Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-10-24
HAYWOOD IS FREED
Jury Satisfied as 70 The InnOceace
Of The Accused
QUICKLY MADE UP AN OPINION
Jury in fisywooc-Sslnnsr Case Tried
in Raleigh DsI.bsrated Only Few
Minutes.

Raleigh. Special-After being out
not more than IS minutes Wednesday.
the Jury in the trial Of Ernest Hay
wood for the murder OF Ludlow S.lin-
ner returned yerlict o. net guilty.
There was no dem onstration. but
smiles OF delight were on the faces OF
Haywood. his counsel and his four
brothers. who have been constantly
with him. Haywood shook hands with
his counsel and when he was dis
charged went at once TO the jury box
and shook hands alth each juror. re-
turning thanks. Next he went 90 Judge
PEBBLES and did the same. Colonel Il.
Vi. ArrO closed FOR the defense. urg-
ing sclf-defense for Haywood and "a
persecution OF him and witnesses for
the defense. Judge PEBBLES next com
mcntol ON the evidence and charged
the jury. IL was charged very fayora-
bic 90 tho defendant Haywood shot
and Killed skinner En- front OF the post
Office here on February -. 4 prelini-
nary hearing was waved and AZ the
March, term tho tria. was postponed IN
account OF absent Witnesses. At the
haboae corpus. the FIRST OF June. Hay
wood was released on $4,000 bail Ia
the case seven lawyers appeared f0-
the defense and five for the state. An
solicitor declined 20 act because OF his
Relationship TO Haywood. The deion-
dant did not ties fly.
= Judge PEBBLES stated that A the
State admitted there was blow
stricken. then the charge o. murder in
the second degree was eliminated. II
was ~ 50 o'clock hen the Judge gave
his charge to the jury. which occupied
lfty minutes. He said II was not the
duty - the jury 10 be led on by At
tacks on the pr0seC stion. The question
which concerns the jury was whether
the ctfcDLont was guilty OF any crI2e
murder in the first or second degree
or nothing. The jury should he guided
by evidence and nothing else. 10 take
the evidence from the witnesses ard
The law from the courts. and not the
law f.Cm the attorneys. There IS no
exposed malice in this case there is i'm
piled malice. The burden is on the is-
PENDANT u prove there was no malice
in The case. Claims be- has done that
by Slmns Schmitz. H0cuft. Barnes
and Fuller. and says there was not a
witness. except S2uls who Contracicts
that No witnesses. except Sauls say
they saw any OF the beginning OF the
trouble. The defendant SAYS YOU ought
TO believe him. because 81 is five 60 one.
The defendant says Sauls ia not bad
character. and that there are other
Witnesses who strengthen his conten-
ton. Two witnesses. Mr.. Pillines and
the jai'cT. say the defendant had
red spot on his face. The defendant
SAYS D.. thinks he was eNcusabie I'M
der the circumstances and that
Schmitz, Hocutt. Fuller ard Bafnes al
sSoro that when Haywood rose MP
Skinner had Jumped away : or TO feet.
and All ~ them say ne had his hand on
ms %, Set some say the right some
the l'it hand. he claims there ls not
as much conflict az evidence as misl;
oe imagined. That under those conf
lions he believed hiS iite ln danger ani
That nobody contradlcia. except a2u4s.
anu i-c defendant thinss Che Others
ought 20 De believed Do prt ference Here
the J-o6e read jones 1i.'f eEiacnce.
anu saia II was ioy the jury 10 say
NNne'Ar. tne sAot could nave slroc
nam - ruller tncuSh-- No'"' 'nstAl0-