Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-12

his saind upon such . matter Vas his
iuss ~ long - he retained he mental
capacity.
foucking the erecibslity Of the viii
ness<s. few words we're said. the coui
leaving e 10 she jury 70 sassfy them
selves apoa thai point, and to apply
the maxim. False IN one thing, fsloe
in alp entirely ~ their own discretion.
Mr.. smlley rose At the eiess OF The
charge and asked il Mr.. Ransom ap-
psared IN the case - prepayment. Mr.
Ransom sad he did not think be was-
Mr.. Smiley further remarked that the
contestant did not claim that Jas. n.
Brown Was generally insane on ell sub
lects. but that be wAs . su]ect OF mono:
manla. The judge said be had not
desired To give the impression TO the
jury that be considered the contestants
claim one OF general insanity.
Mr.. Kingsley deslred 10 except TO the
remarks OF Mr.. Smiley and also the
reply OF the court.
The Jury Rssirss.
At twenty minutes Of three, Under
Sheriff Walsh and Deputy Shenn Sny-
der were sworn, and the jury gwen
into their charge. Scarcely one of the
huge throng Of spectators that were
present left she court room, 90 intense
Was the interest of all In what the YER
Dict would be. Specuiat.ons were rife
a. 10 the probable time the jury would
be out, one officer of the court coafi-
IDENTIFY asserting that fifteen minutes
would see them back, while most OF
lawyers present we Of the opinion
that the extreme limit would be an
hour. At . quarter of five the clock
stopped, . fact which the watchful
crowed observed almost instantly, aud
1t Was soOa wound up for their heneflt.
Al three minutes Of i've Judge Grove
came in and said to some one, They
are coming" The Newspaper men
scurried to their seats and their pencils,
the crowd hsayod two or three deep
sighs. everybody breathed heavily and
then pulled themselves together n r.
ceive the shock. A deathlike stillness
prevailed and then came . h0arae guif-
gaw OF lsuahter-it Was = false alarm.
People INDUCED In laughter to tree
themselves of the strain Of the minute
before, and soon settled back Tor an
other long wait. 1t was nearly hall
past 5, and the gas Was lit before any
one signified an intention TO lcave--and
then the parties were heard tn say that
they wouldn't 60 only that they were
Obliged to.
During the entire time Mrs. Hayden
was surrounded by her faithful, gym
pathizing friends, who endeavored to
cheer her during the hours OF her SUE
pense. On the other hand. no one. ex-
cept her counsel, approached Mrs.
Haines, who occasionally gave y nerv.
Gus cough, and. as usual, famed her,
self with her husbands hat.
a Practical Joke.
In spite Of the fact that the sol.
emnity of the occasion WAS oppressive,
the court officers and newspaper men
could not resist playing = practical
Joke upon Mr.. Gleason. A deputy
sheriff in tho ante room was instructed
to inform him that the jury stood nine
contestant. When the intelligence was
whispered in his ear his face length
ened painfully and he exclaimed, "ls
that 90; my goodness is that so.'
Then, glanclng up he caught sight OF
the grinning faces OF those VINO had
perpetrated the joke and knew he had
been victimized. The audience WAS
next swindled. Judge Grove, Judge
Atsit and number of others were 0c-
cupying the seats vacated by the jury.
An officer entered the room hastily
aud ordered them to change their
seats. They did 90. Tne crowd
cheered lustily, expecting to see the
arbieters file IN. They dldn't file and
the anxious throng expl essed its disap-
po:ntment with deep, simultaneous
groan.
Court Adjourned.
Many did not leave their seats fol
supper. When Mr.. and Mrs. Hayden
departed they were cheered. When
Mr.. and Mira. Haines left they were
to explosives, so intense was the feeling,
Mrs. Hayden and her husband were
the first OF the interested parties to re-
turn. Mr.. Gleason followed shortly
after, and later SIR. Uhl came in.
At 10 o'clock the jury had not re
turned, but the crowd, which tillee
every seat patiently waited, occupying
the time by discussing the different
phases of the trial.
A few minutet after ten the clerk o.
the court requested everybody To leave
the room except the parties TO the cas'
and the lawyers, as the jury MAS com
ing down, not to render . verdict bu
to receive instructions. The disap
pointed crowd slowly left the room
and soon after the Judge took his posi-
ton. When the jury care in and Gig
nItied that they had not yet reached .
verdict, his honor informed them that
they could remain IN the court room
all night, and that he would be ready
to hear their verdict at nine O'Clock
this morning. Court was then I'd.
journed.
II Is the general opinion that no