Murphy - attempt murder on Priest - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Lafayette, Ind., April 5—The jury in the case of Bartholomew Murphy, accused of the attempted assassination of the ex-Priest Rudolph, was found guilty by the jury which rendered its verdict to the court this morning. Murphy was given two years in the Northern penitentiary and fined $1,000. The verdict is considered, by the law abiding element, a just one. On the first ballot the jury stood 10 to 2 for conviction and all agreed on guilty on the second ballot. Several ballots were taken on the question of punishment, some wanting to send him up for eight years. It was 6 o’clock this morning before the verdict was finally decided upon. - thanks S

(*details of the case are in previous month’s issue)