The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-26

stepped to The front and explained the
mistake
The Jurors request inspired everybody
with 50 complete q conviction that their
deliberations were to lie long and arduous
that delegates we're Immediately elected
from various groups OF spectators TO visit
a public hOus" near by and secure supplies
OF pop and ham sandwiches.
Mrs. Carman rotr'1'ed again TO the
privacy OF which she was very apparently
In great need.
And then. while the Jurors worked them
selves into more and more complete
deadlock. began the all night WISH In the
court room ~ the weary hours dragged
On. the watchers one uy one dropped into
dozc By . O'ciy. K everybody had
waited so long thu' ;hey couldn't bring
themselves TO leave. Voices fell from the
pitch OF excitemer; TO the whisper Of un-
certainty. aud an occasional suorc told
OF vigilance on It's guard Heads nodded
ana weary mon stretched themselves out
on mprOylsed beds OF hard oak chairs.
G~rtrude Atbertnn Retreats.
There were some ten women who re-
manned until the end. Gertrude A.her-
ton. who says she once wrote book with
a murder trial srene In &c. but didn't
know then what she knows now. ate an
apple al midnight read a magazine story
during tn" following hour. dpzcd and then
Rot up and went to her hotel. rcmarlIng
that she was old enough 10 have known
better.
The Jurors took fvn ballots IN ~ many
hours without further chang" IN their
opinions During this time their arEu-
mcuts grew constantly more ncrid and the
hope of AN eventual agreemen; faded fur
thcr AS the night progressed. After the
third ballot. the suggestion was launched
that they nigh, ma themselves OF ac-
cord on verdict Of murder I'm the Sec
ond degree or possibly manslauEhtcr
But ;Ge arggm arts over evidence and
the cro'h.l,ty % witnesses stirred by this
suggestion Increased the hard feeling be-
tween Aston and Iiov,y on the ono side
and the remaining ten on the other
Mr.. Lud,am the foreman. who IS nm
oys..rm n from oyster Bay. said a'.er-
ward that h" and the others for nc1uttal
confined themselves - the crime itself
whilc the opposition dolvcd into the prob
abilities
Ths statement through. forth strong ex-
pr"ssions from Aston and Hovoy. who as
81 He'd is ver'c.ty
"shamr!" Snys Foreman Ludiam.
we confined ourselves 90 the evidence. "
said luiItn. white the other two roamcd
about al large among the probabilities ot
the cas-. l. Us a Shame that We could
NOT nave bIuutht lN Nerditt or ac-
quitial very great shame. sir. indeed"
sad Ir. Aston We parted under
80 favorable conditions as possible. con-
sidcrng the NIGHTS events II is true
that We didn't shak" hands. but we didn't
part for good There are some little
matters between "s which could not be
tied with d.Fu.,y 100 tho jury room
Therefor. We look forward to another
meeting"
All ~ he Jurors were of one mind APP
parenNr loo o. r,r'fu.Ag the testimony OF
Frank Fa-rDl. tho tramp. and the men
from West Broadway and Becrtor street
who were called To throw disercd.; upon
FaIrcrs crcdhi'ity
Neither id they paw any attention "a
the testimony OF little Elizabeth Carmtn.
Oue of the first breaches I'm the good
feeling In the jury room WIS opened 10y
"a divergence %! opinion about testimony
given by Dr CarWau tina. The pantry
door was locked ana 10y Mry Powell that
she passed through All. door after tho
shooting To get "a drink Of water. The
Jurors for conviction seem to have main
tanned that this indicated 20 discrepancy
tina; could not DE passed over. while the
others held that i, indicated no such a
thing
Talks of "RcasonuIir Doubt"
From what charles II Strytcr. "a
florist from tlo~s' Park, had 10 say. the
question Of reasonable doubt" play an
important part .u the dcc.SionA of those
voting for acquittal. when he was asked
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