The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-10

practicing in The Criminal courts wa
waiting impatiently late one night TO
the verdict of a jury in a case he ha,
Just tried. The case had been an in
tricate one, with many exhibits, an,
the jury had been out a long time.
In the courtroom and outside of i
lounged the usual crowd Relatives
and friends of the prisoner lawyer
who hai followed crooked legal trai
prayed and hoped for his vindica
ton. Outsiders. there from curiosity
alone. laughed and chatted of other
trials. A young assistant district at
torney, to. whom a conviction meant
praise from his chief, sat off in a
corner and muttered to sympthetic
companions
What can be the matter with those
fellows What's keeping EN- so long
II there ever was an open and Shut
ease this 1t III"
A court officer hurried from the
jury rom with message for the Judge.
The jury has agreed" it was wits
pered. The defendants lawyer stop
ped his impatient tramping up and
down the corridor. A victory would
please him, but even if the jurys YER
dict was against him his work was
done for the night.
III waiting around Ike the this
makes fellow ao fretful and nervous, Z
he remarked, II wonder how the pris-
oner must feel while the jury is decid-
Ing.
There was 4 sign of disappointment
when the court officer hurried back
from the jlilge, saying that there had
been no agreement the jury had ask
ed The judge for instructions On point
uf law. Dan Kelly, deputy sheriff and
veteran prison guard, became reminis
cent.
How do they feel. those men and
women to whom d jury's verdict means
muchss lid repeated aWhat are tle
emotions Of d prisoner while awaiting
the verdict III IL menu
Kelly leaned back and closed his,
eyes. For d score BIT years he mas had
charge oi most Of the famous prison
ars BID trial In the criminal courts
bnialing. While the Jury ii out the de-
fendant N Kept In Il pen within easy
reaclisof the court room.
sThey ALL take 1t differently said
Kelly eIt all depends on the physical
ana mental makeup Of the prisoner
And Won never can tell how they will
act. While The trial is going on some
.of them show lots Of nerve, but that
III wliiio they have their lawyers At
their side. Bssf when tae lawyer has.
made hia last plea. the prosecutor
has put lii his best ticks for convie-
tion. and the judge has delivered his.
charge, then many prisoner who has
shown great nerve during The trial be-
comes tic very opposite. They even
become hystaerical, and many III them
alnost collapse ssss
@Dfs course, that III net always the
case. but II frequently happensg Often
the weak. frightened creature who
gets your sympathy Turing the trial
III calm ana apparently unconcerned
while the jury Is delibarating.
The ignorant and tueducated pris
onerss as d rule arc affected more
than the intelligent ana educated. Il
suppose that Ii because the educated
have better control of their minds;
maybe they are better able to conceal
their feelings. guess ii amounts to
the same thing.
YOU cant nelp feeling sorry for
some of the ignorant prisoners. I have
seen cases where wouhl have sworn
that the prisoner became temporarily
insane while wiling for the jury. They
tear around the pen, pulling their hair
and ready to butt their heads against
Il wall All the same time, I have hand
He'd some ignorant prisoners who were
sn ftoIid that they didn't seem to care
about the outcome.
Are women worse than men, Not
an rule. You'd think 10, wouldn't
your But it's not the case. I've seen
many women who had the men beaten
all to pieces oil nerve. | remember
one woman who was the cooleat thing
I ever had anything til do with She
was charged with larceny, thiny, and
the prosecution had made out good
case Tho Jury had been out 4 couple
III hours and She hadn't displayed the
least concern. Why, i've got this
beaten sbe said to me. The worst !
can get. il d disagreement 1--WE got
that Jury conned even IL am guilty
"She surprised me, for 1t was the
flrsts time she had been arrested, and
there was nothing to show that she
had been associating with crooks xxi
Mild acted like an Old timer. Sure
enough, the Jury disagreed but she
was tried again ami convicted.
'sItss funny the way some Of them
IN the length of time q jury
Will he out, A criminal who has been
through ihc mill generally regards IT
as Az good omen when the jury doesn't
hand him verdict right away The
criminal decides that when " takes Al
jury II long time to agree they arc
doubtful about biz guilt and that he
Win either Ma acquitted Or there Will
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