Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-09

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mained the ring Of the powerful speech
Of the prosecutor. who denounced the
/ man who EXCHANGED the glow OF vir-
tue for passions feeble tapers.
The court asked the prisoner to rise.
He calmly stood up and waited.
Have you gentlemen agreed on .
verdict?" asked Judge Watson.
1--WE have" said Foreman Burgess,
Judge Watson asked, What Is your
verdict" all twelve men yelled
Guilty."
murder trial, the jurymen had not
specified what degree Of murder. Asked
what degree, Mr.. Burgess answered
simply. Guilty as indicted"
Under Virginia practice, murder is
presumed to be second degree unless
otherwise specifed It was incumbent
on the Jury to fix the degree, so Judge
Watson advised the jurymen to confer
later they returned with the verdict
Of Murder In the hrst degree
The prisoner stood erect and motion-
thruout the day. was immobile.
Tho light of lamp cast dreary
shadow . hisS upturned chin a. he
HIS eyelids sagged, bnf did not blink.
n steady 1a9e Ne held his eyes on the
faces " ehs twelve men who had pro.
nouncsd htS punishment as II to pence
|trate.athelr minds and determine the
reason why. It was not resentful exc
preston. however. and when the court
M1xAl q q -
say he answered: Il have nothing to
say" and sat down.
The perfunctory motions for new
trial were made by counsel for the de-
Tense. the usual granting Of permission
even to argue the point was denied as
Judge Watson, in a stern voice. de-
clared that all trial rulings OF the court
had been on comparatively unimport-
ant details and in no way could have
Influenced the verdict. A stay Of exe-
cution was granted. however, in order
to give counsel an opportunity to apply
for writ OF error when the court Of
appeals meets IA November.
Judge Gives esnt0nes.
Judge Watson delivered an impress
sive speech 10 the prisoner. He told
how the young man had stained his
which he lived by his sordid acts. When
the trial first began. said Judge Wat
son, he had hoped that Virginia might
be cleared Of the crime for which not
only the stAte felt shame, but which
the entire court deprecated. He had
hoped thatsthe counsel would prove the
defendant innoc .nt, but the evidence,
he regretted to note Was all convinc-
ing and Overwhelming
1.-THE court IN this trial. said Judge
Watson, has ensleavOred IN All It's de-
cisions to lean toward the, side Of the
prisoner. and III It's charge to the jury
as we'll, attempted to give him the
benefit of every doubt and every op-i
portunity to astabliAh his innocence.
The rulings mostly have been not on
matters of law. but on small questions
OF fact. ss,s5
'..You have had . fair ana, impartial
trial, Mr.. Beattie,s and the jury has
done what lit considersY Ats duty. There
fore. you have. lie en- convicted Of mur-,
der IN the. frst fdegree and on Nov. "a,
between the lours OF sunrise and SUM
set. you must FORFEIT your life to. the
community, May God have mercy on
your SOUL -
A nom ent latey, sbY the side Of hsn
father and his bfstlier Douglas. their
heads bowed IN grief. walked young
Beattie In the dartness toward his cell.
The crowd fingered at the jail and
peered into the ceIi.s illuminated by q
single lamp. ON the he'd with his head
IN his hands sat BeGttie. his father ana
brother beside him. Jailer Cogbell sent
the curious away Only = few saw the
prf4oner hrenS down and weep in the