New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-04
CLIFFORD JURY OUT;
VERDICT IN DOUBT
Jurors Locked Up for the
Night After Long
DeliberatiOn.
DELAY WEAKENS
PRISONERS HOPE
peouest for instructions Re-
rardcd as Indicating Guilt
in Second Degree.

....v ....-.sr.. alcnt Of The Tribune
,-..-. Js.v g. With the jury
lacked I'D for che night. Young Nal
...u Oxford. .r. ls anNously await
..- +.e verdict a~ 20 whether ne IS
-..-t. of .re murder OF Frank y. CUTE
ar Albany chauffeur.
~r. young student was confident OF
arsg.ttsf when the long DAY OF sum
ming ND and she Judge charge ended
.t.. -,r-orroor When. after more than
an hours del Iteration. the jurors asked
for instructions as Co the finding OF a
verdict of murder m the second de-
GREG. some Of this confidence was lost.
And as the hours wore on tonight
with no decision announced, the hope
for an acouittai grew less and less.
Inst before midnight Judge Adding
.ar ordered the jury locked up for the
r.crt. and a5. burned court until ~
o'clock tomorrow morning
clifford smiles a. Jury Retires.
Tho jury retired a. IS %. m. after u
long davis session OF court. IN which
hptr side. summed uD and Judge Ad-
d-c,ar charged inc jury. As the jury
tIe9 ou- clifford cha.tcd and smiled re-
a-sgr-~E.t with many OF his boy
friends iH court.
Homes of the GiTords we're raised
high Daring she three-hour summary OF
enc case be- William Travers Jerome.
counsel for the defendant. Mr.. Jerome
declared -rerc was no motive shown on
.fc ra~t Of clifford for the murder and
that che prosecution had failed 70 con-
rect him directly with the crime.
Dls-~,c. Attorney Alexander asserted
that any o.he~ Interpretation OF the
evidence ,han that u pointed directly
90 -re defendant vCe purely imaginary.
a. Cord did not vince as the prosecutor
bran cI him as q designing murderer,
and the words electric chair used
,evc-a times by the District ATTORNEY
br1r.h. no sign of emotion or fear or
tho bows part.
"Whcre was ne on the night OF the
murder for those three fatal hours
asked the District Attorney toward the
e-f ~ his summary. "Who has eN-
rfsr0ea that time away No one. Add
su these facts and circumstances TO-
-strer which the people have pre-
-ertcd 90 YOU What DO they mean
and 90 whom do they point. Do they
DO. spell -nc name OF Malcolm Oxford
a, Tho man who did the killing beyond
a reasonable doubt,
Nr. Jerome declared that he had as
much right 20 infer that Clifford was IN
TROY on the night Of the murder as the
ID. strict Attorney had 10 infer that he
ga. IN Albany or at the scene or the
crime. He pointed ort that no witness
had baon produced 10 show that Gil
ford was 10 Albany. Mr.. Jerome mt
mated -1r- there were TWO cars al the
scene Of the murder.
Judge Arlington occupied an nour ln
defining the legal aspect OF the case
and revi ewing the evidence 20 the jury
d charge Was impartial and thorough
Jurors Ask Instructions.
The Jurors sent for Judge Addington
a. o'clock. when they had been out
.--ae hours The defendant and coun-
So. 1r both sides were called lnlo
rog-- and = verdict was expected Du'
-re Jury merely wanted Instructions.
aWe would ike 20 know, your
honor said Foreman Schades, II we
can convict this defendant o. murder
ID -oe second degree.
The Judge defined murder IN the
second degree and told the Jurors they
could consider such a verdict # they
had reasonable doubt of the defend
ants guile o. murder IN the first de-
gree.
4. the request Of N Jerome the
court also defined manslaughter IN the
e-- and second degrees and the jury
again retired.
N-. jerome called the courts atten-
zion % report mat the jury had
v et the scene Of the crime without
"a court order. Judge Arlington said
be- would Investigate the matter
Sheriff Pcaslev den ed the report.