The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-26

| crowd that filled tho courtroom. The
! prisoners appeared 20 be entirely un-
moved by the result which brought sor-
row into the heart OF Mrs. Moon the
mother Of the convicted boy.
When the doors Of the courtroom werc
( thrown open Yesterday large crowd
Of eager spectators rushed inside. and
within few minutes ail the available
space outside OF tho railing was filled.
SITTING BY HER son.
The prisoners were brought in prompt
y and looked as uucOncerno1 as eFcr
and took their seats near tuclr counsel.
Mrs. Moon. the mother Of Charles Fou-
shee, one Of the prisoners. for the first
time took her seat alongside OK her son,
who, however, never looked at her. she
wore Veil, and wept bitterly during the
proceedings.
Mr.. Sands, IN opening his argument.
spoke of the great responsibility resting
upon him in this case. which might lead
TO having az least one Of the prisoners
swinging from the gai.Ows. When Dee ut-
tered these remarks. the poor mother s0b-
bed loudly. Mr. Sands made very cX-
haustive argument for his side. discussing
in detail. first. the hereditary evidence
presented by the defence. and then going
into a description OF the actions Of the
boy himself since early childhood. lie
wound up with an explanation ot the ln-
structiOns given by the court Mr. sands
closed with an earnest appeal TO the jury
for justice. and in quoting Shakespeare,
said that 10 was crime most foul and un-
natural
IN THE HANDS OF THE JURY.
1t was 1920 p. NJ when Mr. Sands closed
his eloquent argument. and the jury al
once retired 10 tneir room.
il was I.U, yesteruay afternoon When
there was a knock at the door from inside
Of the jury room, indicating that the jury
was ready 10 appear IN court Judge
Mickham was at once notlueu ana feaLin-
cd his seat few moments later. IAe
courtroom was stIll crowded 10 its utmost
capacity and Mrs. Noon continued 20
weep. The least concerned persons, WA4ie
the jury was out apparently were lAe
TWO prisoners. some one from the al-
dience supplied them with cigarettes ana
they enjoyed their smoke Immensely.
" men l4c yuIy u4ru lut0 t-r eoAi Groom
the utmost silence prevailed, and every
one was awaiting the declaration that
was 10 come from the lips Of the fore
man.
Have you aereed upon verdict gem
tiomen Of the jury" qlerricd Clerk Nad-
Jill.
I'VE have" replied Foreman w. $.
Lcake, turning over the Indictment on
the back Of which the verdict Was writ
ten. TO Sheriff Solomon, who Ia turn hand
ed IL 10 Mr.. Maddll.
In low and dlgnihed tone the clerk
then read the following.
TEN YEARS.
we. the jury. nnd Charles Foushee
guilty of murder IN the second degree and
fix his punishment az imprisonment in
the pcnitenuary for not more than ten
years. We nnd Frank Jordan not guilty.
When this announcement was made the
deep silence suu continued. The two
prisoners never moved a muscle in their
faces. while Mrs. Moon kept on weeping.
Mr. PAGE then arose and in addressing
the court made the usual motion 20 set
aside the verdict as contrary 20 the law
and evidence lie said he considered
that counsel Tor the prisoners had done
their duty, which was acknowledged by
the court. lie did not think. however,
that they would have done their full duty
until they had moved 10 set aside the Ner-
dict. This motion was not made in any
frivolous way but only on the ground OF
the serious conviction. lie therefore
made this motion and II the court de-
cided 20 hear argument he asked that
the time FOR the same De fixed as the
court saw 1T.
Il will decide this matter later said
the court, and the jury was then dis
NAaA AfA
IL was learned afterwards that an the
jurors agreed from the beginning ora muir
der in the second degree. Three Of them.
however. were In favor Of imprisonment
for dfteen years. while the other nine
advocated shorter terms Of six. seven. or
eight years, respectively. Finally. as a I
4 period of ten years was
agreed upon.
In conyersng with counsel for the de-
fence one Of the jurors replied. upon a
question asked MIN. that he thought II (
would have had some weight with the .
jury If some more witnesses had been
produced 10 corroborate the statements i
made by Mrs. Moon and Mr. crabtree.
from North Carolina.
Frank Jordan was al once turned over
70 the authorities in charge or the re-
formatory school. while Charles Foushee
was taken back 20 Jail. where be will be
sent for in a day or two by Major h. ".
Lynn. the superintendent Of the peniten-
tlary.