, 1877-08-09
He VIII Give His Opinion on That and the
Harms Matter Friday.


spcc'al ufanu jury Fcprescnsed thirty millions
OF dollars. Possibly thcy .ltj1, but the speaker
did not choose To mcasurc them by TINT atatyt1.
nd H.. hc,Iovo, ,hnt ,hors co,t,I v,t I,o fonn1
IN TUG cntife s'ate ol ILLINOIS, t"ehty'three m'n
Who wnustl treat q case brought before them
with more fairness and honor than these men.
Reference hn,l tccn made tn to the tyranny and
,,c,nntIsn, If C-on,1 r,rtos oni1 .omctbinsr hat,
sss'o o,., y. .,... u o "a 49,, Tarr-n". r,..
oee1i sa'a aoout se'osEs nnu vc"tcsS' A"0
Hanger to the civilization OF tho present aSe
Eas neither from Judges, jusfes, nor 1aW courts,
t1Is .ano sttc,nn. to ct,allcuuc thn orrar I,atl
xccn 1nn'ic nncn t"fnrc In the cnsc nj tcmcns
+ porinIat nn,1 sr"s nrnrrnimi. M thc rcrnrJs
81 ibc rnTt wnt,l,i si1ow. Wnjker hu,i come In.
to court m Of, a nero tesht,teaiity, md therefore
rnt,,, ~, ,,,Ir,ir tcrh,rnl TronImis 1'hc cr,,,
All m lin Idi,nr si,;r dare mt for n fuouc,t
charpe tint suci, men rs Mr. Letter. Mr. Tyr.
rcii, or other members OF tho special tury would
land thcmsclTes II, Tic commission OF Al, inlus
tirc. 10. thcy had to co,,n In viii, tcrhnf,nI
ot,i1rt int, II, lin ro,nn,titInn m lin i,,rv
Air, Mills claimed thut the court records
showed Simply TINT a special ycnIrc, general in
ia rhnrncfrr. was orslcrcti {o he H..
sne,1, I'hcrc was nothinr In thH rrc.
nr,l IN sI,ow that " nnv tustruc,fnna
whatever were riycu to tbc Sheriff. Thr Cuurt
sin,ply s,id, vi stlai direct tlu Sheriff. but
thcrn was mt nm mi ri cvikinncc fnt h. rvcr
tiItl t1frcrt hin, IN Summon certain mrn. Fnr,
thrr I " II sks nstn,rti""s i,aIf hcrn rtva,, himv
outside uf The ,owcrs oi tic Court. such or,crs
wnt,i,i IL. null and void, No Juifr,. ryn1I, In Tia
nfIcinl capacity direct tho Sheriff who 10 Rim,
MIN on a iitry. The Court had d rtrht tn nr,trr
n sncrIni vc;,irc: fhn Sheriff wns nisn,,tcfr
accountable for the n,n11ner in which lie gni Lilo
ivvy together.
sN11r1,Fn .nnuuvsr AnvAxrrn nv rur. mr..
PENDANT wALKrn
WINS 4,,ot tho fran; .f,Irv' M i,c hod re,zor n
believe. lad foun tic i,,slIct,ncnt avas,st hin,
on his t,wI, evidence. nr1ii thnt ihey lnJ tnkrn
n" nti,cr "viacnrc TiM jn,1ct t,urnt' ~ rs.,,.nMi
intt t,nen rol,rt. Was inorscI bv stx men. n,ui
im,w rmt,.l Nr' Walker knn,y iii ,.ot tI'c I'M IN
tietncnt was io,t,nl Oh fhsts known to two .,
morc n,cu,,mrs NJ thu try itsslf. any "y m,rs,n ~
jn,j,etrJ t,niI- jf thts Viz NJ thinU ,In. ii.
1nre,l. ro,,,r in an,i nrrSf,-n lin iH1t.,Iucn+
aratrst lin. Inv maxim, III, ut1i,iavtt ,,, mtnrs
fn:tion and bcfiet ns III. Walker l,uIl ,]nnr
An, wrnEm
sot, lint h,foro tai.s,.. IN thc ,nr,t n,s,,+ th,t
nj ths a,lrs,d ipsiiIrienry nj ii in,;l't.,s"s
Ia w,,nII nr, :, l,ttir IL, Inv m ti,r ",,.xt ~
ylctirr .I,,,Ire 1M',sI iii w mr1"r t sT,.ri,f n
WHOM, 10 summon. liz ciaime, that Il sScy s. were
tnt Woir,rs ni,,,,ny;t ,yas mn n,imfssI'fn "''A
r. rs,s. II. .n.. fI,,n nTs nost t;'
II, ,'r, 1,,,r ,rn, ,,n ., o and ~, aa
,hp,n that ts ,ee" nv ~ ~ ~, W rnss nv n
iHsmtls u H. ho ~ ,a..s " ,va. a1 nr.,., nS'ns
tir. tSnt tl,r Cu,t iii M t,e sai,i t,a wt"ia
W W ts t,, W 80 s,.. ~ 'Hs. ~ ~ mu.
.tnm, Nv tse,f md .t, ,,t Il, n,n,'.7a nIss 'v
nHnvi; Thct t",r, s1h"us,c., Il. n,,"nr .sta,5 ~
II ordered tito special ycHire, a'hl ti1n power ~
scrve that ren!fe was reAtel III the Sheriff, and
10 bIle else. Suppose The Eunrt had sud notll'
tHg whatever. except to urucr tte spccal Fcnirc,
and tho Sheriff. On iils own vtIltion llll RESUME
f!oned the original jury Wt,iilu that llnye been
reason Tor atias ,!n:: the indictment!
Mr' Hccu sattl that ~ such ceso they would
not llnye made the molten.
Mr. Wchcr ca!nsch That Judge Booth had no
IcCal power to dictate to the Sheriff, and only
apuke us u citizen, Ills authority c1hiinE whcll
~ ordered tic Issue ul tue special yenlrc. The
ehcrin had cotne lntu court, ahd made return
tlsat llo hal executed tue writ ns ordered. and
10 atten'pt Lad been mado TO lmpuRn tue COLI
duet u tho shrril,
MUCH conversation followed,
TIE COUNT s'qs'rrtNo
at last that the point had been fully discussed.
aud That y ecetted to be matter Ut fact tint
tho Sheriff hal Tesummone1 ehc saIne mcn,
aud tue pretumptton was that ho dill 30 III &C.
cnrdanre with the suggestion Ut tho Court.
Whether this was reason to Guash tho indlct.
Hlent was matter To Do argued.
MT. Msne5 tuen resumed .ssa l1s argument, taking
n Nf01tr-