The morning call., 1894-05-05

had retired TO deliberate. Lunchtime
passed. and still the throng of interested
and curious persons watched and waited
around the courtroom. But the whole
afternoon passed away without one word
from the Jury. and at o'clock Judge
Belcher ordered recess until hall-past Z.
At the hour set for the reconvening of
the court the jury was ready to report
Superin tendent Lowney of the branch
County Jail arrived early with the prisoner
and gave her seat at the table in front of
the clerks desk. Her friend. Miss Bow
man, sat on her right and her attorney
drew his chair up on the other side. They
endeavored to talk to her TO lend her
courage to meet any fate, but their efforts
in this direction failed to produce any
effect upon her.
With her arms hanging at her sides she
sat bolt upright, staring through her big.
dark goggles at the place where the face o.
the judge would soon be. When he came
in and went to his chair he moved into her
vision rather than attracted it. Her
breathing was rather rapid, the three large
red roses which she wore on her breast
rising and falling with the regularity of
pendulum. The courtroom filled. but
Truly Shattuck, who had been in attend
ance during the day, did not return.
The jury filed into the box, but the fixed
gaze of the defendant was OF averted
from the face of the Judge. She looked
at him as if looking through him, through
the wall aud on through space.
Gentlemen of the jury, have you
agreed upon a verdict?" inquired the
clerk.
I'VE have" responded Foreman Arm
strong
"Gentlemen of the jury. what is your
verdict"
1--WE find the defendan guilty of murder
of the first degree, and fix her punishment
at confinement iu States prison for life,"
said the foreman.
The silence IN the courtroom was for
moment broken only by the tollng of the
bell in the adjacent cathedral. Mrs. Shat
tuck remained mOtlonless, still staring at
the court. Miss Bowman leaned over and
whispered in her ear, but she might as
we'll have whispered into the ear OF the
sphynx.
The spectators began to stir. but were
raped to order. The jury was polled and
counsel asked the Judge to fix the day for
sentence. He named Saturday. May 19.
ana said that any mo tlOnS the attorneys
desired to make would be heard at that
time.
The jury was then discharged. with the
thanks of >the court for its patience and
attention.
Mrs. Shattuck's husband came in and
spoke to her. She paid not the least heed
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of her young friend, Miss Bowman. Iha
court had adjourned. and the Judge had
retired. She was still looking at the place
where he had been.
Superintendent Lowney waited few
minutes. and then, placing his nd light
Iy ON her shoulder, said MADAM, are
YOU ready to go?" There was no re-
Sponse.
"Come, come, madam; we had better
start now," urged the officer
But this did not relax her cataleptic
rigidity. The Sheriff's deputy began to
fear a scene. He said to court officer:
You will have to get some one to 60 with
me. / don't think / can get her there
alone"
Another officer was called. but Mrs.
ShatIuck could not be got to move. Then
her husband pleaded with her to go
quietly, and she finally rose slowly. "about
laced" and marched straight for the door.
The officers locked arms with her aud the
three strobe through the corridors and out
into the street.
Notwithstanding their protracted con-
sultation, the jury had little trouble in ar
irving at a verdict. When they first retired
six were for murder in the first degree,
with capital punishment. four for murder
in the first degree, with life imprisonment,
and two for granddaughter. They talked
the matter over and the capital punish
ment jurors dropped peg. while the two
who favored manslaughter joined those on
the middle plane. A ballot was then
taken and the vlrdict as stated reached.
There was never any question as TO her
guilt or her sanity" said a juror, "and if
there had been no middle course the YER
dict would have been murder in the first
degree and DEATH"