, 1873-10-26
f" NOT GUILTY."
Such Was tho Verdict Of I'rlffcn-
berger's Jury. ::
The Prisoner Set at Liberty Amid the
-. Congratulations Of His Friendn.
Three Men Put In the County Jail Over
Sunday for Applaudfng tic
Verdict.

There was larRe crowd Of spectators present at tho
Criminal Courtroom yesterday mornfng, al being
anxious to car tho verdict In tho caBe Of Joshua Puff
fenbergcr, tho coal-tran engineer charged with tho
crl1no Of luansaugher in having been crininnl1y neg
ugcut in running train No. Into pasacngor-train No.
T. sag bridge, o tho night Of tic 10th of August
list thereby causing tho death Of H.. BRASS Of this
city.
It, o'clock Judge William. ,nalo hia appearance,
md took ls seat tho Bench. Aa aoun ns Mr. Mur
rill, tho hea-bar of tho Court had cried cut bis
"uear ye, hear yc, tho Court is now ape,ed,' tie
Judge ordered tho roll Of the Jurors to 10 caI1cd, bt
only nno answered to their namos. Willie waiting for
tho ether three, tho prinoncr, pEenbergcr, nccohra
MED by bis young and faithful wife. brought into
court by tho ba an took his seat bcsic Ills counsel
IEo appeared calm, but hiB flushed face and tlie
vouB twitchirg Of lila hauls showed TINT he suffer-
ing from utcuse anxiety. Ills wfo aao seemed to DO
greatly troubled. At quarter past 10 oil tho jury
men were found to bo present. aud their aened verdict
handed to tho Clerk, Mr.. Darrct, wlIo unacalcd
tho document, md, amid deadly ailonco, read tie
following vordict:
"PET1r Junx- ROOM, CHICAGO, Oct. a, 1B73.-Tc
tho Jury, 1nd tic prisoner not guilty, charged in
tie Indictment, nnl severely cenBlre tho Chicago
Alton Railroad Company for employing incompetent
men in connection with tbs business Of tho road.
John Wright, Foreman; II. A. Forsyth, Thomaa r.
1ndowel q. NJ. aroesbetk, g. +. Clark, ]. II. Wheat,
George i. Ridley" 5.
The feeling a,nong the spectators was strongly In
fnvor Of tie prisoner hnt aoon as the words Not
guilty we're pronounced by iAe Clerk, tllorc m
outbreak Of applause such ha1 ccn seldom heard In
courtroom. About 700 people c1arpcd their hafds
and stamped with their feet Of them waving
high their hats.
Judge Williams ordered tho batllfd to bring tho
Offenders before the bar, for contempt. Three men
were Identified, among them a1r. King. jurynlan
and brought forward won tho Judge aevercly rorri
mande<l them, and ordered them to 10 confined In jail
until the the Court or tnny ern,n 1s,
poilei, to SEQ II that ID tleir verdict.
e.e f IN nni' irn assed d: t ill., aud yea
verdict i" Every juror except ono answered In TIC
n6 S c s %sp saspSR % e1 as2Tss II n 81
eoutemptuously ut him, as Il to say, "How does II
ia ho judge ot he
therefore retire aid agree npon ver1ict.'
hr. Ridley, tho Juror who had changed his opinion
| II would like to explain to the Court.
Judgo-That would not bo proper. Tho jury viii
retire.
Tue twelve Jurors then walked back into tho Jury
nnriug tic absence Of the ,nry, afr. Constantine h
Mr. King hutl mean: no dirreppret to The Court. 1
esss Sa9laPeo h t. oss sna ~ liz M age ssa
| Of oil othcr pclsous. juror ought to know how t.
conduct htslf. He Should not forget Himself 10 in
aB to Conduct lnseH M If he were in II garden
But If King would como lcforo lin md spulogize fo
i whit lie ha done, aud promise not to ocul III tia
| manner again, he would reconsider hls case.
Tho offending juror Was then Hpnt for anI brongh
before tho Judge WHO said to him: " Sir. you hay
btcn guilty Of shameful disregard Of court ropro
ties. Whit have YOU TO say for yollrsolf7
| King replied that he was sorry for what had oc
CURED, and uskcd the Court to forgive him.
The JnIge said since Ills associates and tho counse
| had potit1oncd fur clomcncy, aud hs had o1prcssc
aorrow for what ho had done, ho would reconsider hi
previous determination, although he {Kfng} had actc
like Wild animal.
Tic juror thanked the Judge for his Kindness an,
| took his scat
Tlc Jury which Ind bscn abscn! about half IN hou,
now rea,,pcarrd and minded the Clerk their verdict
which read folows: I'VE the Jury, find the defend
| ant not guilty."
part left out?
The Clerk-That lB all.
MIR. Reed-Well, then, suppose We are throug
| With tho case, your Honor.
Judge 1YillinlnB-That seems to bo- all that b
dono. The prisoner is discharged
When the verdict waE announced, Pnffenbergcr,wh
had remained calm aud collected before, could SUI
press his emotions no longer. He jumped from III
seat and, with tears in his eyes, shook lands with h
devoted wife, who had not been from lila silo sine
the commencement Of the trial. Her emotion on hear
ing tho verdict equally donlonstratlye. With grca
Joy she seized Messrs. Church anu Constantine, le
husbands lawyers by the hands, and tearfuly o]acN
latcd, God bless you both," Surrounded by cor
once more onJoying what is 60 dear to every luma
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