The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-20
GINGLES Girl.
FREE OF CHARGE
Jury Exonerates Barrette
Woman.
CHICAGO SENSATION ENDS
Laeemaker WIN Tell Storyto GfaaN
Jury.
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tor In - % Pususa Usr.
thsr ~ Lawyer
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charge OF stealing lace bat the stoTI
she told on the witness stand Of he1n4
white slave" victim was denounced
as untrue.
The verdict IVES . fitsing o,imax II
the series OF ssnsations that have foi~t
lowed the little Irish lace rnaksr. This
was the form;
1--WE. the jury. una the dsfsndaut noe
guilty and We. the jury. further md
that the charges against Miss ASneg
Bsrrette. were unfounded and are I'm.
true" e
The basis Of the dsfsuse made -
the oinSles girl. who was on trial Zoe
stealing lace from Miss Barretts, wa
that Miss Barretts and others he'd at
tackled her and mistreated her In the
Wellington hotel on two occasions Lass
winter and that the object OF thess ut@
tacks and the animus hack OF the thsfx
charge was the attempt to sell her 60
an unnamed man In Frsnch Liclx
Springs. Ind.
The jury reached verdict after
nearly seven houxs deliberntfony
Friends OF the 9srl clapped their handa
and screamed when the words OF mot
guilty" was uttered.
Miss Ginglss. who remained the co0l-
est OF the lot, walked MP to the Jurors
and shook hands with them.
Juror Thomas Mackey. the oldest
man on the panel. turned to the girl
and said: Now be good girl. Ella.
GO &c back Ok. 70 yesr home In ireland ana
The girl nodded her head end turned
TO Co 60 Grama yary.
what are you going TO do nowxf
she was asked. 90 she wAs leaving tho
room.
Z am going 70 ten &c % me grams
jury" she answeeed quickly.
When she was asked what aha wna
going to TELL and was reminded thA9
the Jury had said that II aid not BEL
lieve her story. she appeared o kitfnA
discounted. Before che could talk any&
more. her attorney hurried bar away
II was learned from the Jurors tftN&
Ave ballots had bean taken The nee&
was eight for aequitsAl and four eoA
Those voting for eenvsctsen ga ~
mainly from their belsef that the Hzz{aH
stories Of the weird ,osskrekeA Su<hkoit-s
ted against her were untrue. They
ware won over 70 AcqutttaI ~ sne ed
dition to. the verdict Of, ths ciaqsa. cav
norating Mas Barretes.
70 was announced by AsstS<ant Stated
Attorney FurthmRn that the Qusst1nr
Of whether indictments for perjury
would be asked against Miss 0ihGle4
or not would be taken up tomorrow "
Miss Barrette was present when f114
Jury retired. when she. WIS asked
concerning herfvisws OF the sieuatton
she said:
Il think the verdict win be guiltx
and that will be vindicated. think
the Jury has been satisfied that Nlia
Gingles lied"
Among the spectators In the court
room earlier in the day. was Caleb
Powers. former secretary Of the Htaso
Of Kentucky. who spent several years
in prison on the charge OF kiiiinE
Senator Goebei.
In giving his Instructions to the
fury. Judge Brentance said the girls
story OF being tortured In the hofaf
was to be considered by the jurors only
to test the credibiHty of the 6esen~
dant'g testimony.
A Remarkable Case.
In many respects the Gingies case
was unique In Illinois courts. Based
on a simple charge OF larceny; the Al
legged theft OF quantity OF hand mad9
lace, its course went tar beyond tbs
counts OF the Indictment. The subject
Of white slavery" was drawn into
the trial and with Il q story Of out-
RACES Of most revolving charaetor
was told on the witness stand BY The
young defendant. Her accusation ~
immoral conduct was aimed at MiAm
Barrette, her former employer and tho
complaining witness In the trial In th4
criminal court. Miss Cecede Kenyon. q
friend OF Miss Banette who before tna
trial began, died under peculiar air~
cumstances and an unnamed man tooM
part in the orgies related bx the d@-
PENDANT.
For the defense, Attorney Patrick
H, O'Donnen sought to prove that HIS
client was an innocent young gtri whu
had been shemeftally used by her az
cusers. Against this Contention th&4
state through Assistant States All
ney Short. called witnesses from ca
da, the foEsner home Of Ella Gin
who testified In contradiction e
story Of the defendant eoncsrukE q
cidents in her ME.
Al one time the taking OF paa
evidence was halted long enou&
permit Thomas TaggaSt. OF inda
former chairman of the Democri
National COMMITTEES. m opportunt
to declare on the stand that he had
knowledge OF Ella 0anGaes. save "
he had reaa IN tbs newspapers
His name had been mentioned
Ella Gfinaios 40 one which was SD "
en- while she was being sub3eeeed
abuse on the night she declared ~
was attacked by Miss Banrette. Mfu z
KENYON and the unknown man"
LLOYD n CHAIRMAN.