The Washington times., 1926-07-10

thanked on either side by .
husky bailiff, stood motionlesl
as the jury filed in slowly.
Jury Writes Out Verdict
The foreman, Edward P. Rob.
bins, Of Oak Park, handed ! folded
slip Of paper to the court clerk.
It carried Durkin's fate.
Durkin stood up with the jury,
eve the Jury. find Martin Dur
kin guilty. Here Marty,s mother
moaned, ssof the murder of Edwin
G. Shanaharl, and affix punish-
ment at IS years in States
prison, The foreman intoned.
He'll Win, Sisters Scream.
Mrs. Durkin,s moan turned e
racking sobs.
DurlEin grInaaced and tlush
swept over hts face.
Rather q new trial 'sI II take
my chances of hanging.
Mrs. Durlxln turned away, her
head buried ii her arms, her shout.
ders heaving.
DurlEif1s S sisters. Ann and Lucille.
their cheeks streaming exclaimed IN
unison: He'll never serve that
sentence. He'll set q new trial
Hen beaf sem yet, oh, know he
v4ll! Hell win out; see II he
don'ts
Lucine the 17.year-oId flapper.
who SO closely resembles the aheik
SLAYER. STOPPED then. her voice
eiioked ~ poignant grief. Ann
walked YEARLY over to her mother
and the rest Of the Duflxin women
folk
Durlxin, his head bowed. was led
away, back to the grifn.walIed jail
IN the rear of the court building,
the eyes or his mother sorr0Wfully
regarding him.
But Betty Andrews Werner,
sweetheart Of other days, and Irrna
Dnrkin Sullivan, bIacksmith's daugh-
ter OF Cornell, H., Marty's bride,
who swore pAssionately she would
stick to Marty to death, were
not there.
Two Of the jurors, il was said,
favored death, three were Tor a
sentence az from lie years to life
imprisonment ana seven advocated
a 40-year sentence. Shortly after
"a o'clock D compounds Of the s5-
year sentence was reached.
The debonair killer. who shot and
killed the Federal officer when Shan.
Ahan attempted to arrest him IN q
Chicago earage last October on q
Dyer act violation charge, turne0
pale when the verdict was read.
God Almighty! he exclaimed In
b low voice
M. ar x1,..t.. .s,,,... t,.f,.s. I'd a,-,ar,
to cell Il was reliably reported that
Betty Werner. the killers former
sweetheart who gave damaging tes-
fimony against him at the trial will
be maFNtad tonight to Arthur Wer.
ner, the father Of her child.
Betty told friends she 'intended
TO. make this the big day OF her lie.
and with Durlxin ready to 80 60.
btison that she would start life anew
az Mrs Werner.
Debates Throughout Night
Throughout the night the jury
debated the fate Of the notorious
slayer. At 4 o'clock, this morning
the men asked TO be allowed to re-
tire, but when Judge Miller could
not be located they continued their
deliberations. The agreement to
convict Durlxin was reached on the
fourth ballot shortly after 2 o'clock,
according to reports
Divided On Verdict
The jury then attempted to fix
the penalty. It found itself as
badly split on this question as it.
was earlier on the question Of his
guilt or innocence.
According to latest report. seven
OF the Jurors insisting on term
Of years in the penitentiary rang.
ing from 20 to 40 years, while
five others favor life imprisonment.
Two are said TO be holding out
for the death penalty.
One juror was reported to have
favored a penalty OF only Il years.
He is said to have argued on the
basis Of q tragedy In his own
family.
Lets be fair; let's not be too
severe" he Is quoted as saying.
my own daughter was murdered
by her husband in cold blood. He
got 20 years In prison. He was
worse than Durkin. Let's agree to
give Durkin only IL years"
In charging the jury. Judge
Miller laid emphasis upon the fact
that If Durl1in really believed
not be expected to hesitate long
before acting in self.defense.
Attorneys for both sides de.
clared they believed the judges
charge was somewhat advantageous
to the defense.
Durkin's relatives, as well a.
Mrs. Shanahan, widow Of his victim.
remained In the court room until
the jury filed out.
The eyes Of the Durlxins and
Mrs. Shanahan made one last ap.
peal 70 the jurors as they tread
solemnly past.
The eyes of INA" and "Pa" Dur.
KIN seemed TO say ''haYe mercy"
bat those of the black CARRIED
widow flashed out defIantly: "Hang
him."
Durkln. his confidence completely
gone and dripping with perspira.
ton, was led back over the bridge
of signs. into his cell.
The large crowd that listened to
the Gloss OF the dramatic trial re.
NAMED III the court room. hoping
for an early verdict. As the. time
dragged into hours and the jury
seemed likely - disagree. most vi
tha court fans eiipped. quietly away.