The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-03
would disagree. Pm GLAD that some Of the mon


stuck out lot niton."
II guess there's gooo deal more in favor OF
pect OF such JnIy-on par with everything else
Two men were discussing in one corner quite
Vehementy. One was th0rOu9h beecher man
ana the otner a believer In Tilton. Ea0n was
warmed up TO his work. one thought Beecher
an outrage. Tue other considered 11ltOn an In
famous wretch. They finally came to blows and
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL
Here large number OF visitors from the rurai
districts was congreRated, and the discussion Of
the Beecher matter was the universal topic. The
Beecher side was the one In the majority ana
little was sal1 against the great preacher
One thought tnat some strong reason nad been
used 10 make 'tne one man for luton, as they
termed it. stand out. But disagreement dld'nt
hurt Beecher anyway, he thought.
Eyes, MS skirts are clear now" SAID anotheri
"Tilton wont try 1t on again"
that no better conc usion had been reached and
That verdict elmer one way or aLolner hau nOe
been given. Every BODY seems scared that there
may be another trial
THE PROCEEDINGS IN COURT.
AT twenty minutes past eleven O'Clock the Jury
fled into the court, Cnief Justice Nelson having
previously taken his seat upon the bench.
"Call the names OF the jurors" said the Judge
addressing the Court, ana the twelve men having
responded,
The Clerk saic-Gentlemen, have you agreed on
your yerdictS
Mr. Carpenter 1oreman) we have not We
very much regret that we lnd IL impossible to
agree, and we as k TO be discharged by the Court.
Chief Justice Neilson-I learn by a note received
from your foreman very early this morning that,
ia your opinion, you should be discharged as some
OF your number are suffering In health. or course
Jhat makes The application stronger. l have
called you IN now, so that the parties In in.
terest aud counsel should have an opportunity
OF being present AS we are about TO separate
! would like 10 nave you carry away with you
klndy reductions as far as you can. Whatever
Impression you may nave felt from being detain ed
so long you Will bear In mind that not until yester-
day had we any suggestion from you that you could
not agree. That suRgestionc came In the form OF a
letter signed by eleven OF your numDer, accom-
panied by note written by another OF your num-
Der Directing 10 the discharge OF the Jury, and
stating that In his opinion, further attention
should be given TO the evidence While have,
OF course, perfect confidence in the suggestion
made oy The eleven OF your number and IN an ex-
panation made by the foreman, felt That s0me-
thing was due to the opinion OF this tVellth
JuIyman who sent his own note obecifng to
toe discharge. had the same thing IN mind at
four O'Clock when l sent word to you last even
Ing. thought II was proper 10 allow that Juryman,
Mr. Taylor, TO deVote his time, so he could 10
such explanations as IN his opinion his co-Iury.
men might be prohted by, and assume now he
mas had lor mat purpose null and fair opportunity
! learn from the note just sent IN from the iury
That you are. rs stated now ny the foreman, ma
bic TO agree, Also that the disagreement Is 10
reference TO The weight Of ties imony and The cred
tbtty OF some OF the witness s and as every per.
son conVersant with the trial OF causes knows, it
Is utterly impossible lor me TO help you by any ar
gument Illustration or suggestion in reference TO
the weight OF the testimony or IN reference TO the
credioillty OF some OF the Witnesses; and n |
sought TO DO so by any NE thod within my power
now or in the charge ITSELF should have found
no means assisting you on such questions. The
course pursued by judges In such Questions is well
settled and uniform. We all concur that the
weight OF testimony rests with the jury and they
are to determine, and IL Is for the jury say hat
they can not believe. The Court O has "I no
fyhf fnfA
tne satisfaction OF inierrlng from this mat the
disagreement IS not lroIu any want OF attention
in the nrst place, anything might nave said
since, because those are points upon which l
could DO nothing. There Is another matter which
has excited some public attention, regard TO
which spoke to you yesterday. would ike to
learn very hacn and explicitly from The jury that
the suggestlons-ncwly discovered evidence
the application made IN your hearing to take fur
ther testimonJ--nave not In any way clouded your
VISION or occupied your thoughts. dir cty or ndl-
recty, during your dehberauons Am correct IN
that?
Mr.. CarpeD'er-You are would say 7 con.
versed with some OF the Jurors yesterday on mat
subject and rot one Of them had heard IL men
toned In the inry room slnce We went out.
Judge kellsDn-And IL has not been in your
mindsf
ilr Carpenler-No. 1t has not been 10 my mind
Judge Neilson-l am Rrati1ed TO learn that. IL
only remains Tor me TO accept your suggestions
that you are unable 10 agree on the ground sug-
Wltnesses-and also to accept the suggestions in
respect 10 the health OF the jury. lt would be
cruel 70 ask you to remain longer. therefore
discharge you from the further consideration OF
the
The Clerk announced that the jury would re.
ceive their pay any day alter Monday next.
the Judge animated that there was an artist
in tue gallery VINO desired to take their photo
graphs, but, Juryman jeffrey being somewhat i'm
patient, the task was abandoned. Juryman
Tnyer meanwhile remarked to the Court that he
wanted Ii understood that the jury did not stand
eleven TO one, and tnat was only the persistent
argument OF one Juror that kept them out so
long.
The Jury then retired.
CHESTER CARPENTERS STATEMENT.
The HERALD reporter sought the residence OF
Mr. Chester Carpenter ana mad the following
interview with him.
REPoRTER- How did the Jury stand Is the re.
port true that nine were Tor the defendant and
three for the plaintiff
Mr.. CARPENTER-You are asking me too much
To respond 30 your question | would be compelled
to violate faith. We, all OF Us, pledged our word
o. honor not TO divulge the secrets OF the Jury
room. A motion was made 70 prevent any
one OF US from expressing the opinion ne
held IN regard 10 the case. Inis mo-
tion | sJrenuously opposed. / Wouldn't have
1t. 1 wouldn't consen6 TO have my mouth
muzzed. was Beecher man from tue outset.
NOtling in the evidence shook my opinion. Hence
1 am to-day Beecner man 10 the backbone. The
ballot cast the first day precisely ike that
cast upon the last. All sorts oil votes were pole0
daring the interim, but when the anal ballot
sued tue result showed that each man adhered ~
REPORTER-Ar Carpenter, the rumor Is anoaL
that more tnan one JuTJman mas stated that tue
vote was nine for Beechcr and three for hilton.
III consider alton Of this announcement, can't you
say something for us corroOoration or denial?
air. CARPEETER-NO, 1 cannot / would betray
my companions aud violate a contract almost as
solemn as an Oath Al said aughG one way or the
other. | cannot divuge anything that promised
10 keep secret. You may state, however that, as
far as am personally concerned, am a BeecRer
man.
JURYMAN HALsrEAD.
shortly after JurYman HalsIead left the Court
House. the OF his mental labors Tor the past
SIX months, and had returned to his home, No I66
Scnermerhorn street, HERALD reporter called
upon MIN. Mr.. Halstead was found in his
library, reading book and looking much
fatgued. His greeting OF the reporter
was courteous, II not very enthusiastic,
aud when 1t is remembered now nearly the
jurymen in the Beecher trial had been talked to
death, 1t is not TO be wondered at that Mr. Hal
stead wants for some Gays to come, 20 be Sc