The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-16

Greenville. Feb. I5.-(Speeial cor rasnon dent. 1-Through the winter twilight and through the early hours to darkness Katie Johnson sat huoaIeo in a chair, her slender form conVulseo now and again with sobs. her hAhu- kerchief. a wet ball as she waited to hear the verdict of a Butler County jury upon the charge that sns Grs.o we responsible for the death Of Seorse Bryan. Beside her sat her sister Maggie, as they together watched the drawing of the jury which was to pass upon her guilt or innocence or me same charge.
 with them was the pathetic figure ot the old mother, who had touched every depth of sorrow since last June when she saw George Bryan shot to death Tn her front yard by the hand of her husband. She had seen her husband wounded in the fight against the of- fcers. carried to imprisonment from which he will. never be released. for should the jury which is to try him declare him innocent of murder by reason of insanity he will spend the rest of his natural life in prison. She has seen both of her two daughters cast into prison for their part in the murder of Bryan and She has seen those two daughters suffer in prison week after week and month after month, and what the end would be she could not tell She and her daugh- ters had heard the judge ask the venireman the ominous question If they would hang a woman for murder on circumstantial evidence and together they had winced at the ques- tion. It was a sorrowful figure she presented, a huge sunbonnet concealing her tear-stained face from the curious crowd.
 Another Picture Shown.
 Another picture had been shown in the court room. the picture of a deso- late home, a widowed wife and orphan children. The story was told of the brave officer nf the law. George Bryan, who went to execute the eTrand of the law and fell while doing his duty. and in the trial of Kate Johnson the prosecution sought to show that with out the help of either Katie Johnson or of Maggie Johnson the father, John Henry Johnson, would not have been able to fire the fatal shots. It was shown, too. that the other two officers, Sheriff Hill Hartley and Deputy Oliver Bryan had been brave and wonderful ly considerate.
 As soon as the case of Katie John son went to the jury that against her sister, Maggie was called. jury had been obtained when the court adjourn ed at 6:30 p. m. this afternoon.
 The fate of Katie Johnson is being decided in the handsome new court house of Butler County, one of the finest buildings which has been erected during the new era of court house building in Alabama. an era embraced within the past six years It quite shames the seat of the county govern ment of Montgomery County. Resides the Butler County building the Mont gomery Coutny court house looks cheap and time worn.
 The court room to this S4O,O0O structure Is an attractive place. spaci- 0us and well lighted. It Is of the Grecian style of architecture, this big room. with a little temple not unlike the Acropolis over the judges stand It is white throughout. except for cherry colored railings and the cherry colored venetian blinds.
 Answers Murder Charge.
 Case s59. the case against Katie Johnson is called" said Judge Richard son looking through his glasses at the big docket From out of a jury room where she had been sitting by a steam heater the defendant walked swiftly into the room and stood before the bar that she might make answer to the rharwa that Bhe murdered (saors-e