows:
'Arc you prepared to state, on your oath as a
juror, that you did not come into the iury.room
with the determination to force disagreement?
II not how do you explain the fact that you said.
to jurors before any testimony had been taken
that you were almost prepared In advance to
discount every thing that the State might do
and disbelieve its testimony; that you believed
Mrs. Conklin to be an immoral woman; that.
you were prejudiced against the State because
II had used you brutally and you could not give
II fair treatment; your remark during the first.
or second week Of the trial that the jury would
probably stand eleven to one; that the jury sys-
tenn was brutal and the State would not make
any thing by treating you as II had doney Win
you say that your determination to sue the
county for damages has not influenced your
opiniont"
Tha Lott 30 H. -
ened suit against the county was sug--
gested by threats which he had made
from time to time as the trial progressed.
He seemed to believe that his dignity
and integrity were outraged when he
was given into the custody of bailiffs
and practically made prisoner, and he
said more than once that he would
bring suit against the county as
soon as he should be released.
Culver did not answer one of the
questions nor did he comment on them.
Culver shortly afterward admitted in
the presence of three jurors that he had
entered the jury-room with a previously
formed opinion, and conviction
that those witnesses who were under
the protection of policemen were not
worthy of belief. He also admitted
that he ought to have told the counsel
of his conviction before he was sworn,
in as a juror
Saturday morning at 9 o'clock the,
jurors, who had been debating earnestly
for several hours, concluded to begin
balloting again. The result was the
same throughout the day-eleven for
conviction, one for acquittal. Late
aside and told them that if they would
let Kunze and Beggs go free he would
vote to find the other three guilty. The
proposition was instantly rejected. No
further word was done that night, but.
at o'clock Sunday morning Foreman
Clarke ordered another ballot, and by
agreement all the defendants were in
cluded in it. The result was as follows