The Calumet news., 1912-02-22
HENDRICKSON
FOUND GUILTY
JURYs VERDICT rs MURDER IN
THE FIRST DEGREE, DEcIs-
ION BEING REACHED AZ
TER FOUR HOURS.

Guilty of murder in the first degree
was the verdict of the jury in the case
of Matt Hendrickson. charged with the
murder of Mrs Ida Karela at st.
Mary's location on November last
The case was given TO the jury az 4.4t
yesterday afternoon By Judge OBrien,
and the verdict was reached and am
nounced al o'clock Judge O'Brien
stated he would sentence Hendrickson
on Friday.
The court room ..a crowded yester-
day afternoon when the attorneys for
the people and the dc .nse in the Hem
Erickson case presented their final
pleas 90 the jury, nearly every office
IN the court house building being de-
rleted OF its occupants and many la
dies being present in court 10 listen
10 the Ileas. Not since the Hamilton
trial three years ago has a criminal
ease iu the local circuit court at
tractcd so much attention and every
development during the past four day
has been followed with the keenest in
teresL
Attorney Legris' Plea.
Attorney Legris. for the defense, en-
deavored TO discredit the testimony
of Jacobson, the star witness for the
people who has testified TO the taking
of the pistol after the shooting. 1t was
claimed that he had testified falsely
at the inquest and preliminary exam
ination and that he was capable OF
perjury now. The good character Of
the respondent was asserted as in
dlcated by his behaviour during the
time that he was a dweller I'm the
Kaarela home.
The pistol which was claimed 10y Ja-
cobson to be the one he had taken ami
thrown into a field. it was claimed,
would not fire cartridges OF the kind
found IN Hendrickson's pocket and
which it had been shown had been
given him by one of the Kaareia girls.
The prosecution. it was further stat
ed had cndeavored 10 account for four
OF the bullets from the pistol. huy
where We're the other cartridges that.
jacobson claimed had been given to-
Hendrickson from the tool chest i'm the
harm. The jury was asked 20 consider
the possibility of Anatala, Hoppala or
even Jacobson himself having COM
mitted the deed.
Followed BY Corgan
Attorney Corgan followed Mr.. Legris
ana showed the jury by means Of
skull, the course taken by the bullet
in Hendrickson's neck and claimed It
could not have been a self-innictcd
wound He referred disparagingly to
the methods employed by the under
sheriff and his deputies in securing
evidence, and Hendrickson's condition
after the shooting for several days
was declared 10 be so bad that he was
not capable Of making clear statements
as TO what had occurred and that the
conversations which the people had
testified TO as taking place between
the respondent and Or. Jackson. Ana
tala and Sheridan could not have oc-
CURED. An appeal was made 70 the
Jury 10 consider the awful responsible
ity resting on them and not send an
innocent man 20 prison.
Case for the People.
Prosecuting Attorney Macdonald oc-
cupied an hour with his mnol summing
up and presented the case in a most
forceful manner. covering thoroughly
every point ou which the defense re-
lied for acquittal As to Jacobson's
reliability. his story was substantiate0
by several other Witnesses, and fitted