Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-19
StackpoleJ eJuryLocked
Up for the Night
Debating Case
Deliberated Until TO-
o'clock and Will
Resume Today
Foreman Kean and Colleagues Hold
Fate of Alleged Slayer Of Joel
Scheck In Their Hands-Hun-
dreds Hear Argument

After failing to reach decision after
eight hours of consultation yesterday
the jury in the case of Ernest stacISpoIe,
charged with the murder of Joel SchecI<,
Vvas locked up for the night and this
morning will resume discussion of the
case.
1t is hoped that verdict will be
reached during the day.
When the Stackpole case was re-
Sumed in department one OF the Su-
perior court yesterday there were prob
ably three hundred men and women
present to hear the much heralded
speech of Attorney Edward l.. Fleming
representing the prosecution, who was
to close the case for it.
And they were not disappointed, for
at o'clock the prisoner, looking a
trif1e pale but very composed, was
ushered into the court room.
Prisoner Watches Jurors
Stackpole's defense had been closed.
most probably forever, and he sat
quietly at the attorneys table, but
never for moment did his cool, gray
eyes leave the faces of the jurymen,
who were soon to jugge with his life.
Attorney Fleming began promptly at
9:15 o'clock.
His address dwelt chiefly with the
facts and the cold, hard evidence OF
the case, and as an argument of law
was one of the best ever made in the
local courts. being fitting finish to
the brilliant work of the attorney in
preparing and handling the Stackpole
case out of an almost chaotic condi-
tion.
Step by step leming reviewed the
evidence while Stackpole glowered at
him and curses flowed freely upon the
H. CV1ttat mi
earnest attorney.
Scores Mrs. Scheck
Mrs Scheck was scored by the prose-
cutting attorney. He remarked that she
represented the lowest type of degen-
eracy found in her sex and character
lied her actions in assisting in the
murder of her husband as the actions
of a beast
He further stated-giving an insight
for the frs. time as to the woman's
fate-that Mrs. Scheck would be prose-
cuted and that the district attorneys
office would not be backward in pro-
ceeding against her.
The chief point dwelt upon by the
defense was the fact that Scheck
might have committed suicide with his
revolver and that his wife, to collect
the life insurance. had concocted the
lie and hid the revolver where it was
Jurors Examine Pistol
In refutation of that statement At
torney Fleming passed over Scheck' S
revolver for inspection. The juryman all
examined it as though unfamiliar with
the use of weapons until it was handed
to Worth Kean, the last of the jury
men.
Kean is an old Kentuckian, over six
feet high and an expert on guns. hav-
ing spent many years of his life in
Arizona and the southwest He picked
up the tiny cheap revolver with a grin,
carefully looked it over while the other
jurymen watched him and waited for
expert opinion. Kean looked down the
barrel of the revolver and then handed
1t back.
THAT gun has never been fred" was
his only remark, but it had its effect.
At eight minutes before the noon
hour the Instructions had been read
to the jurymen and they were turned
over to Deputy Sheriff Tom Strohm.
A few moments later it was an
nounced from the jury room that
Worth Kean had been selected as fore
man.
The jury was then taken to lunch
and did not return until o'clock. But
the spectators were there waiting for
the end of the hideous trial. Many of
them received a shock few moments
after 3 o'clock when a knock was
heard, but the jurymen only wanted
ice water.
Phones His Wife
A second knock was registered an
hour later, but it was only a signifi-
cant message to be telephoned a
Jurors wife to the effect that he
would not be home during the night.
The jury was taken to supper at 6
o'clock and retired an hour later.
AT that time Judge James announced
that if the Jurors did not reach a ver-
dict at 10 o'clock he would lock them
in the jury room till morning, when
they could again take up, the discus
sion.
To the man waiting that blow over
in the county Jail the afternoon must
have been terrible one, but even
those in the court room failed TO find
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