Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-23
TWO FORMS OF VERDICT OWEN
FOR EACH or THREE pg.
FENpANrs.
INTEREST REMAINS INTENSE
UP TO LAST ARoUMENT
Men on Trial Are Three Of Twelve linz
p'ieatsd in. Tarrins Of Miss Cham.
beriain, School Teacher Whose
comsiiness Caused Jealousy Among
Married Women.

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two and a half hours argument by at
torncys at the morning session Of court
the tar party case went to the jury
today.
Six forms OF verdict. two for each OF
the defendants. were given the jury.
| One was to be used In case OF guilty
and the other not guilty, thus the jury
may be able to find any one or AL
| three Of the men guilty or innocent.
When the judge began instructing
the jury regarding the returning OF
/! verdict Smms wife. who faced tha
! twelve men, leaned over and buried her
| face In her hands. Simms also bent
| over and did not look at. the jurymen.
| Clark and Schmidt however. gRxed
straight into the faces Of their tryers.
rs they have done ever since the argu-
| ments started.
| The jury was given ten minute re-
cess after receiving the case. They
! we're led out of the room by Baiiiff
| Green. an aged man, VINO was the first
| prosecuting attorney the county ever
! had. Another baiiiff had charge OF tho
| men until they were given the recess.
ana then. na has been the custom DUR
! ng the last twenty-five years. Green
| took charge.
| Judge Dallas Grover said he would
not force the jury to remain out after
midnight at any time unless they re-
quested To be permitted to do SO.
Interest Still intense.
| Thc passing of the jury from tho
room did not diminish the crowd in
| the court room There Is n feeling hero
| that verdict will be reached quickly
! and the regulars" do not want to
| miss 1t.
On the jury's verdict In the case of
the first three men tried on charges
of completely Is expected to hinge the
fate of all defendants; III ii case rsch-
| ably the most sensational ever tried
| In Kansas.
| The victim was Miss Mary Chamber.
| lain. Beverly. Kan. school teacher,
aged 2G years. who worked In Shady
Bend, Kan. general store during tho
i jsummer months She was attacked ON
| Aug. T.
| Many Men involved.
| Edward Ricord, n Beverly barber.
who decoyed Miss Chamberlain to the
| scene OF the tarring. was the first man
arrested He was sentenced from q
| justice court to twelve months In Jail
and appealed the case On Nov. Is he
| pleaded guilty in the circuit court and
sentence was deferred Everett c.
| Clark. president of the Shady Bend
| Milling Company and wealthy. accused
Of being leader of the party: John
| F'itzwatcr, n miller, elso of Shady
Bend. and Watson Scranton. one OF
clark's employees. pleaded guilty to as
| sauit before Judge Grover on Nov l6.
| Sentence which may amount to $500
! fine and one year in jail. was post
| poned
Immediately following the plens of
| guilty Sheriff. Clark. n brother of tho
alleged ringlsader: A, y. Sinms. for
merly an empioyc in the Clark MILL
and John Schmidt. n farmer. were
placed on trial before Judge Grover.
| Awaiting trial on appeal from JUS
ticc court sentence of ninety days arc
Chester Anderson and Delbcrt Kindel-
! suerger aborers of Beverly
Harry Armstrong, Fenton Rail.
| Alnha Lindcruuth Benjamin Painter
| and Roscoe Anderson. laborers Of
| Beverly, saw the tarring from behind
n hedge and were fined 81 each In orr
| der that they might be used as Wit
resscs In the case
I
| While Attorney Hawkes. was speak
! Ing n bailifr brought n telegram into
/ the room for Mary Chamberlain She
| had no pencil to sign the receipt md
| the baiIiff seeing Sheriff Clark holding
| n pencil In his hand. borrowed II. Mary
moved over toward Clark and signed
| the blank. Then she handed the PEN
| ell back to the bailiff and he handed it
! to Clark but no thanks we're rendered
Clark by the girl Clark appeared some-
what frustrated by It. and when tho
| pencil was returned him he gave close
attention to sharpening II carefully ana
Mt length.
/ Miss Chamberlain's message came
from Coridan. Tex. and invited her to
come. there and make her future home.
and It was signed by several citizens.
| She was assured that Texas would not
permit such crime as ''tarring."
! The Jury renorted to the Judge short
Iv afternoon that they had chosen E.
| w. Dillon as foreman. Dillon is a
| farmer and college graduate and
speaks and writes three languages.
1 Conductor Dodge Killed
! Des Moines. Nov. 23.--J. w. Dodge.
i 45 years old. conductor on the Chi.
cago Great Western railway. instantly