The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-11-17

there was no necessity for her to seek
freedom bv causing his death. Mrs.
Dumbarton was q woman of blameless
life. and all who knew her could bear
witness that hers was not the wicked,
deprayed and malignant heart that had
conceived and carried out such a
crime
There was no necessity to saw more
to any enlightened body of men. He
had noipted ont the gross i~mnrohah hill
itv he might add, the utter impossi-
hiljtv Of snch q deed being done by
snch q woman. the lack of evidence
tn ss,nnort So serious an accusation
Tho inodeouacv ~ motive on her mart.
ana he would ash The i,1rv as men or
%nd ans as Inrers ~ i]1,stica to
1870 - yaraiot which would fraa tbia
a. ffar;na Iodt, fro,n tho ;nconveniences
~ i blre hiat jons ana tba fonl s,,sp
nic,one Of whjch ,nhannv circumstan-
George Coris sat down at the conclu-
sion of his sneech with a sense of salts
faction at having done his best for his
cIinnt hut Xix ewisa with the knowledge
mar his case was weak and his argu-
ment inconcIusive. Al the request OF
a i,,rvrnan the maid was recalled and
Questioned repa the voices she had
hear 5 on the night OF the tragedy, hut
she merely repeate6 what she had all
ready stated. and no further light on
| I'll 8 decd waJ nrthc0nli1 NE
NE coroner than summed nm the evil
dance nh Jury he STATED. n,,,sr dis
misc IRON, their minds all nsdm,ssahle
statements made NV tina solicitor for
thc nerson susnecte5 They had heard
tba evidanca ana nav ougIt 10 And a
vardict c~ont;ngen+ and denendent on
tbair conclneinns IJa wo,,i5 racal 10
thair minds ms cb;af noints of the evil
denca river Ava he than dweIt briefly
hnt forc;hlv an tha narserution the
susnactad narson had endnred At the
hanSs ~ on nnn,;ncfnled man. m his
demand FOR Money: his entrance to her
bo,,ae ybara ~ was dtscovarad ,,,,r.
Serad 10 ir.+r,1,au4 h,, wilton bic nfa
hod haan taI,an laa;,r ,o+;ca1 IN ber
hana rrba sr,n,,osi4inn thot an ,,caan
80 ,,pnnn1rn ".nger bad cansaG tha
daa+b re Day;a TS,n,h NJ ton nod CO
Ca nc or,,,a ha ascartainad no o,1ndao
!tFFA-l4A S=~Iae ~ ""S " :" >
uon "a iae'.
H-NeniAs ilau Cohie neto1e ~ a -,
lshed ms remarks ana the July hao -
titeu W colsluer Nlell peluicI. go
i1areo IN the court pols9iiis lhe cioeS
atmosphere strangers hao come anu
gone reporters Aau ieiieveo eacll cthSI'
INC ollceIS looked Jaoeu. bu' ~ ~
terest Wnlch had DeSuh 10 nag IN tne
publc NINA now suddenly revived the
silence was broken by ens
court "hlch had p~erceptlpiS .hinisu
an hour ago, became s~ullocatlhsly
Olive Dumbarton, sensitlVely con-
Sclous TO all that went on arouno ief,
preserved a caTInness that she lele was
unnatural; her emotlons We're frozen,
the q OF her ire seeiileu " sedilu
stlll. Ihose around her, George bos,
took, her solicitor, Dr. QuaVe, betrayed
their excitement by their restlessness
and by the anxious manner with Wnlch
they regarded her. 1t was a reEef TO
her n TO ner 1rlends "hen the Jury
once more entered the court. one
heard their footsteps Wltnout d qulck-
enlng OF her neart throps, ana saw
without a nutter or nope the look OIL
satisfaction they wore at having come
to the END or a troublesome uutS' 1or
she knew full wen lhe Vefulct tneS
would return, and foresa" the Iate lhat
cruelty awaited hef. Ihat Which was
to her probably a mater OF NE OF
death was to them an eAcltills lhcldeh'
IN the mototony Oh thelr udily lVes. +,
In another the FOREMAN OF
the jury declared that they We're unail-
nous III tnelr OPINION tnat DdVlu Dnhl-
barton had met ms death ny peitS
stabbed in the breast, n mat the fatai
blow had been struck by ms "lle.
The verdict was received IN piolouho
silence, broken by the coroner VOICE
as he proceeded to explain the diner
ence between murder ana tlah-
slaughter, with a view 10 helplns tlleli
in their decision as TO Wnlcn FORM .!
the crime had been coInn1itteo ny OlEe
, Dumbarton. Manslaughte was uhlaW-
q full act of killing another Wlthou1 MAJ
i, ice, either expressed or lnlplleu' ahc
t was either voluntary OF l~nsoiun,1ly
6 while murder was the unla"lul kllilhS
n Of any creature by any means Wlti
: malice a~forethought, n WIN a settlet
r purpose to revenge. Inc eVlaehce the.
h had heard must be the pest gulae u
! their decision. II 1t was tnelr opih2oi
u the deceased had, IN packing ms de'
q mands for money, OF through charac
= t%eristic brutality, used violence Whlci
resulted i'll an act on ms wires part o
self defence; or II they CONSIDERED IN
: fatal blow was given during one Q
those paroXysms OF passion "hlct
While the frenzy iasts' sums lhe soiC
less Of the consequences of his or ne
of m~anslaughter.
Without quitting the box, NE 1ur
MOI .fnC