Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-06-01

der. He would stand before another
judge, the judge before whom all must
some time stand, and there his limo
cence would be pronounced.
Judge Winchester then read the Sec
tion of the law relative to the time
that must elapse before the death sem
tence could be executed and pro-
nOunced sentence as follows:
"The judgment and sentence of the
court is that you, Ira Oliver Jenkins,
be forthwith remanded from this
court room to the Jail in and for the
county of Bur4eigh, state of North Da-
kota; that you be safely confined
therein until the 18th day of September
next, that you then and there be taken
to an Enclosure to be erected within
the yard Of said Jail, and that you then
and there be hanged by the neck un-
til you are dead"
During the passing of sentence there
was no p%erceptible change in the ex-
preston of the prisoner. He stood
firmly, and there was no appearance Of
fear or dread. After sentence had
been passed he followed the sheriff
quietly back to his cell.
The jury in the Jenkins murder
case Saturday night returned a verdict
OF guilty and sentenced the defendant
in the case, Ira o. Jenkins, to death
for the crime. Under the law of the
state the jury in murder cases must
fix the penalty for the crime, if the de-
PENDANT is found guilty of murder in
the first degree, either at life impris-
onment or death. This was the mat
ter that delayed the verdict of the
jury. The twelve men agreed that
the defendant was guilty but for a
time could not agree on the punish
ment to be prescribed for the crime.
One or two Of the jurors held out for
several hours for the life Imprisonment
penalty but finally came over to the
majority and the verdict was reached
at a little after seven o'clock.
When Sheriff Bogue was notified
that the jurors had reached a verdict
Judge Winchester and the officers of
the court and attorneys in the case
were sent for to receive the verdict.
The relatives of the defendant, his
wife and mother-in-law who have been
in nearly constant attendance on the
trial of the case were also notified and
were in court when the verdict was
rendered. 1t was at a little after $
O'Clock when court was convened for
receiving the verdict. The court
room wa crowded with spectators who
had heard the rumor that the jury was
about to render its verdict.
The defendant, Ira O. Jenkins. was
brought into court by Sheriff Bogue
and took a seat beside his attorney,
w. F. Cochrane. He was pale, and
somewhat nervous but withal bore
himself with remarkable
considering the ordeal through which
ne has passed during the trial and
especially in the hours which elapsed
after the case was given to the jury
before the verdict was reached. The
jury filed in from the jury room and
Clerk Shelton called the roll of jur-
ors. There was a serious expression
on the face of every man in the jury
box that forebode the nature of the
verdict.
After the roll of the jury had been
called, Judge Winchester asked the
foreman of the jury, Edward Adams,
if the jury had arrived at a verdict.
Mr.. Adams answered in the afirma-
tive. The Judge then inquired what
was the verdict, and Mr.. Adams rose
and said: "Your honor, it is my
painful duty as foreman of this jury
to report, that we have found the de-
PENDANT in this case, Ira o. Jenkins,
! guilty Of the crime of murder in the