, 1873-01-08

OIL tho shoulder of tho prisoner Horace
Stokos tho brothor burst into toars, and NIL lis
clustered around him, soonlod torribly affected.
Tho Jury woro thon p01lod ut tho request Of
Mr.. Townsend, ono Of tho priaonora counnol.
Whom aslod by tho Olerk II thoy all agreed upon
Bono Of thoir responses could not bo hcnrd ton
feet from wlloro they stood. As tho twelve mon
answored "Yos," Htokos roBo alowly, and, facing
Mr.. Doach, ono Of tho counsel for tho prosocu-
tion, mud who had at one timo boon counsel for
Mr. Stokes in civil caao. Haid, slowly and do
"Wolf, n1r. Donct,, must nay you hnyo dono
your work we'll. 1hope you havo been we'll paid
Thon stokos sat down. Mr.. Doaoh did not re-
ply; but hls facc turmoil q little away from tho
priaonor.
nrr. Follows tho Acting Distrlct Attorney,
roso, md, addressing the Judge, asked that sem
tonco 30 passed upon the prisoner at tho bar,
As A1r. Follows sat down Mr. Lyman Tro-
mnin tho able and learned counHe1 for tho de-
fence, who lad boon sitting by a table with Ills
hend bowed IN his hand, ttood, up md said:
essary to pass sontenco ut this 1ato hour Of tho
night. Wo,1d 1t not hc bottor to whit till Mon
day mornng2"
Judge Doardman-''I 500 no absolute nocos-
ally for passing sontonce tonight, and aee no
i.nproprloty in acting on tho counsol's nug8ou-
ton. will therefore dofor sontonco Until Mon-
day morning."
district Attorney Follows thon addressed tho
Court IN m explanatory manner, and stated that
ploycd by Mr. Fisk's family, aud TINT they had
been employed by tho county to assist IN tho
prosecution.
stokou Crising suddenly and interruptingl-
h1r. Fellows, Htnto that thoy Wero hireu by Jay
Gould. PlonBe stRto thnt."
There Wna mn intonBo sensation In court OF
this moment, md hlr. Fellows then resumed his
aldrosB, stating that ho VIVA glad to RETRO from
cuatomod to witnesa such nccncB Of suffering
and sorrow rs he lied Witnessed tonight.
Tho Court then discharged tho jury, with
Thinks for thoir attendance and for tho courtesy
trial. Then tho aui1icnce began to move, and
BtokcH who showed n firm manner, conyorsod
with tic aobblng ladies' and his other frionda.
Again as Btokou stood up to leave tho court
hc spoke bitterly to Mr. Beach. Ho said, aa llo
roso:
( "h1r. Beach, you should 10 wo]l Satisfied with
yosnr wors, and hope you aro Batisfed' for you
H. Rsss 6 Sssxstts3ay1-~Ne ;st3, Mr. Stokes,
Thon stokos' friends gathered around him and
got hotwoon him mud Beach, as It was Toured
collision might tako piace. AIr. Tromain got up
to lcaye tho court with Stokes, and NJ ho did
with higl. hut, leaned forward over tho jury
box md said to h1r. Tre,nnin:
- Well, Dir. Iromain, I hopo that You do not
feel my way bad against us,,, as wo trlod to do
orr duty: Lam brro you did yours, and workod
Mr.. Tronlni,-"I havo nothing to Bay, but
how did You stand on tho Jury 2"
Juryman-"Wcll, do not think I havo any
right to state That, SIR
harm now it is all over you mny spoa! your
mind"
Jurymnn-" Well, vostood, going out, ten TO
conviction and two for acquttal.'
Mr.. Dos pasaoa (ono Of Stokes connsoD-,
stokoB Ito the iurymon) -"Why,you lon'tmean
to toll me, as honest mon, that any Of you bo,
loved n 7!, the Testimony Of That that scoundrol o.
one man Of tho trolyo believed in his
heart what ho said Or did. I know
how 1t Is. Every ono has bcen humbuggod by
falBa and perjured testimony, bought and paid
for. That Ia tho truth, 30 holp mo God, at this
solemn moment"
Here District Attorney Follows oamo forward,
and anid:
"Ed, hopo yon have no hard foelings against
mo. did only my duty, and aid not try to oxeood
ut this moment, and every person in tho Court
vas crushing and pushing right and loft at this
moment. Colonel Fellows, aB he made lis last
romark, offered his hand to Stokes, who refused
Gail right, Follows; hoar all you any, and 7
| giyon on porjurod Testimony is Yillnny that no
| ono will countenanco--noyer, noyer.as long aa
| tho world stands"
| Here the court waa cleared by tho policemen,
| who behaved as il they wero in T. riot; and, q
| passage having boen made Stokes walled out Of
| court arm in arm with Alr. Tremain, aud fol-
| lowed by the aohbing Indies, who clustered
around him and held his hands as If they mover
would lot go Of him. And thus ends tho aecond
act OF this, the most exciting Of modern criminal
| trials. Stokes was taken down 70 the cell in tho
Tombs, accpmpaniedb by Deputy shcrin Shields.