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torni.alltoon-i.ndinline11,”aj~ionInhis2 VSoe-3Ut■ •: .v- 3-9 ?3i os ^: W lt;y the jury find defendant! tKuilty of 'manslaughter* ;aiuF 4: i!l linf I. ^ f. t * i ■ I *! ’that he I* eighteen . years of* *v:i ior-orHe.hetiyorA??wto'ild. ?wy:Jrt‘OorlvNisreP-a-:ele-yieidieAfter being out two- hours; ‘ •jury iu the ease of the since of ana. vs, Harry Healy, Indiwd iafedi \ trijjd for the murder of Robert! x Wilker, February 2fir l?12p.returned] , a rifealed, verdict at ! o’clock ip. rjLJ-Thijreduy night.- The forenum ■ io$k\* charge of It anti it was read in op|nj T court this 'morning at ft.’ q’eio|lq: ’ In ihe presence of the defendaiit^andl^ relatives, the attorneys for tlio stujtejj. anjf the* defense, and a court roojmiK fulfc of curious people., ’While.: Lite j j. verdict was* being read 'profound si-1 .! lened. prevailed. The verdict earrifesjj with it a term of from two td fwent|'-!te' ond; years in the reformatory: at. Jdf-j;!] fersonvitle. . : t j-MjIimmediately after the reading pf|°. thej. verdict Attorney A. J.! PadgrM;1'1 nioVed for a new trial. The coulrtff1* said it would take the matter up }i 30 ]). in, . The defendant aiid: h|siH father and'a bailiff went off in seardh;|h of lionet. *1ie- sport a tors'- fllerf/ hndj:the court went into probale uessj, . \ HS.phi^ Ttyiere were many guesses as/toi ** whht.the verdict .would le..; Some were cock sure it would be. murtldri in’ the first degree,.others thought ftj would not go so far* and still othe$ werp sure the young nian wonk^M* acquitted. It .was* :noted that Hip woqien, always Sympathetic, favored acquittal. • The men' ae a rule were of. the opinion that there .are ^ntir^ ly. tko many murders nowadays: andthatj- it is time to stop it.. pit the first ballot were, two* votef* for-first 'degree ' murder—no -more after, that. About ten ballot3 -werg taktjn, the jury finally settling do.w§01/inanslaughter, ' ; ■/£•Ojne young woman said, “Oh, deari.IT11 never .make another guess bn ^ verdict. I jvas sure ho would ho ac£ quitted on” the evidence/’ j ,§At; 1:3ft '.this .afternoon . ; Harrjj; Healy was sentenced by-Judge Og/ don to serve a- term of froin ixwo td.: twenty-one years in the reformlijtorj; at Jeffersonville. While pronouncing sentence the judge evinced • mutti. emotion . and gave’ the' hoy ■ sotri.4 ■fatliprly advice, telling him1 thatjthif j was;the only stain on' his charaeterij andithat he should so live' as to |b]m it oiiit* \ ' t.Jdhn Healy, father of Harry, -restj ing unde* indictment for imitjder| was.,admitted to hail in the sum’pf $1,000,, James W_ Healy, Joseph M; Healy and-George P. Healy as sur| etyt : Trial at September term. .. ;Th$? bond'.was made small becaiisf? there; was;no -evidence that there was jan^. premeditation or understanding be.-5^ tween father and son when the ?rag-T gdy took place. Besides the pripdii4. er .was poor and the courn .thoughts he'Should .have a chance/”\ -T.- -Wfediiesdny Aftemwn Coricluded.v ? Sir,. _ Limdergan—Swore ; llarr^ Healy's reputation for^ .peaed •
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Daviess County Democrat
Washington, Indiana, US
Sat, May 04, 1912
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