The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

Foreman Says Emo
fio,. C0ssed Obes,-
cham Deadlock.
BIZ FORREST WHITE.
Consolidated Press Correspondent

Copyright. 1922. by The August
Los Angeles. Cal. Aug. s. = The
problem Of the woman and her
status in court practice increases
rather than diminishes. legal ex-
perts declared here today. South
ern California is pioneering for the
rest of the country. Here women
lawyers are extremely prominent,
while women Jurors are the rule
instead Of the exception.
The woman lawyer and the wom-
an Juror have come to stay. The
question is not to get rid of them
but how to st them into the court
atmosphere, especially Of the Grim
inal court. How to meet the tenn
peramental demands Of their finer
and softer nature presents the
.roblem that must be solved, off,
Gals declare.
1t was believed that every de-
mand for the comfort and peace of
mind o; the woman juror had been
met here with the establishment of
comfortable jury rooms and sep
arate quarters for men and women
| jurors.
Secrets Revealed.
| But now has come revelations Of
the secrets of the jury room in the
second trial of Madelynne Oben-
chain for the sensational Staying Of
j. Bolton Kennedy, the young sock
broker for whose love she divorced
her husband and whose failure to
wed her is alleged by the state to
have resulted in conspiracy be-
/ tween Mrs. Obenchain and Arthur
Burch, another of her admirers,
which ended in his murder.
The final vote on the second trial
was six for conviction and six for
acquittal, with four of the women
on the jury voting innocence and
three voting guilty. The district
attorney and his aides still are in
yestigating reports Of stormy
scenes between the Jurors before
the mistrial was announced.
Tears Affect Verdict.
The foreman of the jury, Mer-
rift E. Paddock, who voted stead
lastly for a verdict of guilty, says
it was the emotional appeal Of the
surroundings Of the jury that re-
suited in the failure to agree. The
jury room in which they delibera-
ted is just across the court and
overlooks the windows of the coun-
ty Jail. Immediately on retiring
there was discussion and Pad
dock claims five of the women
leaned toward conviction. Two Of
these women, however, could not
keep their eyes off the prisoners il
the Jail beyond, men and wome1
gazing out through the bars moan
ing and some Of the women crying
The sight brought tears to thu
eyes of the women jurors, Paddock
asserted, and some even became
historical. He asserts that no,
only two of those who leaned to
. ward conviction were swayed from
their obligations as jurors through
this unforeseen appeal to thei
hearts and sympathies, but tina
others of the jury who had not de
termined on their verdict were af
fected. Under such circumstances
Paddock told the district attorney
no jury could have arrived at /;
verdict of conviction.
Woman Lawyer Faints.
r But on top of this comes tn
, question of emotions of the woman
t lawyer. In the old days of mel
t courts, it was the prisoner at tn
: bar who tainted when sentence wa
, pronounced, while the lawyer look
= ed with unruffled calm as the liner
: body was carried from the room.
Mrs. Ida May Adams, one Of tn
: leading women lawyers of the city