The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-13
SLAV MINER
 IS CONVICTED Jury Returns Verdict. Life Imprisonment. BOTH SIDES ARE SATISFIED Testimony in Second Case to Begin
 Monday. Solicitor Thompson ApoIosixes te Cap- tain Waite In Open Court for Anx
 Discourteousness-ve
 Causes Little Surprise.
BOTH SIDES ARE SATISFIED
BY FRANK P. GLASS, JR.

centreville. Sept. i2.-tSpeciall--The jury in the case of wssilije wainovich accused of compIicity in the murder of Conductor Collins on the night of Sat- urnd. August 9, this morning at s:f5 o'clock returned a verdict of murder in the first degree against the defen- dant. fixing the punishment at life i'm prisonmeut
 Tho verdict was read to the court by The clerk who received 1t from Fore man Smitherman. Immediately after the reading had been accomplished. Captain White demanded that the jury
 be boiled in open court, a proceeding which Judge Miller willingly complied with. Without exception every mem
 her of the jury clearly and unhesitat-
 ingiy stated that the verdict as read was his verdict
 Solicitor Thompson then gained the permission of the court to make few remarks to the jury and to those present in the court room. He stated that Captain White had expressed him. self as being very much hurt at cer- tain references which were made about him before the jury in the solicitors closing argument. and that an apology was due. Solicitor Thompson stated to those present that he did not mean his remarks of the day before to re- fleet upon Captain White personally, as he had the highest regard for op- posing counsel.
 Captain White acknowledged the apology in few words. and Judge Mil- Ter complimeuted both Solicitor Thomp-
 son and Captain White for their man. ly bearing in the affair.
 The reading of the verdict occasioned little surprise either among the att | torneys in the case or among the spec
 tators. Both attorneys for the defense and the state regarded the verdict as a victory for their cause. The state | was happy in that the verdict was a | fitting punishment for a tool in a great 1 conspiracy. while the defense expressed l themselves as well satisfied that thetn
 client was not given the extreme peF'
 atty.
 Prisoner is Told. A
 Judge Miller ordered the intarR so | for the defense to acquaint tho ]. rsN
 oner, Wasilije Wainovich. of the md ing of the jury. This the interpreter did the defendant replying that ke was
 not guilty. He accepted the verdict, however in the same stoical manner which he has worn since the opening of the case on last Tuesday morn | ing.
 |. Wasilite. a name pronounced in Monte -Negran, not harshiy. but more as a caress upon the letters, especially upon the last two .syllabies as WnS- l zhaleesia. is a type common to the | mining district. but who to the new conner presents a striking personal Ap- | pearance. Wasilije Is well set up physically with clear. greyish blue eyes, eyes which become hard ana 1 flinty. Ills hair iS a shock of auourn
 with n tendency to curl.
 Even though dressed in the com
 men garb of the lowest class of miner. the defendants three-quarter profile presents an almost distinguished ap- pearance. With high cheek bones, 2
 good nose, and square chin, this view of his face is excellent. The full pro- file. however. is bad. repuisive is the
 word. In the full view the face is broad in the extreme and taken with
 the general physique brings out to the fullest the brute in the man. T1e mustacbe. Kaiser Wilh elm. adds to tho brutish appearance of the man.
 Although the names of the witnesses introduced by both the defense ana the State may have seemed harsh. and as Solicitor Thompson expressed Y. made by singing a handful or type.
 they are In reality very musical. me language of Bulgaria. even that ot the lowest class of Bulgarians. that pr Monte-Negro. when spoken by the in- terpreter. and by the most inteiisens of the witnesses flows along Withoue a sound that is harsh to the ear
 IIvco Valilorich. Radaman Wauko- vfch. Milo Dabetich and Mardelo Vain
 ovIch are all names that. when pro- uounced correctly. are musical. Ihe
 gestures which these witnesses used
 while upon the stand were graceful and smooth. Not one of them had the quick gesture of the Frenchman. or the
 uplifted eyebrow and shoulder of the more commonly known descendants of the Latin.
 Jury is Selected. After the reading of the verdict tu the case of Wasilije Watnoviehs the tedious process of selecting a jury with | which to try Mahailo Lazarovich. ac- cused of the same offense as was Was lille. was continued. Chief Deputy sheriff Charles Oakley summoned nearly every man in Centreville dur- ing the morning hours, but ar II o'clock the court adjourned until after noon to await until freeholders of Blob county could be summoned from their farms at varying distances from the
 county seat. By o'clock the JuTy was completed.
 On the agreement and request of both the State and the defence. Judge Miller adjourned court to meet at S:50 o'clock Monday morning. Judge MIL ] Ter stated that those witnesses who In 1 tended to spend Sunday at their homes might do so, but at their own risk. MT. Sheriff" said Judge Miller.
 those witnesses you think will he
 present at the calling of court on Mon i day morning you may let so 7here
 they will, but those you are not sure | of demand a bond. and if this not forthcoming keep them under your surveillance until opening of court on
 Monday"
 The attorneys who acted in the first Of the cases will undertake the second against Mahailo Lazarovieh.