Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-11-21
| Edward Trout Guilty Of Murder
in Second Degree.
me verdict Occasions General Sur.
prise In this City.
xa,,o,e ray be Anywhere from Three
Years TO Lie.
AN LIPLpIrioUs TRIAl.


Nv. cue was enactSl III the county
nur louse When the jury, that Tor u ~,l
hur'k has Sat upon the ca-e " Edward
/ frui ,harged with murder. ilcd intu
| ths {, ut room H. announce their verdict
Judge collier aud lrrk Marion hal i-- u
3ealr,i truin their homes and IN that weird
bur '-twrrn night aud ia, dawn the
alr'U word, were read We, the jury.
/ tnd o." prisoner guilty u murder IN the
Sr,,n drgrce."
ia, verdict Il one which la, the p,CG
la attribute ot pleasing bolh sides in
Ar r,s'.
H., prosecution comes from the trial
slil, the con-ciou.ne-- II having made
Ca. % strong IN circum-tantiAl pruoi
hat ,hr jury could not render verdict
u ar, initial aud the fact that the mrrest
adventure II n doubt remained. nr.
tflu. them from returning vet
/ tlc' Which would -eud the Accu-.si inAn
y b,'. halter, argues nothing against the
,ucc. -- Ot the Prosecution Ia making out
| D, ra- On the other hand the case
"a TO strong aud, although entirely c.r.
| ,uul- -lAnllal, titt,si together part tO part
viii -uch uniform consistency, that the
talpu-, might reasonably expect the ex.
usmr penalty And Ia have the promise NJ
utr' l"d lie open up after looking the
4 sAfs,r prospect IN the face for days, VIVA
vel calculated tO bring 10 the accused u
Nj, II relief.
o.. ease was most ably Arguti un both
sd Ntnrney Nycnff took the tOor At
3url lck yesterday afternoon Aud finished
Al clock last night and those who
: ll.l'I"i to the effort pronounce II one u
! ihr uu-t fnrc"iul aud effective appeals
~ made 10 u jury IN this court. After
aumHg up In detail the evidence In re-
lu, al the attorney rallsd upon his fund
G "luluence and made an appeal " the
juf on behalf of the distant sister Of the
M a,ri man. Tie said IN part 'Gentle-
mel while this man sits here awaiting
,our verdict which means 10 him life Ur
des let me beg Of you ~ remember his
"a h''''iai sister III Tar "H eastern r'ly
sh' Irrhaps al TINS moment "I' hei'hM
imr IL pleading with the Almighty for
b. irliyeranre. viii you answer her
fa'"t' lhe 'hrct ot th'H passage upon
'hr nr"fs waS marked one tai"-'lai' De-
lux Unable I" control the eIceH- o' emo
ho' "nd all being 'lSih an"ct"''
dge Adams closed Tor the pro-ecu
IL. making telling speech IN the final
summing np of the points "t evidence.
J"dge collier then instructed the lur,
'hS the law and evidence warranted
'hr,n III returning verdict OF murder III
ur Nr-t SECOND or third degree. u theli
'.f'iri should be either the second oI
u' y l"gre-, they might alS0 recommend
mr itls"ner to the mercy 0i the court.
"" Jury retired AT ll:so O'Clock and
Wei" "nt until nearly "'clrk, ~ before
'tAiei After III" reading ot the vrrdic
all I"lllng of the jury, n they were pa''
lhg rom tho bar OF the court, the d''end
mi trout met each man aud H'"ok hiil
"llall, by the hand. every action an
"i i"~-ion indicating The great rellei IN
"r'Irt had afforded him.
Ih'~ morning u representative OF IHI
u y called upon the convicted maj
a. 'l'" county jail and asked him II b
Dr. rcd 'o say anything 10 The pubic ~
saI mig his trial and the verdict.
A'lrr dropping his head Tor m"nieii
IN 'h"ughi, Trout said, In substance g
SI know that ] care TO say anythih
F''nl | appreciate the fact that III
e"'' appeared m strong one agains
NE and realize that am fortunate
~ 'llo~~i to live. Win HE stiii n
naming ! may some day b~ allie !" prov
nv lhnrence OF the crime when
e''n'g"d against me, Tor do declare ina
am ~ innocent IA new "rn chit
f"I my attorneys, Mr.. "yekon ANA III
ThN have labored most faithfully N m
b-nlf, and | feel grateful 10 them. Ft
The !ury have no word of censure.
believe they rendered u verdict that II 1
lsnlrut a. they could have given In Ii
lislt u the case that was made out"
lnE CITIZEN Ii constrained tO moi
Again the celerity with which this mo
inr"rtani case 0f the term has been di
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