The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-17
Jury in Nashville Returns
First Degree Verdict;
Penalty Is Hanging
BODY WAS FOUND
0vEp A YEAR AGO
TO APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT
iF MOTION Fo7 NEW TRIAL
is nENlED-PRisoNE7
SHOWS NO EMOTION.
Special 10 The Bulletin.

Special To The Bulletin.
Nashville Tenn. Feb lC---Atte-
one OF the most eel hrated cr.minal
rials II the history oe the coln'rv.
pr. Herman Feis.. q n.3 'linent *e Il
! g'Ne Dh"siean. was toaav fsg.ri
griltv in tho Aret aeerss. RI TIE -"n--
der of Mrs Posa Maugrfrn. ri tNis
city. whose BODY was found In tie
Ohio aiver at Cairo III, yelr ago
| last January
Telst who has been out en- bonl
was at once taken in charge by
deputy sheriffs He displayed no emo.
ton when the verdict was anno1ncel
but finched and grew deafhiy pale
when the handouts were adjus ei
As he was led out Of tie court room
by two officers. cheer wepf np from
the 700 or 500 people who hoa gatF-
cred to hear the verdict Cat CATS AMI
howls Of derision went UP but 10
violence was Offered
| THAT breaks your neck vnq
,scound, e." yelled some ore and the
cry was repeated by he others. Eve1
I this demonstration seemed To- fa~e
no effect upon Feist At the jail he
was carefully searched for en-
weapons or poison that he mig t
have but none were found. To nsf---
her of newspapermen he made she
storeoiyped reply = have noting u
say
| To Aoa-ai TO suorenaa Court.
Feixs svilly III stslstanced II son rs y
| tfse noti6n for 4 new trial ! I!
,oaed Of. The Arguments viii be
heard probably on Monloy. Fesss's
attorneys announced their infeati1H
Of rushing the case to the present
session of the supreme court rather
than to wait Until the case takes rs
natural course. which would not
bring 1t up before next Frbrrarv.
The case which has attracted un-
usual attention through the mi1dle
west and south has been II progress
for neorly q month. The evi1ence
against the defendan' was purely CIR
cumstantial. but Of so strong and
convincing a character that soon
after the trial started his bond was
increased from 81 900 10 $4,000 which
Ne readily gave.
Fvide7ca 'ntrodrced. shoving that
va'et vas y desroiier Of homes a-d
hat he had been connected in more
than one shady affair but had alwa's
managed TO escape prosecution.
aroused much public sentiment
against him and the verdict was me-
with univer-al approval ih-eueh~uf
the city and bv the city press.
Sisters Search at Last Rewarded.
Fels was brought to trial through
the efforts of Mrs Logan Tr3usdale.
Of Atlanta, Ga, the murdered WON
ans sister. who when the police and
detectives failed. picked up the
slender clues ard began search that
resulted in d strong chain OF evidence
against the physician. with whom
MIS- Mangrum had been most :nti
mate
Was Warned Against Feist.
Witnesses for the prosecution tes-
tilted that Ms Mangrum had been
seen often with Or. Feist O. Man
grum. the woman's husband. who has
since remarked, testified that he
warned his wife against these visits
He declared however. that he bad ID
evidence of improper conduct be
tween Mrs. Mangrum and DR.. Feist-
Among the witnesses for the defe"se
were former Chief Of Police Kielv
Assistant Chief OF Detectives Kel'v
and Detective Shenck Of s.. Louis
They told Of the search made In 81
Louis fer MIS-. MaDgrum 10y her !as.
ter. Mrs. Trousdalc.
Mrs Mangrum kissed hor husb ul
good nv at O'Clock he night uf D.
ccmbcr ~ on the steps of their bpTc.
refusing 10 Jet him accompany hcr e.
the station She WAS drive tp he
station in a cab
The baggageuan Who checked her
trunk remembered her lt 5 als)
known that she purchased her ticke.
Two hours after she had che. kei he-
trunk. Marshall Rohlaud. 10 years lid.
who lived at Nineteenth avc1He ani
Adelaide street. saw a elosei car
rage draw NJ 70 the msnhO'e Of
sewer running near his home empty
ing into the Cumberland river. He
declared that as soon as the carrisss
reached she hole the lights we-@ x
tinguished.
Leaned Over Ground
Rohland could not clearly ds
GCcucludcd % sceond FascJ