The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-02

The court room was crowded soon after
the doors were opened and n large mum
Der OF persons Unable to gain admittance
awaited the announcement OF the verdict
in the corridors outside.
NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS.
At $50 o'clock Judge Stevens took his
seat. The jury filed I'm and Mcleod was
brought into court. Seated in the back
part of the room, eagerly watching the
proceedings were Mrs. Geary. mother OF
the dead girl, and sisters OF the girl,
while near them were the Wife and rela-
tives OF Or. Mcleod. The foreman Of the
Jury reported that a verdict had been
reached and sealed. The court ordered
the verdict opened and read.
Not guilty on all counts were the
words pronounced oy the foreman.
There was a pronounced stir throughout
the court room. accompanied by sup
pressed applause. Judge stevens imme-
diately ordered quiet I'm the room. The
clerk OF the court then told Mcleod that
he was free.
HUNT AND CRAWFORD SENTENCED.
Judge Stevens at once ordered that VIII
liam Il. Hunt and Louis w. Crawford.
who pleaded guilty several days ago TO
the charge Of being accessories. after the
fact. 10 the alleged 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 circumstance Of the case- and the
aid thev had given the authorities I'm solv-
ing the mystery connected with the
tragedy.
Judge Stevens then pronounced a SEN
tence for each OF not less than six years
nor more than seven years In state prison.
A PLEA FOR HUNT.
LAWYER John ]. Cahil Of Salem adj
dressed the court I'm behalf OF Hunt. He
spoke briefly.
He laid some stress upon the statement
that he felt certain that the court would
not take into consideration the various
allegations against Hunt, of crimes COM
mitted I'm Philadelphia. In that city hunt
according to witnesses at the trial or Dr'
Mcleod. was known as Or. Roberts.
For era wford. Attorney Isaac +. Han
argued that his client was To some eN-
tent a victim OF long standing adverse
circumstances from which he had been
unable to arise and which overcame MN,
In imposing sentence upon Crawford ana
Hunt Judge Stevens expressed MS re
gret that the public statutes prevented
him from making the penalty heavier than
from six to seven years in the state
prison. This sentence was the maximum.
The Indictment against Dir. Mcleod was
embodied I'm four counts. Two OF these
charged the defendant with being an ac-
GO ssory after the fact TO an unlawful OPP
Grafton performed by Mrs Mary :. Dean.
The remaining two charged completely IN
an unlawful operation with some person
upknQSn. A.
The suit case tragedy, so-called, has
held public attention ever since the finding
OF the suit cases I'm Boston last Septem.
Der containing the dIsmembered parts OF
a woman's body.
HOW VICTIM WAS IDENTIFIED.
The identity OF the victim was made
possible by the rings upon the hand. The
body was claimed as that OF Susanna
Agnes Geary by the girls mother.
Miss Geary had been-n-mcmhernLhn
Shepard King company. which had been
playing I'm various New England cities in
the capacity Of chorus girl. After a long
investigation. the solution % the mystery
was furnished from New York city, where
Crawford and Hunt were arrested. as the
persons who had tried 10 conceal tho
crime by throwing the d-ismembered body
into the water.
Crawford and Hunt made a confession.