Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-07-14

remark was not instrumental i'll bring
tng about a disagreement for the jury
was never unanimous.
During the seven ballotings they
stood II to l, the single juror for TIL
ton being Of course, Mr.. Jeffrey.
Once they stood six to six, bnt the
true vote was hinc to three. Tie
.Reechcr men wavcrcd very little, and
those on the other side complained
that while they frequently gave their
opponents a vote to increase their
number for one or two ballots, the
courtesy was seldom or never return
ed, MIR. Carpenter says lie had
great deal to,contend with in the jury
room, two ortthrce jurors being dis
con,cntcd because they We're not fore
man. "lt is not difficult 10 believe
that we never had unanimous vote
for Mr.. Bcechcr,p he said, :" il we had
We should have gone down TO the
court room SO quick that it would
have made our heads swim.'
Samuel Flatc speaks OF the foreman
in terms that can hardly be consider
ed complimentary, but he corrobor-
atcs his assertion that the jury never
were unanimous, though they stood
at one time II to L.. : He says that
wlltea-A .,;;1rpeal lerlnade- -tiiielcma1llz
about his son-in-law having bet
upon the result Of the trial, in was
apparent :fat he merely referred 10
it to show that not even his own fam
ily knew which side he favored. He
said his daughter had told him OF the
bet, and for moment there was a
feeling Of suspicion among the jurors.
An explanation was demanded of Mr..
Carpenter, and he gave Ito the en-
tire satisfaction Of all in the. jury room.
1t did not, Mr.. Flatc said, make a
particle of difference in the ultimate
standing. of the jury.
Mr.. W itlfium III. fB9uvis Of the tt4ltc
same opinion. "Had he told u.s." he
said, st hat his son-in.law he bet on
Bcccher We might llavcs had some
cause for suspicion, but was perfectly
evident that che only spoke of the
wager to show us that his relatives
did not know which side he favored.
Why," continued Mr.. Davis, 81 had
the very same experience myself
When ! came home my son asked nc
why had lcf. him to suppose that |
was in favor OF Mr. Becclfer,
as he hid bet /. against 'rillor:
aud disagreement, and lost his
tmoney. For my own part" continued
Mr.. Davis, 81 decided solely by the
testimony. had no reason to look
upon Tilton as an angel, but.quile the
opposite; but that did, blind me
in the least as to the cvidenceagaiiist
Henry Ward Bcecher The jury nevc.
agreed upon a verdict, but, as both
sides were anxious to make the best
record possible, We sometimes gave
them a vote and they occasionally
gave US one. 1t was by this means
that we stood at oncstimc II to aud
at another six to six. But nine 10
three was the.actual standing through
out. When cast my ballot for Mr..
Bcechcr ] had no intention Of going
iuto court with such verdict, and
had it happened that the jury had
been unanimous on that occasion !
should certainly have moved to recon.
slider the subject. We all knew tia,
the votes taken i'll the jury room did
not mean anything, and we were not
particular how we cast our ballots
There was no hope OF agreement from
the first, aud can't at all account fol
Taylor sending his message to the
Judge. However you know" contin-
!. ued Mr.. Davis with pitving consider.
: alton, othcrc must be one fool in every
family, ahd ! believe all Taylors rcIa
tives are tolcrably intelligent. Itmay
be, too, that he was looking to the
extra pay. BY the way he added
: sit was astonishing how some Of the
jurors changed their views when they
went into the jury ROOM; was never
go amazed in my life as when the frs,
ballot showed so few for Mr.. Tilton
], am satisfied Taylor was Tsl,on mar
by the hints he dropped towards tn,
close Of the trial, and could hardly
l believed it when heard that he hat
) cast his vote for Bccchcr. He los
J. . sight Of the main issue altogether
and voted against 1ilton because h
believed him to be u scoundrel, no
because shc thought that Deecher wa
I innocent. p But Carpenters was tn
strangest case OF all. When we frs
! took our seats in the jury box, or, a
all events, after . smaif>portion Of til,
!. testimony had been taken, he mad
!, no secret Of his belief in Bccchcr'
guilt. Hc spoke SO strongly oft tina
9 | warned him not to be to hasty, an,
to reserve his Judgment until bot
Y sides had told-their stories. But IL
$ would not listen, to me at all, and 5c
= gan to talk about large damages. O
course damages wero out Of the ques
7 tion, and said so, but lie, insisted o.
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