The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-11-28
From the New York Tribune Iepcrt.I
THE KING OF THIEVES.
The Conviction ofBoss Tweed
SCENE III TIE COURT ROOM.
What ~ Fall Was There! What
will be DGne with Him?

| a VERDICT LIKE \ THUNDER CLAP.
IN ten minutes tie same scele o..
quiet, intense txci,euen; eEsued.
line jury came IN, and this lime
.'agIe,ment" was written upon every
cCuatensnce, and The decisive mo-
ment was As profoundly silent as the
grave. The well known QuestiOn
WAS uttered by the cieaS, Mr..
, Sparks.
/ C,erk-Gsntlemen,have you ss-eed
/ upon verdict?
FCramau-We have
Here Tweed, wao hsd risen Il face
the jury, hitherto iIopassive, !avoiun-
tsrl,y leaned forward aId tixsd his
eyes steriIy upon them, rapidly
scam Ing the different cOan;Cnsnces
81 the Twelve fixed upou rIA-
Gle. e.k-lIow sag you, gentlemen of
the jary, Is Wiiiiam NJ T"eed guilty
or not guilty
Foreman Guilty
| Clerk--Oa which counts ?
FoTeman-Oa the whole four Cf
the counts.
| Clelk--YOu ssy you fad him gull
ty on the l 1t, ~, 5 I, ano 1 h counts,
and also on the 13 h 10 H.. 26.h in
elusive?
Foreman-We do; We find him
guilty ON all the key ser, Carver, and
Davidson counts.
The clerk then made out the YER
dict in The proper form, giving the
numbers of The various counls n The
wsr.an's under which the jgrJ con-
yicted.
Judge-As TO the residue ni the
counts you find him not guilty?
FOreman-Nct gully.
BREATHLEss MOMENT
The immediate tfFtcs vi This YER
d CT csn be as vel imagined as de-
scIibed. The word came IKE thuu-
der clap On sll, and was followed by
s release OF the breath which had
been Test' aiaed 50 long in the breasts
Oi tue spectators. Nir. Gtahsm,
true TO his instinct, laid violent hands
upon the volumes before him, and !
Ike a bull-GOg began 10 grip III the
law laid down before Lin, iulEbliDg
with his eye glasses, which he ad-
jus,ed TO his lose. hlr. Full
IeFton looked straight at the jury with
a cOunteDance immcbile and halt
smiling. The other lawyers Of the
defense whispered rapidly, the four
counsel tor TIE prosecution, Messrs.
TIemain, Clinton, Ptckhsm, and
Allen, sere as digEiied and expressed
Us little satisfaction as they possibly
could sitter their untirIng buA success
iui laboss, while TIE central figure in
la this Immediate group, the COuvic-
led Z" eed, standing CUT from back
grUuad of black mOusGacGed political
friends and aGherents, exhibited very
little of the emotion which thedeci-iOn
must hsve caused him, but glanced
ifst st jury, then ii judge, and lsstlJ !
At his counsel, with an air as much as
10 say, "Well, gentiemeu, DO your
worst. i am w5iling''
An exception from Mr.. Graham to
any veIGIct on the counts, ant :
special exception to the speclai YER
iict, and 10 the finding OF not guilty
Jn the counts not embraced in the
verdict, quickly followed. Ex-Jutge
Fullerton then demanded that the
jury be polled, which wa9 done,
Judge Davis then addre' d the
Jury: Gentlemen, you have had
Very arduous labor IN hearing, during
the trial OF the cage, vast amount
VI evidence. The Court feels bound |
in dischsreing you 10 tender you it's
thanks for the attention you have
paid, and for the anxious manner in
which you attended this case.
FUreman-I am requested by the
jury to say that siuce } 3ou have deci-
ded to keep US together, we wish 70
tender you our sincere and heartfelt
thanks for the kindness shown US,
and also to each of the officers who
had US in charge, for the dciic ,te
in which they periOlmed a
uisagrt cable duty.