The Cairo bulletin., 1914-02-28
LAnPf GETS q
Years N PEN
JURY'S VERDICT
Jury Out Twenty-Five Hours Before
Arriving at This De.
cision. Il n
MURDERER OF CHRISTIAN
BURK wEEPs LIKE CHILD
Public Sentiment as Expressed, Not
Satisfied With Verdict Ac-
cording to Evidence. 4;

Twenty-one years in the peniten.
tiary az Chester at hard labor. was
the verdict Of the Jury in the Lampa
case. as rendered after being con-
fined to the jury room for % hours,
where during all Thursday nigh.
and Friday morning, every effort was
made by each juror to bring the 9TH
or to his way of thinking. So insist
ent were several members that the
extreme penalty of the law be given
the murderer OF Christian Burk,
that it was generally conceded that
the jury would be unable to agree
on verdict, and hung jury would
not have surprised the public.
Shortly after two o'clock yester-
day afternoon the jury fled into the
court room and announced that it
was ready to be heard. When thc
verdict was read, Attorney Hileman
for the defense. asked for poll VI
the jury. Each juror answered
without hesitation. that he was sat-
isiled with the verdict.
Lampe, the prisoner. did not show
any pronounced emotion on hearing
the verdict. until he was led back 10
his cell in the Jail below; then he
could restrain himself no longer and
burst into food of tears eyclaini-
ing, "Oh. my good wife, Oh. God
have mercy on me- He cried like
baby and refused to be comfortcd.
When he reached the cell of VIII
Wilson. the condemned murderer or
Officer Logan. who is sentenced TO
be hung, Wilson said to him:
what are you crying about, how
much did YOU gctt'
Between his sobs Lampe told him
"twenty-onc years"
What, crying about that. YOU
ought to be laughing instead
There was only a small number
of spectators in the court room
when the jury brought in its ver-
diet The jury was served with sups
per and breakfast in the court house
but go: no dinner until dismissed.
Lampes attorneys at once enter
ed a motion for a new trial. Tho
motion vas overruled by the, court
and the. defendant excepted.
In sentencing Lan,pe the court
intimatcd to the prisoner thai he
was getting off light, according to
the evidence.
1t WAS reported that the first bal
lot taken after the jury had retired
TO consider their verdict that five of
tho number were for the death pen
atty, six for a life sentence and one
for acquittal One of the number
insisted up to the very last minute
on the death penalty and owing
that his refusal to fall in line with
the others on the final agreement of
the eleven men, would put the conn
ty to great expense III trying the
case again, and for this reason only
did he give up.
Judge Lewis adjourned the circuit
court after the sentencing of Lampe.
until Monday. March .. when Judge
Butler, who has been holding court
at Marion, will resume his oceu-
pancy of the bench till the close of
the term.
The jury was out a much longer
time than in most of the murder
trials In this county. Judge Lewis
recalled the fact that the jury in the
Bankson case, Bankson was charged
with the murder of Police Officer
French, was out 20 hours. This was
a change of venue to Union county.
Public opinion, regarding the ver-
dict, as expressed. does not eonsidef
that II was as severe as the evi-
dence presented warranted.