The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-07

Naf1SaEl.
ST. LOUIS, April 6.-Senator job
w. Burton was today sentenced TO in
prisonnaent for a term of six month
and to pay fine of $4,000 for aeceptin
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! ST. LOUIS (Mo.), March 28.-Jc
| seph Ralph Burton, United States Ser
ator from. Kansas, was convicted BY
| jury in the United States District Cour
today on the charge Of having accepte'
compensation to protect the interests 0
the Rialto Grain and Securities Com
j pany of ST. Louis before the Postofic
II Department. The jury deliberated forty
eight hours A motion for a new tria
was Immediately filed by the counsel 70
| the Senator. Judge Adams thereupo1
| ordered that Senator Burton appear IL
court either in person or by proxy a
10 o'clock from day to day until thu
| Court has heard the argument for new
/ trial, and if decided against him to fix
] his punishment.
| Senator Burton was indicted in Jan
| uary last. Although as member oil
| Congress he could not be arrested until
after that body adjourned, he volun-
tarily surrendered himself to the prose
cutting authorities. He still has two
years to serve in the Senate.
For time there threatened to be a
disagreement in the jury. The jury
was taken before Judge Adams, who
asked the cause for the long delay.
He was told that eleven jurors had
agreed, but the twelfth stood alone.
The Court admonished the lone juror
that the expense of new trial should
not be incurred because of his falling
to agree with the majority of the
jurors. "A precedent was quoted show
ing that the majority of the jurors
should decide the case before them
and a verdict be rendered accordingly
The jury was then told to poll its vote
once more.
VERDICT OF GUILTY.
At the time that word was received
by the Court that the jury had agreed
and was ready with verdict, Senator
Burton had gone to the Southern
Hotel. A marshal was sent to notify
him to appear in court. The Senator
came into the courtroom at II 10
hour before and the long delay caused
a rumor that he had collapsed. Few
people were in the courtroom when he
entered He took his seat by the side
of his attorney, Lehman, and looked
the jurors in the face as they entered.
Have you reached a verdict in the
case? asked Judge Adams.
We have, said the foreman.
Hand it to the clerk, said the Court.
Judge Adams looked at the verdict
and said You have made no DISPOSE
ton of count 81
we have agreed as to that" said
Charles Wall, the foreman.
The Judge instructed the jurors to
retire and include their findings as to
count q in the written verdict.
During the fifteen minutes the jury
was our not word was spoken in the
A funeral service could
not have been more solemn. Neither
w. n. Rossington, Charles B. Smith,
Campbell nor other
friends of Senator Burton were present
at this time. Senator Burton sat i'm
looking neither to the right
nor the left. The jury returned again
at IL 20 O'Clock.
eWe, the jury. find the defendant
guilty of counts one, two, six, eight
and nine in the Indictment, and not
guilty on count three"
MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL.
There was no perceptibie change in
Senator Burfon,s countenance when |
he verdict was read. Attorney Krum
asked to have the jury polled. Each |
that the verdict was his I
own. Krum forthwith presented a /
notion for new trial. The Court
-epIied that the bond of $1,000 was en-
irely sufficient
Senator Burton went directly from
he courtroom to the Southern Hotel
fter the verdict was rendered and re-
ired to his room for rest. After a
ime he went down to the hotel lobby
nd sat around talking with friends,
pho occasionally dropped in. Appar-
ntly he was very nervous and his
ppearance was worn, the anxiety of
he past week having very perceptib1y
Eft its effect. When asked if he had
nything to say concerning the YER
let, he hesitated few minutes and $
hen with a gesture of his hand said i
l refer all inquiry to my attorneys. &
.ou certainly appreciate the situation, {
nd understand that / have nothing to I
ay"
II this verdict is sustained Senator
;urto1l will lose his seat in the Sen /
te and forever be prohibited from I
gliding any office of public trust. Each s
cunt, constitutes a separate offense Is
nd Senator Burton could receive q G
sentence of two years
T $4,000 fine on each count. Sem s
tor Burton's conviction is the first t
nder this section of the statute, which +
as enacted by Congress in 1864. q
TALK OF A SUCCESSOR h
TOPEKA (Kas.), March 28.-Law- r
ers who are close to Governor Bailey o
sgard the conviction of Senator Bur a
IN as an immediate vacation of his
eat, and the contest for the place
i'll, it is believed, commence at $
nee.
"a judgment against a man in Y
Use of this kind" said an ex-J Justice p
the Kansas Supreme Court today, c
S regarded by the courts as con- ?
lotion in the meaning of the stat v