The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1894-03-10
FOUND NOT GUILTY OF THE
MURDER OF Or. CRONiN.
THE JURY OUT JUST EIGHT HOURS.
The verdict Received in the court Room
hy shouts of Delight Affecting Meet
ing Bctwccn the Defendant and
His wife The Prosecution
Greatly Surprised ThctrO.
niu Case ENDED at Last.

CmcAGo, March o. The happicst
man ON earth at G:35 o'clock last night
was Daniel Coughlin When the clerk
read ont the words: "Wc. the jury.
find the defendant. Daniel Coughiin.
not guilty. "a warm flush went over
his face. which before had been OF
deadly white. lie half rose i'm his
chair and was the ncNt inetan pushed
back by Attorney David, The law
partner of Mr. Douuhoe. who has so
stoutlv defended him throughout the
long trial. Then IL was push that
almost pushed the happy man of his
feet. Newspaper men old-timc friends
of the prisoner before his troubles,
came upon him in q body and nearly
wrung his hand OIL Its all right.
boys. all right" gasped Coughlin. as
he reached for three or four hands at
once. Its all right boys. won't
forget Won. You treated me all right
Then the prisoner worked his way
IN To the jury box and shook hands
with as many of the men as be could
reach. but the crowd was too much
for him. and yelling md cheering to-
show its delight. IL pushed HIM away
from the boz. lie gave mp the effort
TO greet the men who have given lnm
freedom. and i'm company with the
bniliHs started to leave the room,
passing behind Judge TuthilIS chair.
just as he was directly behind the
Judge. cry of Make way there;
open up passage: make way was
heard and two stalwart Ia .llhs
pushed through the crowd and close
behind them, her hat awry. her veil
half up, and gasping with sobs That
chokcd her, came Mrs. Coughlin. Dan
was striding to liberty as though he
wore seven-league boots.
Dan. come back. here's your wife. "
called fifty voices. and Coughlin rS-
traced his steps. Just at the foot of
the little hight of stairs leading up
To the Judges rootrum he met ms
wife. The woman gave an iucOhcrent
cry. her arms went up, fastened them
selves around her husbands neck. and
then She gave way utterly. she only
said Dan. q. Dan. but nowhere. not
even in Dan Coughln's heart was
there such JOY as i'm the bosom of the
little woman who was claSped tight
apainst her husbands heart and felt
him hers again. Coughlin bent 'his
bic blonde head until his mou~tlche
swept her cheek, and then the two
rocked to and fro until the woman
was able to stinc her emotion and
then She was lead away by tou~hlin's
father. who was happy enough toI
dance a JIG.
Attorney Donald Donahue, who had.
with eN-Judgc Wing, defended the
prisoner. was the recipient of shower
Of CONGRATULATIONS from friends and
fellow attorneys. 1t is just as eN-
pected. he said.
Neither Assistant Prosecuting At
torney Bottum nor Associate Prosccu-
tor Seaman would express an opinion
"a to the verdict. 1t was a surprise
they both asserted, but further than
that they declined to talk to inter-
viewers. The jurors refused to talk
with reporters.
The jury was out just eight hours.
The verdict was not expected 50 soon,
and created great surprise. a, "a dis
agreement was almost believed to be
certain.