The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-21
No Agreement Had Been Reached
at Midnight. After Three
Hours DeliberatiOn.
JURORS RETIRED FOR NIGHT.
Closing Arguments Between Boyd
and Booher Attracted Attend
ance From Surrounding COun-
ties-State's Case Purely
Circumstantial.

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savannah NO. March Z"'-se"a''
case went to the jury at O'Clock Tonight
! The twelve men filed to the chamber to de-
,iberate IN a yerdic. after pat!ently listen
,, o, cha .r,u,,o,,s ~ tho chief attorneys,
-, .,,.,,,,,, r.r,oa n, ten
hours'
Judge bufnes ihstrEc'eo '"e "
| properly guard over the deliberations OF the
| Jury and announced that he would receive a
| verdic, AT any hour of the night
The entire Fife family was IN the court
,nom while the fury f,,ed out and remained
standing about nervorsiy chatting, await
ing a verdict.
Deputy Sheriff Peter Men. who has charge
| Of the Fife Jury, announced a few minutes
before midnight that the )urymen had not
! reached an agreement. and had gone 10 oed-
The Fife family has LETT the courtroom
giving up hope OF verdict oefors morn
ing
The Jurors re.irea ~. ni.nou, ,a as n.,;ns 7,
an. "iI sraI ouI,,"r -. ,ho-. wbn strend-
ed the trial that Fife will be cleared.
On Ciroumstantial Evidence.
cumstantial evidence alone-on a thousand
circumstances OF seemingly little impor-
! tance woven into q web about Stewart Fife.
, Yet the State did not bring Fife within four
blocks of the scene of the crime.
The chief circumstances upon which the
whole case was based are as follows:
Efrst-Richardson was killed by some one
whose motive for so doing was not robbery.
Second-He did not XIII himself, as no
revolver was found.
Third-An alleged motive was found In the
case of Fife. since some testimony was
,mnd which pointed TO an tnfatuation for
Mrs. Richardson.
Eourth-AlIesed ouarrels between Fife and
Richardson.
E;,,b--slleped threats against Richard
.on bv Fife
s,,,h-S,a.e found that no other man had
q motive
ssvsntb-p1,s onee owned a so-cal!oer Her
,Ln,,on a. p,cha,a. ,avolver
r.ah,, s,,h a r.vo,v.r xa, found under
-,s.,.,u, ,h,.. I've o,,.r tho shooting
H-,..n T,. ,,r..r..,n,r NJ Judging times
~, ,s, ,ro..,,,,,,, ,o,1h, 10 arru.
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ihese A .,,s,,..
'u,S =. g., ,,. Ey,s ca,. wa. corneIIad
-, n.ss,,. vb,,s savsn ATTORNEYS. three
60 ,n,r Tor m. defendant I'm
aohs. ,.,rv,np rrom twenty minutes to
- 49,. IN Ieny,b endeayored BY spin-
-. 49,, -ars,o.iva eIocuence to win a
,,srdic, The testimony offered by the l2y
u,,nesses who have been examined had
huaan carefully collated BY each Of the at
torneys. Each built from the evidence .
superstructure. of logic. and crowned II with
metaphors and fine words. During this pro-
tracted speechmaking Stewart Fife sat mo
tionless and. seemingly, inattentive.
All ,ha members of his family sat near
him and were frequently moved to tears.
D--,...... ,o ,ho ..o,IIows' nv the defend
,. ,.w,,s,. ,.f.rence. to the Young man
vbosa career ia ali but blasted on the
,hro.boI6 Of bis life and to aged Thomas
r,,. 81. ..r.y-ba,,ed father Of the defend
10. or. ,o,t .. in the Rraye''-such
-.-,,.in.,. ,tterancea called forth
49, .r,,,an.s hanarerchiefs all through the
, -, ..,,r,r,o,, Under such an on
~,-.. ,,,,, ,h. .,,ot,ops the comma ss,on-
-. =, cov.nnab.s womankind who
- ., ,,,,-, a. a. , ,he,ter. began to look
h.ro
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James W. oosu