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COOLMAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERYOUTH IS SENTENCED TO LIFEIIMPRISONMENT. .The Jury Reportt After Twenty-ThreeA * * • t 1■ Hourt* Deliberation — Defendant’ • . ' - -• \ - - • • is Nervals But Receives the Ver-diet Calmly.,...* (Special to-the .Jodrrmi-Cazette.)/COLUMBIA/. City.;-Ind.. .Sept.. 19.-^ Claude. Coolmahf; who--iclUed Frank H; .Stailsmith;i^t April/was to-day. found' giiiUy, of jmirdeKlTil tlie* second “degree,^? * 4 -Vj il .A' • V/- :, *' ,pear ci works •an inicapita.erect j aie it lion cowner•Mr.■propoisiveiy tice.tl ly lotmeeti:The descrl .wub’ ( meeti: er anc Cullix clime: ilia, 'a .comm •the-pi It; la•j To tlafelitferSt lb ^weri^ty thfee hou?gr, arriyedjatfarvefdict iii.; tKo;-mixrderwhicli: ^ad/occupie'd; .the entire week 6L the -WhStley cdutity-^circiiLts.court • Judge- -Adair saw* the■ f ‘ » * • • • ^ ; m \ m mm t . s '• * * . - , . 1 ' JJury' at; noon,;and informed • themiif: -they were. iTiout ready to return ‘their; verdict, he would -wait, for them.-bther: wise he would go-to the country for. a few .hours. .. After, waiting until. 2 o'ciqek; the jiidge drove :north, and: at-~iaHy.im.4'o’clock the jiiqr notified Bailiff .EgoUthat they’had .reached a verdict/:- - •-.. The ' judggL tele-.phone and was on .theAfeench*,-shortly after 5 o’ciock/ At- 5:20 . he: instructedthe 'balHff to • hilcg ‘ iri. the; jury, aiid. at •5:22 ’he read in 'open/court- the •' verdict' which; was -as. follows• uState: ot'Indiana ( .•' Whitley County- ( , ..•' -S9: -:.- In .the /WhiUey::CIrenit..Court, Sep-; temfier Term, 1W,1. \ : ; ’ / /‘‘The; State of lndiaiiav.{ ’\N/W ./:; All •'Claude L. Coolman*8lJ--C' .. * -v/ ’ ••' - * ■' / Verdict. ■ :-• !./'We , the.' juiy,: -find •;the ^defendant, ClaudeJL. .Coolmap,: guilty of murder in tfier'se.cond\degree,-. aB ;her -' staiids charged in the indietment/and •assess' as'.; piihbhroetit:; therefor that :lie / he ’ le j imprisoned' in; the state, prison duringlifC/ • • V •*’ 1 J ’ • •; \ *TIENRY NORRIS,5.Wayt•By tb•shallV - Vs-,DC;* COls*jfoi.Sonvlaedits' c\ s ■therii • co-op comp pldnt comp •a ecf that coiitr for | coinssp^cisaid'Whe:Ali11.ar — * 1pany“Foreman:”10.0-isiderystria'tarn:nt;• Young* Coolman and his father were.M court; ’ and the former -was rather nervous, hut did not’ show any great surpise.when:his 'sentence'was read.The judge was in the act of discharging the’ jury -.when Attorney Gates,‘^.7 one of'the attorneys1 for the' defend-•^ '■ ant stepped forward and asked per-j mission- to.question each juryman; re-^ 'garding- the verdict ' 'After* being granted the request. ‘Gates asked each juryman:• “Did you hear the. reading of_.thc verdict hy the court?”“Yes, sir.”“Was that yo.ur verdict?”.“Yes, sir”‘is it'your verdict yet?” .“Yes. sir.”. These were the questions and the ] answers of the twelve men. j The jury was then discharged. Attorney Gales was about prostrated.The .opinion of the public Is about equally divided, many thinking manslaughter would have been severe enough, wb lie others /say he got just.! deserts. Sonie thought he should have *ty j been hung.ter | The jury stood eleven to one from he j the first ballot 'Mr. Trope, of Churn- and y s ■ busco first favored acqiiital. and to-by I day consented to make it manslaugh-| ler. and finally murder in the second puT ftesree. “ . mThe defense will ask for a new trial. ^ but no action has been taken yet tun o- areirsib-netryer-iihlefeet.of tJthe :prep?6O,0iis'cbis ozno i bilit:• Tti wltfc•wili’firepThemasto:2£automlzefumlv ill* *■ * .erat,shaipourS.WitmoJCl03-Itisii55.0cwill if tlItbe ; quei get pan;nisliwhlfornistiofnewtrioIntewitlwhiWapre:3 as up ;iv-:ia-Thc following party of gentlemen left ! last night For Tak^ George on a week's the; fishing tiip; The Messrs! W. F. Myers. ^ion B. \V. Fnckctt. F. II. CatshaU. Otto I'loi Peters;; X C. Kelspy. Fr«j H. Myers. _■-i Clem Rokors.and Sheriff Stcnff 1 • ' r.
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Sun, Sep 20, 1903
Page 12
Full Page
Clipped by
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IN, USA 28 Apr 2020
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