East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-12
Verdict in Case is Not Expected for
Several Hours.-Few Believe He
will be Acquitted.
ARGUMENTS ENDED TODAY
Some Predict That jury VIII Fail tn
Agree-Sentiment, However, a.
Whole Is that Indian VIII be Found
Guilty But With Qualification
Jury Goes Out at 1 O'clock.

The fate Of Columbia George this
afternoon rests in the hands of the
twelve men VINO compose the jury and
while the Indian is locked behind the
bars OF the county jail. just above him
behind locked doors the jurymen are
deciding among themselves whether
or not he is the murderer of Ti-mot or
whether she was killed by being
dragged by her horse as the defense
began contending in the eleventh
hour of the trial.
At 11:15 this morning the jury had
received the instructions from Judge
r. S. Bean and retired TO the jury
room for deliberation. They could
not have more than organized before
the noon hour and thus their actual
deliberations did not commence until
one o'clock. 1t is the expectation am
ong attorneys. witnesses and specta-
tors that the verdict viii not be reach
ed for several hours. Few believe he
win be acquitted. some anticipate
disagreement but the big majority be-
lieve he will be adjudged guilty.
Hardly anyone processes to believe he
will be convicted Of first degree muir
der without qualification.
The final arguments were started
yesterday afternoon at $3.50 and were
concluded this morning. Prosecutor
Everett Johnson began for the gov
ernment and quietly went over the
important evidence in the case. step
by step tracing the alleged actions of
the defendant on the day of the muir
der. He laid particular emphasis up
on the point that no element of the
evidence against him rested upon the
testimony of any single witness.
Col Raley followed for the defense
and made what is regarded as an ar
gument that overlooked not a single
detail that tended to support his
theory OF accounting for the death of
the squaw. He frankly admitted that
he had set up number of different
theories only to abandon them but de-
clared he had been sincere in his be-
| lief that there might have been some
| thing in those theories. He began, he
! said. only with the conviction that
| Columbia George was innocent and at
/ the last moment of the trial. he said.
/ he found testimony that made 1t clear
| 10 him that the old squaw had come
| to her death by accident. He recalled
| the testimony that the horse she had
been riding was a strange and wild
| one and had required holding when
she mounted in the morning. He con-
| tended there was evidence 10 show
! that she had dismounted in the pas
/ ture and tied her horse and his theory
is that in remounting, the horse
lurched and dragged her for some dis.
tance. her head striking rocks and
coming in contact with the horses
hoofs. Aside from setting up this
theory. Col Raley attacked the YER
acity of some of the prosecutions
witnesses and made an impassioned
! appeal to the jury not TO form a
| quick judgment but to investigaH
carefully his theory before depriving
! the defendant of his life or liberty. He
| talked about an hour and a half AMI.
when he closed. the court adjourned
until nine this morning
/ r. ]. Slater made the final argu-
ment for the defense this morning but
! Continued on page eight)