, 1879-04-09

,aers'tal '0e'!ua.!ons % sontsnded for .,s, the
up Until quarter Ia ) o'clock. when feeling
Of Eonencss about the t,,ts Of lhcie Individual
hso.l'nehs warncd them thy, IL was time TO brace
D!otlgott's uallifE, was ,ssec:liIy made aware Of
wl,ot WINS wanted, nf,}, uuder tllc Instructions
of tho judge, ieti the ntbilers 81 GrcEs's tnto In
body over 70 Butkc's: Judging fram s t!,s time
that, insteai Of partakltg Of mere lunch, tho
Icing drawn Drawn upon In tl|e 2rcparatoI lot ot aG1u ,
Socd Fasy s eoGa oSp'r md 11 ,rc , aa, aH
returned, with weil.icd appearance
visible everywhere about their exterior Analo.
my, and the curious oucs about the halls OF the
rookcry nut 1t down for certain that, having
Indeed, tho general expectation vas tint they
had agrced u dlsagrce anl tflnt 1t was another
case Of "hunr' l,try. Charley Reed was Ut
ting about the bu9ll',g, aud appeared to take
Wilkinson pacca 10 aftl fro In the snt'-corrisior
leading to Clerk Brad!uJ's office, 1rcgg's dc.
nsanor r. hstnE co! aud calm, ,,,.asr,al a.
nenslv everybody conceded TINT, technically,
niul according to thu strictly literal tntcrprg-
tailnh OK fla law, he VAS guilty. and even us
friends. II Is unlcrstoodt had not concealcu IRON
chances against him. But the already prolracs-
cd session Of The Jury, and their apparent pro;
parattoMs TO make It moro protrsctcd. fnpurtcd
spark Of hopc which burnet! dimiy for wllsle,
only to be finally cxtIupntshed usiJ shufled out.
The fact OF The matter was that, before g0bg to
tl'nncr, the jury had decldcd On
VERDICT or GUILTY,
md the only thing left them to do was to 1x
The amount VI tho cmt,ezaiern.nt. To do this
they had those unpala dua-oil's nnd certain
which and calculating ti'elr t0taI on an empty
stumlack was too blood-curdlng to receive q
moments consideration. After dinner, how
ever the7 sct about IT,. a9uF'nE IL W.,
wero evidently making to go Into court aud ~.
uounco The results. Judgu BodgItt suspended
,l,c case on trinl-the Hartman counterfeitiny
easeos ts day. nn qmaliea ~ erin, e1fse' ,S 81
foreman holding paper IN i'ls hat!tl. which ny
passed uu to Clerk Bradley. Gregg hal
cone Ia and dropped into the north eud scat 10
trout OF the rn'lg separnttnE .,s ,noef s'fe.c
Ills face worr an interesting atid slightly trtnl-
bled luok, but There was no 9uatilnE, even alter
the verdict llad beun announced. There was no
necessity 70 rap iot silence, lot thc foom was
| The Clerk l!rd up ule fatctul scrap OF paper
| aud read us follows:
VIC. ths Jury, anti the defendant guilty In man.
ner and form a. charged tH the ind!eMsnf: and nnd
| Thu Court broke the painful silcnre succeed
lug tlle announcement Of thls stern decree o.
iatc py asking:
$50 say you all, EcntlcmenM
"Ycs, al, !" responded the foreman.
"1r TuE COURT PLEASE"
satd Mr., Reed, who had been standing Mt tht
side Of tic Clerks desk, ~ dcsfro to enter I
"Niotion for new trinl cuttrcd,' "a responded
the Judge, mechanically, Thcn, addressing thu
n!WS!Fnst:Aito5asy Wns. s ydo 19s' Bangs he asked
ii desire" said Judge Bangs, "to have th
defendant taken Into custody, OF enter into
new rccognizaucc.H
NJ don,s sec any necessity for THAI, said Alr
! Reed. "Hc is under tlret-clnss bail.n
| judge Do1Eett ked who bis boudeman was
ana Mr.. Reed replied ttat 1t was Hugh Temple
ton, wtoac responsibility was unq,estionable
Judge blodgett euit hu didn't know auyth!n
about Mr.. Templetou personally, but thc Dif
Mr. Reed femnrkcd that Mr.. Tcmpletou wa
worth from Sc. 200 to s75, 600.
Judge Bauge aatd ho supposed tho recoGuti
nnce wns Eood from tie day Of the sentence.
Judge DodEctt said IT. was given from day t
day, aId from term TO term. This rccognzans
would be Just as good US nov Que.
After momcnts consultation with his q
sIstant, Judge BanEs said hb would tet tho INIT
Ter reninin a. II was for the present.
Judge Btodgctt then adjourned court unit
| thih morning, and tho crowd slowly left Il
room.
! approached Mr.. Reed, and short, whispcrt
conversntion took place.. When It was co
cluded. the reporter ycntured M inquiry as
what they thought Of tic finale. Gregg wasn
, dsuosed' to say anything beyond rcmarkl1
: that It was "ptotti rongli,t but the tnstru
tions OF Court were against him, and, althouG
| his counsel had nude powerful effort to pll
him through, the result lind gouc against htt
, Mr.. Reed had something 10 say, also. nbo
! | the severity OF fhosu Instructions, III
insisted TINT he was In earnest when he tuat
ilIc motion for n now trial. Gregg went oil VT
| Judge Wilkinson, and Charley tnade bis prep
rAtiuns to 70 down to8prlngaeld III the cventn
When the motion fos new trial will
argued 1t Is too early to say. Ii 1t Is oycrrulc
' there will be but Que thing to du,-pasb Bcntcu
oil the offender. 1t Is optional with the Cou
{ wlotllcr he will send Gregg to tlu tal or +
penttcntiary,-an thu time Is anywhere hctwe
Ii six months md ten ycars,-ritll tlne which,
: this cnsc, amounts to $t,1lS,-tht amount CT
. bezzlc4I. Iuasn,uch as Judge Blodgctt sont I
!. wllaky men to 1ni1--and their otIenso was a,,
4 M bad as, II not worse thnn, Gregg Sit
+, hardly supposed TINT liz will now turn a.ou
d and send Grctg to tho renitcntinry. Whctl
If | anything will bo dono In tho way OF uttrnlpt!
tn sccnrr pardon from the President, in ca
}, all clse Tails, rcuiaios to b. seen.