The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-10

Tho case of john Ii. BenDTooh rests
a.. tfa hands of the jury. All that can
na dom. go explain the case, to convict
t,fm and f, arqUit him. has been done.
,rl. evidence. the arguments Of cOun-
sci the instructions Of the court. are
r.f4r. the twelve men, who must de-
Glare whether or not the defendant
shall be- hanged. imprisoned or set free.
40 mon knows what the jurors think
about the case. They are shut up in
the inner office of the county commits
si0rars at the joint building. away
from pryiug eyes. away from listening
ears by themselves, to discuss the
case until they arrive at some conclu-
sion or learn that agreement is impOs-
sible When a verdict will be re-
turned. or if one viii be found at all,
no one will know until court shall meet
this morning at 10 o'clock, or possibly
NOT then. The twelve men, If they have
failed 90 agree at that time, may be
ordered back TO deliberate longer. as
Judge Hi.es may decide. and they may
consider the case all day.
When the court had finished its long
and carefully written and considered
charg. Yesterday afternoon the jury
retired m charge of BaiIins Dyer and
Navl0r who had been sworn for that
purpose. The Instructions by Judge
lilies. which were listened To by many
lawyers. were believed by them to be
an impartial and scholarly comment
upon the case.
Crowd Waits For Verdict.
Few persons left the court room as
the jurors went out. The front rows.
filed with women, and the main seats
filed with "a mixed crowd of curiosity
seekers remained for more than an
hour hoping to see the twelve men re-
turn with their Iabors finished. Per
. llps their morbid curiosity AT the suf-
ftrugs of the Bsuhru1k family had as
much To- dO with their stay. For The
women vino have attended this trial
daily. the defendants wife, $ GER sis
ter-iu-IaW and his Wifes niece. were a
pathetic sight. They could not re-
strain themselves during this terrible
realization THAT the fate Of their rela-
tive his death Or his freedom. was be-
ing considered calmly and coolly by
these twelve men. whom they didn't
know and had never seen before.
Men. women and children stared at
them and iiocked about the entrance to
tnH Joint building, when. after an hour
Of anxious waiting, they went home
The anxiety and the strain of that
/ hour told ON others considered in the
case. The relatives of Burton Morris
Who. however did not remain long in
the room. showed on their faces the
year ri the ordeal through which they
had gone during the past three weeks,
in fact during the past eight months
in' jurors were taken upstairs to
. the firth NV OF the building 90 the
rooms that are assigned for this work.
They .ett the court room at $3.50 and
s'u.. n1 word has been heard from
them judge Hiles. after waiting a few
moments. went To- the Alta club leav-
1ns Instructions to be called if an
aEI.. mrnt was reached. At go the
ha.tfs took the men to supper M q
clown town restaurant. and returned to
ln" uuIaiuS with them in an hour.
They Went then to- the office of the
county commissioners and nothing has
since been seen of them J-p to late
last n.-Er I-hts were burning and I'M
C.r Oh" curtain they could be seen
Walking about No bedding has been
provided ..r these men. They must sit
UP aI night 0r sleep ON the floor or in
,ler chairs That win likely keep them
awake AMI force them 90 a discussion
4 the case. s. that they may the
.''er 3E-.. 1000 % verdict or Learn If
hey are ana...ahly divided.
Benbrook Was Up Late.
..'ro"a sat mp until nearly 1890
evening. His brother Smithy L.
-'.''h, Spent several hours with
i-. and they spent the time i'm ss-r.ss+
eFarSat.. Though the defendant
i'r-alne. his calm ayta~irr he W.
0.te| am nervous. H. Womb NOT sit