The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-01
GOOD MEN AND TRUE.
THE UNFORTUNATE TWELVE.
HOW THEY SPENT FRIDAY.

THE wINDows-A REPORTED MEETINe-l
BITS OF PAPER-How THE JURY Is sup
POSED TO STAND.
The New York Herald of Saturday fur
nishes the following amusing account of
FRIDAYS diversions of the Beecher jury: At
$40 O'Clock in the morning the jury was
awakened after having passed very un-
comfortable night on the chairs and tables |
of Judge McCue's private room. Breakfast
had previously been spread in The Court OF
Sessions Jury room. and the Twelve at |
O'Clock were conducted up stairs by dele |
CATION of FIVE officers. After breakfast
had been devoured and the remnants |
of the rspast cleared off the jury entered
again upon their deliberations. "Ien TO
| two in favor OF the defendant" survived
| from the night before. Every rap on the
door at the entrance of the jury roorl caused
| a commotiOn among the people thas
thronged the corridors, but no false alarms
were given. At IL O'Clock the jury sent
note, by messenger, to Judge Nelson re-
questing a copy of his charge. This was the
| third time that request had been made, and
| the particular reason given was that the
| twelve wished to examine closely that part
of the charge referring to +. ID. Moulton's
His honor at once asked the counsel
in the case for instructions, and
they held consultation OF fif-
teen. minutes duration before replying.
| M0SSrS. EVartS, S06armdu, ADDOLI,
and Hill, for the defendant. stood IN one
corner of the room, with grave faces, discus
sing the chances of letting the jury see the
charge. Messrs. Morris, Pryor and Pear
sail, sat upon the judges sofa, and after
talking together for a few moments decided
to grant the request of the jury. Mr.. Eyarts,
however, after lapse of several moments,
said: ssYour Honor, it would not be advi-
sable for us to allow them to see the charge"
and the Judge, turningstO Officer Spauldlng,
who was waiting for reply, remarked:
} "Shake yonr head at them and say nothing;
be as wise as the serpent" Mr.. Spaulding
grinned his assent and went of looking
HARMLESS AS A DOVE.
Att O'Clock two servants from Parker's
restaurant were admitted to the jury-room.
They spread the table. bringing dishes to
suit the fancy of each juror, and then took
their leave. The jury ate alone. When
dinner was finished the servants entered
the room again, accompanied this time by
the officers, and the table was cleared of
food and dishes. When the door was
opened for the servants to carry out the
remnants of the dinner one juryman stood
! in the center of the floor talking. to an
officer; two or three with coats of, cigars iu
! their mouths and chairs tipped back against
the walls were disposing themselves for
an after dinner siesta. The remainder were
: in comfortable positions, engaged in waging
desperate war against the hot weather
with fans. The paper for making ballots
had been used up, and the jury was delight
fully nonchalant over the tact. Judge Nell
son, in conversation with World reporter
j Yesterday forenoon, said, in reference to the
, jury: "It is composed OF good men, men OF
Judgment. There may be two or three per
Q sons in the panel not quite SO sharp and dis
cerning as the others, but on the average ii
!, is far better Jury than is usually to he
= = found am satisfied that they
. will return a verdict according TO toe
evidence" 1t did not appear whether or nc
I his honor meant that a disagreement would
S be according TO the evidence. delightful
thing happened a few minutes alter 4
/, | o'clock. Some hesthenish person set afioat
the probable story that Mr.. jeffrey had been
overcome by the heat, and had fallen In q
/ fit and that doctor had been sent for. Ac
}, cordingly number of intelligent people
, 4 rushed up stairs to see about it. They saw
!, ! a procession OF the antique and horrible
;. style. The Court of Sessions jury room
having western exposure, was horribly
!. HOT BEYOND ENDURANCE,
q without a piazza or other marten-box, anC
q the Jury demanded to be taken across the
r hail to their own room. This privilege wai
i granted. The doors were flung open
Forth came Mr.. Case, tall and thin, shirt
. sleeved, sweating, carrying his clothes and
= fan in his hand and mopping Lis brow will
10 a handkerchief, as be strobe along, looking
t, neither to the right nor lett. UnnumbereC
W grins greeted him from an admiring pub
lie. Mr.. Taylor came next-the slimmest
q man on the jury, shirt sleeved, clothe.
- on arm, umbrella in one hand anc
. fan in other, stalking like a perspirini
l. ghost. In turn they al. came forth, every
d one in his shirt sleeves, every one carrying
III his clothes on his arm, every one prandlsh
ing palm leaf fan, some with carpSt bags
re some with bundles, some smoking, al
NJ sweating, all with eyes rigidly faced front
One or two could have "stood" with pro
10 10 priety, but the dozen was too much tor tn
as gravity OF the crowd which guffawed appre
10 cistingly. Mr.. Carpenter, who larded tn
dirty floor next to the last, grinned lit
IS tie in response. Mr.. jeffrey, VIII
25 brought up the rear, paced VII
be grave and measured step and cast
4. down eyes. There had been rumor ths
=, the Jurors bad bad an election for an office
- - to preside over their deliberations. 1t wa
- of course discredited by the fact that no ger
uine news of such an event could get on
We except under extraordinary circumstances
of But those who held to it found corrobors
of tion in the fact that Mr.. Jeffrey, on the OF
Nm casion of this transmigration, stepped tort
a. the last. with Mr.. Carpenter Just befor
an him, and in one other fact, namely: In th
et Jury room vacated
A SCRAP OF PAPER
an was picked mp with the word Carpenter
en- written on it in Mr. Jeffrey's handwritin:
Mt The hypothesis of course was that this was
ell ballot; that Mr.. Carpenter was voted for b
be Mr.. Jeffrey. and that the former bsin
IL esteemed for the defendant and the latts
vs. for the plaintiff, these two gentlemen wei
opposing candidates for some office; a
to which has symptoms of-ingenuity. But
X was part OF the doing of the day, and there
fore worth chronicling, though the tact th'
n Mr.. Jeffrey has beea elected "clerlx" of tn
is kjury rather contests its result. This gather
as ing of ballots in q jury-room jsst vacate
ly became psstime during the day. III
u papers were generally torn in bits so thu
til it was labor of infinite diligence aud e1
Y, tremely vague result to make anything oil
of them. A very large heau sifted furnishe
to only eight different handwritings, out
-. which eight nearly perfect ballots from di