The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-20
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 the jury. had seen the jury file into
 the Httle jmy room just off from the
 jury uoX and wanted to he uesen-
 when that cruciai moment came, and the jury made its report
 Mrs. Jouos was nor expressive dur- ing the day If the spectators expect
 cad Co sec hcr weep and moan over inc description of the tragedy as viewed by the prosecuting attorney
 or tc carried to tears by the eloquent appeal of her counsel it W1. disa1- pointed Once when Colonel Murphy was making a particularly pathetic appeal for mercy to the iaE her eyes filled with tears. hut she rather sought 10 conceal her sorrows than 10 exploit them to the gaze of the as sCmbled multitude or t0 the jurors who were to pass on her life or liberty The addresses on the rart of couu- ci were appreciated by the audience. 1 When Prosecutiug Attorney Ran dolph orened for the state he took mp ! Che affairs Of the Jonos couple at the iucipiency, and applied tie facts to a straight line as far as necessary 10 the trial of this ease, then ho came
 to the scene of the tragedy aud made ! emphatic the states claim that the Killing of Gus JonOs Dy his wife Was such tragedy as dcmeuded the pun- i ishment of the law in keepirs of course with the conscious of the jury < as 10 the mitigating circumstances. Richard Ryan first spoke for the
 defendant and reviewed the whole of the circumstances, end then George r. Whittmgtcn in well defined ], al tarm4 exploited the facts ho vie" ed them. and applied these facts to tho law given hy the cona Colonel ieorge W. Nurphy almost i$ years
 g a4v. anr thc foremost criminal lawyer of the south closed tor the ronse. He argued with an ability of reasoning which half century of experience has made him master and then he pleaded for that mercy for his i client which Micht be asked for the masters cf men. PrOseCuoir Att0rn- ey Randolph Close1, answering the points of the attorneys for the defcuG- ant. and telling the jury emphatic1llv that innocence needed no mercy to se pleaded. for il the defenlln wcr7 guilty. apply the punishment as the law prescribed, but that fortunately che law enabled the jury to scale the grade of puni hment down even 70
 minimum ot one year from the do7th sentence
 U--e HogHo, who had listened many nours Tuesday t0 the argmenls of attorneys on inc matter of in- -nuctions, yesterday morning an nounccd to tho attorneys that none Of their instructions would ue given, but that on tho other hand he would give separate iustruC,ioHs-1nd tai4 he did
 During the utermi7sion, aLd atlcr the speech by Colonel Murphy, sew eral ladies who had seats about the ril went over to Mrs. Jonos and of fered her the womanly sympathy thar had been aroused in their hearts by the torsenoss of the situation,
 The jury received its final forms on which to iin in tho verdict, and
 retired at o'clock About five min- rtes afterwards there Wa5 a knock on rhe jury room door, summons for the shcrim to come The crowd hustled and adjusted itself for yer diet. A vor',c. SO quickly reached must of necessity have aten an de- mditM lHt it Ncd5 no verdict. The iarore had discovered that somebody
 in tho gallery of the court room was in position 10 hear the discussion within the jury room, and had senr for the sheriff to correct it. Sheriis smith ordered the boys out of the gallery. and the incident NaS at an end
 Another commotion was caused 10 break the nonotony of the long wall when half an hour later the streen 1 whistles of the fire wagon Nas heard in the court room. Tho crowd moved
 to windows and soon settled back into quiet and waiting
 At 5:4o o'clock lhcrc was another call from the jury and this time the
 auriencc seemed 10 1e certain that ifs curosby would be appelsed and it would be repaii for Waitma out this time the jury only wanted the sheriff to socare instructions and bring them ! into the iurs room.
 | Nothing further vas heard from the l mry untu 6 o'clock, and then Judge 1 Iceuc ordered the sheriff to inform he jury if t had uot reached a we're 1 dict a supper recess would be token | Tho Wrs asked for a liule while more for consideration indicatiu that
 verdict was likely in a httle whl.e. and was sent bacl, 70 tho Iury toan1 Nt 6.3d o'clock the jury reported that