The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-16

FROM E1rSL rage.
sent for the attorneys in the case and
the sheriff was directed to bring the
accused into court. The jurors filed in
and took the seats they had occupied
for so many days, but as all the attor-
neyS had not arrived there was a delay
of few moments before their decision
was announced.
The few minutes elapsing between
the coming in of the jury and the an
nouncement of its verdict were anx-
ious ones. The defendant occupied his
customary position among his lawyers,
facing the jury. Not all the attorneys
had come in when the court asked if
there would be any objection to having
the verdict announced without wait
ing, calling attention to the strain so
apparent throughout the room. No OBJ
lection was offered.
Verdict Is Read.
Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a
Verdict?" was the time-worn inquiry
then made by the clerk. The foreman
replied in the affirmative and at the
same time handed the verdict to the
clerk. 1t took but an instant to read it,
and when the words Not guilty" were
heard some of the friends of the de-
PENDANT gave vent to their feelings in
ously admonished those present not to
make any demonstration.
The motion by counsel for the de-
tense for the discharge of the defend
ant was Immediately signed by Judge
Gary, the solicitor asserting, and Till
man was at liberty. When the legal
formalities had been gone through
with, Tillman walked UP to the bench
and shook hands with the judge, after
which he shook the hands of each of
the jurors, and later was surrounded
by his friends who extended their
congratulations.
He left the court room in company
with his attorneys, but parted with
them at the front door to go across
the street to the Jail, visiting that in
stitution for the last time to gather
up his effects. He has been in GUS
tody since Jan. Is, his application for
bail having been refused.
Mrs. Tillman and the defendants
mother We're not in the court room
when the verdict was announced, but
the former had been appraised of an
agreement, and was at the Jail to await
the announcement and met her hus-
band there. The mother had heard at
her hotel, some two blocks away, that
the jury had come in, and was hasten
ing on her way to the court house
when she met her son coming out on
the street. Learning the result, she
threw her arms around his neck
Later all gathered at the hotel, where
they received their friends and rela-
tives. Senator Tillman was not pres
ent today, having gone yesterday to his
home at Trenton, where his wife is
recovering from injuries received in
runaway accident. A telegram was
sent him advising him of the outcome.
Soon after the jury went out yes
terday afternoon a ballot was taken
which resulted in a vote of 10 to 2 for
an acquittal. Soon after one of the
minority joined the majority, leaving
one juror standing out. He held to his
views and kept the jury out all night.
1t was only about twenty minutes be-
fore the knock was heard on the jury
room door this morning that he yielded.
Many of the jurors got no sleep at
all during the twenty hours they were
locked up.
The count in the indictment charg-
ing the carrying of concealed weapons
was ignored during the trial, and the
jury took no action on it.
After the verdict was announced the
clerk held up the pistols which had
figured in the trial and offered them
to the defendant. who waved them off,
saying:
They are not NINE"