He Saw An Angel
June 4, 1888Why a New Trial Was Granted In a Murder Case.
Berryville VA., June 4-
A sensation has been created by the act of the judge of the circuit court here in granting a new trial to Josiah Locke. who was convicted of the murder of William R. Jenkins. The new trial is granted on account of the remarkable statement now made by George W. Lee, one of the jurors who convicted Locke. Lee declares that during the recent trial of Locke he fixed his eyes upon the younger Locke and Gertie Zumbro, the latter a child witness for the commonwealth, and daughter of Mrs. Jenkins by her first marriage, and while watching them, he saw an angel flit from one to the other, and he then solved the situation by coming to the conclusion that young Locke was in love with Gertie, and that Jenkins was jealous of him: that he was not willing to render a verdict on the evening the case was given to the jury, but that during the night he had made up his mind that Locke was guilty, and in the morning when he woke up a spirit seemed to say to him: “Justified! Justified!” He also stated that during the trial a spirit was whispering to him, “Mercy! Mercy!”
source: The Daily Northwestern
location: Oshkosh Wisconsin
