Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1912 — PRISONERS CHEER [ARTICLE]
PRISONERS CHEER
When Mrs. Quinn Is Found to Be Not Guilty of Murder of Husband. Chicago, 111., June 1, —Mrs. Jane Quinn today was found not guilty of the murder of her third husband, John M. Quinn. When the verdict was read Mrs. Quinn fainted and fell into the arms of a court attendant.; , Spectators in the courtroom cheered, and their voices foutfd echo in the shout that went up from the prisoners in the jail. “I never doubted that the jury would bring in any other verdict until yesterday. But I prayed all night—prayed for justice, for free- * dom. I knew’ God would not let me suffer for something I had not done. All my life I have been the victim of circumstances. All my life I have been misjudged, but nothing matters now. I am so glad I am free,” she said. It is possible, according to several court officials and attorneys, that a warrant charging Mrs. Quinn with the murder of her second husband may be served later by police authities of Jackson. Mich.
