The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-02-27
'LANPf Jury IS
TIED INTO HARD
KNOT THIS MORN
At Three O'clock. After II Hours
Deiiheration, Jury is Unable
to Agree.
STATES ATTORNEY WILSON
s MAKES A BRILLIANT PLEA
Attorneys for Defense Fight Hard in
Effort to Save Neck of
|. Their Client.


AZ 3 O'Clock this morning the jury
vas stilAout with very slight prob
liability Of reaching verdict in the
cases wherein William Lampe is
charged with the murder Of Chrs.
tian Burk.
They are tied up in tight knot
its a hung jury" was the message
received by The Bulletin at the hour
Of going to press.
The Jury.
A. D. Teer, M. G. Whiting, James
Wright, George Cheney. Fred Will
liams, Walter Denzel, J. w. Theis,
Carl Ensler, Reuben Wright, Robert
Horton, A. E. Parker. Pink Williams.
The last two live at Thebes while
the others are all residents of Cairo.
At 4.05 o'clock yesterday after
noon the jury in the Lampe murder
case retired to arrive at their YER
dict after listening to the full and
complete instructions given ii by
Judge Lewis, of the Alexander
County Circuit court.
The court room was crowded,
every available seat being occupied
ana many were standing, during the
entire afternoon.
When court convened yesterday
morning at 8 O'Clock States Attorney
Alasapdes Wilson made tlie 6penifsg
argument before the jury in which
nc gave brief review of the evil
| denCe, defined the law of self-Ge
fense and what constituted murder.
He made citations of cases somewhat
similar to the case at bar, and in
sisted that the extreme penalty CT
the law be meted out to The pris-
oner. lie used no abusive references
to the accused man, but was, IN al
his arguments, clear, aggressive and
| forceful.
Mrs. Purk. wife of the murdered
man, was present in the court and
kwhile listening to Mr., Wilson'S
speech. she became hysterical and
was taken from the room by reia-
tiyes.
The opening of the argument for
the defense was made by Attorney
lCrawford. He grew quite eloqusn:
at times in his appeals TO the jury
10 show the defendant mercy. Mr
| crawford said that Lampe had a pcr-
feet right to go to Burk's farm, as
Ia tho lease there was n clause that
gave him the right to visit the farm
at any time to make repairs and fcl
other causes that he might deem
sufficient to warrant same. He said
that If Lampc had been expecting
Iany trouble with Burke he would
Hardly have taken his wife with nin
when ne went to the farm that Sun
day morning. ''Why," he said, "csn
YOU imagine any man doing such a
thing, taking his wife along with
him if he knew down in his heart
that he was going to take that mans
life?"
| Attorney Hileman in his argu.
ment referred to the evidence given
by the defendant, who he declared
told his story of the trouble in q
cool, straightforward manner and
that the prosecuting attorney was
not able in his cross-examination to
impair the value of that evidence
Mr.. Hileman continued his argument
at tho afternoon session and re.
viewed the testimony. He ATTEMPT.
ed TO break down the testimony OF
Mrs. Burk and of her son as to tht
story Of the killing.
States Attorney Wilson closed his
his speech to the jury in which IL
went over the statements made bN
the defendants attorneys conclud-
ing with another strong appeal tc
the jury to do its duty, "withou,
fear or favor"