The age-herald., 1901-01-20

"R. H. WILSON Foreman" Such was the verdict of the jury in the case of Frank Edwards, alias Frank Ran dolph, one of the famous gang of crooks charged with robbing the office of the Stand ard Oil Company in March last. The trial of the case which was taken up on Friday morning. was concluded yesterday afternoon and at o'clock last night the jury reached an agreement.
 Judge Greene and the attorneys for the state and the defendant were sent for and the defndant himself was brought into court. He came in smoking cigarette, but tossed it away as the jury filed into the room. When Judge Green and the attorneys arrived the jury was brought into court room.
 Have you reached a verdict gentleman" asked Judge Greene.
 We have,'' said the foreman
 Hand it to the clerk and let it be read" said the judge.
 Deputy Clerk Abbott took the verdict and read follows; "We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged in the indct- ment and fix the penalty at twenty-five years in the penitentary.
 R. H. WILSON,
 Foreman of Jury.''
 The verdict was handed to Deputy Clerk John Abbott, who read it slowly but clear ly. As the fateful words were spoken the defendant, who was seated by the side of his attorney turned deathly pale, but the silence that he had maintained throughout the trial remained unbroken.
 Yesterdays Proceedings.
 When court opened yesterday morning John Papageorge was the first witness. He testifed:
 ''The night of the robbery I was at my store, corner Third avenue and Twentieth street. I saw Frank Miller and Frank Duncan that night Third avenue They were with Officers Kirkley and Adams. Miller wore light overcoat. After the shooting Miller ran up Third avenue.
 Defendants attorney moved to exclude this evidence as irrelevant, immaterial and incompetent. Motion overruled. 9
 "When I first saw them they were com ing up Third avenue from Nineteenth street It was about 12 o'clock, after the safe robbery"
 Sheriff Burgin was the next witness: T am sheriff of this county.' He was then
 
 escape.~This question was objected to, but allowed by Judge Greene. The sheriff then told of Edwards recent attempt to escape from jail, with which the readers of the Age-Herald familiar This evidence was then excluded on mo- tion as hearsay, the sheriff not of his own knowledge being able to say that Edwards was outside the jail The sheriff at the time being outside the jail wall.
 Jailor Sudduth.
 Jailer Sudduth then took the stand. He testified: I am in charge of the jail as dep | uty sheriff. The defendant recently made | an attempt to escape jail. He got out of the jail proper through a window, a bar l of which had been sawed out. He was in | the jail yard when I saw him, attempting l to scale the wall by means of a rope" On cross examination he said that defend- | ant told him that he escaped through the | window. He did not actually see him. This l testimony was excluded, as witness was | not positive that Edwards himself made | this statement to the escape. One of | the prisoners made 1t and Edwards was | present.
 Officer Bodiker, recalled testified to the | location of the Standard Oil Company's of- | flee in Seventh street and Avenue F: "It | was southwest from the court house. A | man coming east up Third avenue would | be coming from the direction of the office. | I know Frank Brown. I did not go to the | jail with him to identify the defendant" Hudson A. Smith testified: .On the after l noon of the day of the robbery I was on l Eleventh avenue and Seventeenth street l That is about half mile from Avenue F | and Seventh street. I saw Frank Miller | and Frank Duncan. I was waiting for a | car. It was about 5:30. They came down | Seventeenth street and stopped by me They | began to talk. Duncan asked me if the | ...lso l.. 4I,.k told him I did not live there and did not know. He then asked me the direction of Fourteenth street and Seventh avenue. It Is a mile from where I saw them to Sec ond avenue and Twentieth street." This testimony was objected to. Objection over ruled. M. J. Walker testified: "I am a steno- grapher I took down the testimony of Edwards in the trial of Miller and Dun can This is the copy made.'' Defendant insisted that the original shorthand notes were the best evidence. This objection was overruled
 Edwards Testimony. The state introduced the testimony given by Edwards during the trial of Miller and Duncan. Objection by the defendants attor- Deys was oyerrruled and the testimony was read in substance as follows:
 Edwards said that he and Duncan were together the day of the robbery. He said he was at Gelder's restaurant with Duncan about the time of the shooting. Was there about fifteen minutes. Said he never saw Tom Fay until the night before the shoot ing He then Say him at his room on Sev- enteenth street."
 At this point MT. Cahalan for the defend- ant objected to Solicitor Hefin's way of ex- amining the witness. The solicitor would read and point to question from the writ ten testimony and then ask the witness if this was correct. Judge Greene said the solicitor could proceed as he had begun. Continuing the witness said: 'He said that Duncan, Miller New York Harry" and Red also came there. Fay did not know me. had known Miller about seven years Also knew Duncan. Met him at my room They came to my room at 10:30 From there we went to the boarding house. From there we went to Mag Braoketts. left the house the next morning at g o'clock. Miller and Fay left little while after they came. The al,o o,c thar