Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-15

keener brain and Drawer heart. and on the
car will go in grandeur, ana in glory ana
Describing the scene at the close of Mr.
Wallaces address, The journal account
says:
AT the conclusion of Mr.. waIlace.s ar
sument, the jury retired and vi thin nlteen
minutes returned with a verdict OF sullty,
liking the punishment at twenty. hNe years
Tss for His eoun st Se
verdict with a complaisant look, not m m
| dicating in the slightest degree nat ne
realized that he was to be shut on from
the world for the remainder of ht 5, life:
he was at once returned to the "a Il. 10
CV until nh9 e train sn5 to
the packed courtroom as the verdict was
pronounced, but there was no other de m.
possibility that new trial wiz be granted.
the evidence of his guilt being SO con-
| elusive that no mere technicality could
Tucker Basham, who was pardoned from
a ten years sentence in the penitentiary
TO testify In this case, has been kept in
there now. There is 4 report tha[ he Will
be tried upon other indictments and re-
| able that this will be done, and there is
| general feeling that 1t should not be done.
Mrs. Basham, who has been kept at one
| home, or to her friends. II was the in
| tention Of the marshal 10 return Ryan to
| the Jail at Kansas City by the narrow
| evening train of the Chicago & Alton in
stead.
About 9 o'clock in the evening Mr.. Payne,
editor of the Sentinel. stepped to the rear
| door of the telegraph office and saw
rocket go, up east of Independence. per
| haps mile two distant, and in few
| moments another about the same distance
| to the southeast. 1t was not known what
IT Indicated. but in the uneasy. feeling pre-
I'Valllng IL was supposed to be the signal
| among the friends of Ryan. and that per-
| haps an attempt was intended for the res
81 aey he a any
| movement for that purpose would have
been useless: This created some alarm
however, which was increased when ten
minutes later third rocket was seen east
of town. Mr.. Sothern. one of the attor-
neys for the prosecution. lives about two
miles east OF Independence and IT was
feared that an attack would be made on
his house. and that these rockets were the
9f the want a - papy
] but found everything quiet there. Two OF
them remained with him, however. TO rem
| der him assistance IL an attack should be
made during the night
| The opening paragraph in description OF
the famous address was:
| prosecuting Attorney Wallace made an
argument Of nearly three hours length
which was listened to with the closest at at
n ss to 5ne Sad ggked ed
the conviction of Ryan because there was a
popular clamor for it. denying that such
but that it was the statement of the de.
fense, and as such he repeated it and called
upon the jury to bear IT in mind. 1t was
an attorney. for Ryan who said that the
popular feeling was all against the pris-
manding verdict of guilty whether sus-
| tanned by the evidence or not. He said
This trial is the most important ever held
In Jackson county. or the e,. state Of Il Mis- LIS
between law and order on one hand and a
gang of murderers and train robbers on
the other. The people,. in effect. say here
today. oh. Cataline. how long. wilt thou
pie are saying to the train robbers and out
laws, who drink blood as did the midnight
assassins of ancient times, How long will
| you continue to abuse our patience."'
Referring to the pardon of Basham, he
said: The question is asked. why did the
state pardon Basham-a bird in the hand is
worth two in the bush He said they mis-
| take the theory of the state; they misap-
prehend the feeling of the people of Jack
son county. 1t is not the purpose or the
wish of the people simply to fill the peni-
tentiary. and they say, See how many rob
| bers we have behind our prison bars but
it is their purpose to break up this out
lawry-these train robberies that are roll
ing up mountains of infamy upon the fair
name of our state.