New-York tribune., 1873-01-06
impassive voice Of the CIork. as no uttered the

impassive voice OF the Clerk as ho uttered the
preliminary formula: EA
"Gentlemen Of the Jury, rise. Prisoner, stand up.
Gentlemen of the jury look upon the prisoner Prisoner
look upon the Jury. What say you, gentlemen Of the
juryi DO you find the prisoner at tho bar Edward b.
Stokes. guilty or not guiltyf
Foreman-Guilty Of murder in the first degreei
The words were followed by q loud scream-almost a
waifrom the sister Of Stokes, who fell forward in
torrent Of weeping the shoulder OF her brother
Horace cried cohvuslyely and all the friends Of the un-
happy man crowded about him. terribly affected, but
unable assuaee his terrible disappointment He bore
the ordeal however with olerable calmness. consider
ing the moment and all that 1t meant to him. At the
request Mr. Townsend the jury poed, and each
one separately recorded his verdict
COURT ROOM EPISODES.
Stokes then broke silence for the first time, as ne
turned Mr.. Beach, and said deliberately but with In
tense feeling: "well, Mr. Beach, must say you have
done your work well. hope you have been well paid
for it," Then Stokes sat down. Mr. Beach did not reply
but his face was turned away from the prisoner.
Mr. Fellows, the Acting DistnctAttorney. rose and
addressing the Judge asked that sentence be passed
upon the prisoner at the bar.
AS Mr.. Fellows sat down, Lyman Tremain who had
been sitting by table with his head bowed in his hand
said Your Honor hope you will not think 1t neoes-
sary to pass sentence at this late hour OF the night
Would il not be better to walt till Monday morningf
ing tonight and impropriety 10 acting
on the counsel's suggestion I will therefore defer
sentence until Monday morning
Distrct-Atorney Fellows then addressed the Court In
explanatory manner and stated that Messrs Beach
and Fullerton had not been employed by Mr.. Fisks
family and that they had been employed by the county
10 assist in the prosecution.
Stokes (rtsng suddenly and interruptng)-Mr Fellows,
state they hired by jay Gould. Please state
that
The interruption caused great excitement in Court and
when it had been allayed Mr. Fellows resumed his ad-
Dress stating that he glad TO retire from office
where for three years he had been accustomed TO witness
such scenes of suffering and he had witnessed
tonight The Court then discharged the jury with
thanks for their attendance and for the courtesy they
had shown him during the progress OF the trial. Then
audience began to move and Stokes. who showed
firm manner conversed with the sobbng ladies and his
friends Again Stokes stood up TO leave the Court he
spoke bitterly to Mr.. Beach.
"Mr. Beach, you should be well eatisfied with your
work. and hope you satisfied. for you did it wep
Mr. Beach (exctedly)-No. Mr.. Stokes, not salts
fed with my work.
Then stokess friends gathered around him and got be-
tween him and Beach, it feared that collision
might take place. Mr.. Tremain got up to leave the
Court with Stokes and as he did OF the jurors,
small arkfeatured man. with high hat, leaned for
ward the iurybox and said to Mr.. Treman: "We,
Mr.. Tremain hope that you do not feel any way bad
against Us as we tried TO do duty. I you
did yours and worked as hard for Stokes as II he was
Mr. Iremain-I have nothing to say, but how did you
Juryman-Wel, do not think have any right to state
DistrictAttorney Felows-0h, there is no harm now
1t is all over, Won may sneak your mind.
JurymanWell We stood, going OUT ten for conviction
Mr. Dos Passcs one Of stokess counseD-Yes and those
two gave in like cravens and towards.
honest men, that any OF you believed In the est
not Of the twelve believed in his heart what he
said did know how is. Every one has been hum,
paid for. That is the truth, so help me God, at this
solemn moment
said: ed, hope you have no hard feelings against
me- did only my duty and did not try to exceed It, as
ment and every person court crushing and push
ing right and left. Col. Fellows as he made his last
remark offered his hand TO Stokes. who refused 1t and
"All right Fellows. hear all you say, and suppose
testimony is a viainy that viii countenance-
never, never so long as the world stands"
Here the Court was cleared by the policemen, who be-
hayed II they In riot and passage having been
made, Stokes walked out OF Court arm In arm with Mr.
tered around him and held his hands as II they never
Stokes Was then taken to his cell in the Tombs by
Deputy Sheriff Shields and the scenes OF the second
trial we're concluded r,,r rnv ....
The following are the names of the Jury who have
convicted Stokes
l. David Egglestone, iron merchant No. East Thirty
nfthst.
q Charles s. Loper retired merchant No. 62 varickst
g. John A. Boyer, No 337 East Fifteenthst, Hour mer
chant
Abraham G. Morris, insurance, No. 81 West Thirty
sixth-st.
g. Charles A. Yost. clothing, No. 100 Bowery.
g. Jesse M. BOes, merchant, No. l21 East Fifty
f0urthst.
T. Joseph Sands, No. $40 Lexingtonave.. architect.
g. David Hepburn, carpenter, No. 6i7 Broome-st
o. George NJ Manchester, brckmaker, foot East
Ninety-frst-st.
10. Augustus Bechsten, provision merchant. No. 100
Hudson-st
IL Cornelius W. Luister, builder No. 32G West Fifty
sixth-st
u. William p. Mitchell, printer, No. 100 Bowery.