The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-05-05
MRS. GEORGE IS ACQUITTED
WAS TRIED FOR MURDER OF
M'KINLEY's BROTHER.IN.LAW.
JURY Was OUT A LONG TIME.
while Defendant on tho Announce
ment OF the Verdict.

The jury in the George case returned
verdict of not guilty at 1927 O'Clock
Friday morning.
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. Con-
gratulations were also extended to her
attorneys.
She worked her way to the jury box,
took each uror by the hand and gave
them word and nod of thanks.
Then the court said she was discharged
and released the jury.
Receive Congratulations.
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 courthouse, in com
pany with Mr.. and Mrs. McElheny,
her cousins, who had been with her
during much of the hearing.
The jury was out more than twenty
three hours, during which time twen-
ty-two ballots were cast. The inter.
val between these ballots was spent in
reviewing the case and discussing it's
various phases. after the jury re-
ported, it was said the first or prelim-
mary ballot was taken at 1890 O'Clock
Thursday afternoon or half hour af-
ter they had been closeted in the jury
room. This ballot showed four jurS-
men favoring verdict of not guilty Sr
acquittal. 4
The Last Ballots.
The sixteenth ballot was not taken
until 6:15 o'clock Friday inorning,
when the vote stood eight for not
guilty, three for mansl&ughter, and
one for assault and battery. At s:45
Friday morning the Seventeenth bal
lot was taken, standinl g eight for not
sN..ilty and four for )manslaughter.
10y -9ze H N Iilaptes lattss lattss the eighteenth
! ballet stood ten for not guilty and two
for manslaughter. The nineteenth at
9:25 o. m. resulted in nine for not
guilty and three for manslaughter.
At 10 a. m. the twentieth ballot
showed eleven for not guilty and one
for first degree murder.
The same result was obtained in the
twenty first ballot. The twenty-sec-
ond and last ballot was taken at 1922
o'clock with unanimous vote of the
twelve men being that of "not guilty"
A number Of women friends and
acquaintances called on Mrs. George
in the parlor of the Conrad hotel
number of congratulatory tele
To reporter Of the Associated Press
she said she would go to her old home
to Hanoverton and visit her mother,
Mrs. Lucy Ehrhart, for few days.
Then sho would return to Canton to
gather up her belongings and arrange
for the future. AS to the future she
said she had no definite plans as yet.
she had been invited to 60 to the sen
side for an extended vacation during
the summer and she said she would
| probably accept the invitation.
Mrs. George, continuing, said to the
| Associated Press reporter:
"The verdict was what I had ex-
pected from the start. I am very
| grateful to the court and other officials
for the consideration they have shown
me. am also very thankful to the
gentlemen who represented the press.
They have all been very kind and
| sympathetic and treated me most fair
| ly. I cannot find words to express
my feelings towards my attorneys.
Their work was beyond all praise.
They left nothing undone in my be-
half and shall remember them and
appreciate them as long as I live."
She added that her two boys would
remain with her.