Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-26
THE MANSON JURY
Held an All Night Session and
 Disagreed.
WOMAN GOES BACK TO JAIL.
State Attorney Says He Will Probably Try the Case Again-It is Said the Jury Stood Seven for Acquittal and Five for Second Degree Murder:

Jury Stood Seven for Acquittal and
 Five for Second Degree Murder:
 Putnam, March 26.-The jury in the trial of Mary Lillian Manson on the charge of causing the death of Mrs Julia A. Wilson of Ashford by admin istering poison, reported disagree ment this morning after an all nights session. The jury stood seven for ac- quittal and five for conviction for mur- der in the second degree. Mrs Manson was taken back to jail, and according to the states attorney will probably be tried again later.
 When the foreman reported the jury's inability to. reach an agreement, Judge Shumway read decision of the supreme court to the effect that 1f majority of the jurors were for con- yiction, those for acquittal should en- deavor to accommodate their reasoning to the opinion of the mapority. Judge Shumway inquired whether in the opinion of the foreman further deliber- ation in the light of the decision he had read would enable the jury to arrive at verdict. The foreman replied in the negative, and Judge ShumWay thereupon discharged the jury.
 The jury consisted of the following: Amos Kendall, Brooklyn, farmer; Frank w. Landon, Chaplin, salesman; Alonzo B. Potter, Killingly, farmer and town assessor, Philo T. Kingsbury, Pomfret, farmer; Alfred Smith, Pom fret, farmer; Frank A. Barrett. Wood
 Gsv TnI pa1l o rH Thompson, farmer; John W. Warren, Killingly. farmer; David Chase, Kill ingly, retired manufacturer; Charles D. Salisbury, Plainfield, grocer; Charles H. Corey, Sterling, farmer; J. Calvin Brown, Willimantic, retired. Mrs Mary Lillian Manson, the re- spondent, formerly lived at the home of Mrs Julia A. Wilson, and took care of Mrs Wilson during the latter's sick ness. Other members of the house hold were Mrs Wilson's two sons George and Ora, with the former of whom. according to the testimony in troduced at the trial Mrs Manson had
 been on very friendly terms before she
 accompanied him to his mothers
 house. After the death of Mrs Wilson
 on December B, 1902, an investigation
 was held. and after chemisn had ex-
 amined various organs of the body, and had discovered the presence of ar
 senic, Mrs Manson and George Wilson were placed under arrest and taken to Brooklyn jail. The deliberations of
 the grand jury resulted in the release of Wilson, but Mrs Manson was in dicted on the charge of murder in the 1 first degree. The trial in the superior court began March 1O
 The state put in evidence to show that Mrs Manson remained at the Will son home against the wish of Mrs Will son. and one witness, nurse who left the house shortly after Mrs Manson's arrival told of finding a white powder in a liquid which Mrs Manson had given the sick woman. According to the witness this powder tasted sweet and she vomited shortly after taking
 a little of 1t in her mouth. By other witnesses the state attempted to show the purchase of arsenic by Mrs Man son.
 The defense took the ground that Mrs Wilson committed suicide and note was put in evidence to substanti- ate the claim. This note, according. l to witnesses, was in the handwriting of Mrs Wilson, and was addressed to l her sons, telling them she had taken poison enough to kill herself Accord | ing to George Wilson, he found the
 note pinned to his mothers wrapper after her death. Wilson also testified | to the purchase of arsenic at his moth 1 er's request, and the defense further put in evidence to indicate that Mrs
 Wilson used drugs freely, including
 morphine and paregoric. Tn rebuttal the states effort was directed mainly
 to discrediting the testimony of George l Wilson.