The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-26
mrs. CARAVAN |
TEN FOR ACQUTTTAL AND TWO
FOR CONVICTION after
THIRTEEN HOURS.

Mineola, l.. J.. Oct. 25,-The Car
man trial struggled to an end at / |
O'Clock this morning, when the jury.
looking much haggard and consid-
erably perturhed after thirteen hours
and fifteen minutes of fruitless
wrangling. came into the Supreme
Court room and reported a disagree
ment. They had been ten for acquit-
tai and TWO for conviction.
Mrs. Carman will be admitted to
s2o,oa0 bail tomorrow and released
10 go home o free woman except for
the psychological bondage which will
probably come from thee knowledge
OF murder indictment hanging over
her head much AS moose might hang
around her neck
The present District Attorney OF
Nassau County. however says that he
will never press the case TO a retrfai
unless new evidence comes TO light
from the general mystery.
of course there were rumors to-
day that Or. CarTnan and his wife are
going 10 separate and that one or the
other of them will sue for a divorce.
Bur these reports seemed TO be drop
ped from the clouds or to be the
simple product of the usual gossip
nongers who always follow In the
make nf- dasa4ast4e- 4i+4ft-tte
IHrcatedS Juror.
The principal spark of interest af-
ter the case had ended did not as a
matter OF fact. shine over Mrs Car
man. or DIR Carmen, or any of the
leading persons in the trial, but over
the jnrymen whose deliberations IL
developed, were accompanied by
threats OF mayhem and violence IN
general, which must have enliveneu
considerably what otherwise would
doubtless have been an extremely te-
dious argument.
Along about o'clock this morning
one of the ten jurors who had stood
firmly for acquittal suggested that
the best way to end the controversy
would be to cast the person of James
IL. Aston, who vowed that while
there Has breath in his body he would
not vote for an acquittal, out of the
window.
Mr.. Aston leaped to his feet and
invited his assailant to step forward
and try it. At this william G. Hovey.
the second man for conviction, pushed
hts chair back and Fastening to Mr.,
Aston's side. added his voice to the
invitation.
No one, however seemed disposed
to execute the threat, so after a few
moments Messrs Aston and Hovey
dropped again into their chairs and
the twelve jurymen proceeded to
glover at each other in silence for
three hours, During this interval a
couple Of the men lapsed into somno-
lence, thoroughly exhausted by their
protracted vigil. while Aston and
Hovey. determined to stick by Jus
tice as they saw 1t. sat immovable
and upright as the dreary hours
limped on.
Began With Smiles.
AS matter Of fact the jury's Sc
ance began with smiles and auspic-
ious indications OF an early decision.
Someone suggested that ballot be
taken forthwith, that seeming the
simplest method to divine the general
impression left by the testimony on
both sides, and so a ballot was cast.
1t showed that nine were for acQuittal
and that three. Aston, Hovey and
Marx Gottsch, were for conviction.
An explosion in the pleasant atmos-
pherc which had surrounded the pre-
liminary remarks of all the jurors
forthwith occurred when Robert Lud-
lam, the foreman. suggested that II
would be more to the point II the
conviction jurors would confne their
considerations to the testimony In
stead Of to their own differences. and
another ballot was taken, which
showed that Gottsch had been won
over TO the acquittal side. while As
ton and Hovey remained mistaken
in their convictions.
1t was at this point, only fifteen
minutes after Justice kelby had
charged the jury. and sent them out.
that a loud knock resounded In the
court room. The court clerk has
tened to the jury door and opened It
70 md Mr.. Ludlam standing at the
threshold and explaining In whis-
pers that certain portions OF Celia
Coleman's testimony was desired.
The opening Of the door sent a re-
port flashing through the building
that the jury had already found q
decision and wished to report. Mrs.
Carman, looking very pale and pre-
senting as pathetic picture az can
be Imagined. was brought into the
court room from tho small antecham-
her. to which she had retired with
her husband whom tho tury went out.
Send Out For Food.
Eager spectators, whose vigilance
had permitted tham to stray no fur
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