The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-01
TIE GREAT BOSS ring TRIAL.
Disagreement of the Jury
How They Stood.
Eight for Acquittal-FouI'
for Conviction.
Notion for a Acknowledgement Of CsuNel
Pre- and Con.
INTERVIEW WITH THE BOSS

INTERVIEW WITH THE BOSS.
There was a scene presented within and about
the corridors and doors OF the court room Of Oyer
and Terminer yesterday morning rarely to be wit
messed at the close OF the most exciting public
trials even where the verdict Of the jury is antici
pated either to acquit and adjudge man guitless
OF the offence charged, or to ind him guilty of
crime for the punishment Of which the law DEGREES
sentence OF death at the hands OF the common
executioner. The experience physically imposed
upon the newspaper fraternity on the merning
when sentence was pronounced upon Stokes
proved eficacious, for, dreading another scrm-
mage, in which on that occasion they came out
emily second best with the police, they were all
early on hand and had secured their places before
the gentlemen of the locust had orders to take
up position to repel them. There was, in
deed, an immense gathering-this time differing
from all the other days OF the trtal-of the
great unterrined. After they had seen Carney
on the stand for day or two, and
brought home with them their rough
estimate of the chief Witness the great plasterer,
whom they all knew well and wondered at, that he
could by any possibility be the enemy OF their friend
the Boss-and then, with look ut the judge
whom they might have supposed was the 'Noah''
"
rtney themselves formed q part that composed the
temple or justice; with one glance at Peckham,
whose eye is terror to all delinQuents; parting
look at the family group, SO eloquently but lu-
gubriously depicted by the "weeping counsel-in-
chiefn Of the defence-they for q time did not put
IN second appearance till yesterday; but then
they came In full force.
WHAT sCENBi
From ten O'Clock, for half an hour, the word was
~Saa1ue QM petIt-not in the sense in which Ma.
poleon's soldiers used it during the fruitess, but
glorious "f0rty" days, when they retreated before
the enemy, cOnquering, but beaten still. The
CROWD to hail Tweed came in discounted, but still
victorious. Some hats-nay, wigs-were displaced,
buttons were nowhere; and one gentleman, who
made his appearance as If shot into the court
room from catapult, when he recovered from the
eject OF his sudden appearance on himself,
and the laughing audience, politely asked
some one outside to hand him in his ''Ulster."
The next arrival knocked him Off his pins again
while he stood at the door, and before he had time
70 pick himself up the second time the court room
was crammed, the doors were Theoretically sealed
BY half dozen policemen, and the position OF that
poor devil ar the last was worse than at
nrst. II he could have been one OF the
Jury at that moment he would have voted the
Boss guilty-0f what2-0f swallowing the big indict-
tremendous, and Of course only those VINO were
known to the officials Of the court and the police
got In.
after being asked in q jOcular and tantaliZing
manner from the inside-where Cerberus holds his
court-"Who's dat a knocking at de door ?" 'I'll
let you KNOW" says the practical Matthew, stand
ing .iptoe on his best leg and looking through a
broken Of glass IN the door the effect
lar, would have sworn that his visitant came from
che heavens instead OF the Tombs; he dropped
Incl In hnv from fnl fnrn hmm rSuf
20 the subservient which he was; just in fact as If
the Sheriff had a rope round his neck at the mo-
ment Under such auspices we got in, and Of
course took q note OF it.
1t were vain to tell how that court room was
filled, Tor except when the roughs came in by an
occasional dozen 1t took the observant eye to note
how the more respectable people got IN at all.
They came in
ONE By ONE
a. II they had been shot into the room singy from
some unknown power outside. In they came, with
twirl in TACT, that forced them to lace the door
before they faced the Court Enough to say, the
worst elements all got In and the better class Of
visitors were as usual excluded by the police and
Court officers.
THE OPENING PROCEEDINGS.
At twenty minutes past ten precisely Judge
Davis entered and took his seat on the bench.
Peckham and Phelps and Tremain soon followed.
There was a light IN the eye OF Peckham as II he
kenned what was coming and was prepared for it..
room, With that disgusting and inevitable
peculiar also to Mr.. Peckham), tooth pick
splinter in his teeth, which as much as said,
s.fry." Mr.. Tweed's counsel were quickly on hand,
Mr.. Tweed himself in company. General Tweed
and young Dick took their seats ut the same time,
and then, while all else was ready, the jury--the
arbitOrs themselves-the men who were to decide
upoA this htigated and mementous question-were
summoned.
TIE MINUTES DRAGGED
slowly along till Valentine, the chief officer OF the
Court, and whose own day is coming next month,
in sanity and loving memory, brought In the long
array The entrance OF q jury into CoIrt-having
agreed upon verdict to convict, to acqult or dss
a hat nal NJ NNu
ing for the jury has failed TO portray except In the
enc instance. and, as that was an Irish Jury IL
tive, the positive and the superlative ON the jurys
mind affect them as they take their seats The
II they were martyrs to sleepess night in trying
TO do good thing in which they failed and the
other half as II they had done good thing Tor
which they would be condemned: but who were
the martyrs on either side 1t was hard to tell.
TnB JURY QUESTIONED.
Mr.. Sparks, alter the Jury had taken their seats
called their names and asked, ssGentlemen have
you agreed to your verdict r''
The Ioreman rs,agmNo }. sir nst "a pause sg
little longer tlme for consideration, you can agree
The foreman here stood up, looking the picture
OF perfect mental helplessness, and replied-"I
think notr long pause followed, Judge Davis
hitting the head OF the Judicial gave all the time
and looking vacantly at the Juror. Juror looked at
Judge and Judge at Juror and both looked as II the
big Indictment had vOmited out suddenly two cu-
prits besides. the cu.prit on trial The foreman
stood for time. not knowing what to do, and
eventually, not knowing what else to do, dropped
into his seat, the Judge looking on him ali the
time with q countenance expressive more OF sor-
row than ofanger
The Court-Is there any other Juror who wishes
70 state anything on this subject
The fifth juror here stood up and said about as
much as the ioremsn-that was, he had nothing to
say but that the jury, himself among them, had
agreed ut seven A. M. that morning not to agree,
anu 10 that they would stick If they didn't go home
till morning. The jury seemed ready to take UP
the refrain that they wouldn't go home till morn
ing II necessary, whereupon the Court, with an
other look more in sorrow than in anger dis
charged them.
THE CLOSING PROCEEDINGS.
At hafpast ten O'Clock the Jury came into Court
and an impressive silence Tell upon the closely
packed audience
Mr.. sparks the clerk, inquired In the usual form
whether they had agreed upon verdict, and the
foreman replied that they had not
Judge Davis-Is there any prospect Of your being
able TO agree. Mr.. Foreman |?