The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-07-20

The verdict held Mrs,
Sandstrom sane on May 9
when she shot and killed Mr..
Thompson in a hotel room in
the nearby city of NATION,
Ill.
Sheriff Mack Cochran said Mrs.
Sandstrom would be taken to the
state reformatory tomorrow.
THE verdict suits me; there will
not be any appeal" declared Will
liam H. Remy, defense counsel and
former Marion county prosecutor.
The verdict was better than re-
leasing her. but it was not justified
by the evidence" said j. V. Dill
saver, states attorney, who had
argued for the death penalty.
I Don't Care She Says
AS the jury filed into the court
room after its all-night delibera-
tons in the jury room, Mrs. Sand
strom, when asked what she
thought the verdict would be, she
said, Il don't care"
She listened calmly to the read
ing of the verdict-and turned to
one of her attorneys with a NUT
tered, Thanks"
Then she became hysterical. She
giggled and laughed as the judge
told her to step before the bench to
receive the lightest sentence possible.
under the murder indictment and
the verdict.
AS Judge Van Meter pronounced
sentence, Mrs. Sandstrom broke into
sharp staccato laugh.
Her sister, Mrs. Grace Lacker,
patted her shoulder and urged her
to a courtroom seat as deputy
sheriffS made ready to take her back
to the Coles county Jail.
Verdict Is Delayed
The jury reached a verdict shortly
before 730 a. m.
A prolonged wait to deliver the
verdict enSued when States Attor-
ney Dilsaver was late in arriving
in the courtroom from his home in
Nation. The verdict was read at
$40 a. m.
Wearing a summary white dress.
Mrs. Sandstrom appeared uncon-
cerned as she awaited the verdict.
She chatted amiably over a small
diary given her by her sister.
In an imprisoned plea, Mr.. Dill
saver yesterday declared the de-
Tense had not entered a single
word of denial that Ann Sand
strom shot Carl Thompson in the
back in the U. S. Grant hotel on
May g."
Take their witnesses" he shouted
as he picked up notes jotted by him
during the trial
Fails Defense Testimony
There's Mrs. Irma Kloer, a self
confessed busybody who watched
every one coming in or out Of AIMS
apartment; there was Mrs. Lacker.
who came over from Indianapolis
to help her sister, as any one would.
Then" he continued, there's the
defendants son, John, and 1 have
nothing but praise and sympathy
for that boy who stood by his
mother.
There was DR.. Joseph L. Storey
Of indianapolis, who told you that
so per cent Of the women of Mrs.
Sandstrom's age, or near it, are
more or less insane, due to physical
changes.
If you believe that" he shouted
loudly, you can look over this
controversy and believe that so per
cent Of the women over 40 years Of
age you see are insane.
We're not telling you, declared
the states attorney, that Carl
Thompson was a nice fellow, or
anything like that. He committed
too many sins for married man,
but he got plenty of encouragement
from Ann Sandstrom. You can't
blame everything that happened on
Carl Thompson"
Demands Death Penalty
He demanded the death penalty.
Mr.. Remy picked up a pair Of
pink silk pajamas from the counsel
table with dramatic gesture as he
began his defense argument.
The pajamas, with black
smudge Of burned powder on the
breast, were worn by Mrs. Sand
strom the night Of the tragedy.
The garments dangled Imply in
his hand Mrs. Sandstrom touched
kerchief to her eyes and wept
audibly as he told of the night Of
love and death.
The state says Ann Sandstrom
came to Nation with malice in her
heart and a gun in her bag to kill
the man she loved more dearly than
she loved any one in the world"
Mr.. Remy scoffed.