Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-11-06
jury Founda Unanimous Verdict
With ! Death Peaalsy
The Crowd in The conrfroom chaefed
wydIy ~ ahe Announcement. hmt
nmrrMnf Waa calws

tha Emanuel Baptist church EuudAy
school. wan fasgny convicted aE the AaAaf
der 81 Blanche lamont. tor wtiek ~
has been on trial ainee July e la4<= The
Jury was ouk ~ minutes ana arrived A.
me verdict 90 the fsrat ballet. All aisHxe
WAS no recommendation ok mercy the
punishment was fixed 81 death,
The scane Ia the court rcnm wh@n tha
verdict was announced VIII n@*Ax ~
forgotten hS those who were pfesent
Judge Murphy finished his cAaKE1 at
$50 ard tha jury as onee raktx@as Ais
though there was supposed 20 he HftSH
prospect Of a verdict being rekufnaa
before o'clock IN the egeniug. AA1
thrunH az spectators who haa raEAA@aukM
IN the ogofcEowded court r1uln an the
afternoon 70 hear tna judges charge.
settled themselves back in their HRMts
20 await the reeuru cf fha 1urx, MKA
Dnrfant and the pfirpnek sal4ea ANA
| laughed together as X an aea4itlaz NN4
a forewone conclusion. They wAfn iainr
"a ~ half Dozen friends Amd fpe epn
veraation was becoming aUtninte8 HDfu
Il became whispered about tt1t tse
4 Jury had agreed upon verdict ~ AM
/ Instant q hush fail upon tie httfN NzYNiH
/ that had gathered around the prleVNeF.
/ Durrantn face. always pale. asauEaea
mhamtly hue ana haA mother wMa &pa@et
less. Then the big doors a. tlsA renF
0f the room opened and the memhexu
Of the jury fled II and tooh their saa&3
ln the box
IN the Intense excitemenk tiHk fQAs
lowed the room. although Il Was nEe0
to ita utmost capacity, wan aAmesk -
quiet aa Il II had neen vacamf #u&Ea
Murphy. who had retired 70 hts cham
hern. was summoned and kooK his Nlace
upon the bench. Clerk Morris asked mo
usual question na IA whether EAa JHiKw
had agreed upon . verdict. KaFeman
warren Dntton arose and replea q ne
Affirmative.
.swe. the jury. aaia he. ~fsnA she
defendant. Henry Theoanre pa1ffani.
!, guilty o. murder n the nrAt oeNxef.
An kha aged foreman. mml& mMa kENgaM
o bling. read the yVOrdH tnat nxsN Drrz
rants fate, a low runbllng nosse AiEe
\ the roar 81 a mob. arose krom - Feaf
q of the euurt ropxn. The nNx3 eNk
g men ware cheering wildly white pftNN
y wept hystericallx iu eaettcuen& TIE
Q bailif raped loudly tot nrdeHs Bat kn@
N turnult continued fDr "A mlnMsA Before
e anything like eniek could We Brought
{ out of the disorder Then District AT
4 tprney Barnes aroEa and nAkaa kh#3
Y n day ba aek upon which tlls apMsaNNe ~
i death should ne passed upon tha pfies
HHIIs NMAz4E l4tNEEt4t" E" WA tIINt A4t
h would be- passed uaxs kH1aAN 0hon
y which dav liz would nlsp aet sAH aay kaN
: tie trial 81 Dur7sas On tie Charge M
e numbering AEiunla WisfsaFpa
= During Che tumuit ktza6 1niAnMA& kAs
\ announcement of the verdict N3Hal
= and his n8fhef Were l0sk eight IS xeel
a by the few who sat nearest 20 4AeM. AZ
!. the last words OF the vArAilet sAEa kAz
I. tered Durrsnt made Z epaafna3ip r.
. fort tc arise to niB feet but oeEpse 8.
n could do 80. his usptheEs wkth AMs
airh, half moan threw heH aHAxI
around his nech and sank haeA inA
her chair. HIS mothers Erief seoNnel
70 make DurrAnf forget hia HNn neNz
3 dion. and for the next 4aw nztnHtrN Y
sat with hia arms around hnT neeiE, NJ
Of ing 10 soothe her. the long efkata s
" the trial. however, had completely aAAA
he tered her aelf-contFnl, ard II WA HuaA
e. time before Afrs- Dufeant ceul4 ie4x
be the court room. DnrFaata fH*HeT va
t'e not La tAm court room when sAe v@Nas
". Aas returned. A SOON a. tNe 4uxT N
a's iired he went cut into she corridor IS
m believing that the jury wpHa8 xeAak
tn f0r several ioness nma he MrAk iaMx
BE. that his son haa BEEN convicted wsse
BE a cheer went uo from khn cseNa iu 6
a1 building ~ the news apfeaa.
na Durrnnk recovered lis pia km@ czu
80 pusure IS soen ~ Ne asft hss mQaHe
IRE and prepared = ratuFn 10 the zalt Wi
a. his overenat swung caxaleN&ks a1@r i
ed. arm he walked laisuraay Gut III u
he room. twlriing his slight maslanne Va
ON apparently as Ht4le eeuQofn - s.
Ut wern merely a spectator of fnMtaaA
or me principal figure an the stAE
Al. scene
red Aside from khe spectators. 1lr& s.
bio. Blanche Lam0nka anns ard ml
Lamont the dead glrI1H si3eax WefH 4
hD parent1y the nappiezs psraona u s
a., room. when the verd1ct WAS anneaz
"a Maud lamont apFmAs frum HNg
eiappe6 her hands and then e3se1 E1
sheer excitement AkKs. Nee.s nss
~ SMILES with tears, and shook neAf1A
an 4 number or friends whe xNwN
~, around 10 congratulate her.
~ As SOON as DnrraHk left kAs tn
'si she crowd sagaed nuk "a tNs
gathered nr0uSa fne aopF 0us Nf @'
the prisoner usually c4nte s Hr
~ prison van Tearing that Hafa&
fAN sencn Aalshf III 0lK@fmA tAl@ N#N
was sakan cut ar another AfSF
-nx driven BY 5 etfeulsaas kee 81
county lali.
4 NJ The verdict fell m5sh all
pugrans and hls tausslg ha AaH va
thiy "a al fhelr hepta 1esz
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