Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-20
SEVEN TO FIVE.
The MAJORITY RELIEVES Jones
GUILTY.
no " THE BALLOT STOOD ON
BOTH SIDES.
The Jury Discharged att O'clock
Last Evening.

case came into the building, followed
bv "A crowd of people who were curious
TO know the result. 1t was generally
conceded that the jury would disagree
No one could be found after 8 o'cln"'l
in the afternoon OF the day before
who had anv other idea. AS late as
midnight Of the night before the
heated wranglings Of the jury was
heard on the street a it came through |
the open windows Of the upper room. |
The Jury filed in at a quarter past 10.
the Court was called to order, and the
roll was called.
"Gentlemnn Of the jury have you
agreed npon a verdict"
Mr.. Wilcox, the foreman of the jury
rose and handing a paper to the Court
said:
ave have a request to make to the
Court"
The Court read the paper and said
Il understand that Won cannot
agree and request to be discharged. -
He went on to say that the case was
a long and expensive M and he re-
GREETED that the jury could not agree.
Men ought to reason together and if a
man could not give a good reason for
his opinion. it was an acknowledge
ment Of error. The jury had comfort
able quarters and less than a day had
been taken to consider. H" thought
! thoT- hal Iottar 10 hooly 70 tho iIIru
room and reason on the o. 'enco oF
the case. setting outside NJ RS aim.
If there was any fn~"i point the
jury was in doubt Of n" would en-
Tighten them. If it a q question r"
evidence they must settle that. r.
asked them to retire. The jury dled
out. There was nothing to Indicate
how they stood. As the jury fled past
Jones he lifted his eyes with an in
quiring look to Wilcox. the foreman.
but did not look at the others.
The document the jury handed the
Judge read az follows:
Jury Room March 18th.
To the Honorable Judge Of the L.
). District Court:-We the jury desire
to state to the Honorable Court, that
we find it impossible to agree and ask
to be DISCHARGED. Any further con-
sideration OF the case would be an alb
solute waste of time.
GEORGE WILCOX,
Foreman.
II wa arr11pl RI OF DC NVilaov hoI
been elected foreman, it meant that
the Jones element on the jury were in
the majority, as Wilcox has ALWAYS
been regarded as a Jones adherant.
Others took the view that because
Hawley sent the Jury back and said
eff one or two are holding one way
you should have good reasons for do
ing so and perhaps when you talk the
matter over you can reach a verdict"
that he had some intimation possibly
from the paper handed him by the
Foreman as to how the jury stood, and
soon after that parties who overheard
the jury, as they wrangled near the
open windows, gathered that they
stood a majority for conviction.
Jones and his leading attorney
paced up and down street hour after
hour between the depot and post
office, while Dennis and Coffin SEEM
to flock by themselves. Occasionlv
the four would meet and have an
earnest conversation, which at times
seemed to verge into hot contention.
The street thought that the financial
part Of the business was being dis
cussed, but this vas all speculation.
Those who thought in the morning
that the majority was for acquittal,
for some aso changed their views,
having received tips from some
mysterious source, the origin of which
they did not explain. About 4 o'clock
it was supposed hat the jury would
come in and report that they could
not agree. but the Court concluded
they had better eat first and so post
poned the time until after dinner.
At 7 in the evening the u ~ came
into court and asked to he discharged
alleging that agreement YES impossi
BILE They were accordingly dis.
charged.
On the first ballot they stood 6 to G.
but after some argument a held Bly,
cast his vote for guilty making il
stand 7 to 5 for convirtion. 1t never
changed after that. The vote stood
Guilty :-Hamm, Butler Berry, Nor.
ton Ed, Morton Walter, Bly,, McFar-
land.