The Washington times., 1922-05-21
SLAYER
is FREED
BY JURY
Pathetic Yearning Of
Mrs. Thomas Fors z
to Have Little One
Look as Well -
Others Leads 70
Tragedy In M =
waukee.

waukee.
other than that which her fsssle
conscience can give herr
George Shaughnessy. assistant TO
the district attorney. summing mp
for the State. startled the thronsed
court room by defending Mra
Foran and insisting that the blame
Tor the slaying rested solely on the
shoulders of the man who had fired
the fatal bullet He said;
There has been mono 10 defend
this woman. She has been con
dsmned on an sides. They oai1 ber
The Woman Who Aed.' and they
blaspheme In speaking Of hei.
They call her cruel. oonscienoelees,
But I. for one. win defend her a.
one driven to utter desperation by
the nisgardly habits Of Q man VINO
valued his gold-his twenty dollars
even above the life Of his fellow.
man.
CRYING OUT FOR REVENGE.
This man. whom this woman
nobly endeavored on the stand 70
defend, finding . paltry $40 taken
from his hoard, became as O ra-ing
mailman, rfvaled only by that gro
tesqus creation Of an authors
mind, Sflas Mariner. the Weaver,
crying out and drawing revenge
for the invasion Of his worthl ,ss
gold He was even worse than
George Eliot's conception, because
sven the thought Of his little chill.
dren failed to stay him in his mad
mans resolve for vengeance. This
man took the Life Of another man
for $50. and we ask for a verdict OF
murder In the first degree against
him"
But shs eloquent attorney for
ths dsfsnss IN q final plea hit
again at the woman. saying:
I'VE havs made no attack on
the dad man In this case We
know eisst he was not . burglar
@ . window peepsr and do not
attempt to lessen IN any degree
the terrible thing that happened.
have nothing but sympathy for
Mrs, wamsr. Her husband has
bean hurled into eternity. without
. chance b mako his psaos with
his God And IN the meantime.
has wffs wss sitting at homo won
dsrins Why hs did not return.
-But IN Fursn 20 b ba.nsd for
thfsf No Ths-0nly ooS 30 SaAms
- ths woman who Nd Nss let
h~ hnshanA 90 fneo ehs Resst
with . susAsArsvsavu> WIN she
sEw him running 1fnr wAehsr,
shs did not oau suti -nu. Tom.
come backi That man an no
wronsf
LAST ATTACK0oCWHE
The one wh0 eao0pkAa Hase6at
started the cnskA Sf Sv1utnsuml-
minsttng tn eG1.s94hS tsaAUmsn
escapes pasnisfmsnt I - Odffh
Foran stHnd over wnmsm1 odd
body a. the morHns ard eafnay
say. That - Sbs man vhe1soksd
In the window. When T tsarnsd
that she had MA Or twsnfy dol
lars. II made ths blood frssss IN
my veins - ! recalled how she
stood thsre Win 9ufvsrtns. and
blacksnsd ths character of the
man hsr hes had fuisd.-
With that ringing IN thsfr ears
he jury went into delfberation.
and . woman, Mrs. Mae Kelly.
was foreman Of that Jury. For six
and q half hours they debated,
with tho majority st first voting
for conviction on tho charge Of
murder in the first degree. But
Mrs. Kelly, herself the mother Of
two children, held out for -
quittal. and in tho final balloting
the men sustained her. She Is the
first woman in the State to have
served on q jury in q murder trial.
When the words MOT guilty"
came from Mrs. Kelly's lips. 49,
the fury filed out, Tom Foran fell
back as though stricken. In a
moment he recovered composure,
leapened over the rail and ex.
tended his hand in gratitude to
the FEMININE foreman. Soon after
he was in wife's arms and they