The bee., 1901-05-02

Omaha. Ncb.. April -. Aftcr con
siderng over right The guilt or limo
cc,lcc Of Jn Ir~ Callahan. the irry na'
ucunccd tii- morning that ~ had AZ
port il, The kidnaping OF Edward Cud
ahy. Jr rhc verdict was an evident
surprise to the court. and Judge
Baker expressed his disgust in cp.
phaiic tcrrts. Callahan WAS arrested
on two oihrr counts. which the state
* not now prepatcd tc say will oe
made use of, as no new evidence is at
hand and The expense cf going over
the grOuni again is cons >idcrablC. The
jury notified Judge Baker at 9 .. M.
that il had settled Upon a Ncr'lic: and
the news spread amuug he Attorney
and intcrcs' cd parties so that an au'
diencc OF 30 awaited the 20 men as
they filed into the court room Gala
hin occupied his usual seat and be-
tinycd no apprehension as to The
outcome. His face was - blank az nc
watched ne verdict Hufoldcd aud
r,ad. As il. wortls mot guilty were
pronounced. bowevcr. Callalian half
rose 10 his not his lips parted in q
smile His relief found no syrlPathy
among the audience. however. ari
he turned ms eyes gra 'cfGlly 10 thc
Jury.
Judge Bahrr studded thc W. .iine of
ne verdict icr several minutes in ii.
lrncc ms though he had doubted tho
T., idcncc of his ears. Tacn H. wheeled
in his chair au' address - ihr ,lry,
FcLuktd them in the moel vigorous
FERNS:
III Callahan had made hi~ own
lhoicc of n jury the courl ,G:d. N"
could not have selected .. men wno
could have served him more faithfully
If the state fer its part, bad mate
The selection, 1 know of no men it
could have named who would have
hccn less careful of its interests. The
jury is discharged without the cou-
plimcnts of the court. end Tho pris-
rncr is likewise turned lcosr 81 to
this trial, l presume. 10 continue the
criminal practices in which you have
failcd TO check him.
II dc moi know what motive actu-
ated you in reaching this decision, hu-
} hope none of you will ever appear
again lit this jury box"
The jury was evidently III at ease
during this arraignmcnt, and did not
make any response, but filed rapidly
from the box as soon as it was at lib
erty. In the hallway Callahan num-
blcd his thanks and then shook the
jurymcn's hands. This proceeding
was one of embarrassment under the
contcmptuous eyes al the codrt ofli-
GERS.
Chicf-of-policc Donohue says he will
irgc Mr.. Cudahy to at once withdraw
the preferred reward { $5,O1L for re
apprehension of Pat Grove.
Grove might easily make an ap-
pcarancc and claim the reward him
self" said Chief Donohue. ''as the evil
dencc against him is no more direct
than thet against Callahan. In my IS
years OF experience with criminals
have never heard more absolutely con-
vincing cvidruce presented than thh'
presented against Mr.. Callahan.
There WAS not single flaw in the
testimony and the evidence OF guilt
was overwhelming. From the in
formation 1 have secured as to thc
sentiment of the jury believe that
its decision wns based largely on the
theory that the victim OF the affair
w II wealthy man and as such he is
able - suffer. Two of the jurors,
am informed, expressed their opinion
that no kidnapping had occurred and
they had taken their onth as jurors
with this conviction in their minds.
IL do not approve of any reward be-
ing offered in case of this kind. and
believe that il operated in the Gala
han t'ial for the acquittai of the ac-
cuscd. Severn; times 1 heard the ex-
preston that the police simply con.
cocted plot to send nm innocent mau
to the penitentiary in the hope Of Sc
curing the reward"
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