The age-herald., 1899-03-12
And the Penalty Was Fixed at
 Death, JURY WAS OUT ONE HOUR Closing Scenes of the Trial Char acterized by Able Arguments. TESTIMONY OF THE MURDERER Swore That the Deputy Sheriff Opened the Door of His Room and Fired
 First Shot-He Only Fir
 ed Twice.

- \ We, the jury. find the defendant : guilty of murder in the first degree as . charged in the indictment and say that he shall suffer the penalty of : death. J. L. BRAKE, |" "Foreman." |" | At 11:45 o'clock last night, after having remained out just one hour and five min utes the jury in the case of Will Golson on trial for the murder of Chief Deputy Sheriff Robert Warnock, returned the above verdict.
 There were comparatively few people in the court when the verdict was rendered on account of the lateness of the hour, al- though number of the spectators had remained in the hopes that the jury which retired at 10:40 o'clock would not be long in reaching an agreement
 AS the jury filed into court the prisoner looked up, but gave no evidence of excite ment, and when the fatal words were read the expression on his face scarcely changed. MT. Montgomery asked that the jury be polled which was done, each member an- swering yes to the question:: ''Is this
 AN~N0~-ON-' your verdict.'
 The closing scenes of the trial which has much attention were without special incl dent, except the able arguments of the attorneys for and against the prisoner at the bar
 Witnesses for the Defense
 Court was called to order promptly at o'clock yesterday morning, and the de- fenSe introduced nesses to contradict the testimony of the states witnesses which went to make up the states case. The most important of these witnesses was Susie Miller, a yellow woman who resides in Third avenue be- tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, and who claims to have been an eye witness to the closing scenes of the terrible tragedy in which brave Bob Warnock met an un- timely death. The witness was interrogat- ed by Mr Montgomery for the defense and her testimony was in substance as folows
 I live on Third avenue, the back of the place extending to Third alley, near Col sons house. On the day of the shooting I was at the table in the back room when the first shot was fired. I went Co the back window, from which I could see Col sons door and piazza, and I saw white man standing in front of the door, which was about two-thirds open. I did not see pistol, but could see the smoke, which was going into the door, not coming out. I saw MT. Warnock fall He first went to one knee, and then fell to the ground. When MT. Warnock fell another white man was on the piazza with him. The second man was standing by the post at the cor ner of the piazza just behind MT. Warnock. After MT. Warnock fell Golson ran out of the door, jumped down the steps and ran up the alley. I watched Golson when he came out of the door, and did not see what became of the white man who was standing back of MT. Warnock. Later l saw white man put his arm over the fence behind the closet and fire up the alley at GolsoI.- l did not hear another shot. Golson had then gotten out of sight Golson did not turn and shoot MT. Warnock when fe came out of the door,"
 MT Morrow, for the prosecution, sought to shake the witness testimony, but she stuck to her story and made consistent answers to the well put questions of the able prosecutor. remaining cool and col lected throughout her examination
 Emma Keys stand
 Emma Keys, negro woman, was intro- duced to shake the testimony of the little negro girl, Mary Olivia Hunt, who testified on Friday afternoon that she was in Col sons house at the time the shooting took place, and that Golson fired the first shot. The witness testified that Mary Olivia had told her that she had been made to swear lie before the grand jury. This state ment she swore was made at the home of Golson's wife on the Southside.
 On cross-examination, the witness made insoent replies to the questions of the prosecuting attorney, who brought out the fact that the witness lived with Golsons wife and was interested in the trial to that extent.
 The defense introduced Chief of Police T. c. Mcdonald, Eli Miller and Robert Middleton, to bring out facts which were thought to be material and also examined Belle Sanders. negro woman, who lived in Third alley, near the scene of the shoot ing, who claimed to have seen nothing of Miss Willie Leach. who swore she was in the alley when the last shot was fired. At 12 o'clock a recess was taken until o'clock. when Connie w. Austin, constable for beat No. 37. was called to the stand, and testified that the three bullet holes in the door of the Golson house, in his opin- lon, were fired from the outside. The glance shot near the left side of the door, he stated. was fired from the inside. During MT. Austins examination he took out his pistol and unloaced 1t to explain the condl- ton of bullet fired through the muZze. and, no doubt mindful of the old adage that a gun was dangerous without lock, stock or barrel, the court instructed the witness not to point the weapon in the di- rection of the bench, while the attorneys were equally as mindful of their own safe ty, which caused a riralc of laughter in the court room, in which e prisoner joined. Lille Boone, the 10-ycar-old step-daugh- ter of the defendant. who was in the room when the shooting occurred, was the next witness. She was carefully examined as to the meaning of an oath. which she explain ed satisfactorily. Her testimony was as follows:
 q am 10 years old I go to school. My teachers name Is Miss Lowe. My name is Lillie Bell Boone. I live on Avenue D.