The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-05-10


stand by our article Of last week, being
confident, as nearly all honest men are,
that il is true and deserved. In specifying
few Of our charges, Helm, with great
PomPo-iiy oharacierires them as false"
"eoarsely fal'e,' NC. Now we would re-
mark that the unsupported evidence OF
man who tits alleged disregarded his oath, Is
OF no value in the eyes OF the people OF
the law. by conierring favor on friend
and paying debt Of gratltnde,' We sup
posed no one was 50 obiuse a. not to know
to whom We referred. u was near neigh
bor cousin to Holmes, and one who
had been particularly Kind To Helm
and his family, ond whose presence within
the bar during the whole OF the trial, was
a constant reminder Of the debt of graft
inde he owed. As early as Sunday, and
before but four OF five Jurors had been OBJ
tained, gentleman who knew Of the state
Of affairs, remarked that shat would he a
hung jury certain, and named the man
who would hang IT, In regard 10 trying to
get oil Of the jury, Helm no doubt began
to consider his inability to carry out his
designs and his. heart grew faint bene sth
the pressure. We have the evidence Of
more than one 81 the jurors that Helm did
say, when reasoned with, and told that
Holmes would not he allowed hail that ar
! were netting man ] wonh be, every
thing have that he does give IT,"
The true ~ statement A. Helm gives ii,
differs from that Of the other members Of
the jury very materially. He stated that
ON the first ballot six were Tor murder and
six for manslaughter; they state that Helm
did not vote on that ballot but waited TO
feel the pulse Of the Others. That he Was
however, for acquittal at first can not be
successfully contradicted. IL is also the
opinion Of the jury that Helm would new
er have expressed himself for any term in
the Penitentiary had he not known that
the other members Of the jury would never
come down TO his low figure. And they
also think that he made this offer to show,
as it afterwards would to the public, that he
had evidenced spirit Of compromise
(which all jurors should possess" IS he
magnanimously observes. We have never
accused Helm OF having received bride
for his work, but there are those who firm
ly believe he was bribed, and the suspicious
circumstance Of hiS getting couple of let
tiers while on the jury Jas one or more Of
the number will swear goes to strengthen
them in their belief. A number Of the jury
think he was bought and 80 expressed
themselves 10 us. They assert that his
msnner all during the trial, while not in
the Court room was that Of man who
was struggling with load on his con-
science. lie kept himseli aloof from the
other Jurors, and usually sat with his head
hanging down" As 10 our consistency
that hss nothing to do with the point at L.
s,e. We did tell DIR. Helm, who called
on us in his brothers behalf and requested
us that i've would not be too severe on
jim" that we would have preferred, rs we
did not thirst for the blood Of Holmes, a
Eve wears verdict to hung jury, with all
the vexation, trouble and expense Of an
other trial. But what has that to with the
question: We were no juror, nor had We
taken a sacred oath to try the ease accord
ing to the Law and testimony. Helms al
lnsin,, IN tha graat love aaI ilol.tsv that