The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-27
FOUND GUILTY AGAIN
Friedrich Once More Convicted
of Murder.
ur FELT SURE OF AcQuITTAi.
IA Slayer OF scherbring Remains Sui
len Uader the yerdict-Motion
Day Postponed.

-, the second time Albert Friedrich was
.s.serday found guilty OF murder In the first
degree.
,,o-ning after having been out since 10 o'clock
= the previous night The crowd which had
,1..sael to the testimony given before Judge
rumss during the Ave preceding days had
.a,anei out considerably before the awful eli
r.r was reached and the remnant listened
~gh rspt attention as A. NJ. Guild, the
surpuan OF the jury, announced that q
,s,.iet had been reached. Friedrich, who
~ been sanguine of acquittal, did not like the
sswsssion Of the iurymen's faces when they
,.sppesred and his countcnance fell, but il
.rscSIy regained the air of stolid indifference
vaeh had hitherto marked ii. Tho written
verdics, signed by the foreman, was handed to
me clerk, who read It amid a stiffness such as
,rsrus in the chamber of death. IL was:
We the Jury in che case wherein the state OF
g,shIpston is plaintiff aud Albert Friedrich is
dseadant. do find the defendant guilty as
charged
ryler q Tyler, Friedrich's counsel, demanded
mat the jury be poiled and Judge Humes called
he prisoner to position near the jury-box that
he might hear the result. Each juror was called
hy name and answered that the verdict was his
,rue verdict, Friedrich showing no sign of emo
.on a each response added certainty to his
6oorn The verdict was filed and the jury dis
charged The prisoners counsel then gave
notice OF motion for a new trial and Judge
Humes ordered the stenographer to prepare q
Transcript OF the testimony.
The verdict was a surprise to the prisoner, for
he had all along looked for an acquittal and as
- trial proceeded his confidence grew stronger.
a. confident was he on Friday night after the
,ury had retired that on his return from court
to his cell he began packing up his effects, say
Ing:
she Jury won't be out long, and Til be free"
On returning from court at O'Clock that
night be found in his cell dozen eggs which
had been left there as present by his fellow
murderer. Moral Roysukie. The latter had re-
eelyed two dozen eggs from some Japanese and
having always had a strong sympathy for the
man before whose eyes hung the same shadow
cishe sallows as haunted him, shared them
with friedrich. The latter asked Jailer Monroe
10 hxvs them fried for him and when told that
the cook vas gone and the kitchen FIRE was out,
ssid:
aHeli they won't do me any good, then. The
ease sos 10 the jury tonight, and won't be
here IN the morning to eat them"
Hevs there in the morning, however, and
ste the eggs at breakfast with great relish. AS
the hours passed and no call came for him to
bear the verdict OF the jury, his confidence
must have grown somewhat weaker, but when
sure Of acquittal. Hope began to fail him when
be saw the jury, but it did not de-
er him even when he heard the
verdict He betrayed no sign of emotion as he
walked from the courtroom toying with his hat.
On reaching the hall he fell back by the side of
The iailer, but did not utter a word till he
reached the lower hall, beyond the gaze of the
curious. Then he pulled his hat down over his
sses and growled: "Iell and damnationl I
impose this means another year in Jail. 1t will
take fully that long before have another trial.
Having prolonged his life for four years by
hiking advantage of the laws delays, he has
apparently became convinced that laggard JUS
ice can never overtake him and throw the
moose around his neck. The worst he seems to
lear Is continued Incarceration.
On reaching his cell he gave way to his habit
mel sulienness OF disposition, and re-
tired to his cot to brood over his
misery. A PosT-INrELLIGENcER reporter
called to see him last night and found him lying
N his back with his hands under his head, his
features being indistinguishable in the deep
gloom OF his cell. He refused to talk, his voice
betraying the misery of his heart.
Friedrich has been longer in jail than any
other prisoner, never having left his cell since
his arrest day or two after he murdered scher-
bring on July IA, 1857, except to appear in court
at his trials.