, 1879-04-29
PETE STEVENS.
Odds and Ends of tho Trial of tho Con-
demned Wife-Murlerer,
How tho Jury Stood Before Rendering
Their Compromise Benefit.
Pote's Mind About Made Up to Try His
Luck at Joliet.
10 Probability that Hrs. fonug's Case viii Como
before Tie Grand lufI.


The Rtevens tr.at, with Its interpolatol and
ncarIY tragic episode of Bunaay, being thugs OF
the past, a reporter yesterday buslcd himself In
skrlnlsh!ng around for tl,e odds md ends which
20 to mako up the sequel aud briug llso thing
down to date, as II were.
Considerable surprise has been expressed at
the ycrdict,-tiat tie cowardIy brute wus not
awarded the highest pcnnlty known to the law,
anl It IL Interesting to know wllnt were the first
blush opinions pf tho twc1Yu u,cH, who pre-
su,nRbly llcard every word Of the testimony,
nt,A Llle effect the speeches Of counsel tau upon
taletn. 'fllr ballot tlkCn in the jury-Euulu as
soon as they had dccldcd to vote showed tle
following:
For murder In the first degree and hancIng-
Tho,nas Watson, carpenter, Of No. ~ West
Huron; john GOldGnhten, barber, Of No. fU}
Nurth Wells; J. T. AniereoM, mason, of No.
12!' ShurtleG nvenuo; anl William q. Donman,
woodworker. Of M. $40 West Twelfth.
1l4s .West Tarlor.
For racqntttal-ucorro Ant]crson sailor, No.
112 West Lake street; Satnuel Crooks, boot-
hesne,, No. 9,St 10 Msh'eea Il SIc'Ss! crpwe
street; William u. loRlc, No. II Frank.
lin street, cigar manufacturer; Charles
Golbeck, baker, No. 433 Milwaukee, avenue;
,TfWnaa Nyan, express driver, No. 575 West
Twelfth street; md Jnmcs Reilly, in the employ
No. III Walton plare.
Thcra ts Just question Us to where George
Anderson nnd G. W. Day stousl on the llrst
ballet, another account reversing. tile situation
and making Ande!son tn favor of q verdict Of
1nnnslanghtcr, and bay tor aeauittal. The gen.
tlcinen tastl probably settle the tnattcr besweeu
themselves It they nru particular about 1t.
The SECOND ballot showcd up as follows: Six
for granddaughter, three for murder, n,,a t1,rec
n lin nj tel.j
ior murdcr,. having EuDe over to tic element
WHO were III favor Of tua1!slauailtcr, together
with four who were Tor uctsuttal Oh The first
ballut.
Tho LAST man to give up ,yas Thomas Watson,
who was Tor murder first, but wins tinnlly
brought urot,na tu tue popular sldc. Ilere aru
tllA traditions e1tant to tile elect tllAt lhc
Jurors got Into ttutr iii extended MNI lively dia-
ctlsston, not to say wrauglc, and that Watson,
whose cbstlnacY
MADE 1l1M 4 TAnGET
for tho persuasive efforts Ut the utlers, rcmark-
el ulnt It scented to hin as II he was sent there
by the Lord 10 10 Ills past tonArls rendering a
righteous verdict, ar words u tint effect. When
The aforesaid persuasion gut to 0e pretty strong,
AMI hc found himself pushed to tln;
wall mid subjected to something a little
rnughcr tk.an 1tlerc chaing, ito Is snid
to have reInnrked Tint he could stand It; thHt
ilu Lord llatf suffered 4 Thousand times nurn
titan tlu could suffer in sat jury-rooni. Whether
to l'e too lively, certaih IT. Is that lis virtuo
yielded to the prcssuret nnl lie, too, cos1,pru-
mised on iuaualaughtcr. The jury really voted
rete fifteen ycars, but they Eave Him onc year
oil III consideration OF the faet that he had
spout nearly ii twclytmonth In ja.l.
A8 will be seen, tnnjortty started out In
favor Of nrquttal. but the five who did not be-
lipvo III overlooking such Il iluEribie crln0 won
n concession to do so. Aud this, tuo, was III
average Jury. Truly t1s punishment VI crime
Is attended will, obstacles In Chicago.
Judge H0gers WAS Uti the Deuch III the Grim
'nal CURT II lew rnonents yesterday ,uurnlng,
niu, III ihr ndscnen of Irudc, ordered the frl,,al
e.itry OF tl.u mutfon fur y iIew trial which, WAS
l1sntle Sunday Mor.IIuE. No day was set for q
llclrlns, nsll In alt probability the motion will
amount to nothing whatever.
pEvE AGAIN ON THE sAf.
Stevens himself said Yesterday that he hntl
not yek nnttroly decided whelIer Or mt to ac-
ceut llis tate without anotEer attempt at liberty.
lie was "bratc.H hu said, In packet, M,al did
not know where to look fur tile wheruwittnl 10
tlrfrAy the extgnsu OF hrW trial. llia tnwycrs
would decide whether or not to try arain, but
lle himself was
NEAALy INCLINED TO 90 DOWN TO JOLIET
tho long, long task heforo him. Trude Eoes
down to lntltnna tlis morning to look utter NJ,
old murder Ease there, but Will bu buck Thurs
dsy or Frlayt nI.1, fTunI oil tllat can he geancd
trial ts apt to be withdrawn about the cts,l OF
tho week. sentence pronounced on or ahout
Saturday, Gnd Ito protcnt t,vcupnnt OF Cell II
sent down With the ncxt batch. In tbs Pcnt.
tentiary hc will have chauce to calmly rcacct
on the unpro'ltab'c past. and to see. cver nllrs
clsatly tlan he does now, ll'a, hc wal Acky In
deed to yet of ~ castly ls Elv did.
Tic Stntrs'.A Attornoy hus not decided upon Ills
course III relation to Mrs. YounE. liz thluks
that tue unfortanate woman was ctnotiolIatly
insune at the time of the attempted slaughter,
II lrru be any such thnE as ctsiutl,lai insatty.
From gc!,Grai tAlk Il Is plu!n TO br srGn lilal
sIltro Ia nu disposition IN lhu part VI the
auihurites 10 psoseeutn !,ur, ns,l It Is set down
what SUI llaB do,c. TlIu rise was uot br,ught
to tllu attunt!un Ut tug Grand Jury ycsterday,
a"i !lsrs ts no nr%bnoi';ty !' ta: It eyer w' BE-
an.l found hrT not'oly much easier II, houy u:,tl
mind, but ablo to speak, md speAk intulIguh;ly
antl rusionu!ly. Her head still troubled her,
however, n1N she once made the rdlnatk that
s1le might as wei! Elnvo uo heAd nt At! .Arprc'
ctat!ng the situation, thu Reporter rctra!net from,
prcsh,H any ycry pointed Inquiries, ntll cut
tented hllnselt with sklmtnE aroIlld slle @lga
vi Tue snhJrcs. 80 t" speak. rht. uroyc's to be
isinnsn, I n awnssleI f 1ilIat y'la!n was 's y,
outraycously inadequate, thu al,usr itapeA upnsl
t,rr dnr,ng t. trial 81 brutal, that she must
ilnyu bccG GXcltcd heyol.nA lltaauru when sac
attempted l'lA tfc Sunday afternoon. Tlle uus.-
tallMeit hc was ta lnlya mctca out 10 llEn,, slu
sal wouldn't hU sufficient even tur
sLAspEH1sG HIS MuAnERgD wlPn
an Eu llal sloue. ahu also gxpressr.l har opfMioI
1t .l,e Jury III turns wAcl, mera M, onlY ylror-
nus luz eolsu"llut acrltl. Fur tn Hloslrr luvtl
nl.lrl', sl hrr hleas Ut tusticc urs widely differ
enl frotn thusr wItcll pcrYa,leI what shu dcutt,a
tiu slarktass uf Ignorance as 1t existed tu tic
,nlltIs Ut Ills jury. Nuthn1 VIVA sn:d, Vi eonrss,