Mercy Saves -Him.
Leonard Nolte was saved from the
electric chair by a recommendation for
mercy. He had a fair trial, a good
jury, and must now pay the penalty for
his misdeeds. The jury was out less
than three hours and during this inter-
val supper was served to them. It re¬
quired three ballots to reach a unani¬
mous verdict, Leonard Nolte wilt
now serve the balance of his life in W>&
State penitentiary.
The trial of Leonard Nolte, charged
with murder, occupied but little at¬
tention among the people of this vicin¬
ity. The man slain in the line of Ms
duty at Graytown, was known to but
few of our people. The accused had
no acquaintances at all in this county.
The witnesses, with the exception of
two, were all residents of other places.
About 30 witnesses were summoned
by the State and defense. The testi¬
mony was all in by Wednesday shortly
after dinner. //'-P7-/f/f
The testimony for the State consist¬
ed of officials of the railroad and To¬
ledo police officials. The record of the
defendant was, and is, bad. He serv¬
ed time in the Mansfield Reformatory
and in the Ohio penitentiary. He ia
the man whom the State claims was
captured and handcuffed by Offices
Boss the night Boss was shot. They
claim that he had marks on his wrista
left by the handcuffs when arrrested a
day or two later, at Delta. Nolta toot
the stand in his own behalf and swore
that the marks on his wrists wsra
made by ropes in putting up awnings.
He denied that he was the man wanted
and swore that he was at home in bed
when the tragedy was enacted at Gray¬
town. His mother and sister swore to
the same effect.
The State does not claim that Nolt*
fired the shot, that he was part of the
gang of train robbers who got mixed
up in the fight with the New York:
Central detectives at that time. Hence
he was an accomplice to the murder.
The officers who testified for the
State were: Capt. Haas and Robert
Bartley of the Toledo police force;
Lieut. Burch, Detectives Ramsey,
Hutter, Beaner, of Elyria, and Murry
of Cleveland,
Prosecuting Attorney Allyn made
the opening -argutoear for the State
Wednesday afternoon, The argument
for the defendant commenced immed¬
iately after the Prosecutor's argument.
Mr, Allyn made the closing argument
and the jury was given the case at 4:45,
At 7:30 they were ready to report and
attorneys and the prisoner were sum¬
moned to the court room to hear tea
verdict.
