The record-union., 1899-04-29
Declares Her Not 6uilt Of the Charge Of
Numbering George D. Sa1ton.
Ballots Taken by the
Jury Before a Final Agreement
Was Reached-Mrs. George and
Her Counsel Showered With
Congratulations After the YER
dict Was Rendered.

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mot guilty." delivered to the court at
1915 a. M to-day, which acquitted
Mrs. Anna E. George of the murder of
George D. Saxton, was reached after
trial of twenty-five days of actual ses-
sions of court and after 224 hours of
delibe1 alton in the jury room. 1t set
at liberty the woman who had occupied
cell in Jail for seven months. In less
than one hour after the the verdict had
been announced congratulatory tele-
grams were received by Mrs. George
! from sympathizers in many quarters of
the country. More of them were ad-
dressed to her attorneys and were con-
gratulations on the professional victory.
During the afternoon and this evening
Mrs. George has been constantly en-
gagged at receptions.
| The jury came into the courtroom at
1912 a. M, having agreed upon a YER
dict. Mrs. George had entered the
courtroom at 1875, accompanied by her
sister, Mrs st. Clair and Mrs. Milligan,
a friend.
Before the verdict was read the court
cautioned the audience that there must
be no demonstration. In spite of that
!
read the verdict of not guilty. A score
of women rushed to Mrs. George and
shook her hand. Congratulations were
also extended to her attorneys. She
worked her way to the jury box, took
each juror by the hand, and gave them
a word and a nod of thanks. Then the
court said she was discharged and re-
leased the jury.
| Mrs. George remained in the court
room for some time after the verdict
was announced, receiving the congratu-
lations Of friends. She then went to the
/ Hotel Conrad, in company with Mr.. and
Mrs. McElhenry, her cousins, with
whom she dined. The jury was out just
% hours and 40 minutes, and during
that time twenty-five ballots We're cast.
The interval between these ballots were
spent in reviewing the case and discuss
| ing it's various phases.
! After the jury reported it was said
that the first or preliminary ballot
showed four jurymen favored verdict
of guilty of murder in the first degree
and eight jurymen for a verdict of not
guilty or acquittal. On the fourth bal
lot the result is said to have been two
guilty one for second degree and two
for manslaughter. On subsequent bal
lots no more than five jurors ever voted
for verdict against the defendant.
| At 10 a. m. the twentieth ballot was
| taken, showing eleven for not guilty
and one for first degree murder. The
same result was obtained on the TWEEN
ty-first ballot The twenty-second and
last ballot was taken at 1922 o'clock,
with unanimous vote of not guilty.
number of women friends and ac-
quaintances called on Mrs. George at
the Conrad Hotel, and a number of
travelling men introduced themselves
and offered their congratulations Jury
man Miller was one of the callers, and
to him Mrs. George expressed her
warmest thanks, saying she had known
him as her stanch friend from the first.
A number of congratulatory kilograms
We're delivered to her.
] To a reporter of the Associated Press
she said she would go to her old home
/ in Hanoverton tomorrow and visit her
mother, Mrs. Lucinda Ehrhart, for a
few days. Then she would return to
Canton to gather up her belongings and
future, she said she had no definite
plans as yet. She has been invited to
| go to the seaside for an extended visit
during the summer and she said she
would probably accept the invitation
| Mrs. George continued: 1.-The verdict
was what I had expected from the start
I am very grateful to the court and the
other officials for the consideration they
have shown me-"
All of the kilograms received by Mrs.
George are not mere congratula tons.
| One, it is announced, is from a theatre
cal company in Columbus, Offering her
$500 for weeks engagement with the
company. Another offer is for the same
sum for a lecture in Pittsburg on "Wo-
mans Rights" One of her relatives,
| speaking for her. said both offers had
been declined, as would be all such
propositions.