, 1870-11-23

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1he third, but possibly not the List, act In
tune George FAndafp,ol vani.hes frsu7 puhiio
tlEht u tti.d the walls OF p1isou.
ire jury reused At Just 20 mirutes after 3
O'Clock, but tho good people Of Kalamazoo hid
teccn Q 30 accustomed to s.ttipg there till S
hat it seet1''. impossible to do othar ziso, md
w. eriIg to inaudlole speeches. The Judce
lett th9 bench. tho rsporssrs at&upeded 70
cah b this 1pr<ss With their half-tuIahed de-
81 afch~-. the She.id and prisoner Vanished
through tne hack door, and the orators, hav-
1ng mctaphorcal', washed their haads Of Ill
EEL tSn,5 r., 1espon6,y ~ in H. e.s eo.ed
xas al Of no avail: Their places vere inarne-
di.telt taken by otheru and the trial wont On
With more fe1cencsa thar ever.
~ don't care" ejscnlsted = young miss
who eS!d: MY appeared for tbs Gefence, II
11ft tttnk u'a doRn1iEht mean it they send
tim back to that horrd old s,ate Prison.'
- That's co." SAID legal sister eupbatacsIly.
" how DO wish hia isNye1s had chance 70
mike :l'e lat speech" Got 'em tharo."
chneklco an elderly nun with = pfediiocton
for ha' ging, " got en- on the dog; the dog
S wsa Locked Up ~ home same time he passed
tal," ssid seedy, With an eyeto the i,iuence Of
The case: IS pehsv: nothing but t3ne voice:
tbst'e all there il TO LotArop~ This laat. j
regret to sar, was the comment Of an oiiy
hsued solou from the Law Department Of the
Untyert.y, whose knowledge Of Law aud law
ls;a.,,19se ye1s + plainly a.; on par with biz
Tande1r ool Fund tloatirg ronnd tere.~ s1ys
sleek dreesed gent With LOOK that was
1reant TO be krc~iug. III that isn't sutai-
cient TO convict, says grave looking Profess
cor, " flrn thcse il no vitsua in clrcumstan-
tial evidence And 30 the bAbble incre1ses,
the most sills and the most profound axioms
beiEg banded about pruniacuo1aly without
regard 10 consequences.
Mi utes gE.w into hours, bat nothing WAS
heard from the tururs. At o'clock Judd
EroNn rearEeared. and all WAS ei!ept to hesr
the lops expected Announcernent but no, it
VIZ only 20 notify .he Sheriff to adjourn to 3
O'Clock this morning. The crowd Of dispu-
tants began to tisperao slowly ani With 1e!uc.-
ance, fer 1t had been confidently exuectei thst
the twenty-eixth day Of tho tsil would eee tha
suu set on George FAuderpool free man or
convicted murderer. Many ungered about
the Court Honee until 1ste IN the night, watch
ing intently tho light up In the Jury room, as
II expecting Verdict might somehow tumble
cut Of the oren window Ten, II. l1, l o'clock
came, but no verdict. The crowd hsd dxiudled
down to three disgusted reporters, and pres-
emily vanished utterly. like tho poets anos
derrool," Ivan Arman." "dog." h1easonable
doubt, !" and othar familiar words wero hurled
cut OF the window, but no intelligible SEN
tenee. Then tho controversy suddenly stop-
ped az though the tpoctre Of Herbert Fisld
had appeared among tho disputantz, md then
the sounds broke out anew. What Efforts
were made to solve the knosty questions about
currents and corpuscles that had been pu.
to the jury during the last four wsol1 will
themselves.
Morning came. but still no verdict, md BY 9
1sloek the eroTd Of impatient spectators in
the yard Vas greater than ever. MeaoHhile It
il ea,d the ulan OF sll othera most intarosted
in this verdict spent = very comfortable night,
and WAS visited by his vito and 1sdy friends
qnife early In the morning. The co1Et-soom
door Was not opened at o'clock, to the great
disEuet OF those who had been llbo1iou-lr
buEeinE It for Al hour or more. Court nouli-
Eally met and adjourned until Q o'clock this
afternoon. The Sheriff and his deputies
guarded the space in front of the window and
Kept -pecfstoTe at rcsnecssu1 diatauce-
Long before tho hour named for couveoing
tue court, the hal! and stairvaya leading to
tue c0urt-roou were packed with the usual
crowd, only stnail portion of whict, could
gain stfuittarce. At 2:l0 the prisoner, with
ll's cveE-a:teEtire wife, canb aud took their
n~nal feass, hut With an unusual manner that
indicated. as ylelc II words cou1a have DOUG,
;Ea: e. % reas Wa u1pes: ed 4 Few mi lutes
armed with chair. The hustle qaistad at
onc' among the spectators. who were mostly
s:ai.ctIle on tir-toe, and, III Virgil would gay,
With "ertct eax4.~
The Clt7k. ''Gentlomcn, hare you agreed
nrcO verdict, and shall your foreman speak
Foreman "a. ". IngeEeon) "ws have not
agreed rnnp + serficf."
The Court. "Genttcnen, vou h.ys noE
been del.tes atiEe nearly twenty-four hour.
DO scu disagree upon material last, or upon
reintr Of law IN regard to which you wish to
receive further instruction from the Court?"
FOREMAN. - We disagree as to points Of
evidence"
The Court. Have you cxh.used cYory
reasonable means In trying to coma 10 an
agreement, or do you believe that with further
dcliberation xou cuuld agree on yersliet -
Foreman ave havo exhausted evsry rea-
sonlE1a Il eans, and do not think that We cau
come to Nh agreement"
The Court. - Geutlcner, We haye no Hiah
to force you to IN agreement. however deair-
able that might he. Since thnfe is no raason-
able hope Of Eour beinG Aole to unite in I veE-
dict. the Court dis .hstges you from al fur
, ther consideration or responsibility in tho
case- fon may remain in the room, OF leave,
=. you ploase-"
bir. Hughes. IT pow demand that this re-
eFoudent either be grautel new trial imme-
diately, or granted q release On sufficient bail.
Havng betn rncarcsEated for nearly = yeAs,
Tie Pco, 1e may hare against him. shall be
protecu:ed unremittingly until : conviction or
sc.luIta1i 1rS.Lsd- We do not ark that a
,cf'' p.o~G"i he ettered. We simply ask
that II the people csnn0t or will nor bring
the question 10 an iesue without delay, that
ue be no longer restrained Of hts Iibettg."
General Ca.cheon. IT have only to cav On
behalf Ut - People. that the orifae charged
III tais care j. 20 grave, sud the proof 10 eyi-
dent. that the prisoner ehorld not be released
on bail, Eor can be be cutit1ed to 1t under the
statute. A verdict Of murder In the 6rzt de-
gEee has been found against him hT enc jury,
and aecond Jury has boeu unable to reverse
that decisiou. The People prosecute. but Tho
People never persecrtc, and readily admit
that the sArae EHis should throw ita protect
ing wings over him .s oyer us, AID set, IN be-
half of The People. No are not prepared to
ray whether they are ready to SO on now or
The court ID aware Of the difficulties under
which We have laho1el at this trial We are
dragged 210 miles from our homes, which ara
not accessible by rail The seAsou is 90 far
sdysneed tkat navigation IL practically closed,
and ttarel will have to be csrr,ed on by trains
overland for distance OF 100 miles. It would
Then. speaki1 S Of The People. We think We
NAV say ne are not prepared to so forward
with new trial at this time
Hughes. at is the simple duty Of Tho
People to go on or give bail. The consti,u-
slon demands speedy trial. Az to the guilt
OF tbs accused. the best evidence is to be
found IN the fact that theee tHe1vo hon:st men
cannot fcd him guilty. Tho people are not
concentrated iu tic h.na1e. OF Iin,s.cc. with
its ), Goo or {,e0J lnaiguifcant inhabitants.
Ne q ait proof that The People-nos the reo-
pie Of Mhris:ee. eith General Cutcheea AZ
INT ready. THIS man il either innocent CT
guilty; give him tz.1. Or give him bill. No
ellen: Of mine shall ever ak foz .,olt. pros<
fhs: We don't want it.
60 Tie I4ople arc certainty "a able to coma
from tie city oi Nsn;stee 10 tho v.lsSa Of
hs!tnazoo during tho aprrosching fndiau
summer, AZ this man can lie incarc.E1tfd. We
telea; tie demAl.I in the name OF Justice:
sire him bail OF gtro h1m IN honorable &c
quittai."
After some further discns.ion. the Court
SAIL that, owing to the large uunber Of ur-
gsEt casea already Oh tie docket; An inasasdi-
ale new trial Of this case would be iups&c-
tieable. The only question, theretoEe *ss.
whether the respondent should be admitted
to bail. question which the Court said would
hs passed upon without debate on Monday.
Court then adjourned, and the prisoner re-
susned to hie crll, 1ooang. 1t least, six inches
taller than usUAl-
The jpx5 h1d been out twenty-five hours and
dtty m,nu:es. and. from their locks and s!ste.
0tuts, they did not haya = ve1y delightful
time Of 1t. D.sparsging cpitheta were applied
10 each other, II not before, At 1east iuued-
ately after they Tad been discharged- Itia
unGesstoo the following insois were IN favor
Of ceEelct.on from the drst: Alouzo Irgetsoa,
Harrison Gray. Milton Chamberlain. Edward
FEeer, John Chandler, 1ohn Darling, and John
Woodward, while the otherl, Leretest Czooks
+. L. Andsews, William Oliver, Richard Sikes,
aud William Finch inslated upon an Acqntttal.
So fsz ~ your reporter hre been Able to Oh
serve the teniinenta Of the people here re-
spec.ing the lnuocsnce OF the prisoner. the
rtor roEdon Of ive lu fxvos 10 seveu .Eas-st il
tot far from the general average His friends.
particularly thoee ladies eho hsTe Alre sdy de-
clattt1 tlieir sympkthias by carrying delc4cie.
70 his cell, Eess Of couzae highly elatei u
~hst they consider equiEAlent to an ssqaista1,
bat "a for the great znass OF the peopla they
Of eourae. The question OF new tuIl, to be-