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JQUTH ifl KILLED :: FATHER MUST HANG,I ISjH‘('(l\ Verdict RenderedI IIn the Sensational NewI; Orleans Case jIt V/.'-'v- .T. v I -jNew (Means, La.. January 22 — j After being out oniy thirty-five | minutes, the jury trying Herman ; Pailet, aged 24. for the murder of his father in the latter’s dairy, June j 21), last, returned a verdict ol guil- j ty as charged which means that Pailet will be hanged.When E. C. Palmer, foreman, notified Judge Chretein at 5:05 o'clock j Friday afternoon that a verdict had | been reached, Pailet was led into ; the court-roorn. Clerk Patrick read the verdict and Pailet showed no ! outward signs of feeling. He stood' erect while the jury was polled a*|I the request of Attorney Marr. Then he turned and walked in a regular step out of the court-room. As he i passed out. lie said loud enough for a deputy sheriff to hear: “Well she 1 got what she wanted.”His remaak was believed to have: referred to his mother who testified j against him. Pailet. although he referred to her as “my dear mother while he was on the stand Friday.lie seemed particularly bitter while she was testifying the preceding day. jWhen Pailet had reached his cell in the parish prison fifteen minutes i after the verdict, he had already removed his coat and shirt and was'preparing to drink coffee.“Have you anything to say re-, garding the verdict?” he was asked I am sorry I cannot thank the! jury for fulfilling my mother’s wish: but God bless my mother anyhow,” Pailet replied. More than this he refused to say.preciation of all that was being : done for her. The end came with-i• out a struggle. She was laid \o ‘rest on Thursday in the Noblei burying ground near Pine. Rev. j J. J. Walker conducting the funeral ■ services.—Era Leader.
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Bogalusa Enterprise
Bogalusa, Louisiana, US
Thu, Jan 27, 1916
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