Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-08
Crowd Receives Verdict Of Not
Guilty. with Cheers.
JURY OUT FOR NINE HOURS
Acquitted Prisoners and Their Law
ycrs Weep for Joy, and Later Hold
Public Rcccption-story Of the
Death OF Engineer Strange.

| RALEIGH. N. c., Oct CATER
nine hours elaboration the jury In tho
Rowland murder case this morning
returned its verdict finding DR.. d. s.
Rowland and his wife, Mrs. Lilly M.
Rowland. not guilty of the murder OF
Engineer Charles II. Strange, the
woman's former husband.
The verdict was received with an.
prevail by the court room crowd, ana
the defendants received effuslve con.
CALCULATIONS.
The jury was given tho case mt
midnight precisely. after ten hours
or argument and the charge of the
court. The State attacked the yeraci.
W OF the last witnesses for the de.
tense and championed the Brother.
mood of Locomotive Engineers which
mad so strongly and steadily pressed
inc prosecution which Il had initiated
At $3.50 o'clock this morning the
Jury sent word to Judge Long it was
ready with It's verdict. He went IA
the court room at once. The solicitor
was sent for. II was twenty minutes
reiore he arrived. Elmer Shaffer.
one OF the prosecuting attorneys. was
also present for that side. All the
attorneys for the defense were in tho
| court room.
Dr' and Mrs Rowland were brouch.
IN with them being his uncle. Theo.
uore Gills, and her sister. Tho ST.
renee was Intense when the foreman.
vi INC jury announced It's verdict.
Crowd Shows Its Approval.
as he spoke the words there was n
Ia'tie OF applause and cheers from
inc crowd which jammed the court
mousse. Judge Long struck the desI,
sh"rpiy and declared such behavior
an outrage.
Then a strange scene began. DR.
ana Mrs. Rowland and Messrs. Hicks
anu harris, two OF their lawyers.
riieu. Mrs. Rowland and her sister
nuSsed each other fully n minute.
mn.ie they screamed for JOY. Their
lawyers shook hands with DR.. and
Mrs. Rowland, and n large number
OF persons followed this lend.
rho Rowlands took carriage md
went to his boarding house on poi,,
street, and thence to his office on
Fayetteville street. directly opposite
tne postoffice and over the Western
Union Telegraph office. There they
| neld public reception. Some nj
their very enthusiastic friends drove
up with wagon load of flowers
which were presented to them. Al
o'clock they left for the home Of
nowiand's uncle. near Henderson.
Inence they go to Baltimore.
| Ihcy say they expect to be away
month. 1t is said Rowland will re.
sumo his profession here.
Contention of Prosecution
me contention or the State was
mat because of the infatuation of
| rowland and Mrs. Strange for zach
DINER, and with Mrs. Strange's co.
operation and active help. DR.. Row.
| ianu poisoned Strange with hvpo.
uermic injection of aconitlne which
"oulo ieave no traces FOR ANALYSIS
Witnesses for the prosecution foe.
,ilied That the condition OF Strange's
body the night following the death
was such as would have been brourh,
ABOUT ly aconitine. They said that
me conduct OF DR.. Rowland and Ntrs
strange showed great strain unon
.nem' such as might he produced Inv
inc commission of the crime
Engineer Tlghe. Engineer Stoa,o
and others testified that Rowland and
Mrs, Strange maintained Improper ro.
htions long before the death of
otranfe, whereas both defendants In
conversations Mt the time OF Stranre's
uehtn, declared that they had never
met before. Mrs. Strange said that
inc telephone office had sent DR..
Rowland to the house upon her re.
quest for some good doctor. She said
she mad already called two bther
doctors and found them out. The
evidence was that she went directly
10 Dr. Rowland's office and told him
her husband was Slightly sick" ana
asked him to attend him.