Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-06-25
DEATH PENALTY
imposed on Alonzo Walling for the
Part He Took
In the AtrocIous Murder of Pearl Bryan Mt
Fit. Thomas, Ky.-The Verdict Easily
Reached, Though IL Was Withheld
for Some Time So as Not to
create Excitement.

NEWPORT, Ky, June Ia-The first argu-
ment before the jury In the walling trial was
made Monday afternoon by Attorney Shcp-
herd for the defense. lie spoke for one hour
ana fifteen minutes and covered only the
principal points In the case and In brtef man
ner There was little attempt by MIR Shepherd
TO present his arguments with much elab-
oratencss or orato-ical effect hut he was
forcible, logical and came to his points In
plain, simple. everyday language. Many pOr-
tons OF the evidence were left out by Mr..
Shepherd, he explained, because Col WASH
ington was better acq uainted with them than
he
NEWPORT, Ky, June l7.-Silas L. Hays, the
Greencastlc attorney, surprised number Of
people Tuesday when he made the first arru-
ment fur the prosecution against AlonZO Wall
ing In the Campbell county circuit court
lie began 10y submitting three propositions
To the jUry-Iirst. who was murdered? Sec
ond, when, where, how and for what purpose
was the murder comm,ttedp Third, by whomi
Mr. HAYS waxcd eloquent as he proceeded
with hi argument. When Mr. Hays referred
to Walling as "a nend in heir Mrs. Mailing,
the prisoners aged mother, and Mrs Charles
Walling, his sister in-iaw, wrought To a hiqh
tension of suppressed emotion and excite
nicnt became hystcrical and wept cOpIOus-
", and had to he escorted from the court
room.
Mr. Hays finished his argument at 3.35 p m f.,
and Col Washington Immediately began his
address in defense of Wnlling
Col Washington was in III health, but his
voice had lost none If its force. his language
mono % its eloqueuce lie began by severe
oral chustiscmeut of Mr.. lays for his utter
disregrr d Of the court instructions, the law
and the evidence and Of his cheap wit ON 50
serious an occasion, when sOlemnity alone
should reign"
NEWPORT, Ky, June S-In the Walling
trial Col Washington took up the entire day
with his argument for the defense. IL was a
brilliant effort ami made without doubt a
marked impression upon the jury. In tho
forenoon he spoke particularly upon the eX-
pert medical testimony, and no great interest
seemed to be manifested by the jurors while
he was upon that subject
During the first half hour OF the afternoon.
the same llstless attention was paid to the
| colonel's argument, but when he touched upon
the testimony of the bellevue wit
neSscs and those others who claimed
to have identified Scott Jackson, WALL
Ing and Pearl Bryan on Thursday
and Friday. and began to cut up and analyze
1t, change took place gradually In the at
tentiOn Of the jurors They strdightened up
In their chairs and as Col Washington pro-
| ceeded To L. Ike the testimony OF Foertmeyer,
Mrs Holmes Foster. Pinkard, Kinney, Dave
| WallngfOrd. Allen johnson and TeSeler to
| pieces, and fling # with biting sarcasm at the
heads OF the counsel for the prosecution, their
attitude was one OF the deepest interest
| The courtroom was crowded during both
sessions. Mrs. Walling sat by her son a
usual, surrounded by her other two sons and
| their wives.
Thursday morning Mr.. Lockhart will begin
| the closing argument Of tho case, ami II will
| go TO the jury sometime Thursday afternoon
| The general impression Wednesday evening
was that the jury in this case will not cont
| TO a decision in such short time as did the
Jackson jury. The probability is, in the gen
sral opinion. that the jury will disagree be-
| tween an acquittal and life sentence. IL
that case the jury may be out all night. per
haDs longer
| NEWPORT. Ky, June 10 The case of Alonzc
| waiting, for the murder OF Pearl Bryan at Fit
| Thomas, Ky, the night of January 81, 1896
vas given into the hands of the jury Thurs
! day morning At four p m they came to !
| decision and were brought into court
After being polled by the clerk. they an
! ,-uncld that they had found Alonzo Wallinl
: -uitty VI murder in the first degree, and thai
! ren3lty would be death.
/ waxing received the announcement OF tn,
4 verdict with tear in his eye. His relative,
tho were with him burst out crying Thei
I rroF- was pitiable to behold.