he presumption of innocence until proven guilty was in scarce supply in the months leading up to the trials of James Kelly and William Law. “I saw the murderers of, “and I can tell you they are hard-looking customers.” Not that the newspapers themselves showed any inclination to maintain editorial objectivity. Trial of Two Murderers ran the headline in at least five newspapers in four states between Jan. 17 and 20, 1894. Within days North Dakota papers reported the grand jury had returned indictments against “Lowe [] and Kelly, the Paulson murderers.”
