The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-18

wednesday, afref having wandered for
two sights and nearly two fun days
.hrcssve she worp6s. without shelter or
parties Of Food. thai Moody finally male
his appearance ~ Case 4 HaiSnx's &aln-
gss msI. a few mines ro-rh an1 east
rron Esnsa. where. IN 4 dAzsd ard p.tta-
BE condition from hunger and exposure.
he was taken xsrhour resistance az ths
muxx5e OF IN unnecessary shotgun Tn ses
hands Of q young sGi1gie weaver named
Ray Smith Mrs John Finley. Charlie
Mcdonald, Hank Jung and Frank Rob
iasc1 al assisted In the capture and
were considered so nearly equally inssrs-
mental In I. that rhe $50 reward was
equally csvtdec among ste Eve, intending
SEnsth
From, the Case q HuIlns mHl Moody was
taken In wagon TO E1na. where he was
turned over 10 the town marshal. Alex
Jolly. who handcu.es and shacksed htra
and started with his prisoner for the coun-
~ jan az Montesano. Al Satsop Marshal
jelly was met by Deputy Shsrsns Duncan
Campbell. and John Ge.szier, who had been
apprtset Of the capture and had started
with buggy 10 bring the p-ssoner 70 Mon
iesano- Moody was accordingly turned
over TO the deputies and taken At once 10
the steel cell In the county jail. which has
since been MS abiding place
For several days after the assault strong
hopes were entertained OF Mrs. Buna's re-
cove-y. On Saturday. August ]. Moody
was taken before Justice OF the peace al
Monteszno. on complaint OF H J. Bum.
and was held under s.. 90 bonds for trial
in the superior court On the charge OF as
saalt with a deadly weapon with intent
TO kill In default OF this bail the prisoner
was again committed to tail.
On Sunday. August .. Mrs BUM died.
leaving dying statement charging Moody
with her murder. A poer-mortem exAral-
nation showed that the knife had entered
the left breast OF the unfortunate woman.
passing through the second intercostai
space tbefween the second and third ribsl
and seyersng the internal mammary
artery and one Of the accompanying veins
The other vein accompanying the artery
was also injured by the knife. so that IL
was finally ruptured from the strain put
upon II by the extra duty I; was compelled
20 perform. and the resulting hemorrhags
was the direct cause Of death
The death of the woman put . new as
pect on the case against Moody. and On
August II he was again taken before .
justice of the peace on complaint OF II. ].
Bum. this tine charged with murder. and
held without bail for trial In the superior
court.
Judge Irwin called q special term Of his
court TO convene on Tuesday. October .. to
try the case. When court convened pursu-
ant TO this call. considerable difficulty was
experienced N securing a jury. several
panels having been exhausted. seventy
two Jurors examined as TO their fitness,
and nearly three days time occupied be-
fore u men satisfactory TO both sides had
been found These were as follows. s. b.
Linn, OF Aberdeen: s. s. Davis. w. L.
Smith. l. H. Chambers. Andrew Bruce
and @. p. Reuter-. of Hoquiani; Dan Now
- So
lips, & EInngson. Of New London. john
Grass. from the upper Wynoochle; Henry
Kalb. Of Chenois creek. and A. A. Dahl,
from east OF Oakville-
The state was represented by Prosecut-
ing Attorney J. ID. Bridges. Of this coun-
~. ably assisted by W. J. Agnew. of OIyn-
pia. and the defense was conducted by
George u. Schofleld. of Monresano.
The case was hard-fought and closely
contested one from the start. Attorney
SchoheId gave his client a splendid de-
Tense, his hnal argument before the jury
being generally pronounced the finest plea
ever presented In this county; but he was
ably met BY the states counsel on every
point
of Thursday. October s, all OF Friday, Sat
urday. Monday and Tuesday. Evidence
was ali In at $50 Monday afternoon. and
from Il the statement Of the facts in the
case as given in this article were care
fully and impartiaily condensed. At p.
m. Monday. Attorney Agnew made the
opening argument for the state. In a
scathing speech OF half an hour in length.
Tuesday morning was occupied by Mr..
Scho.ieid In addressing the Jury for the de-
Tense. and Prosecuting Attorney Bridges
took nearly two hours OF the afternoon in
closing for the state. Judge Irwin In
structed the Jury Complementary and i'm
partially. and ar i:3o the jury went out.
In the jury room s. 5. Davis was elected
foreman. and no time was lost In taking
ballot, six ballots being taken altogether
The first banot was as 90 whether Moody
was sane at the time OF committing the
deed. and as TO whether or no, ne was
guilty OF murder, the result being L
votes in the Affirmative on both !nterro-
cations. The Eve succeeding ballots were
as 20 the degree OF the murder, and the
first Of these gave 8 for first degree and s
for second degree Three more ballots
were taken without verdict being
reached, the last OF these being IL to 1
for the first degree. when the jury called
for further Instruction on the proper def
milton Of prerneiisation.
Court was reconvened. this FMS tr1c.ton
given and the Jury returned to its room
Then the sixth and final ballot was taken
and showed Il Tor murder In the first de-
gree, the jury delivering This verdict after
| having been our JUS; four hours.
Moody took the versAcs very calmly, and
his attorney az once gave notice Of a mo-