The Republican journal., 1875-07-08
The Beecher Trial. The Jury Dis
agree.

BROOKLYN, July ,.
This morning the TiItcn-Beecher jury
sent a note to Judge Nelson, say ing they
were unable to agree, and requesting to
be discharged The Judge sent back q re-
ply that he would do So Notice was then
sent to counsel and the parties interested
When Mrs Beecher, leaning on the arm
of usher Murray, entered the Brooklyn
court at noon, she found nearly all the
prominent ladies and gentlemen of Ply
mouth church already seated in what are
called the Beecher chairs. She looked eN-
ceedlngly pale, worn and anxious She
sat between Howard and John SouthWick
MI Wild sexton of Plymouth church,
came TO court for the first time to-day.
Shortly after / o'clock Judge Nelson en-
tered the court accompanied by EN-Judge
Dykeman, AT % A. NJ the jury We're
discharged The foreman says they have
taken an oath not to disclose how they
stood ,Juryman Thayer wishes it distinct
" understood that they We're not II to |.
The jury came into court at | :lG o'clock
Judge Gentlemen, have YOU agreed
upon a verdict?
Foreman, rising-We have not We
very much regret we found it impossible
to agree.
Judge-GentIemen 1 learned bv a note
this morning from your foreman, that in
your opinion YOU should be discharged, rs
You could not agree, and some OF your
number are suffering in health felt the
force OF that application very strongly,
and | have called YOU Ia now, at the
earliest moment could do so, giving to
counsel and others an opportunity Of being
present. As we are about to separate,
gentlemen, would like You to carry away
kindly recolections, and As far as you can.
remove whatever chagrin You may have
telt at being detained so long.
| wish Won to recolieCt that that not I'M
til yesterday did you suggest that you
could not agree, and this suggestion came
by note from your foreman, and signed
by eleven, and accompanied by another
from one Juror who thought an agreement
was possible While | had perfect con-
tidence in the request made by the eleven
and the explanation OF the foreman, | felt
that something was due to the twelfth
.juyman, who sent a note saying YOU
ought not to be discharged | had some
thing in my mind at 4 O'Clock, Yesterday
afternoon, and allowed that iuryman
(TayloD to devote his time to bringing
about an agreement as far as he could
| learn from 4 note Just sent me from the
Jury, that you are, as stated by your fore
man, now unable to agree. and further,
that the disagreement is in reference to
the weight of testimony and the crediblity
OF some OF the witnesses, and 1t appears
to me, and to every one conyersant with
the case, that it is impossible for me to
help You by any suggestions in reference
to the weight of testimony. OF the credi-
bility OF witness. Not even in my charge
could find means of helping You on that
point. 1t is Il we'll settled point that the
weight Of testimony rests with the jury.
1t is for them to say what witnesses they
can believe, and what not. and the court
has no right to interfere. am glad to be
assured that this disagreement does not
arise from any want of attention on my
part, or overlooking any point, and God
knows there were some points on which |
could do nothing. There is one point to
which attention has been called. | would
like to learn from the jury explicitly, that
the application to take further testimony
has not in any way clou.sed Your vision or
occupied your thoughts, directly or midi
rectly.
Foremam-lo on are right, sir, | have
questioned many of the jury, and ihey all
tell me they hadn't it in their thoughts nj
AL
Judge am much gratitied TO hear it.
and since YOU tell me you cannot agree |
will therefore discharge YOU
Clerk-Gentlemen, You are now dis
charged
oil, Il I,,
seated for the moment, while Photographic
ers We're taking picture OF the court
Jurors Jeffrey and Case stood up and
objected to being photographed, and the
Judge al once said 'NGentlemen you
may 60, make way there for the Jury"
An immense rush was made for the Jurors,
in the court and outside, and they were
closely questioned rs TO how they stood,
but they all declared that they were
pledged to secrecy as to names. The fore
man, however, admitted that they stood 9
to 3. Tilton and Moulton were standing
i'll the rear of the court amongst the au-
dience, not being able to force their way
further through the crowd, when the last
scene in the Tilton-Beechcr drama was
acted and the curtain fell
AS the Jury We're leaving, Mrs Beecher
stood by the railing with tears streaming
down her cheeks, and shook hands with
each juror rs he went by The foreman
was the last in passing out, and he seized
her hand in both of his and shook it with
great warmth There is not the slightest
excitement in Brooklyn over the result Of
the trial.
The three jurors for Tilton are said to
be Jeffrey, Flate and Davis. Everybody
seems pleased at the termination of the
long trial Moulton prints a card this
afternoon, in response to report that he
was to be arrested for subornaton of per-
jury, saying he has come back to Brooklyn,
and aares any one to arrest him.