The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-12-04
ROBERT LOWE ACQUITTED
OF SERIOUS CHARGE in Fl.
WORTH.
Jury Out For Sixteen Hours
Before AcquittaI Decided
Upon. Spirited Away After
Trial.

Fort Worth, Texas. Dec. 2.--Robert
Lowe. l9-year-old Negro, regained
his freedom the hands OF jury here
Thursday, but left Fort Worth, in an
automobile loaded with Deputy Sher-
iffs chosen by Sheriff Sterling p.
Clark to guarantee his freedom as
long as he is in Tarrant County. At
noon the jury in the Criminal Dis
trict Court returned verdict de-
claring that Lowe was not guilty OF
the charge of criminally assaulting
Aletha Shipper, 10-year-old white girl
Of Arlington. The child was assaulted
near the stock pens near her home
IN East Arlington about 6.16 o'clock
on the evening of Nov. 1, while she
was returning home from market
errand.
When Lowe was brought to tho
uoor of the hold-over cell TO-DAY the
ggvry came in and reported that a YER
, uiet nag been reached. The verdict
Ta Mas uelivered to Judge George u.
through the cell door and into the
courtroom while half a dozen den,i-
ues lowered over him. When the
defendaefa eS pefd' not I'VE: the jury, find the
Sstheriffs stsfs pushed their charge back
through the door and to the north
entrance of the Jail. where an auto
rn1Dlle MOB awaited with the motor runs
Sheriff Sterling p. Clark accom-
panied the party. which set out i'm
mtediately me- In the direction Of Dem
sSh said ft65snty t5sh tba The counsel for Lowe
go 10 the home of his grandfather.
damp, drizzling ThanlSspivinv
my my gave splendid cover for the spir-
ttthng thnnsg away OF the Negro. Not more
the Criminal Courts Building when
the verdict was returned They were
a if small group that had fingered
nID me '9e se Corridors all Of the morn-
heard the verdict today were from
Arlington. where the crime was com
mitted, and where an effort was
mage t. TO take him from Officers.
been, taken BY Sheriff Sterling Ste aYs P'
Clark from the beginning of the
eriai. SIX or eight Deputy Sheriffs
duty guarding the Negro from the
hour the trial opened. He sat in the
Gourl-room surrounded on three sides
tima ~ Deputy 6 sheriffs, and the only
from his protectors was when he was
IN the witness chair. and at times
When he was called by his counsel
TO stand before the witnesses.
-OWt WAS IN lne Witness
stand there came a kissing sound
from the crowded courtroom, and
Judge Hosey gave stern warning
that swift punishment would be me-
ted out to any one detected in the
act Of provoking disorder Through
out the remainder OF. the trial per-
feet quiet order reigned.
The three days Of taking. the tes-
timony selecting jury. and listen
ing 70 the arguments were strenuous,
and Judge. Hosey showed plainly the
severity OF the strain when the case
was given into the hands of the
jury after O'clock last night.
The defense could not establish an
absolute alibi for their client, but
sought to show that II would have
been impossible for Lowe to have
committed the crime.
The States case was built up
around a confession made in the Of
flee Of the District Attorney here
eleven days after the crime was COM
mitted. In that confession Lowe des-
cribed the crime and the clothes the
child wore. That II was made volun-
stand by Assistant District Attorney
VIII Park, who took the confession
and conducted the prosecution, by
Norris Salsberg, Deputy Sheriff, and
by. Joe Stalk. newspaper man. Ver-
bal confessions were made to the
Rev. ]. T. Bryan, pastor of the Mis-
souri, Avenue Methodist Church here,
and WIN Hiett OF Arlington on the
day after the assault was committed,
according to their testimony.
No Middle Ground.
Attorneys in the case saw no mid