New-York tribune., 1875-07-01
AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE OF COUNSEL

TIE DEFENDANTS LAWYERS INSIST 1HkT THE CON
FEssIoNs OF PRICE AND LOADER DE coMMoM-
GATED TO THE JURY-TnE PLAINTIFFS LAWYERS
DO NOT AGREE-THE CONFERENCE TO BE RE
sUMED.
An important conference was held IN Judge Nell
sons private room Yesterday afternoon between the
twycrs in the case but unhappily without result
IL is the desire of Mr.. Beechers counsel to put the
fact of the arrest of Loader and the confession OF
his confederate Price, before the jury. The follow
tpo letter was sent to 5. d. Morris of Mr.. Iiltons
counsel on Tuesday:
wy BkoOKLYN, June 20, 1875.
6 II MORRIs eso-D Sir: IL being found that
the alleged newly discovered evidence embodied ny
YOU in affidayits which were published before t,le
Jury retired and which were N the presence OF casr
was fabrication, and one of the authors OF IL beng
now under arrest for perjury and MS cohIeGeta.e M
having confessed, we think that we have right 10
ask that these facts be communicated to the Jury
We suggest that you mite with US IN ASKING KIN =, ne
Chief-Justice to cali the jury into court and tlat
tsTS ,sTSe resoeefaiIy IsTss r. ir5' AusnS ABBOTT
THOMAS O. SIEARMAN,
B. I. TRACY,
JOHN l.. HILL
The same day Tuesday Mr.. Beccher's lawyers met
Gen. Pryor and Mr.. Morris in consultation on the
subieet. Messrs Morris and Pryor were unwilling
70 act in any way make any promises until they
had seen Mr. Beach, and so it was arranged that Mt
Beach should be requested to come over TO brooklyn
and a general consultation then be held. In pursu-
ance of this plan, Mr.. Beach came TO brooklyn III
the forenoon of yesterday. series of private con-
sultations were held during the day In Judge Nell
sons private room in the Courthouse, Messis
Beach. Pryor, and Morris and Messrs Shear
man. Tracy, and Hill being present Judge
Nelson himself in the room part OF inc
time merely. however as a passive listener. The
1eenJants connscl offered TO modify the request con-
tanned III the above letter in any way which would
be entirely consistent with their object of removing
from the minds of the jurors the false impressions
which had been made by the publication OF the ail-
davits of Loader and Price. The affdavits were
published in The Herald the very morning the jury
retired and il was known that some of the jury pos
sessed OF had seen copies of this paper Mr. Beechers
lawyers argued in the debate that the declaration Oh
Mi Morris and Gen. Pryor that they were nnwlllhg
to appear as counsel for Loader virtual aban-
donmcnt of his case and that if they were not
willing to sustain and defend him when prosecuted
for perjury they ought not to be responsible Tor MS
affidavit in these proceedings and ought TO consent
that the Jury should be told this The defendants
counsel offered to let their opponents put the sub
tect in the proposed explanation to the jury in their
own language and showed Willingness to agree
upon almost any plan that would withdraw the
saidayts entirely from the minds of the jury
Nevertheless. it was found to be impossible TO agree
and when Mr. Tltun was sent for To take part IN the
eonsultation and brought in by Mr.. Pearsa the de-
fendant's LAWYERS left the TOom Here the matter
rests. Counsel for Mr.. Beecher have not gwen UP
the hope of periectng such arrangement as the
one already discussed before the jury have ended
their deliberations. Mr. Evarts is to be in brooklyn
to-day and his advice will be taken a. 10 What ls
best 10 be DONE