The New York herald., 1872-07-16
POLLING THE MEMORABLE TWELVE.
Stokes Dissatisfied and at
the TOmbs.
The Causes Celebres Of Mrs. Cunningham, Polly
Bodine, Michael Cancemi and Their
Present Parallel.
Violent Discussion Among the Jury and
Subsequent Interviews with Them.
ANOTHER TRIAL FOR STOKES.

ANUTHEk TRIAL EO6 01VAEO.
The Stokes trial was closed yesterday. Twenty
ono days of medical legal, direct and cross-exam-
tnation; Of charges to the jury; Of summing up on
behalf Of the prosecution and the defence-all Of
this turmoil and trouble came to an end at eleven
O'Clock of yesterday morning.
The crowds In Chambers street were great enough
to have made the Gilmore Jubilee success at any
time when there was default OF spectators.
There was great doubt about the jury To breed
doubt about any great question Of public interest
in this city is equivalent to creating crowd to wit
ness the solution of the doubt.
And consequently there was large number of
people yesterday in waiting to hear the verdict Of
the jury as to whether Edward S. Stokes was to die
or be liberated
Long before the Court was called, Stokes, accom-
panied py his father, who had determined to be
present when the fate of his to be decided,
were in the ante-room of the Oyer and TermIner
Court. Sheriff Brennan was present. together with
Deputy Sheriff Shields and other officials connected
with the criminal Jurisprudence OF the city.
The jury had been locked up all night, but they
were not without food, as many people imagined.
The cooks Of the Astor House had provided them
with the meats and vegetables and dessert Of the
best quality. Three meals day were sent to them,
and there was no complaint but one from the
twelve men. The law does not allow that beds and
bedding should be brought into court room, and
the undecided men had to sleep on chairs and
lounge the judges desk for two days and nights.
The jury were very much dissatisfied ut being
locked up SO long, and in the jury room discus
sions on this point divided the interest with the
dinerent ballots which we're taken ON the questions
Of murder, manslaughter or acquittal.
With but three exceptions all the men of the jury
pd q md van nfad IN home Gov faxry
OF these gentlemen had never been absent nom
their wives and children night before in their
uves
Stokes, who had been paying thirty five dollars
week for board in the Tombs, was anxious to hear
verdict.
Yesterday he was dressed in suit OF white linen
duck-coat, vest and trousers being Of the same
material
When he came into court he sat down in his easy.
careless way, and looked at the jury moment after
with the greatest anxiety.
Mr.. McKeon, his ardent counsellor, took seat
beside Stokes and examined all the surroundings
with careful eye. This little man has in this case
proven his mettle so enectualy against tremendous
odds that hereafter none but the most credulous
can doubt his strength and earnestness. Mr.. Ire.
main, his associate the cool-headed lawyer and
corrector Of magistrates sat on the right of his
client. Mr.. Daily and Mr.. Townsend were also pres
ent. The District Attorney took seat at an angle
Of the Judges desk. Mr.. Garvin was attired in
black, and never looked better than on this occa-
sion.
The ladies were as numerous as ever in court,
and were In the same seats as usual. The female
admirers OF Fisk, IN gay attire. and the ladies who
wanted to meSely get q look at the face Of Stokes
sat side by side as usual and quarrelled recip-
rocally The female jury, sefelected, did not take
any ballots unlike their masculine brothers inside
the court room who were waiting to be loosed
from confinement, but they as fully deter
mined to manifest their opinions any jurors in
the land.
On the jury there were two keepers OF hat stores,
one lace maker, bookkeeper, corn merchant,
dandy clerk, tailor, a stationer, wool merchant,
jeweler, an enameler and paper maker. They
were all respectable men and responsibly con-
nected. The names OF these jurors to be handed
down to all time are as follows-
/. Meyer Homberger. jewery 3s3 Broadway.
2. R0derick Hogan, hats, 374 BOwery.
Q. Bennet Williams, aces, 773 Broadway.
T. Nehemiah N. Cornish, wool, 90 Lispenard
8. Byron F. Stone, bookkeeper, % Great Jones
street.
q. Theodore Flamme, corn merchant, % Uni
!. yonn Edwin ?. Bond, clerk 2el Broadway
8. Peter Il. Hopkins hats, 4s6 Broadway.
Q. John II. Thompson, tailor, sos Broadway.
TO- Jonn A. Leferts enameller All West Thirty
IL Henry c. white, stationer, eSs Eighth av-
enue.
Y. John Tucker, paper maker, sis East Forty
first street.
At the moment just before the Jury came In the
Judge took his seat and looked all around the
Court Looking as he did he saw sea OF excited
faces upturned to him. the great fountain OF justice
and flaw. Looking TO the LEFT and away from the
public and the lawyers and the Court officials who
were scattered all over the room vainy endeavor.
ing TO quiet the morbid people. he twelve empty
chairs, soon to be filed. He saw the green grass
growing In the Park and the boughs OF the scanty
trees, the leaves hanging from them and
moving with q slumberous midsummer breath
Looking still to the left, he saw seats
occupied by prominent Erie men, who were
athirst for a conviction.
Mr.. Fullerton came into Court to look at the
jury. He was close to the District Attorney.
When the jury marched In, one by one, they were
watched by the audience as a cat watches mouse
There had been many rumors In relation 10 the
way that they stood upon q verdict that even n
they had stated, by the mouth Of the foreman that
IL was the wish Of the twelve that the
Court should order the burning OF New York
city the spectators would have said to each other,
''Well after all, they could not do any better"
This time the jury did not look as they did on the
occasion when they came In to ask for Fsk's linen
and clothing, and to know what time was neces-
sary for premedtation. Then there was a flame OF
blood In some OF the jurymens eyes. On Saturday
Juror No. Five and Juror No. Four and the Foreman