The Washington times., 1927-12-09
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could not have done" the widow
sobbed. 81 am shocked, grieved and
bewildered."
Beach mumbled: I'm not guilty;
I'm not guilty.
The widow and the poultryman
slept well in the county jail last
night and ate a substantial break.
fast this morning. Neither COM
mented to jail attendants on the
verdict.
The woman appeared fresh and
rested. Beach smiled when greeted
by Jail attendants this morning.
Both are obviously counting upon
the success Of an appeal, which
their attorneys plan to file after
sentence is passed.
Beach does not know that the jury
which convicted him believed he did
s4he actual shooting and that Mrs.
sLilliendahi was aware Of his plans
and was, therefore, equally guilty.
The five women and seven men
said they regarded the widows fire.
quent outbursts OF tears as "theat.
rical' and totally disregarded the
presence Of her s-year-old son, Alfred,
In the court room.
One juror. also said that the man.
slaughter verdict had been fixed as a
compromise because, while the jurors
felt almost from the start that Beach
and Mrs. Lilliendahl were guilty Of
killing the doctor, some had believed
that there was doubt az to whether
this had been proved legally.
Verdict Surprise
The verdict, coming after the
jury had deliberated over 20 hours,
was surprise. When the jury
retired on Wednesday evening, it
had been confidently predicted that
the accused would be acquitted, and
after the jury was locked up that
night the general opinion was that
they would never reach a verdict,
but would be discharged for fail.
Ing to agree.
The defendants were ashen gray
when the jury reported its find
ings, but they did not break down
in court.
Should the justice deny the de.
PENDANTS new trial it is the be-
lief that counsel will carry their
case to the high court on the
plea of newly discovered evidence
and also that the evidence in the
present trial did not warrant a
conviction.
: The prosecutors office was de.
> lighted with the verdict. Even
from the first they had not been
:. hopeful Of a first degree murder
erdict, but it was said they would
= have been satisfied with a verdict
I involving lesser degree Of guilt.
= Many Rumors
:. There were all sorts Of rumors
:, during the day as to how the jury
stood. The last report was that
they were 10 to 2 for acquittal.
with two men holding out for a
guilty verdict. 1t is believed that
these two men, IL the report of
how the panel stood is correct,
swayed the others to return a YER
dict of voluntary granddaughter.
After the accused were returned
to their cells both were near the
stage Of collapse, although the
widow proved the stronger of the
two in hiding her emotions. Beach,
subject to heart attacks, had a Dad
time OF it after he reached his cell.
The general opinion around the
court house after the verdict was
that the jury had been swayed by
The testimony Of Harry I. Sander
son, the Ohio salesman, who
mounted the stand a second time
after the defense had rested it's
ease to positively identify Beach
as the man he saw running away
from the murder SPOT. M
The fact that no reason was
given for his changing his testi-
lnony regarding the Identification
had great weight on the jury. it
was thought.