Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-12
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. The Jury's Verdict. Two of the Defendants Found Guilty. Two of the Others Acquitted. A Disagreement as to the Rest. THE PINE TREE STATE REDEEMED, A Republican Victory Indicated by
 the Figures.
 
THE PINE TREE STATE REDEEMED,
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. A Divided verdict-Mtnsr and Rerdell Found Gulity-Turner and Peck Ac- quitted-A Disagreement tn the Other Cases - Gossip About the Bribery Charges.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-At 2:O5 the jury entered, and through their foreman reported that they were unable to agree. The court stated that it had come to the conclusion to accept partial verdict. The roll of defend ants was called, and all answered "Here D The jury then rendered verdict of acquittal as to Turner and Peck and of guilty as to Mi nor and Rerdell. As to the others they were unable to agree. On objection of Mir. Mer. rick that Peck had not been arraigned, and consequently could not be included in the verdict, the foreman repeated the report as to the others, but left out the name of Peck. The jury were then discharged, and Messrs Henkle and Williams for Miner and Rerdell, respectively, gave notice of motion in arrest of judgment and for new trial. After an angry passage between Messrs. Ingsrsoll and Merrick, and an earnest statement on both sides to probe the alleged attempt at bribery to the bottom, the court adjourned until Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock when ar guments on the motion in arrest of judgment will be heard.
 When the verdict was rendered Turner seemed particularly elated. Minor went into custody with smile on his face and Rerdell was evidently greatly disappointed Brady, Vail and the two Dorseys received the con- ! gratulations of their friends and were con- forted by assurances of their counsel that they would never be put upon trial again. Judge Wylie postponed until Wednesday his decision of the questions of the new bill for those of the defendants as to whom the jury ! disagreed and of bail for Rerdell and Minor pending a motion for new trial The jurors ! talk very freely about this action and several of them have been to the government coun sel demanding 8 thorough investigation of the charges of bribery. Jurors McLain, I McNalIy, Murray, Mccarthy and Fabriner say boldly that somebody was fixed" but they do not specify who. One of them says that he was told several days ago that J uror Hollmead was friend of some one of the ! defendants and would never vote to convict \ any of them. Twelve ballots were taken in all. Turner was acquitted without opposi | tion. After Minor and Rerdell were con victed vote on Brady's case diclosed the fact | that only Foreman Dickson and Juror Brown 1 (colored) were alone voting for acquittal Holmead then said he was sorry he voted te convict Rerdell and Minor because he diG | not want his vote to convict any man wher ! the chief conspirators were to escape, and ! that if Dickson and Brown would vote tc convict Brady he would vote to convict al
 the rest. This Dickson and Brown would
 not do and Holmead was the only one
 refusing to convict. Vail, Dickson
 named being both colored, were the ! four who voted to acquit the Dor l seys. There is 8 very strong feeling in thu ! city against all four and the expression i 1 very general that they were fixed, although
 those who know Dickson are 10th to believ ! it. MT. Merrick says that he pledged hi reputation to his colleagues of the prosecu | ton on the integrity of Dickson and he nov l considers his pledge as forfeited. He say ! that the matter shall be sifted to the bot tom.
 Foreman Dickson furnishes for publicatio, ! tonight summary of all the ballots takel
 by the jury. The first informal ballot wa \ on the question whether conspiracy hat
 been established Dickson, Holmead Mar
 tin and Brown alone voted in the negative il
 voting as to individual responsibility Dick
 son and Brown voted straight through to ac quit Brady, Martin, colored, joining then
 now and then. Turner was acquitted on tn first formal ballot. Peck was acquitted ant
 Minor and Rerdell convicted on the third, ol
 which ballot Holnead saved John w. Dorse, l by his single vote, as he also saved Vail late
 on. Dickson, Holmead, Martin and Browl ! voted solidly for the acquittal of s. W. Dor ! sey until the fifth ballot, and then Martin de
 serted him. Tho other eight voted straigh ! to convict. Dickson says that on the 23rd o
 August he was approached by special a9en
 of the department of justice bearing 8 lette
 of appointment by Attorney General Brews
 ter, and was offered 1925, ,OOO if he could SC
 cure the conviction of either Brady or Dor
 sey. He declines te give the name of tn
 agent, but says he will furnish all the fact ! to the proper officers tomorrow. It Is sai
 that the agent referred to is Tidball. Dick
 son says that he understands that Holmea ! was approached about the same time by
 lawyer connected with the case, who sai
 that if he would stand by the Attorney Gen
 eral he would lack nothing. Dickson says h
 knows of no more attempts except that sev
 eral offers of small amounts were made t.
 different jurors by the defense, all of whiol I facts will be placed in the hands of tn
 authorities. He says tho fact that he ha
 been approached naturally had some weigh | in his mind against the governments case l but that he was forced to aoquit Brady be
 cause he could not see it proven in evidenc
 that he was guilty. The eonspirae
 seen, but in the ramihcations of tn
 Postofice department there was doubt as ! Bradys acts and intents, and he (Diekson
 and Brown gave him the benefit of the doubt
 The prosecution claim that the alleged ap | pTOdcueS uduo tO DlCksOu arS pArG OI u CloVS
 scheme to cover up the operations of the de
 fense and this theory is generally accepte'
 here. The friends of Dickson think it pre-
 posterous that he should have believed sue
 a story, although the jurors say he said i l the jury room that he believed the offer ha been made to him in good faith. Friends c
 Miner and Berdell are bold in the assertio that they were convicted because they wer . ! poor, and claim that the other defendant
 deserted them in their efforts to save then
 selves.
 The Outlook for the Crops-Other Matter
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The Septembt crop reports to the Department of Agrioultul show an improvement in cotton since Augu , last in North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansa
 and Texas and deterioration elsewher
 There are indications of too much rain fe
 heavy fruiting. An early frost would be ba Caterpillars have done one hundred thousan , dollars damage in Texas. Corn south of tf 5 Ohio river and in Pennsylvania is the best
 many years except in West Virginia. I'll
 loss in the northern States is due to trough Oats and the rice crop are much above u
 average. The general average for tobacco , S9 per cent
 Commissioner Price has received a tel
 gram dated Reno, September II, from Agel
 Miles saying he had heard of and investiga