The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-05-05
JURY ACQUITS DR..
DOBBS OF MURDER
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UUDDO VI WUNULA\
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this verdict last night. And only
one formal ballot was required.
The return of the jury's finding
was as dramatic as the other de-
velopments of the trial.
The jury retired at 5:21 O'Clock
at the close of sensational argu,
ment by Prosecutor Ewing D.
Colvin, who accused Defense Coun.
sci George H. Crandell of subor.
dination of perjury, in return fol
the other lawyers accusation that
Colvin had framed" the case tc
advance his political fortunes.
Jury's Announcement
AT 6 o'clock Bailiff George A
Bundy cleared the courtroom ano
prepared to take the jury out fol
dinner.
But when he knocked at the door
of the secret chamber, Foreman
Carleton Hayes informed him that
the jury was just about ready to
return it's verdict and would like to
do so before dinner.
All the principals in the case had
left the court house by this time
but a Post-Intelligencer reporter
running downstairs, found DR.
Dobbs standing on Third Avenue
with his kinsman and legal coun.
sci, Lucas Kells.
DR.. Dobbs accepted the news OF
the jury's action with far less emo
tion than the attorney. The quick
verdict meant only one thing-ac-
quittal-yet his face didn't even
break into a smile.
Not that he wasn't confident. APP
preached in the courtroom by Har-
ry Hale, who asked in a jocula1
vein, if the dentist would like to
gamble on the verdict, he replied
"Nope-there isn't any gamble
It's sure thing"
And he pulled nonchalantly at a
cigarette, held in hand which
was absolutely motionless. He
chatted idly about psychology and
commented on the appearance and
characteristics of various jurors
and witnesses.
Wait for Royse
Superior Judge Charles P.
Moriarty reached his chambers
shortly after DR.. Dobbs arrived in
court, but he said he could not
receive the verdict until James
Royse, the court reporter was
there, so that he could make a
record of the defense's exceptions
to the courts instructions in the
event of a conviction. He added,
however, that he would not wait
for Colvin, as the law does not re-
quire the presence of the prescott
or.
1t was not necessary to take adj
vantage of this provision, though,
as Colvin walked in a few min
utes later.
Ordered In
Although Reporter Royse was
still absent, Colvin agreed to go
ahead without him, stipulating
that the exceptions-in the case of
a conviction, which everyone felt
to be impossible-could be insert
ed later in the record.
William T. Weeks Jr., the court
clerk, was also messing but A. l..
Lawrence, another deputy county
clerk was pressed into service and
Judge Moriarty, his face judicial
mask, ordered the jury brought in
at precisely 6:34 o'clock.
The faces of the jurors gave not
the slightest indication of the out
come of their deliberations.
Gentlemen of the jury, have
you reached verdict Z" Judge
Msoriarty inquired in dry, meth
odical accents.
eve have" responded Foreman
Hayes, and handed slip of paper
to the bailiff, who transmitted it to
the judge.
The fact that Judge Moriarty
passed the paper down to the clerk
pro tenn, barely second later
showed what the verdict was-he
could not have read it in nearly
that time if it had been Guilty.
but courtroom routine had to be
carried out, and Lawrence read it
aloud:
''We the jury in the above en-
titled cause do find the defendant,
C. c. Dobbs, not guilty."
The verdict was received with
out a sound. Judge Moriarty had
announced in advance that he
would brook no demonstration, re-
CARELESS of the outcome, and the
spectators had seen enough of his
unhesitating methods to know that
he was not making an idle threat.
Judge Moriarty made one of the
shortest addresses on record in dis
missing the jury. He simply thank
ed them in the name of the state
of Washington for their service
and told them they could GO.
Crandall and Kells, the two de-
Tense attorneys, rushed to the door
as the jurors, rushed out, wringing
them by the hands, but DIR. Dobbs
spoke to only few. He was sur
rounded by friends-and strangers
-congratulating him, but he was
not exactly responsive.
Dobbs Calm
In fact, it would not be a mis-
statement of fact to say that he
was the most composed man in the