The age-herald., 1900-05-18
THE JURY FINDS BOTH MIN GUILTY Miller Must Suffer the Penalty of
 Death. DUNCAN SENT UP FOR LIFE Great Crowds Packed the Court Room to Hear the Last Chapter in the
 Famous Trial---Will Ask
 for a New TrIal
DUNCAN SENT UP FOR LIFE

"We, the jury, find the defendant, Frank Miller, guilty of murder in the first degree, as charged in the indictment, and fix the punishment at death.
 We find the defendant, Frank Duncan, guilty of murder in the first degree, as charged in the indictment, and fix the pun ishment at lifetime sentence in the penten- tiary, with benefit of the doubt"
 Thus reads the last chapter in the cele- brated murder case the trial of which has held the attention of the people of this city during the past eleven days, the sequel of which may yet be told in an effort to re- verse the judgment Of the lower court.
 The verdict of the twelve men who pa- tiently heard the evidence, and who were selected by the state and by the defendants to pass upon it was read in the criminal court yesterday morning at 9:22 o'clock. The court room was crowded with persons eager to hear the final outcome of the trial, and as the words fell from the lips of Clerk Burgin who read the verdict, a death-like silence prevailed.
 The defendants sat with their eyes fixed upon the jury and were evidently pre- pared for the worst. Miller, whose life has been fixed as the penalty for the crime, displayed no change of countenance as the fatal words reached his ear, but Duncan, whose liberty IS taken from him, flushed under the announcement and spoke word to his wife, who sat beside him. The silence was broken by the shrll voice of the little woman, who under the excite ment of the moment sprank to her feet, and, facing the jury, exclaimed: You convict an innocent man when you con- vict him."
 Judge Greene immediately ordered her to keep quiet and to create no further dis turbance.
 When the jury first filed into the court room, the usual question, Have you arrived at a verdict? was put by Judge Greene, to which an affirmative reply was made by w. F. Tyler the foreman. The verdict was handed to Clerk Burgin. but was not in proper form, and the jury retired to alter it by specifying the degree of murder. This done, the verdict was again read and at the request of the defendants counsel the jury was boiled, each member answering that it was his verdict.
 The jury as then discharged and Attorney Montgomery, for the defendant, Miller. gave notice that he would ask for new trial.
 The prisoners were then securely hand cuffed and taken hack to jail, where they will remain until Saturday, when the mo- tion for a new trial will probably be ar gued, and if denied, sentence will be passed upon them.
 In event that Judge Greene denies new trial, appeal will be taken to the su- preme court
 The men were tried for the murder of Police Officer J. H. Adams, which took place on the night of March 27 last, at the corner of Third avenue and Twentieth street the circumstances of which are still fresh in the minds of the readers of the Age-Herald.
 There is still an indictment charging the men with the murder of Officer Kirkley, who was shot at the same time, and it is in this case that the state has the strongest evidence against Duncan, who may yet be doomed to the gallows