Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-01-03

liberation on verdict there was not
defendant.
! The trial. the most sensational i'm the
history of Mercer county. had been in
progress since Dec. 1. and was fol
| lowed closely in its details throughout
the country. many of the mctropuIi-
tan newspapers having correspond
ents in attendance.
The acquittaI of Miss Dunlap is a
personal victory for Charles J..
Searle, Of Rock Island. who was as
sisted in the defense by Judge Council
and l.. u Thomson. The prosccu-
ton was conducted by States Attur-
ney ". Il. Graham and Hon. Guy G.,
Scott. the latter being employed as
sDecial attorney by the Dool family.
Closing Hours of Trial.
AledO. Jan. 3.-NisS iona Dunlap
awaits the verdict of the jury which
is to determine whether or not she is
guilty of the murder of Miss Mile
Dool, who died last August of strych-
nine poisoning. The y men who have
been listening for weeks to the facts
connected with the mysterious death
of Miss Dool retired TO the jury room
yesterday afternoon shortly after t
o'clock. They had not cached a YER
dict AZ a late hour, and were locked
up for the night.
States Attorney Graham went to
bed feeling confident that convic-
ton would be secured. The attorneys
for the defense were not sanguine as
to the outcome of the trial. Public
opinion. as revealed by the expressions
Of representative citizens, leans to
the side of the prosecution.
Miss Dunlap, looking like the ghost
Of her former self. was on the point
of collapse when the jury went out.
Her aged mother, worn out with
weeks or worry and constant attend
ance at her daughters side in court.
also was in critical condition. I'll
was deemed unwise to remove the de-
PENDANT from the court house to the
Jail when the jury went out, and Miss
Dunlap was given couch in an ante
room. She refused to take any nour-
ishmcnt when it was brought. al
though her mother and sister urged
her to do so.
Prosecutor is MerciIess
FoT nearly i've HOuIS AltblHtN buN
c. Scott, special prosecutor ON behalf
of the Dool family. addressed The jury
i'm the closing argument for the prose-
cution. He likened the defendant to
another Borgia or the famous Mar
chicness BrinvilIiers, and declared |
she had no other motive for the muir
der of Miss Dool than the ambition |
to take her place as a clerk in Felix's |
dry goods store.
Il say there is 4 motive in this |
crime" said Mr.. Scott, land | con
tend it has been proved. This girl for
some reason locked within her own
breast wanted to work in Felix's
store. Men have been murdered for
81 900 and they have been murdered
for 80 cents. The defense claims that
he motive ascribed to the defendant
n this ease is insufficient. What is
Inadequate motive? A few hundred
years ago, as French history tells us,
he Warehouses Binvilliers poisoned
lne Of her daughters because she was
rot bright mentally. She poisoned
me of her sons because he had a club
loot, and poisoned a servant because
,he was awkward. The Borgias, that
famous aristocratic family of Italy.
poisoned many persons for the most L
rival of reasons. but history has
lever questioned the sufficiency of
motive in any of those cases"
RIdIcufes Accident Theory
The accident theory, Mr.. Scott de-