The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-28

Remaining -Four Are Said to Be
Holding Out for Nothing More
Than Manslaughter = Charge as
Delivered by the Judge to the
Jury-Great Interest, Taken Is In.
Outcome of the Famous Case.
CANTON, O., April 27.-The jury which
will decide the fate of Mrs. George was
charged and retired this afternoon. At
1 o'clock this morning no verdict had
been returned.
At no time after the jury went out was
the court room deserted. The nearest ap-
proach was about 6 o'clock, when the
judge went to dinner and an evening
meal was ordered to the jury room. The
spectators, many Of whom had been In
attendance all day long. filed out. Their
places were promptly taken by others.
who came to stay out the evening.
Judge Taylor went to the hotel just
across the street, leaving Instructions
ness to be called up at midnight and
would come to the court room to receive
a verdict at any time during the night or
. early in the morning that the jury was
ready to report. Meanwhile Mrs. George
was in her cell in the Jail, also awaiting,
and ready to come into the court room
and hear her fate. Relatives and friends
remained with her, and her appearance
and manner indicated hope.
Shortly after II o'clock Judge Taylor
left the court room and retired to the
hotel across the street. The attorneys
III the case left shortly afterwards.
The most persistent report at midnight
was that the jury stands eight for ac-
quittal and four for manslaughter. The
feeling now is that no verdict will be re-
ported before morning.
The delivery of Judge Taylor's charge
to the jury occupied thirty-five minutes.
The points in. the charge bearing special
ly on this case, and aside from the usual
form were as follows:
CHARGE TO JURY.
That Mrs George has been suspected
and charged with the .perpetration of
crime does not tend In any degree to
show her guilt or remove from her this
presumption of innocence which the law
casts about her.
she did in fact kill said Saxton, as in the
indictment set out here, the is no justifi-
cation or excuse or defense, but such
mitigating. conditions are to be consid-
cred for the purpose; of enabling you to
determine whether .of not said homicide
was committed with deliberation and
premeditation. The alleged wrongs and
misfortunes of the defendant, or the fail
ure of the deceased to keep any of his
alleged promises, or both of these to-
gether would furnishsno justification for
taking his life Neither did the defendant
have any right to take the law into her her
may have suffered, or which she claims
to have suffered. What threats, if any
ture and character, the circumstances
under which they were made, If any at
all. and the weight to be given to them.
are all matters for you to determine in
the light of the evidence and circum-
stances In the case.
The fact that the defendant was not
called as witness in her own behalf
is not to be considered by you as any
evidence or even circumstance against
an alibi is no admission of the crime
charged, nor does her failure to prove
an alibi, if she has. failed to prove it,
necessarily infer any presumption that
she was present at sthe time and place
when and where the crime Is alleged to
have been committed