, 1875-12-15

Tic Fifth Ward Gcntlolnon Up
for Trinl.
Difficulties Encountered in Raising a
Jury-.-An Unsatisfactory
Result.

Jury..-An Unsatisfactory
Result.
Tic Testimony for the Prosecution Begun.
Tho triAl Of Tho Indicted judges Of etootion Of
the Tistt Precinct OF tho Fifth Ward WAS cs'fod
Ia ,hs Crimlual Court yestsrdns msrnlng, 10 tue
presence OF q large emo 'utso OF spectators.
Tho deten,aats mote rep 'eseetca BY thclr
counsel. Messrs, rrude sua O'Dlion, and In hd-
vance Of snYthlnE bniug done thev anpeasod IN
person at the bar Of Justice. Otto BtHhm triod
10 bo choarfni as ha sazsd iato tbs statas Attor-
ney's facc. but Jamos Gleason snd W.. Nc
klunov. IN enloIvartng 10 follow his
| example, betrasod their weaknoss, and
displayed nervousness ut tanos which excited
attention and remark. TAo former ooull not
xoep :bo vasrr ont Of lila eyes. aud II was With
tho greatest difficulty tbs. tho latter could Eaiae
| his from tho floor.
Tho csse was called 1t 1o:1s o'clock BY ltr.
Rued, Who ordered the etsrk to
| CALL 4 JuuY,
which he proceeded {, do inat.ntar. Twelve
natncs wore called and twelve persous answered
and look their seats. Mr. Road put them. Qua
BY one on. .th!s through ..,a.s Ttsid examination
.sd by W eSf p,aal e. ss
tAo Cit,zeDs' Association. Going through ths
panol carefully. 1t was found that they wors
divided in profession bot 'een toamstors labor
lilo 1ri.h p1edopinatsd, With hero and ,heto
urrmao and Norwegian Sand rchel Ia to glva
vaIiotY: This spectacle uAa not remarkabl,
one to Mr. Reed accustomed a. ho 10 from dsv
4 10 dav to doal NTH tho ioafsr aud bumnur ele-
ment OF the city as jur3rs, bus 10 sts. Dexter tho
sight was dlshenr.en,ng. lie had scon many
jarios, but the cue before hin eelti'seh them ALL
and he waa heard 70 rolnark that L
sspno Jury ho 0S'oa1 onlored how "A' conS,c,ons
could ever bo obtaned. OF The Twelve. fo:r
wcro porempiori'y oxcused - against Sic. dloa~
sou, rho States Attorney taking tho position
TIM. be hsd rf9ht to Challenge ak julorn aa
agatnst eacl defendant.
Tae counsel for tho defendants objected to
tho proposition. and coute1ded tbs. 1t WAS not
founded on IAN. b t TIM Court decided that it
~as, and the tmpsnclioa Was fro .oetod With un.
til tho regn:nT vep.re had been oxhAuatad.
/ L SPECIAL vEHIRE
| wss ordered for tvonty-fonr man. and thn 6heT-
III WAS called upon tile booch by tho Court, and
ness-non 8cte summoned. Tie Court then took
| 4 racees until 1:3J.
When The Court again convened, only tcn
Of those summoned as 1u1ors had appeared. but
thov had to pass through lIno Of tho doieud-
ants triotds, WHO were stationed sround tho
door. and such a. Tetn known 10 a runner for
tuo counsel OF the dotense had 10 nudo,9o tho
u
fo.c taking seat. 1u fact. sh"re were : great
many things IN connection with tho special
ven.re Wh'ch lookoI suspicious, 5nt NAV bo aus
ceptlble Of ex lauatiou, except eha iAct that In
class bualnos1 man, or vol known in the
city. Their e1hfn.ua.tnn showed that m1ht
Of them lad either boom summoned In silo 'nn,
or wcle ErotifetGts ct such establishments aud
that several weEa no tgnoraut As not to Know
Nl!etler tho. had sny opinion Of the case or no!
in advance Of bearing tue evidenco uue can
gsfn boteos Idea of the crowd Hlnn It ls cad
that Sir. Heed IA led to iii the panel befors OF.
tns more intelligent, uhIfe rho defense its 80
loc.ions manifested u love Tor thu o.hor G1trome.
md betwcon tha sao fires very foH "ero agreed
upon. ...
to complete tho panol was to summon from tfs
bytfapdere. Several were called and excnhed
aun linally juror on the regular venire who
bad boen uYsterions!v abHant up to that N ,
and tock bls cent. Ar. Reed e.ye l.i.n rig,r
exan1luat1 on, and sat1snod himself that he Wa
unworthy tlA,o on tho jury, and aforod him Il
atnp down. ho boiug tho elghtooni1 man hv hat
nowevo1. and although tbs prosecution hnt
laborrd zealously mud dnne thoir utmo+t to Oh
tam good mon, tt was by no mems satisfactory
1t being discovered that hmonK tbone eeIectct
questionable hnesa for tho trial OF tho cause
Ihoy were posesless. howovor, to make any cor
rectiona. havipR already exhausted thnlr right o
challenge. Tue following IL u list Of tho Jurors
i. snltn. 4. +. uiIl. Louis oi.on, ii. 3. Balow
Henry BalIor, aud A. II. HiRs'ubotham.
THE OPENING.
Red. who sat forth that the defendants hat
, beon indicted for wilfuy ncgIecang thar dut
III failing to properly cattify 10 the aectlon-ro
tarns Whero they nero thdges.
Ne, $a.k ~. 1nfa 3r.- -
; ha tuok OCCASION to abuse tho wltnessoB tor ths
peoEIe {who had bean requested 10 ieAvo th,
roon) unuecosaartly. setting folth Ii genera
terms that tho defendants were being pro.eout
cd for tue el.0D0 reward offered hY the citizens
Association for tho conviction OF any judge o
electlor, etc.
TIE Eg1nRNcz co,fnEwcEp.
| John s. Cooper was tho Hrst Witnees. ue tea
Precinct. on the ID day Of November, and tina
Al tlec&;un was held there, NJ which Ito defend
snts ~erc judges. Gser sou yo'es we're pol!ed
Ae waB not At The polls whom tbs bnllot box va
Judges say that they bad couoted tho numbe
Of tickets. and that there Haa d4acre sno
between tho number Of ballots and th
number Of DANES on the pol!.liss. ther
IIo suggested thas The 1udgrs. procoe
J | to chpyass tho vote- Tue stgaths tickets wes
! selected from tho othors, OF Which 455 wsIo Re
! publ!oap, and 2a5 Opposition. Tho ocratche
carried out on thu talY-aboes He tucked oss
tho tall, -sheet and found that tho vote 70
a Treasurer aggregated $780, Beeiog that thor
: was mistake HoneMhcre, one OF tho defend
Rnts aud himself accounted the straight tickets
= and found then, colrect. The Nc 4 chtd toket
= reEo then counted bY himself and clerks. th
!. fndyos gong out Of tho room. During th
!. . count ono Of tbe defendants came in. aud sui
! sequeptIs the witness found Aokage Of tweu
. ty.n,no Opposition tickes mixed With the othc
q tickets, ahch had Dot been strung, aud 1nonR
Of the aame hind scatte, ed On tie tAblo to max
Ahaut atly IN all. I1a did not know where th
d tloketH catns from, but The tudRes wsre Oppe
sItiou men, and Two Of the n told hlru they wsr
.nsious to sse 81: cissty s'so'ed. a. sst.sIs