The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-27
MIcoU NOT. GUILTY
JURY RETURNS VERDICT AT 2.s0
 O'CLOCK.
Defendant Accused of Murder of Wil- liam Broadnax-Jurymen Com- plain to Judge Brown of Un-
 comfortable Cots.

A verdict of not guilty was return ed by the jury in the case of Ike Micou charged with compliclty in the murder of William Broadnax. at 2:30 o'clock this morning. At midnight the jury had not reached verdict. and they were put to bed in the court room by Deputy sheriff Bill Frizzle. Weary of sleepiess tossing on a cot in a stuffy court room. the jurymen finally agreed to reach verdict at 2.30 o'clock this morning. Judge Arm stead Brown was summoned and the verdict was read.
 When the verdict was read. the negro. who had been brought over from the jail was on his feet N minute lowing his profuse thanks to the jurymen. When asked where he would spend the balance of the morning he said. T Is so happy I don't know what to do. It's ten miles home, but guess I will walk every step of the way"
 The jurymen told Judge Brown that they hated to bother him, but that they were "all in." They also asked him whether they should complain to him or wait until the next grand jury to complain about the cots. Although 1t was in the wee early hours of the morning. all the jurymen were in good spirits and the aftermath was replete With many witty remarks. Deputy Sill Frizz.e's only comment was that he was sorry the .slumber party" was disturbed.
 Micou's case was called for trial when court opened yesterday morning The testimony of the many witnesses examined and the arguments of the at- torneys occupied the whole day. The jury were not given their charge by Judge Armstead Brown until near II o'clock last night.
 As in the case of Dock" Larkin on Wednesday. who was held on similar charge. the court room was crowded with the many negro friends of the pair. The Interested dusky spectators occupied the back seats of the court room through the long hours of the trial, until the2 rooms was closed at midnight.
 seven years isn't too long for a 'possum to wear a ruff1ed bossomed shirt" was part of~the testimony in- troduced by the State. This, the State claimed, was the threat used by Micou when he and Broadnax had fuss about a week before the murder. The State explained that this was an expression used by the negroes to mean that they would get even if 1t took seven years :.
 The dying sctatement of Broadnax was also introduced by the state. One witness testified that Broadnax, on his deathbed after he had been shot, said that Micou was mixed up in it.
 Micou tried to prove an aiibi. and claimed that he was in town at lodge meeting that evening. lie testified that after the meeting he spent the night at the home of Mary Grindrat, near the Country Club. Mary Grind- rat has sinced died, while her husband has left the city, so neither of them could testify as to the correctness of his statement. Several other negroes, however, testified that Micou was in town that night.
 The jury on the case was. Berto H Johnson, z. L. Crittendon, James Burt, w. Morrison, Frank s. Holt, w T. Downs, J. T. Chestnut, J. G. Mullen, Claude Hendrix. D. B Westcott, J. D. Little and c. B. Gam.