Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-02
MCLEOD IS GIVEN HIS
 FREEDOM AT BOSTON
The Jury Was Out Last Night for Five and OneEialf Hours-A Verdict of Not Guilty Was Reached and the Doctor Was Discharged From Custody Hunt and Crawford Given Six Years Each.

Boston, Dec 2.-A verdict of not guilty, was reported in the superior court to-day by the jury which last night deliberated the case of Dr Percy D. Mcleod, charged with being an ac- cessory after the fact to the illegal op- eration which resulted in the death of Susanna A. Geary, the victim of the suit case tragedy. and with concealing the crime. The prisoner was dis, charged. The case was given to the jury at 4.45 p. m. yesterday and a con clusion was reached at 10:15. In ac- 7 cordance with the instructions of Judge Stevens the verdict was sealed and was reported when court opened at 9:30 this afternoon.
 William E. Hunt and Louis W. Crawford, who pleaded guilty several days ago to the charge of being acces- sories after the fact to the illegal op- eration, were then brought into court. Each was sentenced by Judge Stevens to not less than six years nor more than seven years in state prison.
 The court room was crowded soon after the doors were opened, and large number of persons unable to gain admission awaited the announcement of the, verdict in the corridors outside. At .9:30 o'clock Judge Stevens took his seat. The jury filed in and Mcleod was brought into court. Seated ill the back part of the room, eagerly watch ing the proceedings, were Mrs Geary, rlother of the dead girl, and sisters of the girl, while near them were the wife and relatives of Dr Mcleod. The foreman of the jury reported that q verdict had been reached and sealed. The court ordered the verdict opened and read.
 Not guilty on all counts" were the words pronounced by the foreman. There was a pronounced stir through out the court room, accompanied by suppressed applause. Judge Stevens immediately ordered quiet in the room. The clerk of the court then told Mcleod that he was free.
 Judge Stevens at once ordered that William D. Hunt and Louis W. Craw- ford, who pleaded guilty several days ago to the charge of being accessories after the fact to the illegal operation, be brought into court for sentence. They were brought in without delay. Their counsel asked that they be given as light a sentence as possible in view of the circumstances of the case and the aid they had given the authorities in solving the mystery con- nected with the tragedy. Judge Ste yens then pronounced a sentence for each of not less than six years nor more than seven years in stata prison. In imposing sentence upon Crawford and Hunt Judge Stevens expressed re- gret that the public statutes prevented him from making the penalty heavier than from six to seven years in the state prison.
 The suit case tragedy, so called, has held public attention ever since the finding of suit case on the Winthrop shore of Boston harbor last Septem- Der, containing the trunk of woman's body. Later, in other travelling bags, the legs, arms and head were found and the body was identified as that of Susanna Agnes Geary, chorus girl of Cambridge. Mass.
 The solution of the mystery. was furnished from New York city, to which Crawford and Hunt had been traced, it being known that both had DNth dttoChtU NO tAO OAllCC NntIt NllSS Geary had applied for treatment The men were arrested and in a confession accused Dr Mcleod of having dissect- ed the body to conceal an operation.
 Crawford and Hunt were brought here from New York and Dr Mcleod was arrested. These three persons were indicted as accessories and this indictment named Mrs Mary s. Dean of Boston, who was also accused by Crawford and Hunt, as the principal in the case. Efforts to find Mrs Dean thus far have proved fruitIess.
 Before the trial of Dr Mcleod be- gan last Monday Hunt and Crawford pleaded guilty. They appeared as wit nesses against Dr Mcleod. As a wit ness in his own behalf yesterday Dr Mcleod said that he performed an op- eration upon. the patient only to save her life. He denied dissecting the body or knowing of the girls death until after the remains had been dis posed of.