The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-10-20
LIGHT VERDICT
GIVEN MORROlVE
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acquittal. Then the tie broke, it is
said, and the six who had held up to
that point that the homicide was JUS
tifable and that the defendant Herman
Morrone had acted in self defense
when he shot his brother James, came
over and Joined the other six who
held that Herman was guilty.
From ten-thirty a. m. to four-ffteen.
p. m. Saturday, the argument conferred
about what degree Of manslaughter
Herman was chargeable with, the first
six who had originally stood for the
verdict Of guilty, holding that he
should be given verdict Of murder
six, who had originally held for &C
quittal, holding out for \the lowest
/ degree of manslaughter. AS they, the
six for acquittal, had come over to the
others, the others after a few hours
of wrangling, finally came over to them
and the verdict of fourth degree mans
slaughter was reached as last com
promise.
Herman Could Have Jumped on Jim.
The evidence in the case showed that
Herman Morrone about noon on July
10, had chased his brothers wife, Ivy
| Morrone, out of the home at 900 Mar
ket street which he shared with them.
He was armed with a club, which he
discarded when aSblow aim at Ivy's
head missed its destination, and with
revolver. The chase of Ivy was pre-
coded by a scream from the woman,
heard by a half dozen people in the
vicinity and heard by Ivy's husband
jim, who was wedding peppers in the
garden. Ivy and Herman had had a
feud of three years standing, and Ivy
had repeatedly tried to get her
brother-in-law out of the house, and
there had been a bitter quarrel be-
tween the two the day before the
shooting.
When Jim saw Ivy come screaming
and running out of the house followed
by Herman with club he ran towards
the two crying, whats the matter ?"
Herman dropped the club as he came
and had gun in his left hand Ac-
cording to one witness, his reply was
Look out, or I'll shoot you too" Jim
stopped to pick up a long pole to use
as weapon; as he rose, either with
or without the pole in his hand
| (several witnesses testified that his
hands were empty) he was shot by
Herman.
It is said that the jury would have
voted for acquittal if they had taken
into consideration that while Jim was
in STOPPING posture, Herman could
have attacked him either with his fists
or by pushing him over, without using
his gun to defend himself.
1t was high noon in the open space
of the garden with the four points of
the compass to run into, and while it
was represented that Herman was the
immediate aggressor and that he could
have turned and run, rather than shoot
the jury is said to have also laid stress
on the point that James could also
have run, rather than attempt to pick
up a weapon, and apparently attached
little Importance to the reason for
James action, namely, the defense of
his wife.
Southern Temperament Considered.
Much weight is said to have been
given to the fact that both men, Her
man and James, were hot-headed and
that the family conditions encouraged
violence, which lead the jury to the
final conclusion that the killing was
done involuntarily in the heat of pas
sion While the contention Of the
state was that Herman intended to
kill Ivy Morrone or anyone who inter
fered and that following the shooting
of James second shot was fired at
Ivy, the jury found that there was not
evidence to sustain the theory of the
second shot, as no witness testified to
hearing two shots. Had the second
shot been established to the satisfac-