The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-27
NJ. KAIGHN is guilty
M of voluntary manslaughter FOR
the shooting Of Willard S.

N n
MI of voluntary manslaughter for
the shooting Of Willard s..
Haynes
This was the verdict of the jury rem
dered at S:15 o'clock this morning. For
more than eight hours the jurors en-
gagged in heated discussions and bal
loted numerous times before any
agreement could be reached.
The verdict was a surprise for the
defendant and his father, who was
heartbrOken. Young Kaighn took the
verdict in a matter of fact way. It
is probable that motion for a new
trial will be made Immediately.
The jury reached the verdict at 2:20
this morning, after debating and ballot
ing continuously from 5 o'clock. when
they were locked in the jury room.
The announcement came when none
but the bailiffs were in the building.
The parents and a few friends of young
Kaighn who had waited anXiOusly for
the verdict all night had given il up
as hung jury and had gone out for
lunch They were Immediately noti-
fed that a decision had been reached
and FASTENED to the court room.
Young Kaighn sat in his cell. pale
and nervous. waiting for some word
from the men who were to decide his
fate. when the word came TO the county
jail to bring him into court. Sheriff
Naylor accompanied the prisoner TO
the court room.
For two hours or more the Jury
I held out, il is stated, with nine bal
lOting for q verdict OF voluntary man
slaughter and three for acquittal. One
by one those who we're holding out
switched to the other side until there
was an agreement.
Kaighns face was ashen white when
he appeared in the court room and II
was with a look of anxious dread.
such as only man who hangs between
death and freedom can have, that he
| scanned the visages OF the jurors. None
the less anxious and worried were the
father and step mother of the accused,
as they waited to hear the final words
of the jury.
Jury's Decision Announced.
Judge Morse and the court reporter
who had remained in the court room
/ nearly all the evening, were summoned
by phone and appeared about the time
]
i The attorneys for neither side wer,
present. IL having been decided tina
| their presence was not necessary. Th'
jury filed into the box at BIZ. and th'
foreman. Alonzo Young. handed tn,
verdict to the court. It read as follows
we. the jurors, find the defendan
guilty of voluntary manslaughter."
Colonel Kaighn asked that the jurl
be polled, and each man answered tina
the verdict read was his verdict.
Tears came to the eyes of the step
mother, but the boy showed no sign
of being affected by the verdict. TIL
court then announced that on Friday
Oct. 3. he would pass sentence.
Colonel Kaighn said he did not Sc
how, under the evidence. IL could hav
been reached. He thought the fact tina
the jury had seen the shooting o
Strong had influenced them. AS L
whether a motion for a new trial WOuli
be made he said he old not know, bu
thought there might be.
Young Kaighn said himself: 81 don
see how they could have reached sucl
q verdict. but they have. and guess
will have 10 stand for it,"
The punishment for voluntary man
slaughter is Imprisonment in the stat
prison for a term not less than on
year nor more than ten years.
Judge Kings Address.
When court opened yesterday morn
ing Attorney Frank Hoffman resumes
his argument for the defense. At con
siderable length he reviewed the testi
mony for both sides and concluded wit
! an appeal 10 the jury for an acquitta
IN his closing he stated that if the jur
r after hearing the facts as presented [
| them found the defendant guilty, III
word would go forth 20 the world tina
, honor and virtue were at a discount i
; Utah. and that the man who dared [
defend his home against the attacks O
a defiler of women would be execute
} for it.
Judge King then began the closin
= argument Tor the defense. For tw
, hours and a quarter he stood befor
the jury making one Of the most i'm
B I pressive and eloquent pleas for the III
of his client that was perhaps eve
, heard in that court room. He picture
: the life Of the defendant, mentl
/ condition and the occurrences leadin
! I'D TO the shooting. His words WeT
z spoken with a ferYOr that indicate
the deepest feeling behind them. an
r he held the concentrated attention {
/ every juror throughout the argumen
: AS his eloquence became touching q
times, the eyes of some of the Ode
? jurors became watery and the lines {
! emotion were visible upon their time
= honored visages. IN opening his al
gument, Judge King said:
District Attorney Unfair.
az think the district attorney shoul
have been as fair as district attorney
ought TO be. IN presenting this case
the jury. He should have produced a
the evidence he could get. Did he q
il? The purpose Of A district atorne
| is TO find out all the facts Of a cas-
l both for and against the defendant.
is not his province to simply convict
i man; IL is his sworn duty 10 inquil
5 into an affair and see that justice