The Nome nugget., 1901-08-06
Jury Decides for Yager in
 Gold Run Case
AFTER 25 MINUTES
The First Ballot Was an Informal One and Stood 10 Tine Sec ond Ballot Was Unanimous for the Defendant Jury Congratulated.

A jury of American citizens has de- cided in favor of the original stalker.
 After 9 minutes discussion today the jury in the case of Ring vs. Wager returned d verdict for the defendant on the first formal ballot. The first ballot was an informal One and one vote was cast for the plaintiff, ling. Then brief discussion followed, d nous vote was reached. The judge wa, summoned. the verdict read, and the judge congratulated the jury upUl reaching a verdict.
 The second trial of the case com menced on July 30: it was frUitful Of surprises and startling denoucments. Many of the defendant : witnesses were absent: Wager, the defendant, sold out to Attorney R. x. Stevens, of counsel for Ring, for 5000, and at tempted to jump the county. It will be remembered that only ltSt Friday morning he was arrest, q, taken to court, where he told how ne had sold to Stevens. and he swOre that a part of the bargain was conditioned upon Gager not appearing as witness in the case.
 On Friday afternoon Stevens himself went upon the stand, and. while ad- mitting that he had purchased Yagers interest, he denied that he had asked Wager not to testify. Attorney Pitt man sub jected Stevens to d close exam ination. and Stevens said be had pnr l chased Wager interest becauae he found it necessary. in order to work a piece of ground in this country, to be in on both sides.
 No court was held on Saturday, and the case was concluded yesterday. H. M. Carpenter, another of the defend ants, could not be found. He, evidently, had been tempered with after the man her of Wager.
 Yesterday afternoon Attorney kel- Ter, for the plaintiff, address d the jury; he was followed by Attorney I'ittman, for the defendant. Pittman's address was a masterly effort. in which he scored the methods employed by the plaintiff in order to bolster up their cause, especially scoring stevens, whom he seemed to consider primarily re- SpOnsible for the questionable methods.
 At the conclusion Of l'ittmans argu- ment court ad journed, and at To o'clock this morning Attorney Hume spoke for the defendants. He also lashed AttOr ney Stevens for his actions in the con- duct of the case and his expressed desire to be ''in on hoth sides
 Stevens followed Hume it, turn. and coupled bis nameMith hat of per jurers and th" like for wl,tch he was called down by the court who told him that if he induIged in remarks intended to he , personal he would not be permitted to continue.
 The Court instructed the jury that stalking by agent or by power of attor- l ney was legal and if they found thu; Yager'S location was valid they should ) breturn a verdict to th2t effect: if OR the other hand it wa, found that the ground l was open to location at the time of the
 plaintiffs location they should find for
 him.
 The jury was composed of the follow , ing: Theo. Jensen, lSidor Barman, F. I}. Steele. F. T. Baldwin. A. J. Kelsey, w. Daugherty, $. B. White, A. 1. < Smile. Arthur ]. Dibert. Gu, Mahrt,
 w. II. Bush, II. C. Smithson.