The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-30
ACQUlTTAL Is
We'll RECEIVED
MRS. STANNA7D BROKEN DOWN
IN HEALTH AFTER LONG
TRIAL AND WILL TAKE
LONG REST.

Broken in health by the nerve rack
ing ordeal through which she has pass
ed during the last three months and
parcticularly the two weeks Of her trial.
with careworn lines ADDED to her fea-
lures and the color gone from her
cheeks. Mrs. Laura Stannard took up
her life yesterday, wnere she left it
off soon after the death of her hus-
band the mysterious nature of which
threw shadow of suspicion upon her.
But Mrs. Stannard is happy, rejoicing
i'm the manifestations of friendships
throughout the long. dark days of the
trial. while her attorneys were battling
with every weapon at their command
for her freedom, happy i'm the antici-
patton Of the brighter days To come
with her children and her friends. and
above all. happy over the verdict Of
not guilty, reached by the jury which
tried her case after one hour and ten
minutes deliberation Saturday night,
which removes for all time the blot
upon her life.
Mrs. Stannard will first take a long
rest Her nerves have been complete
ly shattered by the strain of confine-
ment and trial She probably will
spend some time with her sister. Mrs.
Eliza Cook at Greenland and her broth
er. James Chynoweth at Centennial,
but she has made no further plans for
the future.
Verdict is Popular One.
Throughout the whole copper coun-
try, the verdict reached by the jury
Saturday night was favorbaly received
Many had freely predicted an acquit-
tai and while a number anticipated a
disagreement, there were comparative
ly few who expected a conviction. In
terest i'm the trial was general in all
parts of the county and telephones
were kept busy all Saturday afternoon,
by those who had expected the case to
so To the jury at noon. Many waited
until late in the evening to hear the
tidngs from Ontonagon.
The case did not reach the jury until
S;20 o'clock. the earlier part of the
evening having been taken up with the
instructions of Judge Flannigan. In
these Instructions, the court pointed
out the fact that the case of the state
depended largely, IL not entirely, upon
cfrcumstantial evidence
"To find a verdict of guilty, YOU must
find that these six facts have been
proven beyond a reasonable doubt"
said Judge Flannigan:
"That the respondent placed poison
in the cup; that she knew it to be
poison; that she intended Stannard 10
take IL: intended it to cause his death;
that Stannard drank it; and that this
poison caused Stannard's death.
IF no motive for murder is shown,
you should consider that circumstance
with all the other evidence. but it is
not absolutely essential that proof of
a motive must be shown
Some surprise was expressed that
the verdict should have been reached
so quickly by the jury.
Mrs. Stannard Faints.
AS the words rot guilty" fell from
the lips of the foreman of the jury
Mrs. Stannard. who was sitting i'm a
tense attitude az the side of her at
torneys. raised partially from her chair
and then fell in a dead faint I'm spite
of the terrible mental strain under
which the woman defendant has fought
desperately to maintain her poisc. she
quickly recovered after the collapse
and was able TO grasp the hand of each
juror and thank them as they passed
from the court room.
Gods justice has been done.
never for moment doubted the re-
suit of this terrible ordeal for | knew
that was not guilty" said Mrs stan
nard shortly after the verdict had
been given. During every minute OF
the long four months that | have beer
held over there I'm jail have prayoC
and tried TO understand why I was
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