The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-14
VERDICT OF GUILT.
Captafu FL. TffI0ts0n Convict
ed Of Kidnapping.
jury Was Out Only One Hour
and Thirty Minutes
OTHER CASES GO OVER
Remaining Defendants to Be
Tried in September.
Attorneys for Defense Ask f0r a
New Trial

EoIrcu. kan May t4--Aftzr ceIng
CUT only one hour and rweuEy minutes
The Jury IN the Jackson cCUury district
court returned 4 verdict Of guilty for
Captain Freeman H TiIIoCsou. the
head Of the TfIIotsou Detective agency
Of Kansas city. VINO was charged with
r1z kifna1fuz Ct little Marian Bleak
lev the famous Incubator baby, from
the home Of her mother II Topeka last
August
Tie ver1icr Of guilty. Vas gwen ~
the Tf1rvr1-el on rl16 first ballot lid lzi-L
El-ey not t-oU-1E il proper 20 read over
the instructions Of Lhe court, they would
Eave CONE in a few u1Intes after Chey
x ert czt- There WIS never IL DOUBT
concerning CI-= quit Cf E1llotz51 and
90 u-rarT % r1e reports given OUT r1i4
morning. eVerv one Of the L ueu de
cided N the first ballot Al $50 last
evening the knock vas heard On the
GgCr Of The Jury room Foreman
WaEnsr brought in 1E1a signed verdict
AMI l- vas read By g P Peters clerk
% the court
IRE z-z71u1er-z were heard until a.
most o'clock last evening when the
court adjourned ur-L 30 Al 5
c-c-ocE the Jury went IN From the
time taken to return their verdict Il
was f=ared by the aEt0rueEs for the
state that hang jury vas Lha rs-
EuIL
When Captain TfII0tzou vas ad-
Judged guilt nd the decree was read
BY CLERK Peters last night there was
not 4 sound Ii the court room Cap
tain TfIICtsCu's face CrUp 1ed and MS
eyes remained fxsd 70 the 6o0r- HIS
persUuaI attorney Edward Wright pJ1L
his arm around The veteran detective
and patrfnz him on the back he
whispered
Cheer Up cap-xe are still with
YOU and We VII be win you until we
can take Eou home wirh US
But the old man shook his head and
said nothing
Mrs. CharL0trz BIeakIey, tte mother
Cf Marian BIeakisv. vas standing by
County Atrdruev Sche1ck when TIE
verdict was read. Before she knew
what she vas doing she had reached
ever ard squeezed the arm ct the
prosecuting attorney she looked ID
iuto his face As f about TIA say s0re-
thing and then realizing that the man
Who vas facing the peEitzu EIarE vas
near them she allowed her pleased sx-
prEssfon 70 tel the story
The second caSe aEaiu TfIIo -zou-
Thar Of assault Win intent ID kiII-7Eas
Confined over until the Septem1er
term Of court The cases against the
ocher G=fsnGauLs- David Gregg. J0seph
NJ Gentry, Robert Randolph and Mrs
Barclay were also continued until the
September term and bond vas ar
ranged Tor their release. 4 new bend
vas demanded IN each case
4 motion for 4 new trial was pre-
sented bT TfII0tzOuI attoruevs this
morning and the Gata for tne argu-
n1eur was fixed for the 23r5 Of MAY.
4 bond Of 81. 600 was arranged be
tween TiICtzOu and the officials and
he VIII leave for Kansas City at once
L IS understood that the potnt over
which the argument for q new trial
VIII oe made q On the maternity CUES
ton and On the Instructions sent bv
Judge Rains u the Jury The court
m his Instructions To the fury told
them that the supreme court OF
Kansas had decided the maternity ot
the child wheu they reversed the de-
risiCu from the district court Of Doug
las county Kansas The attorneys
claim this is error
The atIor1eyz. Witnesses. defend
ants and al left EoItou today for IT,
pezz and Kansas City
Attorneys Are Disappointed.
The attorneys for the defendant Gag
tain ElICtsOu5 were disappointed Win
the verdict ard were bitter in their eZ-
ruzeS for such Z result They claim
That there tz enough error in the e1Urt
20 warrant them a new trial and L nee
essarv reverse IN the supreme eCurr.
4 notion for I uFU trial has been made.
E1 7~6Vzr- the state attorneys are equal
II positive tr4t there ara TO reversible
errors and that there vas uGLHTuE else
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