, 1875-07-02

~, - 'ae''o 'na opnosed to tht8trup"
Non' Aao reporter thfnea On his hocl to seek
some ono who could giva cl.~ /, ,ho rbn,.c,or
Of the inmstss and tho nature n thu orocoa5.
tngA whnn tho door oponod. and Dir. Abbott, on.
OF atr. boochof'A lawyers, and another rcn,lo.
mnn, emerged and passed down tbs CORRIDOR
On Walking IN. tho reporter found tho clll,. b.
bind tho door. Tile purpose 70 which they hf7-::
been put whs At oace appaCcnk. d. :
NJ tnc right Of the room Wexa standing lTt.
M,aas MhInfra5. usner Of Plymouth Church: and slr;
yunss. Doth had fallen to discussing soma quea-
sion F!th great carncstnaas. On the left OF the
Judges aeat nat Mr. Sherman, Mr. CaaIdreIl,
and young gentleman, apparently clerk to
~ sheatman. Tho tro younx daughters Of
am1n!ng tho furniture and diHcropt articles
about tho COURTROOM Coenizanco of tho rs-
poftera eutsnnca WAS taken by oacli gentleman
present. and Murray md DigeIoT. after hastily
I1on Of tho two windows CD the noutherIy stde OF
tho tooD, And continued their discussion Tho
reporter walkcd actosa 10 tho nottharly side Of
tbs Eoou1 and then turned and slowly rctraccd
1aY and Dlgoow, bnt 10 sheir left. From this
e'de , full view can be obtatned of tho Iury-
room. IN Which tho Jurors we're scattered about
III different positionn.
Messrs Murray and Digeow pad no furshor
attention to the reporters movements. and a
minuto or two later moved directly 10 front Of
tho window. vhero they stopped aud gazed in.
teot'y At the windows opposse: The blinds Of
both we're drawn a. IT to oxcludc tho sun's rays.
To us surprise the reporter aaw juryuan
standing Ut one Of the slndows- DY means Of
tlle sliding arrangement, tho elats had been
P'seed to :. horizontal position, md tho trry.
nan snd Mcssra. slurray snd Hlgalor were
closely regarding ono another. Tho tro latte.
ve1e anparently oa tho tl,.-Sae at expectation,
Aod 80 Tar forgot shemeelvcs ss to tttake car-
cept1b1a inclination o! tatif Aeatls, u II replying
to aome question in The affirmative. All tL:s tho
reporter "a" at glance, ant tbon he stepped
further to~Azd the open window. The fur5fuat.
detected hfs prcseuce for tho hrss time. and IN
IN instant be touched tho crosSbAr and
closed the blinds with snap. Theu
tho tro gentlemen TUNED and ssw THO
apparent cause Of the Jurors !ieh.nng-liko
i.pdleY. They moved Array. mud shortly altar
Mr.. shrarrnaA, Mr. CauldHe'l. AIr. MURRAY, and
!,'a t"o little daughters 'efs the ROOM, Mr..
HEelow crossed over and held hurried and
theu theT, too. departed. An officer soon up
peAred and informed nutnber Of repo.ters,
Who lind bsen attracted By tho suspicious movo-
nents Of Mr. 5hearulhns party prior to tile in.
cldens abure Narrated. that tho room must be
closed apd ther must retire. Hall an hour
later singular to rotate. the saue room waB open
again.. and about its cnsGahcs wero lettering
'eTeral gentlnn'eu, who ~cro racugnizof By
plumber Of reporters ny UaocAcr men. Th3 re-
po1iers closely watched That room. but no fur
ther attompt WAS 1Dadc to Alghai tho attention
of the jurors from itB Windows. In fat.
when tl1e latter sa~ the reporters pasa
shs Circuit Confs. winlons. thov took
paius to shut aud faaten tueir blinds. The
attention OF Judge Seson WAS casIed to tho
siGnula tint hatl already passed. IIo stated that
he hHl 10 authority 70 lock tho Circuit Court,
bn: directed Snrys. Rogers to station 4 nnn to
watch II. It may TO mentioned right here lint q
reporter, whoso ycracItv Ia u.,1uestionable,
stated to the Rfiser that t1e too. llr. Murray
nod TO juror from tho aams wiutluw.
1Ae foregoing acc.'1lnt OF tho ncenc Witnessed
Gy an Argus reporter WAS written out last night.
aftor tue .esuo OF our fouttl edition, mud this
moFufng tie s4u1e econe III described BY troe Ut
tho morning journals Of New fork-tlio Nerad,
Sun. and Times. These three statements al
though differing IN sorne OF tho details all tell
the 6aaue story, They Afe hera nPpeuded 10 full:
THE "HEHALps VERSION.
0eroah reporter having boom lu!orrnsd that
mysterious signals ware being given nt times
from the jury room to tho c1o.d collected About
t"oen II aud o'csook, went TO the feuco to
waten developments. Ho hat1 barely taken hia
placo At The fence and Begin to fan himself 1iy-
oEonhlT. ~hen largo man, answering the de-
quen'iy proved to be thst gentlemen, appeared
at tho window and TOOK seat. Looking out
across tho lawn that divided tho Conts-Aouso
ffon tho p.itlot, taken up by tic reporter. otr.
Casuentet pltL"d up fan aud boEan 10 ulovc it
sIowy.
Tbs reporter suspected that Mr. Ctspontor had
taken tho lat, to ,nake signals. LIZ therefore
counted Carpenters lnnsetuont4 and dlpcovercd
thai tls juzynlan made 1linp lpationh with ttla
fan toward lls taco sud th1co backward, or re-
verse movements. thus: l, !. l, ], l. !. !, !, -
l, !. |, TOTAL II.
"Can it bo posHlbEo." thought tho reporter,
thai an 1nistakon for d flientl synallns7"
To teat ths he responded tu Mr. Carpenters
action With reyerse process. thus; l, !, IL.
i, ]. !, J. /. /. l, l. Total, II.
The ans~er camo b&c!i as bofore, and tor f1f-
tecn minutes tho two ians gave aual FoplioA with
tue antpa result. except IN que irat4uce.
Satisfied, al ntna timeA out OF ten the fun lad
indicated "9-9, tbat tho reporter had boon inia-
taken for friend by tho tu, y1nA,I tue window.
sna that la was trying to MY that tho Jury stood
ntne to three tue reporter datermfued to tlS tho
ideutsty Of tho man in tho window, Leaving hia
position, hc crossed tho l4Wn under the iury's
Window. close by tue ulicur stationed there to
prevent signalling, anu flaming hl,lselF, Ipoicd
up And fully recognized ,ir. Carpenter ~ tho
This ntury. which is strictly true In every par
ticu!ar. cAu ba tAksn tor what 1t 10 worth. It iH
vety Improbable that Mr. Carpenter mould ac-
cidentlY make Us With his tAu nino utnus out Of
window where Mr. Carpenter could REQ that hs
was stranger, that gentleman beat Il retreat.
Tho reporter hur11edtv paased around the block.
took up h1a positlon At tho fcnce to rot!ew tho
Algns!a, but Mr. Carpenter lad fauned Eaimse|f
AHay from that window and e.cs4,sFtes wont to
dinner IL Tie jury room.
TUE HIN vEnslu%.
At ABOUT 1;3Q O'Clock. a Fly'n alth party it,
lulged tluir curiosity IN a strange way. ALr.
Sheatn,hn and Sir. Abbott OF Dir. ubocho:u
couuacl DeAoou Bigsow, Ut plymouth Ctusvh;
Brothern Murray aud Cauldmatl, and one OF Mr
SAeAtuAn's iAw-ctorAA watch ID the jurY st closo
rauge. The Jurors were III Judge McEuo'a Cou.t-
room, touuR4nY uoAr ths windows. The naue1
Adhcteuts Of tho defeJlss stipped fnto tic uloo-
cuped Supreme Courtroom, aud stationed tlle,n-
aslvea It the windows, from which they could
eaulIy look scroHs tho oI.on space And scrutnxo
the Jurors. 1loy held t1is placs fos half III
hour.
THK T1kEs VERSION.
fhw mnusea subsequently. those who hAp~
psned TO 10 in tue corridor wers aatonishcd 10
Ssa Mcsers. 6Aoafma.,, Murray, and NlgeIow
aud LAwyer Abbotl's clerk walk brsAly 10 the
Courtroom adjoining tbs one III which lho jury
wero. with tHo windows looking directly into TWO
Windows OF tho lattar room II distance
Of about 21 feet, An attomnt to follow Lsm
showed that they bad secured tho door boz
hlud them BY placinR chair un1or tho knob.
Wheu poiut wAs found from which yiaw
OF the interior OF tie room could be Oh.
tatned. It vas seon that Messrs. ShoaEmAo,
aud MKelow, aud Ar. Alcotts clerk were otI-
gagged In All animated debate in front al ono Ut |
sAe ~niows mentioned, wltlo Murray nAI At
tho other converting tu = tola roicv with Chris !
topher Filter aud uoorKo ltul who wete ssaud-
+h tt,ar