The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-13
Long Drawn i, Vi, Out.

+ . r. tHLI ii.
For fourteen, weeks the case had been
+ In progress and there was the stiffness
of the tomb in the court room rs y I'd sc
Speer asked the Jury II they shadHagreed
upon a verdict Foreman Hope Thomas
answered in the affirmative. and the three
indictments We're taken and the findings
read by the clerk. The Jury, ut the re-
quest OF the counsel for the defense
was then 5polled and each member stated
that the verdicts rendered upon the In
8dictments werc Ills.
Tile maximum sentence that the courts
may Impose under the law is an aggrc-S
gate terIn#of seventeen years.n the peni-
Tertiary and a fine Of $4,000, the amount
Of the alleged embczalement The minis
mum sentence permissible under the y law
is two years In tic penitentlary and a
fine or $1,000. l3cfore adjournment until
tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock, when
the sentence will be pronounced, Judge
Spcer said
unfortunate men except to be Just as
lmerciful as my duty under the law will
permit N t5
Judge Thanks Jury,
s. Tho clcrk read to the court q COM
fnunication from he jury, y which the
@me,nbers tcndered thelrs heartfelt 1 thanks
Sto ftle% %court,Sth attorncS 3 on, both sides,
the marshal and the ther@ fficers l,e
court for the kindly onsidera tlon shown
them and the manner iIlawhlchst they had
p,vided for their comfort anu welfare,
Judge Spcer. In reply, thanked the jury,
and said:
i&"since 1t is true thatHno jury In the
United States perhaps ~ this century,
has had an ordeal more severe than
yours, surely also it is true that you
n sco,s li1Spv tO
be of bencfitito the people OF this great
republic in the$future.v.fl fltis court Wishes
to thank you with all his heart for the
manner In which you have performed your
duty. Wishing you godspeed. "a. safe re-
turn to your homes and families. a long
life and much happiness, yolls are dis
charged by the court"
The decenses counsel will not discuss
the next steps to he taken in the case,
nor will District Attorney Marion Erwin
say what will he done regarding the In
Michael A. Connolly, William9T and Ed
ward II Gaynor,e who We're Jointly in
dcted wlthatho defendants convicted to-
day. 8 NM
Mr.. Erwin this afternoon received a
telegram from Attorney General Moody
expressing the congratulations Of the
President and tile Attorney General upon
the outcome OF the case, upon which MT.
Erwin has been engaged for seven years.
History Of Case.
The trial of Messrs. Greene and Ciaynor
consumed about fourteen weeks. The do
fcndnnts were charged with conspiracy
to dcfraud the government and embez-
element in connection with the DiG gov
ernment enlneering works In this vicln-
ity. They We're indicted in 1902, and after
fighting cxtradltion proceedings In New
York fled 10 Canada. After lengthy pro-
ccedings there they wero finally extra
dited ana were brought to Savannah for
trial. Captain Oberin NJ. Carter. OF the
engineer corps, who had charge OF the
Improvement works under Greene and
Ciaynor contract, was court-martlalen
for his completely In the alleged frauds.
and WIS sentenced to be dishonorabl%
discharged from@thc army and to serve
term OF Imprisonment for five years.