, 1881-01-02
TIE FLEMING CASE.
4 Talk WITH JUROR CARTER,

ATR1BusE reporter called last evening upon
Mt. c. B. Carter, the Juryman who notified Judge
Hawes Thursday last that outside influence hat
been brought to bear upon a certain juryman IL
the Fleming conspiracy case, the result Of which
information was the sensational Scene Of Fri
day, when the Judge called upou Sfr. Jackson
/ the alleged crooked juror. to explain what he
knew about the matter. Mr.. Carter was found al
late hour last night, having ustreturned from
protracted calling expedition. His attention
was called to the denial Of Alr. Jackson that
there was any truth In the information which
was given to Judge Hawes, and in reply made
In substance the following statement:
u did not care or intend to say word about
what occurred in the jury-room other than what
told Judge Hawes; but, rs there seems to be
ysef ana of ye5ssFty aeFyoo as peSaps
may be justified in relating the facts.
Within an hour or two after the jury
ssrea aa en dgd NJ sns @
gentlemen, discussing the merits of the case.
During that conversation which, by the way,
ouri attention to question asked by Mr. Thorn
son when Minor was on the stand. The query
was s whether the witness knew that there was waIs
$500 in the job Ms. jackson quickly said, o
no; know there WIS
NO SUCH MONEY In IT,
a fellow told me there WIS only $l50 in it. T
Immediately said to Mr. Jackson, So you have
been talking to some outsider about the case,
ha We your
jackson was very much confused and ap-
parently appreciating the fact that he had
thoughtlesly put his foot in it. said: No, Z only
overheard a conversation about it,
II then went to Mr. Galloway, the foreman OF
the & Jury, and be told me he thought the Court
thought the matter over, and, not being par
ticularly fond Of sensations, concluded not to
say anything about it, and probably should
not not becemo ABUSIVE The next day. ASaas
O'Clock Thursday morning said to jackson.
who hnd been voting with the minority nll the
that party has prejndiced @ - you 10 }bis mater @ N
'' Jackson denied point-blunk that he had made
such an admission. Mr. Gesener heard his de-
said, YOU did SO, for heard YOU Jackson
called him liur. Things became very interest
my, and during the exc.tement Jackson turned
to one Of the other jurors and applied some vile
epithet to Mr- Gesener, when that gentleman
SQUARED HIMSELF FOR A FIGHT.
The Bailif, who was in the hnll, heard the
scutt1tng when the Jurors came together, and
came In just in time to prevent what might
have been knock down argument. was very
Indignant, as was Mr.. Gesener, and we felt thar
IN justice to ourselves and the Court, we ought
note to Judge Hawes, which was also signed by
Mir. Gesener. who heard Jackson's statement In
relation to having talked about the case, aud
rest Of the story has already been given to tho
public, and may conclude by saying that what
did was in the interest of Justice and decency,
in the TRANSACTION" -
The reporter pursued his Investigations into
this queer business, and WIS rewarded by ascer-
tanning that it was the opinion Of the majority
from the start that two or three Of the jurors
had been seen. When they retired these fel-
lows asked no questions, would listen
to no arguments, und seemed to
ignore not only every particle of testimony at
gu detrimental. to tho defendants. but even re-
fused to consider the Judges Instructions It
was very plain, however, that this friendly in
terest did not apply to Doran, because the
to convict Doran If tho majority would
consent to acqui1 Fleming and Minor. This pro-
posai wus resented by several OF tho jurors In
un nnmistakable manner, after which the NIL
nority simply sulked, and refused to come over.
The majority OF the jury were convinced Of the
guilt OF the accused, and were surprised that q
witae6s for the State WIS not indicted Also