The Forrest City times., 1901-03-08
SAMUEL MOSER GUILTY.
Veldict of the Jury in the Case of the Exterminator of Wife
 and Family.
TWsNTY-0NE YEARS IMPRISONMENT.
The Convicted Man sat Through the Rending of the Verdict Without n Tremor or Sign of Fear. ana When It Was All over Expressed Himself as satisfied

Pekin, H., March 6.-After deliber- atlng for Il hours the jury in the Moser murder trial arrived at a yer dict at q. nl., and at 9:10 the verdict was mead as follows:
 We, the jury. find the defendant. samuel Moser, guilty in manner and form as charged in the indictment and we fix the punishment of the said Samuel Moser at q years in'the pen itentiary."
 samuel Moser sat through the read ing of the verdict without sign or tremor of fear. lie had remarked that he did not believe they would hang him and he would be satisfied with a penitentiary sentence. As the Jury was boiled, Moser's eyes were fixed with anxiety upon each juror as he answered to his name. When the verdict was read he gave sigh of re- lief and half-way sort of a smile crept over his countenance.
 Il am satisfied" is all Moser would say In reply to question as to what he thought of the verdict A few min utes later he retired into an ante room to consult with his attorney and was later taken back to the iail His steps was as elastic as formerly and his face showed more signs of in. telligence and life than had been yisi- Die all during the trial That he was pleased was plainly evident.
 The first ballot stood ten to two Tor conviction, ten being, for the in. hiction of the death penalty. Finding the two would not agree to the death penalty seven ballots were taken be. lore an agreement was reached.
 The indictment failed to fix the age or Moser and Attorney Green inter- posed a motion for new trial. Tho law in this connection is as follows.
 person shall be considered of sound mind who is not either an idiot nor iunatic,not affected with insanity and who hath arrived at the aga of II years or before that age if such person know the distinction betyva.-, good and evil''
 Back of the crime that Noser oo,,, hi'ted les story of peculiar religious iahaticlsm-the driving to uuadruplp murder Of man who desired to ,a,.e ms Wife and children in violation of one of the prime tenets of the New Aihlsh sect to which he belonged and Tor which he was baRished from their church. On the night of May 13. driy- en almost insane bv his expuIsicn from church, Moser shot down in cold blood his wife and three sons. After Killing his wife and two sons Moser leaned over the smiling baby in the cradle, kissed ii. then fired. The bull let did not strike n vital spot. Tna groans of the child, however. were soon stopped by two additional bu,- lets. His terrible work finished. tLa father and husband gathered up his dead and laid them in row in tho humble parlor. He tLen fled to Utah. but, oyertaken by remorse. gave him sel up to an officer in Satl Lake aud was brought back to Pel<in for trial
 The defense set llp the plea of in- sanity, alleging the peculiar tenets of the New Amish church for his crime. alleging that he was denied the right to love his family. Benedict Moser. a wealthy farmer near Morton, i,l.. lid not assist in the defense of his son on the ground that his religion pre- vented him from so ot ing. The Amish faith requires that all love be given to God alone