Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-05-01
LIBERTY IS GIVEN
MRS. STANDIFER
tainted When Speeches Were
Made In Her Defense.
BARV WAS PRESENT IN COURT

Sisters o. MrS. OtandlSsr Cat Near and
Were stirred ~ the TrIAl--JuTy was
Quickly secured and . Verdict sOon
Given,
Atlanta. April so, I'VE. the jury,
nnd the defendant not guilty"
That was the verdict reached In losa
than ten minutes In the case OF Mira,
Willie Standiter, who was tried In the
criminal Oranch Ut the superior court
Friday for tho killing ot her sister.
Mlss Chapoll Whlscnant, on March 0tG
iaSt
The verdict was received IN silence
that Was oppressive. The stiffness was
50 Intense that the breathing Oi tho
people In the packed court r0m waA
audible
There would probably have been an
outburst OF applause II Judge Roam hal
not commanded that there should DO
no demonstration. M matter what tho
verdict was
lhht Was Why the verdict Was ~.
cclvcd @'ilh such deep silence
The Nomcn who sat near the prlA
oncr her sisters and her friends.
dropped their faces IN their hands and
Wrpt
Mrs SlandlIer locked about her like
frightened child. aud claapsd and
unclaspcd her fingers usrvoualy,
Tho last chapter IN Que " the mas,
pathetic tragedies that over occurred
IN Atlanta had ended
A poor. frail woman, upon whom
death Ia abou, 10 set Ito seal IN con
SYMPTOMS ghAAtly form. had been a.
TAlEnsd ~ the bar VI Justice for Hlay
ms her own slStrr Iier plea wAa
that shs vAa ~ Eoaisd 10 desperation
By . hsartlpa4 husband. who had found
In her young slatsr . victim TOR hia
tal,hlcasness. that she bVcamS 80 mad
" insane thA, she slsw the sister Ia
save her from dlahohoF. aud tD pro
t"rt herself and little child from tho
sociai ruin that must fuIl0w.
The Jury Vas 1ul oaiy nine minutes.
and half when they announced that
tnsy we're ready Nith verdict. I'd
Ear Th0mpsou had been ehossa fore
man, aud he handed the slip VI paper
10 The clerk u the court. Who took
II and read
We. the Jury. nRd the defendant
no, guilty"
The atoFJ had eli been toid. Ahd
Mrs hlandifsF lsft The eauu room
With hsf sis,srs SD lady friends, .
free woman 10 The eYss 81 tbs Law,
sud dSub,isss In the sight of that uod
uh0tn ahs appealed In Tho last u0Sds
u her staisms0, 10 the Jury,
A, one uns white MF wsstmors.
land wAs speaking 10 the Jury Mra
sIsndlisv fslatsd. and hss sisters hal
~ rvviss her bT throwing wstsr 10 .
bar face
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lAsds Of shs iafY, psss aSy snA sold
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~ piaymats n her GsFiaaoA
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