Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-08-09
How Dark a Crime.


Well do we all remember the bloody death
OF Senator Broderick. He fell by the hand
OF Judge Terry 10 a duel. On his death
bed he uttered these memorable words:
"They haze Killed me BECAUSE ,eas oppos
ed TO the extension Of Slavery 4 corrupt Ad.
ministrafion."
We all remember the burst Of indigna.
tion which went up all over the nd against
the dark plot by which he was killed, and il
was vainly hoped that the bloody murderer
would be brought to justice. This however
you could not expect, for that agency which
ordered the dark deed must protect its age ut
as has been done in this case. Judge Terry
has been declared not guilty. in State
where the laws declared his crime a murder.
The way this has been accomplished may
be gathered from the following extract from
the San Francisco Bulletin, OF July III.
"A'we have before stated, Judge TeuY's
trial vas fixed TO come Of before the Dis.
trict COut at San Franc isco, Judge hardy
preslc'ng, on Friday. The following wit.
nesses received subpenas TO be presen, and
tes:liy at the trial, viz: Chief Burke, Capt
l Lees, Coroner McNuy, DR.. Holman, Le
onidas Haskell, Henry Fritz, and James w.
Stilman.
"These witnesses, accompanied By Alex
ander Campbell, Assistant District Attorney
Of this county, started for San Leandro, on
Friday morning, in the yacht Restless, % bout
o'clock The snbpenas we're returnoble
al ~ o'clock, and as the trip usually occu-
pies about two hours, the witnesses say they
expected to get there in ample time. Bat
the Restless was becoimed in the bay, and
it was nearly IL O'Clock before her passen-
gers, reached San Rafael.
"At nine o'clock precisely, according to
the time OF the officers of the Court at San
Rafael, which was in advance of the waite hes
of the people generally Judge H Hardy ope ned
the Court Terry's case was immediately
called. lie wos ready with his counsel /,
Messrs. Hoge and Crttend nden, and his wit.
nesses, who had gone over the day before in
the steamer. The Court then proceeded to
empannel jury with great haste. Out of
tine first fifteen men. twelve jurors were sc q.
lected, the defense having challenged three
percmptorily. res'it
"The prosecution was conducted by Mr..
Haralson District Attorney for that District.
lie did not ask any of the jurors a single
question, or make the slightest objection TO
their being sworn in, as they were called -
The panel was therefore completed 10 a
few minutes. The following are the names
OF those who served as jurymen: Gllberi
Leonard, Grenada King. Jacob Short.
Jonathan Beckerslaf, Matthias Blowers
james O'cott. Parker N Coard, Solomon
Helser, James B. Stafford, Charles Lauff
Benj,mn Miller, and Hiram ] +. Knott.
"When the last juror had been sw orn in
the Judge directed that the case should be
proceeded with. The District ATTORNEY
stated that no witnesses for the State were
!, present, and asked fer short delay, to give
them time to arrive. Judge Hardy refus ed
to grant any delay The District Attorney
then submitted the case to the jury without
any proof. The Judge charged the iurv.
toat. in the absence of proof they must
bring verdict OF not guilty. The jury i'm.
medIately returned verdict Of mot Gull.
~" which was recorded and Judge Terry
wns discharged from further custody. All
! this was done in less :hon an hour-or a
Few minutes before 10 O'clock, as we leurn
4 from respectable witnesses ON tho spot.
"At a little before IL O'clock, the S,ote's
witnesses reached San Rafael, a "day after
the wedding" They found Judge Terry
and his friends in high glee at his easy ac
quittal. Some of the jurymen were cam
ing up" considerably, at the bars. One,who
mad served his country in rendering the yer.
dict, exclaimed. with filthy oa,hs, til It he
never could have been made to find n man
gdilty who had only killed his enemy IN a
duel! Most OF the jury seemed to be any.
thing else Dat members OF the Peace or
Dashuway society.
"lerry has spent seven or eight days al
San Rafael, keeping open house, and max.
ing popularity with the "boys" who sat on
his jury, by a liberia! expenditure Of drinks
and hattery. On the Fourth OF July he de-
liVered short speech TO his "f,ends." In
short he has been the greatest 'lion" in the
neighhorhood of the Penitentiary for long
time.
"The witnesses who went over in the
Restless were prepared 10 prove The fact
that Terry killed Broderick in the duel, so
ethclusively that thing but positive per.
jury on the part of the jury could have pre-.
vented them from snIing him guilty uader
the statute. II wus lucky trick, then, to
get him on without any prpof being taken
Tetry'd lawyers were going to try 10 make
appear That the doctors killed Brod'r,ck
by giving him chlorofnrm. A "snsp iadp.
ment" served them better"
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