The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-05-04
SHE'S INNOCENT.
The Jury Declares Mrs. George Not
Guilty Of George SaxtOn's Murder.
Mrs George Took Each Juryman by the
Hand and Thanked Him-She Then
Received the Hearty Congrat-
ulations of the Crowd.

CANTON, O., April 29.-At 10.27 a. m.
Friday the jury in the case of Mrs.
Anna George, on trial for the murder
Of George ID. Saxton, fled into court
and announced their verdict, which
was mot guilty"
Before the verdict was read the
court cautioned the audience that
there must be no demonstration. In
spite of that there were loud cheers as
the clerk read the verdict of mot
guilty"
A score of women rushed to Mrs
George and shook her hand. Congrat7
ulations were also extended to her at.
torneys She worked her way to the
jury box, took each juryman by the
hand and gave them a word and nod
of thanks. Then the court said she
was discharged, and released the jury.
Mrs. George remained in the court
room for some time after the verdict
was announced, acknowledging the
congratulations of her friends. She
then went to the Hotel Conrad. a
block from the court house, in company
with Mr.. and Mrs. McElhenry, her
cousins, who have been with her dur
ing much of the hearing and at 12:45
was eating dinner with them at the
hotel. The jury was out just 23 hours
and 45 minutes and during that time
90 ballots were cast.
The interval between these ballots
was spent in reviewing the case and
discussing its various phases. After
the jury reported, it was said that the
first or preliminary ballot was taken
at 1890 o'clock Thursday afternoon. or
half hour after they had been clos
eted in the jury room. This ballot
showed four jurymen favoring a ver-
dict of guilty of murder in the first
degree and eight jurymeA for YER
dict of mot guilty" or acquittal.
AS the story goes. the second
ballot was taken at 2 p. M,
and resulted the same. This was
also the result of the third
ballot, taken As minutes later at S:l5
o'clock. The fourth ballot was taken
and the result is said to have been two
for guilty in the first degree and seven
not guilty, one for second degree and
two for manslaughter. At D. m.
Thursday the fifth ballot was taken
with eight for not guilty and four for
manslaughter. This was the result Of
all the succeeding ballots up to the
fourteenth ballot at o'clock Friday
morning. The fifteenth ballot was
taken at 4:50 o'clock Friday morning,
resulting in nine for not guilty and
three for manslaughter. The sixteenth
ballot was not taken until 6:15 o'clock
Friday morning when the vote showed
eight for not guilty, three for man.
slaughter and one for assault and bat.
terry. At s:45 Friday morning the nth
ballot was taken by the jury, return
ing to the eight for not guilty and
four for mauslaughter. Forty minutes
later the 18th ballot was taken show.
ing ten of the jurymen for not guilty
and two for manslaughter. The 10th
ballot was taken at $50 a. m., resulting
in nine for not guilty and three for man.
slaughter. At 10 a. M, the Goth ballot
was taken. showing II for not guilty
and one for first degree murder.
The same result was obtained in the
2lst ballot. The 22d and last ballot
was taken at lO:22 o'clock, with unan.
imous vote of the l2 men being that of
mot guilty"
A number of women friends and &C.
quaintances called on Mrs. George in
the parlor of the Conrad hotel, and a
number of travelling men introduced
themselves and offered their congrat-
ulations. Juryman Miller was one of
the callers, and to him Mrs. George ex.
pressed her warmest thanks, saying
she had known him as her staunch
friend from the first.
A number of congratulatory tele.
grams were delivered to her. To re-
porter she said she would go to her old
home in Hanoverton Saturday and
visit her mother, Mrs. Lucinda Ehr-
heart, for few days. Then she would
return to Canton to gather up.her be-
longings and arrange for the future.
AS to the future she said she had no
definite plans as yet. She has been in
vited to go to the seaside for an ex-
tended vacation during the summer,
and she said she would probably 40.
cept the invitation.
To BE Concentrated 1T the Preside.