The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-05-05
SHE'S INNOCENT.
The Jury Declares Mrs. George Not
Guilty of George Saxton's Murder.
Mrs. George Took Each Juryman by the
Hand and Thanked Him-sbe Thea
Received the Hearty Congrat-
uiAtions OF the Crowd.

CANTON, o., April 80. AT 1927 A. m.
Friday the jury in the case of Mrs
Anna George, on trial for the murder
of George ID. Saxton, filed into court
and announced their verdict which
was Not guilty.
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 Not
guilty"
A score of women rushed to Mrs
George and shook her hand. Congrat-
ulations were also extended to her at
torneys. She worked her way to the
jury box, took each juryman by the
hand and gave them a word and a nod
of thanks. Then the court said she
was discharged, and released the jury.
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 Conral,
block from the court house. in company
with Mr.. and Mrs McElhenry, her
cousins, who have been with her dur
ing much of the hearing and at l2:45
was eating dinner with them at the
hotel. The jury was out just % hours
and As minutes and during that time
% ballots were cast.
The interval between these ballots
was spent in reviewing the case and
discussing its various phases After
the jury reported, il was said that the
first or preliminary ballot was taken
At 1890 o'clock Thursday afternoon. or
a half hour after they had been clos
eted in the jury room. This ballot
showed four jurymen favoring a YER
dict of guilty of murder in the FIRST
degree and eight jurymen for a YER
dict Of mot guilty" or acqnittal.
As the story goes, the second
ballot was taken at ,p M,
and resulted the same. This was
also the result of the third
ballot, taken As minutes later at 3:i5
o'clock. The fourth ballot was taken
and the result is said to have been two
for guilty in the first degree and seven
not guilty, one for second degree and
two for manslaughter. Al p. IN.
Thursday the fifth ballot was taken
with eight for not guilty and four for
manslaughter. This was the result Of
all the succeeding ballots up to the
fourteenth ballot at o'clock Friday
morning. The fifteenth ballot wa.
taken at 4:50 o'clock Friday morning,
resulting in nine for not guilty and
three for manslaughter. The sixteenth
ballot was not taken until 6:l5 o'clock
Friday morning when the vote showed
eight for not guilty, three for man
slaughter and one for assault and bat
terry. AT s:+5 Friday morning the 18th
ballot was taken by the jury, return
ing to the eight for not guilty and
four for mauslaughter. Forty minutes
later the 18th ballot was taken show
ing ten of the jurymen for not guilty
and two for manslaughter. The 10th
ballot was taken at $50 a. M. resulting
in nine for not guilty and three for man.
slaughter. At 10 a. m, the Goth ballot
was taken, showing IL for not guilty
and one for first degree murder.
The same result was obtained in the
2lst ballot The ED and last ballot
was taken At 1929 o'clock, with a un an.
imous vote of the ~ men being that Of
mot guilty.
A number Of women friends and &C.
quaintauces called on Mrs George in
the parlor OF the Conrad hotel. and a
number of travelling men introduced
themselves and offered their congrat-
ulations Juryman Miller was one OF
the callers, and TO him Mrs. George ex-
pressed her warmest thanks, saying
she had known him as her staunch
friend from the first.
A number of congratulatory tele-
grams were delivered to her. To a re-
porter she said she would 60 to her old
home in Hanoverton Saturday and
visit her mother. Mrs Lucinda Ehr-
heart, for few days. Then she would
return TO Canton to gather up her be-
longings and arrange for the future.
AS to the future she said she had no
definite plans as yet. She has been in
vited TO go to the seaside for an ex-
tended vacation during the summer.
and she said she would probably ac-
cept the invitation.
To he Concentrated at the Presidio.