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e*4eseeif01-ni-* nifeCOOLMAN FOUND GUILTY OF MUROERYOUTH 18 SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.The Jury Report* After Twenty-Three Hour*' Deliberation — Defendant-• . ■ is Nervous But Receive* the Ver-*, “ • diet Calmly., ...d »• ♦*.isisie‘iItsee~IDISi?.xiIdinft;ataniw:ri.i | g » ;• (Special to • (he.Joiirnai-GazetteJ■Columbia;, cuy.-ind.. sept. is.—Claiule. Cdolraany’ who-killed Frank H. .SUilsmith, 1 as t' Ap ri 1w as to-day- found p'm jfourSerin ,tiie seconddegreetyrthfee* houM, * arriyeff.yk jtn:tal; i wWcfi^Sid; occupied ^hecntire^eok- 6t the -^itley couiity-’ ..Jpdge* Adair sav* the Jury'; at; informed • them j if*they were. about ready to return their verdipt he. woidd wait for mem;: oth^’ \yi8e he ■'would go io'the country1 for. a hours. .. After waiting until 2o’clqclv the judge'droTe :hprth, and? at-.4*o’clock the jiiry notified Bailiff Egoltthat they'had ^reached a^a^.i^ormearliy. tele-Rhone and yria qn;;th£\i^after 5 o’clock• At:5:20.he■:instructed tne -halHff in. the jury aiid at•5:22 .lie.read ia open1.'court- the •' veiv diet wiiich. was-as follows:.“State- of Indiana, (Whitley County- {. — .ss :ad;at'ill;laasri*.:ill-- ;f- - V*K ..Claude L. Coo]manv.(1- ‘ ‘ s #•* ’Verd'taL \ '*:*. We , the, jury,: find ; the ^defendant, Claiide.L. .Coolmap^:guilty of murder [* c in’ ttie'‘second ?degree^ aK' ;her • stands J'l? c charged in ille in’ri 1 r.r i* hfr . nopearcwork! ^11 incapifcerect ate if tion owke . Mr propcslvel; ticcj ly lameet Th dec: was' meet erau Culk cilini ilia, * eomi the 1 It laTo” / Wt'.■Th.electm?'is 'bjyrhBy t -ahai]be-;cls*Ult;Vb'.s,-\‘SpvlsejjtB' Ctherco-ocomicom]•a. co that conl for * coin spec safdm‘ipari; ui3e fecL of ,t the prcj -^60jiihetoisridier iys tn j aus-im:entarsDib-mettiycharged in the ihdictiiienb and assess ’ sr- j aa’.jpuiiishinent-; iherefor that lie ’be he j jmprisonei! in; the. state prison duriiigr' life. .:' 1 : - • • ■■■ frHENRY NORRIS,’.’ p ;4(4Fdremah:” ;-Ypun^Coolniai\ atid his father were, in court; and, the former was rather ^ervoiis. hut did not show any great sufpise. T*rhen: his sentence'was read, the judge -was ia the act of discharg--JJD , log , the jury .'/When Attorney Gates,' ijg/one of'the attorneys1 for the defen'd-tiiJ '^?t stepped forward and asked per-th* i ^1'ss’OT,' to. question each juryman re-tl$ Ssrding the verdict. After- being1 tn. granted the request.'Gates asked each juryman:“Did yon hear the. reading oE the verdict by the court?“Yes. sir.”“Was that yo.nr verdict?-''•■“Yes, sir.‘'Is it your-verdict yet?”Yes, sir/'These vere the questions and the answers of the twelve men.The jury was then discharged. Attorney Gates tvos about prostrated. The opinion of the public Is about equally divided, many thinking manslaughter would have been severe enough, while others say he got just j deserts. Some thought he should have •rty; ijeen hung.Jpf! The jurj- stood eleven to one from Q I the first ballot* Mr. Trope, of Churu-^s.busco first favored acquital. and to-byhasoiip$ir-day consented to make it manslaughter. and finally murder in the sccond dcsrec- “The defense ^\\\ for a ne** trial, hut no action has been taken yet--—o-hilii . XTVlll■willfireTheroaitoiautmlzfunTV ill .era jSha pou S.wi JTki Clo:ItlSSo.C tril if J Iqutfretparn is• w ft for aL5 oftriIniwjlwhTV;P*anpuevfuar
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Sun, Sep 20, 1903
Page 12
Full Page
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IN, USA 28 Apr 2020
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