The New York herald., 1876-02-21
BABCOCK'S ORDEAL.


THE JURY UNDER THE FERvID oRAToRY OF
COUNSEL FOR THE DEFEScE-AN EXECUTIVE
PARDON GUARDING THE JAWS OF THE PENI-
TESTIARY-DYERs OFFICIAL HEAD IN
DANGER-THE VERDICT
ST LOUIS Feb. 90 1876
This Sunday a welcome relief from the wearyine
excitement of tho past week, and yet as time for
the verdict draws nearer public excitement Increases
20 know the result Storrs' and Brodheads speeches
are being read to-day by the thousands who were un
able 10 obtain admission TO the court ROOM and
blocked up Third street. storrs heavenclimbing elo-
quence Is commented upon everywhere, the follow
ing, which is verbatim, beng regarded the climax
Of his effort Of yesterday
CLIMAX or sroRRs' SPEECH
In the presence OF these facts, OF these dumb and
Voeeless letters ana teiegI"uis-"hlch yet sPeaN
trumpet toued-bcfore would utter as juror or as
citizen, verdict Of guilty 10 be adduced from them,
would tear my heart from my bosom aud see u lay
qulvenng before me broken pleuge, violated
oath outraged conscience must be the price that you
would pay for such verdict on these facts And,
leaving this Jury box you Will at the conclusion OF
this investigation you say that they mean guilt tho
conscience which you always carry with you VIII pur-
you ike an uurelenting Nemesis TO the last day
that you 1--we. II would dog your footsteps like a
SHADOW ana you could never shake 1t of and into your
very soul would such crime burn and burn and burn
as II blazing IRON had been plunged into 10.
SURVIVAL THE JURY.
The jury to day were not overwhelmed by the bi9
words flung at them yesterday might have been ex-
pected but went to churca in the morning and took
walk In the afternoon, while counsel charged their
legal and rhetorical batteries
Mr. Storrs was so pathetic yesterday that II he soarA
even higher tomorrow he may summon tears 70 tho
eyes Of the jury when pcturng the defendants touch
ing innocence and purity Dyer will have
THE CLOSING
aner Porter and though his opening mild lem
mil m will - "A
Bourbon whiskey. There are two reasons FOR this In
the first place the Sherman imbrogllo-though he
believes he was too harsh to him-st rankes in his
breast and in the second place he knows that ne is not
in the odor in Washington since he 50 openly
sided with Henderson, and that acquittal Of Bab-
cock would be soon followed by his removal
REBUKE HIM
for having laid Babcock's before the Grand Jury
and caused his Indictment Private Information from
Washington strongly points to that, and among well
informed people here it is generally believed that not
only Babcock honor, but also Dyers official head, is
at stake in this case say "honor" only and lib
erty because absolutely nobody believes that Babcock
would 90 the Penentiary II convicted. 1t is gener
ally taken for granted that
AN EXECUTIVE PARDON
would be nerposed between Babcock and the Jaws OF
the Penitentary,n as Williams called them,
as soon as the measures for trial
&c, had failed The Presidents reiterated
belief in his innocence, which was reported
from Washington after all the testimony Of the prose
cution had been published in the Washington papers,
and said have been read by the President, is con
strued as determined declaration to pardon mau
who might be innocently convicted. As regards the
PROBABILITIES VERDICT
Itself there are few people who -partisans who
since the introduction Of MagIl by the defence be-
eve an acqutta the vast majority inclining to thi
probability OF either disagreement or "a hung jury"
as It is generally called here conviction. Many who
think that the jury, if lett to their own Judgment
would convict base their representation OF
disagreement on the favorable charge the defence
is sure to receive from Judge Dillon In the McKee,
case 1t generally thought that the charge Of ths
Judge was a virtual invitation to acquit, and most
people think that IL will be the same in this, more es
pecally since his decision Porter's motion, which
plainly announced that the Court considered the casa
of the prosecution weak People say that it was only
jury extraordinary Independence OF thought as has
in the Mckee case that could withstand such charge,
particularly it is clothed in the forcble language
Of Judge Dillon