The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23
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1--WE nave received" said MIR. Sherman. '.buck.
stfuis OF Anonymous letfers, m King charges or
various natures, one OF when was that the lore
man Of The jurI, MT, Carpenter, had expressed
Bmpatny Tor tue other side. We throw Ill snch
into the waste basket aud pay little or no attea-
non TO them. some OF these PERSONS may be sin
eere, but only In y few cases did we consider the
Information thus communicated Of snnlclent i'm
pnrtance 10 investigate further That Is all the
otner side have TO offer, beteye-mere near
Here the gavel sounded, calling the Court TO or.
ger, and as the Jury HE'D In the reporter put the
"Ihen, gentlemen, you place no Importance
upon The statement That the lnry or members OF
1t have been unduly innuencedW
mo, SIR" .ald MIR. Sherman, 1--WE believe 1t
mere hearsay."
WHAT Mr.. EvARTs SAID
The HERALD reporter asked MIR. Eyarts do
you attach muca consequences to the declaration
OF counsel on the other siae In regard to tue ap-
proaches said TO have been made 10 the jnryf'
Mr.. EvARTS-l attach no more Importance 10
them than to the upholstery or that chair before
me (noddlng ms mead IN the direction weather.
beaten arm cnalr OF hairclothl. Wnen charges OF
tamperng with the Jury by adherents OF TINS side
are brought solidly before us will answer them.
! want tangible proofs OF bribery and cOrrui
ton. The nearsay OF this man or mat or
idle wind that blows past me. Know IL
Is natural enough for these reports to he
have ali the wealth and influence ana that we are
bound TO carry Henry Ward Beecher through oy
hook or by crook. They are so mucn under the
influence OF this nallucnatlon that, like the man
who thinks MS house IS haunted, every step and
and suspicion. We Will wait perfectly calm ana
content until the other side have their proofs and
when they produce them we VIII meet them lace
TO face
WHAT Mr.. BEACH SAID
Mr.. Beach aaid, IN reply TO the question OF the
HERALD reporter as TO the action the plaintiffs
counsel intended to take in regard to the matter
concerning the seduction OF the Jury "Tnat Is
not vet settled. We are determined, however
not to lose sight OF the matter. IL VIII only come
Ep in obedience 10 the ruling OF the Judge that
when the verdict Is rendered an investigation VIII
nence OF the jury being approached with moneyr'
'but we are pretty sure approaches have been
made. II Is common talk, and where there Is so
much smoke there must be some lire. The direct
PROOF Is wanting, but the differences very
strong. We have good deal OF inlormatlon that
.REPoKTER-It Is said you hold afr1davtts In re-
trueP
20 show that jury men nave made inproper re-
marks in regard 10 the case. They have expressed
opinions, botn before and alter the proceedings
began, which they had no rigut TO express and
winch was violation oil their oaths. and which
scales OF Justice evenly between man and man.
We can afford TO walt until the verdict is rem
nered to prove the position we have assumed.
That is all can say about the matter.
a HERALD reporter also interviewed yesterday
several prominent legal gentlemen Of this city on
MR. WHEELER H. PEcKHAM,s VIEWS.
MIR. Wheeler Ii: Pecknam was seen in MS once
IN Wall street. He said that such o sc>ne as the
Dne made by 3 juror intcrfupthg counsel WAS, TO
Iay the least, very unusual. lie had not made
practice u reading anything about the trial,
mat he could not decide on the merits OF the
ease, as to what cause the juror may
nave considered he had Tor interrupting the
counsel. The insinuatlon oil bribery was a very
strong one. ana he did not know what support It
had In the proceedings. But the scene was I'M
called Tor. He Remembered, IN all his expert
ence, but one other ike circumstance and that
happened in a SUIT, many years ago, IN which ne
was associated with the late Mr.. Gerard and In
which JurYman took eXcep ton to some OF the
remarks made by tnat gentleman. The incident
had N pn N nee n wa IN
lar. Of the causes which might lead jurymen to
TINS sort Of thing he had nothing TO say.
ALGERSoE S. SULLIvAN's OPINIONS.
Ex-AsslstanJ District Attorney Agernon sidney
Sullivan was visited ut his ONCE. tie read over
could see nothing therein winch did not justify
the Juror. IL was very hard of man VINO was
really portion oil the Court acfing IN judicial
capacity, 10 hear II lnsinnated that ne was guilty
OF Il Penltentiary onence. Woula not any man,
on his honor aud integrity Inc Jurors language
was respectful and quiet, and ne only remon-
strated against wnat ne considered an injustice
ana an insult. lie himself dld not know what
might have led Mr.. Beach 10 make he accusations
rs ne dd and he would not nave made II so oeclded
~ ne did unless ne had some good cause. II. as
Mr.. Beach said, Influences mad been brought to
bear upon tue jury IN favor OF Bcecner, there was
time to make u motion and prove n. Bur
number OF innocent men should not be charged
lnoiscrminately because one or two Iuen might
have been guilty. The Wnoe case was a scan
nalous one; out ne was rather glad to see Juror
take part for himself. " mad been a constant
matter OF surprise 10 nIin that Jurors ana wit
pesses usually stooa so much as tney did from
counsel ana he Thought that many lawyers
abused their privilege IN this respect.
CHARLES y. ST0UGHTONis IDEA.
This gentleman believed tae scene In the court
room was on par with the whole scandal-simpy
nlsgraceiul. II the iuryman had 60 stdered him.
self injured II was quite enough that ne should
have mad his little speech. Judge Nelson had re-
turned 4 dignlhcd answer. Mr.. Beach answers,
aud the whole thing degensraies into arrow. This
should not have Oeen permitted for one moment
by the Judge. Tho juror having once spoken,
aud courteous explanation been given,
u was enough. he TRADE about
sponsinity amounted to notRlng. lie
bad never heard 81 such a scet IN court before.
moment mat good lawyer would care 10 in
dispose the jury from whom ne wanted a verdict
unless ne was positively certain mat all MS ef-
scrts 10 convince the jury were futile.
A STRAIGHTFORWARD OPINION.
The reporter interviewed another well known
lawyer, VINO refused TO allow hts name to be pub
ilsned, but VINO was very radical in his opinions
lie admit see now any body VINO had read the trial
carefully could nep DcIng convinced tnat
the jury, or q portion OF IL, had been
hribeo. one ~ the lawyers on the Beecher
SIDE had reputation Ior being the
test man 90 approach jury in the country. aud
he had no doubt that H. nad succeeded In doing
II IN this case. The whole tning was disgusting
and the scene or Monday WAS nothing but a natu-
raj upsnot OF the rest. The prOlongtng or the
trial In the way " was gong was altogether I'M
necessary, ana the whole tnlng should have been
from beginning to end ~ lor what Plymouth
church would resort 10 10 save their pastor they
would 20 further than bribery N necessary.
Several LAWYERS Vfsttuu moi carr