Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-19
GUILTY AS CHARGED.
Clark Edward Newton and Mark Morris
Newton Found Guilty of Numbering
Patrick King.

against Clark Edward Newton and
Mark Morris Newton charged with
the murder of Patrick King near
the school house west of old Kiowa
and robbing him of his money,
team and camp outfit, the jury, on
the first ballot found them guilty
of murder in the first degree. The
verdict necessarily means a sentence
"to hang" which under Kansas law
and the actions of former governors
amounts to a "llfe sentence, as no
governor since the present law
went into effect, has signed the
death warrant" which is necessary
to carry out the sentence of the
court.
The people of Barber county
manifested great interest in the
case during the entire trial, the
court room was crowded during
every sitting of the court and a
general satisfaction of the verdict
is expressed.
Mrs. Newton the mother of the
boys and Miss Newton a sister who
attended the trial were very sadly
disappointed in the verdict and the
another was prostrated but at this
writing is better.
The expense to Barber county
for the apprehension, trial and con-
viction of the Newton boys will
probably be about 81, 200 and al
though costly to the people of the
county no trial has ever been held
when the people were more interest
ed in seeing justice done and no
cost ever made that will be as
cheerfully paid. 1t must be re-
membered that none of the parties
| in the case were residents of Bar
Der county, the murdered man
was travelling through the county,
and the Newton boys lived with
their parents near Cleo, 0. T.,
they met at night, went into camp
together and as a result King lost
his life and the Newton boys will
serve a sentence for, life in the
Kansas Penitentiary Such are the
ends of the evil doer. This should
be warning to all young men who
are inclined to so astray. Re-
member that rectitude of life and
J conduct bring their rewards and
those that do not follow that line
sooner or later receive the condem-
nation of good citizens.
Wednesday, Thursday and nearly
| all of Friday were consumed in Sc
curing a jury. The regular panel
of 40 drawn specially for the case
was exhausted in an hour on We'd
nesday morning and Judge Gillett
| issued special venire for I3o men
in Valley, Sharon and Cedar town
ship, and that venire was very
nearly exhausted before a jury was
secured. The jury was empaneled
and sworn to try the cause at $3.50
P. m, on Friday. They were COM
posed of the following persons:
A E. Ellis, Sharon township
w. 81. Mcclure, Valley township
Walter Kepperling, Valley township.
r. L. L. Barnstable, Valley township
A. E. Thomas, Sharon township
Jas. Bird. Valley township
N. 8. Brown, Sharon township
]. NJ. Berger, Valley township
Del Morgan, Sharon township
James HewbFe, Cedar township
P. B. Cole. jr Cedar township
WI Lindner. Cedar township
The state rested a little before
noon on Saturday, and the defense
got their evidence in at 2:3o in the
afternoon. A recess of an hour
was taken to draw Instructions and
the arguments began at AGO and
closed at s, when the case went to
the jury, Seward l. Field opened
for the state and County Attorney
Tincher closed. G. M. Martin of
this city and A. NJ. Applegate of
Woodward made strong pleas and
appeals in behalf of the prisoners,
Throughout the trial both prisoners
were remarkably composed and the
same can be said of their mother