The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29
BECKER
GUILTY OF r

with his hands rs tn" verdict was SlI.-
Ell, rose and asked tina al fufthsI
proceedings b. deferred four OF" vel.
.untii [ can pr-par" the motions In.
appeal 4 Will defer III. sentences
until october so" answered Judge
GotT Judge COT spoke in the same
low ;0ic., almost = whisper,
Still Infaltcring.
Eark-r gaze q fleeting glance - the
j:iagc and rested his eyes FOR y mo-
me1t on The jury, Then h" turned.
and followed 10y a jail warden. walk
ed with unfairering, rapid steps ID
the aisle of the court room and dis
appeared through the door leading
over the '.Eridse OF S!cil-' I" the
I'on,bs. This, jury had G@]lnc:tta:
nearly eight hours hefcr" sachin
rho verdict, although the ease had
been IN thei! hands since 2:2n O'Clock
this afteruoun. Actual deiiheraHon
began az t:O7 O'Clock When the doors
OF the jury room swung behind them
on their return from luncheon.
What happened behind rhosc doors.
how the debate tbbed and flowed.
who stood out eight hours against
the final yerdicts how many ballots
were cas, were matters to
whose secrecy cath Juror WAS pledged.
While the Jury was makins up It's
mind. absolute stiffness, Heightened
By the midnight quiet OF the streets.
prevailed in the court room. After
the verdict WIS was given no II was
allowed 10 cave the room until the
Jury had filed out. Justice COT had
given orders that anyone disturbing
tho proceedings III the slightest degree
should he brought before hire ?ns
punishment.
The News Outs.
TWO hundred persons or more gath
cred ST. the courtroom door. With
her ear almost at the key-hole sat
the prisoners wife. AS the last juror
left the room by another exit the
door few open II A man rushed
excitedly into the Corridors. This
crowd gave way. Ne was half way
down the steps to the telephone booth
when q policeman shouted:
whats the yerdift-'
The Hseing man looked c@ar his
shoulder,
Guilty" he Shouted.
For a moment there VAS silence,
keen intense, gripping, Il Was broken
by q Woman's nuffed scream and the
sound OF q falling body. The pris-
! onarne vito had tainted dead away.
Just before the verdict was given,
| Mr.. Mcintyre made his last plea. He
; asked hat the court grant an earlier
request OF the fury TO inspect the tss'
Sam 6chopps in Hot Springs. Ark
! The court refu9ed to hear tho plea
afr. Mcintyre had opposed grant.
ing that request Of the fury whom ]
was made to Justice GOD SIX and
; half hours before. It WAS upon thi,
question whether Sam Schepps va:
an accomplice to tho murder tina
Justice Gofr had hinged his cfargs
to the Jury,
The penalty Cor murder in the frs
| degree IS the electric chair.
An appeal from he verdict soes di
Yectly to tho Court Of Appeals at AL
bany and acts, Of course. as > stay 9
execution.
When the Jurors left the court
room they went directly to that
homes. They were under the man
date Of Justice Goff. $40 to communi
cate the Naturc Of b had take'
place IN the Jury room
I The Wait.
Police Lieutenant Charles Eecke
g, .n his cell In the Tomos tontgtf
while across the Bridge OF signs,
in the darhened crimina! court
building twelve mon struggled to de
eide whether or not he was guilty G
murder OF Herman RosenthaL.
During the afternoon the jury CON
municated with Justice GoE. once
asked for the stipulations made by tn
: State with the four informers. Eos
:: Weber. Failon and Schepps. al
! Schepps' letter to Rose written
. Hot Springs, Ark. and expressing h
!, willingness to- testify. The secon
time the jury wanted the test'mon
= Of persons who talked with SchepI
III Hot Springs. The first request W.
! granted: the second denied becaus
portions OF the testimony taken
Hot Springs had been excluded oE IT
g court.
r Before leaving. Justice GoT il
q Structed court attendants TO take II
: jury 10 inner when is mesnbe
should signify they wanted to so. x
q the Jurors made no such request n
a meal was seAt in to thena-san'
wicheS and conee-at $50 O'clock.
u AT 10 o'clock no further word h:
!" been received from the jury room 81
e iEdications then We're that the ia
! might be- locked UP for the night