Omaha daily bee., 1897-12-01

Z % her. The prosecution proceeded 20 re
view he evidence. which be hel5 70 ertab-
/ liEh the run1 Of the accused
PLEA OF TEE STATE.
Mr. Touuu having concluded, Judge Mad
/ COX called nn the jury 10 stand ~. They
compiled. and as they stood Ia their places
Thorn watched them closely. As The 5udre
began his charge Thorn tacs took OF a
slight flush. re faE-ened his eyes OF the
Justice and WIS evidenlv impressed win
The solernu-,v o. the occasion. The judge
! explained the law governing evidence and
defined the difference between murder and
mauElauEhtsr.
I The charge tr the jury occupied thirty eight
mtnuaes IL rs delivery. The jury retired
from the court rom at 2:g5 and recess w0s
ordered uut1 Z u'oci1ck
JURY RETURNS.
A; $40 O'clock Judge Mnddcx rs-en1e-ed
the cuurt room ana raped FOR order. The
I Judge Directed the jurors 70 be brought IN
Al 5.25 Marin Thorn was brought in by
/ Sheriff Duht The prisoner did no, sh-v
any signs Of rr-v1uEnass rs The jurors fled
I in1o the box and answered 10 thsir MINES
AS soun as thls fo-rnality vas over the clerk
Of the court ad dressed the Jurors and said.
'Gertlsnsn Of the jury. have you agreed
. On q vs-tIctT-'
Yes We have answered Foreman
Thomas Morse
Thu-- faced the jurors st-icE--y. hut IL
WIS easily seen that re- was controlling
himself win r-sEt difficulty. BIS luwrs-s
svi5sr-fv were more pe~r1rbed than Thorn
When the jurors stood up the clerk u ths
cnUrr again addressed them and said.
1Hov say you, gentlemen; Is The prisoner
guilty Or not guilty.
There WIS painful silence and the 5u-orc
lacked a. each U-tsr svsde--ly wondering
who should answer. Finally Foreman Morse
spoke II E iol-iaE- usrvuus way and saI1:
We find the prlaonsr. Martin Thorn
Eu-ty Of ths cturEs as pretg-rsd"
Then the clerk rea5 the verdict IRON 1ha
heck uf the paper handed To hin ty tha
foreman
( Lawyer Egws asked that the jury be
POI ed
I AS the name o. sach man was called uut
a-d he was asked rs that your vsrdlc-"-'
/ he answered Yes SIR
TEUaN RESUMES Els CHAIR
I Tnurn al the time was looking stsaEly
/ ar the front rev Of the Jurors. re dropped
into his scat the moment ths roll cal WIS
/ c0uQlz-a5.
District Attorney T0ungs then arose and
moved that day ne SCI Cor sentence.
Mr. Howe was on his fest tuneGIa-aly end
moved Tor new trial on ne ground lha,
the verdict was against me weight Ct svi-
dsnee ad1uced
Judge Aiaz5cx denied ne ug-iun fur z new
trial
NJ. Howe asked ne cCu-t To postpone the
passing Of zeCrEnre Until next Friday. and
I Judge Maddox SET il down for Friday next
! n 20 u'colgk IN The murring. Then the court
! thanked ne jury and discharged H.
+ just the1 Tharu leaned over ind spoke
I'd his lawyers. The judge directed chat
! Tnurn be removed from tns court room.
M Howe aross and addressing the Judge
J said.
II il please you- hau1- w1ul5 Like few
minute eaUvgrEatian WIN ny client right
mere
The request WIS granted and NJ. Howe
sad THANK you, that IS all" and Thcrr
vas taken aw-y s--I bearing himself Is
4 eooly rs ever.
None Of me jurors would tell anything
4 about -neir 5=iI5sr2tlans. ru- II was learned
frcu raIzhl= PERSONS that the first s-z baIlors
stood eleven 10 one f3r couvie-i0l. On the
seventh ballot they al agreed
EE ADMITS Els CULT
When Ma-cln Thorn haz been led back -
his rsu as.er the conviction he el-n.l-ed
that lhe vsrdl-t wzs just and that he and
n3t Mrs. Mack killed GuldsnsUq2e. This ae-
knuwI Iadggusr- Of Eu-I- took place wula
Th2~n cen in the jan WIS being prepared
fJr I'm During tae trial Thorn has been
under The charge Of Police C1rsalu Ms-hver
q Flushing. Captain Me.hveu mad nm IN
der MS wutlhEul eye when 1hH 5al officials
searched lhs cs1 Thorn Is tB occupy for q
day CT rw- While this was being done
Thorn talked WIN the u1-ce captain and
SAID.
%sm GEea II is over and the verdict
given. an cguvir-ad. and en- c7u-scled
i was 7 who killed GuIdsnsuppe. and be-
-ssve every word that Ms. Mack said ur1u
the stand Was substantially correct When
7 wac on -hs scuna I Lied when telling the
E-1ry as did but led tt clear myself il
is no use carrying Il any further ! an
gully and an convicted. Il Is wha- ! ex-
pec-ed eu5 what ] suppose people -h-uk
deserve, and perhHps d1.7
ALLEGED DENIAL
ThA Herald tomorrow VII publish the
taTov ing
Martin Thorn. who Sal n his cell las;
evening snesrtng and dehaut. talked OF The
time when ne was 70 be sent away as though
his execution was merely a ba-5ers' Sunday
Gt-sru1uE Of
] an glad ne said that the jury did
not l1aegree. I would -lshsr have them give
& verdict Of murder II the first degree than
20 have them disagree or give verdict Ii
any other degree I awHure1 either an ac-
gui--AI or verdict in the f-zt degree.
wish 10 deny he continued. THAI ] c1n-
fHsFsd 20 auy1udy tha- Mrs. Marks version
NGE TIE currect one. Everything happened
Just AS ] rald i- The stand. "
Hs showed a uNars Of feeling when MRS
Mack WIS referred 70. II does n1- make
any difference 10 ne hs SAID what lbty
CO Wl-h her. You need Ii: trouble yuursel.
about me trying 10 commit suicide hs con
ruued ! an not going 10 do anything q
save the c0uu1y Or state the expense ol
Glng ne II make The state pay f3- ia
trouble Thar VIVA ! mean"
LUETGERT CHALLENGES JUR0a
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