Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-07-02
WAITING FOR THE VERDICT.


&C., &C., &c.
T = Tilton- Beecher trial has ended, and
the Jury have retired to consult on their
verdict. 1t has been out near six days
Rumor said when it first went out, the
members stood to for Beecher, and the
same authority says later it stood II to l,
with Jeffreys the only dissenting, OF It'll
ton" juror. A day or two before the case
was given to the jury, pretence was made
Of the discovery Of some new evidence
against Beecher, but it exploded, and one
of the parties was arrested on the charge
of conspiracy to blackmail, with very
strong evidence to sustain the charge.
Mr.. Beecher is improving his time while
the jury IS out by dramatic scenes in the
prayer meetings, which are well reported
in the newspapers, who seem disposed to
give the venerable delinquent every chance
to regain his lost footing i'll public opinion.
We give below some interesting extracts
about the close of tie trial:
SCENES IN AND AROUND THE COURT
ROOM TUESDAY.
At the hour appointed for the opening
! of the court Tuesday not 20 persons were
| in attendance IN the room. Mr.. Murray,
| Mr.. Caldwell, and Mr.. Bigelow were the
only prominent representatives of Ply
mouth Church. Mr.. Beeciler was .nowlr re
visible, and his wife remained in her cstr-
| riage near the Courthouse, in the shade III
a large tree, where the breeze famed ller
| ready at any moment to come into / he
room to hear the verdict if the jury lgres d
| Mr.. Illton WAS early III the stnte-rO0u,f II IL
! he Ventnred to the door of the conrt-rOuin
| where lie bowed to some friends among
the reporters (Who were. OF course. i'll large
force of nllmbers), and then sat down IN
| q corner OF the ante-roOm to await the
coming of the jury. Here he remained I'LL
til invited to lunch, and after returning
fingered uneasiiy until d late hour.
The courtroom was occupied a portion
of the d;iy by the regular business OF the
| City Coart, two OF three cases ON the cal
endar being tried; but it WAS dull business
noticeable only by the contrast OF the pro
ceedings to the busy ones which had just
preceded i'll the same room. The number
of people in and around the Court-h ,use
was not nearly as great as on previous
days, and altogether the manifested inter
est appeared to have leSsened considerably
The Jurors were not watched flOm the park
below with that eager aud absurd interest
which characterized the crowds Of the first
day, and passers-by in the street seemed to
have forgotten the existence OF the jury
and the litigants.
SKETCH OF JEFFREYs, THE SUSPECTED
IILTON JUROR.
William T. Jeffreys, the tenth Juror, is a
man of medium height, with regular fea-
lures and handsome brown beard and hair
His hair is always smooth and glossy as
oil and brush can make it, and every suit
he wears is becoming to his fine figure. He
is a flour broker, doing business i'll this city.
He is member of the Protestant Epi>-
copal Church. His examination brought
out the fact that he had formed an opinion,
which had yielded to evidence. He hal
been free in discussing the subject, always
talking on one side. He was not asked on
which side. He was challenged by the de-
tense and questioned closely us to his CON
nection with Mr.. Moulton. He satisfied
the lawyers that he only knew Mr.. Moul-
! ton by sight, and was accepted. Mr.. JET
freys is considered THE most doubtful of
the lot'' by Mr.. Beecher's friends.
! SCENES IN PLYMOUTH CHURCII-TlIE OIL D
MAN GOING TOTAKEANoTHER CHA NOE
! Last Friday night Plymouth church
lecture room was filled to overtowing the
lady element predominating. The Brook
Ign Argus says: "Thev were seated
six or seven rows deep, with scarcely d
mans head to relieve the eye-except that
of Mr.. Thos. G.. Shearman, who set EN-
powered in the centre of the group--like u
| solitary violet. in an immense bouquet of
| tube roses. The ladies, until Mr.. Beec,er
came, famed Mr.. Sherman, and those ut
| some distance famed at him-und he APP
.peared to enjoy it immensely. When Mr..
Beecher arrived on the scene, about )
o'clock, smile went around the three
hundred ladies in the immediate vicinity.
and he returned it slightly The cnngre-
| CATION surveyed him f'n' IL ln,.inent aS 10
J look ed into the n.y. III book, ;IiEI SIM. ltsl-
neously heads were laiu together and y tsp
ers were heard. By the inc iie first
| hymn was given out, t,e room WIS crowd
| ed to a suffocating extent. Back at The
| Cranberry street end the doorways weIe
packed, and through tie windows wilic;
! looked from the stairway leading up to lle
! church were to be seen faces peerlng down
| into the room. The gallery was filled UNI
til standing room was at Il premium, and
| at the Orange street end the same crowd
| ing of doOrways and corridors proved Tat
IA great occasion had called forth the
hundreds of sympathetic friends"
| In the course of his sermon, or talk.
Beecher said that Heaven cared for him
and Heaven was bis. God had tried ann
| for five long years a he had tried job; aud
all ths time he had been true to his fai:
| Everybody on earth, he hoped, with all rrs
spect would think of him just as they
| irI, 1hp eI fla.
| angered at any man. He 1t that ne
| would come up again; anu at all events,
! under Gods providence, he was going to
work out his life. He WAS going to remain
| in that place. He had been sent here, and
| was kept here by the divine purpose that
had sent him, and here he would remain.
He said:
II shall go when Gods providence takes
| me away, I shall die w,en God DEGREES
| me to the other life. Living OF dying, l
| Am the Lords. My future is in his hands.
L will do it though a Thousand devils are
i'll the road. leave for Him &c judge.
That il my future. His name is God, and
| His other name to me is Father, and [
| have day by day to say, Dear Father,
4 what wilt Thou have me to do, that [ shall
! do and hell and the devil cannot stopit."
fCries of '.Amen!" and loud clapping of
| hands.
Closing Mr.. Beeeher said:
"Now Christian brethren, l have said
these things to you. and | wish could
have said them with closed doors apd win
dows, and without their being reported.
would, .if [ did not know human nature,
ask that they be not reported. But then
the thing t,,at is not to be reported is the
thing to be reported, and that WHICH ought
not to be reported is reported. 1t would
be in vain to ask this. We are IN unenvi-
able church in that regard. We live out
of doors. Notwithstanding, it was in Inc
to say these things to you; it was i'll me 10
saw / admire you; l honor you, | love you
Ii. yoar fidelity, in your ,piety, for your
trust. ana I am your leader and friend,
- nn,.fnn cfnriI" uni hY the grace Of Cod.