The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-14
Found Guilty.. 3 fMurders 1 \ l.lll [l.':
Of His Wife and Al ! I His Ills.
Adopt pte ! Son. y N
.JU il III. I D J ND 4. \
FIFTE MINUTES, 4 / \. /: ! 5,
.Magnii cent 3spe,s !: el1a MADE. Z. \ II i
His Defense az ~ n: the Evi- E.''i- s5
dence Vas g elusive.
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RADIO rD,, v 81 ID 4 The jury In
The, ease 81 James Llti ous. charged with
thee nurd er ofs5 hls VII u and opted son
with .som blunt ins trunert and then
setting fjro the housc TO hide n 4 his I.
crime. found him gull Sol murder In the
first de greo Sat the cioseis 81 the second
days trial this AFTERNOON The prisoner
sat WITH his face I'M his hand and neyer;
Hooked 4up when the vcrd tst y re1idef red
The court immedi lately ad djotirned until 3
u clock .itl n fcassell n
Will pronounce sent ec,ised NJ
ss5 Tho jtiry was out onl cen minutes
THE stimony5 was very conc clusive syS
IL Conclusive /; Evide dence.
N. brad J. test flied tia Il the fire bell,
rang five? or 81 < tes saf tar he Wok Ike.
and he saw fire near the round H and
could haVe e eonc up IN tho rooms he said
any one could have let9 theuisc yes ou Il Of
the wind; " III q T2 ersonss ST ndin 4 below
could hays reached * heir feet W tness
testified that ink us ask Cd him try
some g said there was
no, use to tryato save tho. bull Lbs. y Later
88he told them thai Ills SW and chill were
sinslde.; Witness proposed that N they tryj
/ to rescue them . tho prison or said IT s.
useless; ;&t hoy had slf locate ore this sb
3s The charge to the tury closed ass is fol-
lows: ssi III u H.
The court lnst,' ts tie Jury that tRi &
they believe from al II lieS evidence be-
syord all reasona able doubt that 81 no de-
#fendant&is guilty as 5char ged, in the Eill-
sdictmcnt. !. tlen$i t as thei u dity to convict
him. al thougl, no mo- has been dis
Scovered sor oven
Gree Spec j. s
s prd ho pros
ecltion + asa g
ha1f fi court
room hoWeY wa s cons ctous;F g Tie pas
sage Il OF Il time. " Of dan spoke d
low; :tensc voice, which told more plainly
than Y words that a weight OF sorrow
rest r,ested on lis heart. He did his duty,
but 1t was d painful duty and victory
would bring mo thrilll exult ton. alt'.
Jordan told a. story OF d cop hi unlan pa s.
sion, and he told ! e simply, strong y, bly,.
in 3sil ort. with telling ffeata His speech
was eloquent, strong. manly, generous $
and wi thai SO II convincing. so powerful
! an argument against the accused /, q. plea
for the defendant seemed utterly hope-!
less f8s 5if5 Vi 5s q N q q i.Sl V 5l
% The prisoners counsel. however, did his
$duty.#noblys by tho: fricndles man who
sat Eatahis side. From the first lie fought
his clients case ag gressiyely and earnest !
", though Handicapped by having / no
time for preparation and case In which
almost every vest go v Of evide1l ce was
against him. For an hour and a{ quartz
Mr.. Morton pleaded the cause ( OF fS3 his
client, and his sneech received hgh. =.
prll Sc. 81, @ t q. 5a}s
KS Mr.. j ordaTi made the closing speech for
the defense, speaking an hour. and y is:
safe to say that Vi ! t was tho finest and ld
most powerful speech ever heard ard ll ln@thls bis
court. sSg fSs "A fS3 t5iS IL NJ
Il .53s Closing Scene.
s The scene was one to be Ions ren1cm--5 M
bcred . Tho prisoner, a pitiful Es looking.
figure With eyes east down, the g loquentI
voice Of the man who lowered above the
sthrong and swayed them p his voice.
5A8hidcous crlmo&h had been done and ne no
demands II Of Justice must DO II met, The l
3nrisoner's life lay&in tho hands Of the
q twelve good men and true y In y the jury
box. For the time being ne pro'sec Y tltls
attorney was the voice of the community unit
Of tho Commonwealth, asking 81 that tll 4lte' 20
THE people stood sadly. bu 5resolutely
by. The vol CO spoke for them s1 ard q tn they
hung on It's every word. sIseVorentl Y, al
most. sadly, the speech came g ~ lose.
and the jury after6being out = ifteen @ min
sutcs, returned a verdict OF 5"murdier n IN
tho first degree n 4t II 555sg 555ia NH