The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-05
JURY HAD NOT REt;oRTED UP TO
2 O'CLOCK THIS
MORNING.
HUNG JURY IS EVIDENT
Report Circulated Thsx Jury stood
II to For Acquittal Yes
tcrday Morning--Was
Not Confirmed,

The jury was still locked up, and no
information could be Obtained as to
it's standing report about noon Sun.
day was that stood IL to for acauittai
but this report could not be confirmed,
if it is delivered at this time. that
the report was not well rounded.
Rurlcrs have been many as tolle caus
OF the delay in reaching verdict but
no definite information can be obtain
ed as to the cause. A hung jury"
is confidently expected. Judge Lewis
lef; Cairo to spend Sunday at nome.
Close Of The Trla,.
The Court convened promptly
at 7 O'Clock Saturday evening, when
Mr.. Hilmah resumed his argument be-
fore the jury, also paid his respects
to the Cairo police and the city
government generally. He referred
to the fact that an officers oath OBJ
liged him TO enforce all laws; thai
whenrowdy houses were allowed TO
run in open violation of law ana were
doing so with the knowledge and con.
sent of the officers. Then the officers
are guilty of violating their oath. 1t
was conceded by all who heard him
that Mr. Hileman's effort was
brialliant one, probably one of the
best of his life. Mr. Hilman in clos
ing made strong plea for his client.
Mr.. Lingle began the closing argu-
ment at exactly 1923. AZ this time
the court house was packed. The
aisles were full of people standing
The people sat in the windows, thus
adding to the intense heat. Mr.. Lingie
with his broken right arm in a sling
and without any unnecessary clothes
and with but very few notes opened
his statemtHt to the jury by calling
their attention TO the fact that no
one was on trial their except Abner
C. 8ankson; that neither office
Shelves, Cowell or any Cairo police
man was on trial; reminded the jury
that mob law in many instances was
due to the failure of jrrists to do
their duty by protecting offenders.
Though the United States boasted OF
her advanced civilization yet we led
the world in the number or murders,
l,5000 per year. This statement
brought an objection from Mr.
which was overruled by
the court. the defense excepted. Tae
first exception to the courts ruling
during the trial. Mr.. Lingie was luciG
and convincing. While
a majority of the great crowd were
in sympathy with the derendanl, YET
at the close of MIR. Lingle's speech,
doubts as to the verdict were ex-
pressed by some who had predicted
an acquital Mr. Linglp pointed out
the disadvantage of the prosecution
In a trial like this that all the matters
Of prose cutting; the Indictment; the
list of witnesses, etc. were matters
Of public record; that the prosecution
could not know what they har 10
meet in the way of defense; that the
had not the influence os
the presence of the murdered officer.
nor of wife nor children, nor motner
to inlist the sympathy of the jury. Mr..
Lingle picked up the dead officers
uniform and dramatically pointed TO
the holes In the back, and referred to
them as silent truthful and incorrup-
tible witnesses. Mr.. Lingle asked the
jury to not cheaper and belittie dne
law of self defense by verdict sup
porting such plea, when the victim
nad been shot in the back. The plea
was a powerful one. Mr.. Lingle rid
lied the defenses plea in his anaiy-
sis OF the testimony
The Judge began his instructions &c
the jury at 9:5, which he read quietly
yet clearly He consumed just 4S
minutes in reciting his written In
He asked the jury orally
to dispassinate'y go over the testi.
mony, arrive at and agree on their
verdict II they could, then go 60 bed
and Sunday morning after breakfast
call him at the Anna hotel and ne
would come over and receive it.
The big crowd in the court room
fled out quietly, seemingly awed by
The vivid portrayal of the crime by
The closing speech of counsel. There
was no mirth as is usual in the break
ing up of greatcrowds. All felt tfas
The sitration was great one, ana
that the life or atle astthe liberty OF
an American citizen was at stake.
Bunkson sat throughout the ordeal
stoically. n ri ssx 4