Evening journal., 1899-01-02
HER HIND WEIKEEIEG
MRS B0TKIN RAVES in HER CELL.
OBSTINATE JURYhnAN SAVES
HElR LIFE.

MRS. B0TKlN RAVES in HER CELL.
OBSTINATE JURYh1AN SAVES
HER LIFE.
San Francisco. Cal, Jan. 2.-Since
the conclusion Of her trial with Its YER
dick OF guilty" anti punishment fixed
at life Imprisonment Mrs. Ccrdelia
Botkin has been ON the verge Of LOSING
her reason.
At times she has been hylterlcal
shrteking, beating the air, soboing,
tearing her hair and behaving like a
mad woman rather than a sane one.
She held up in court marye.Ously, DE
ing supported 10y her pride. Talk
about her fainting was sheer nonsence.
All that she did to lend color TO II
was to lean for few moments on Mrs.
Roberts shoulder and ask for a glass
Of waiter.
Her eyes were open all the time, her
hands moving. and when she Was given
a glass of water she swallowed it with
out difficulty. During Friday night
she was very violent. She vllifed
everyone in no unkertain language.
abused the jury. the Judge and even
her own attorneys. But her rallings
were these of a delirious child and her
own attorneys But her ratings were
those Acf a delirious child and her at.
torneye do not pay the slightest az.
tention 70 what she says. She has
been under a tremendous tension for
days and under high nervous excite
ment for months and she is. besides. a
woman of highly strung and excitable
temperament. Mrs. Botkin's calm
poise in the court room when. the clerk
pronounced her doom on Friday night
WAS the result of sheer grit and tre-
mendous physical effort.
JURYAlAN OBSTINATE.
Information which has leaked out as
10 the proceedings in the jury room
snows that the verdict OF guilty" was
pronounced on the first ballot. The
jury took one ballot before going 10
dinner on Friday night. This ballrt
was taken Immediately after the cleo
tion OF S. VI. Kennedy as chairman.
and went merely as 10 the guilt or in
nocenee of Mrs. Botkin. The verdict
was unanimous. Every man voted
guilty" The second ballot after din
ner was to determine the punishment.
On this ballot there were eleven fol
hanging and one vote for imprison-
ment for life.
This merciful ballot was cast bv A.
f. Buckingham. the juror who had
shown throughout the trial that he WAS
not entirely convinced Of Mrs. Botzine
guilt He is was who recalled Mrs.
Harris, the handkerchief witness. to
stand for further questioning. He paid
special attention to the testimony con
tradictng her from the City Of Paris
people. and seemed to have some
doubt and though he voted that he
thought she was guilty. he would not
vote for capital punishment.
The other jurors argued with him
but in vain. Mr.. Buekingham is not
a stubborn man, but he was not FIRMLY
enough convinced Of Mrs Botkin's
guilt to hang her He said that bis
mind was fixed and no argument would
cause him to change st. The other
eleven finaEv were brought around tc
his way Of thinking
A NEW TRIAL
The fight T. upset the verdict will
begin this week. A writ of habeas cor.
pus VIII be sued for ip' the Supreme
Court I. will be alleged that the Cali.
forni3 courts have no jurisdiction IA
the case. The case OF numbering by
mail is without precedent end what
precedent there is for a murder begnlr.
in one state and completed in another
is against the jurisdiction Of the courts
OF the first state. In the section Of
the code which defines the governors
Jurisdiction nothing at al is said OF
the iursdicticn over crimes commenced
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