The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-09-16

effect that If II appeared that genuine papers
appeared among the fraudulent papers tiledin
connection with route, then an order for eX-
petition or increase must be attributed to the
influence of the genuine papers. such doc
trine could-not be tolerated. The bad could
not be saved by good and Utce versa. Parties
committing frauds Often found it to their Nd
vantage 10 use some truth In their operations.
Lieswere ofso impish nature that theywarred
among thems elves as well as being inconsistent
with the truth Fraud was not always false
hood, for he had seen fraud of most abum-
Unable character with aline OF truth marshaled
at its front. The more truth that could be
worked i'm the better the chance of success If
YOU find a man employing both truth and
falsehood in the COMMISSION of fraud his Of
Tense is even more heinouss This was about
all that he should say at this tine.
He wished finally to remind the jury of the
difference between their position and his own.
lf they believed the charges against the de-
PENDANTS was not made out without reasonable
doubt then they should acquit them without
regard to any clamor or any opinion of the
world. He should refuse to believe that any
juror was so base a coward as to refuse to fol-
dow his conscience. On the other hand, their
duty to their country required them to bring
in n verdict of guilty if they SO believed.
Yesterdays occurrences required a passing
remark. Ii this information was true, then
there were men engaged in fixing the jury.
II was natural that the jurors so approached
Should feel indignant, but they must not let
that interfere with their calm. dispassionate
Judgment. Let them be so true to themselves
as to refuse to allow themselves to be iniiu-
enced by these considerations. t'e'
Colonel 1ngersoll rose and asked the court If
IL was within his power to direct the Jurors to
freely and nllly communicate to one another
all of the informal on they POSSESSED touching
these attempts az bribery: "a n,lL.u..,.
| that. inquiry started In the jury-ro)m He
would further say that the law forOade the
| jurors to carry into their room any. OF the
youminous notes which he had perceived they
had made. II aHf u. fu"tt.u. ..r
General Henkle desired immediate investi-
cation of the facts connected with the at
tempted bribing of the jurors, and punish
M nt of the guilty. He also noted u number
of exceptions to the charge of the court
! n Judge Wyhe Interrupted the reading to pass
upon prayer which he said he had forgotten,
! Itrelates TO Vale, and asserts that he cannot
be held responsible for acts done before he
/ came into the combination. SO long as n man
profited by the conspiracy he was connected
with it. If Miner sold his interest in CONTRACTS
{, to, Vale, the latter. knowing the. circum-
\ stances surrounding them, was equally guilty.
This portion of the charge was also excepted
to by General Henkle, who called the atten-
ton OF the court to several of the prayers,
which, he said, had not been passed upon in
| the charge.
| rThccourt answered that he had passed upon
them In general way. referring to one of
| the prayers, he said he did not believe in the
| interference of members of Congress and
| Generals of the army in these matters The
law only should be the guide followed by the
| PostmasterGcneral. When the General of
the army came here and said he thought
every little mining camp in the Rocky Noun
| tains was entitled to daily man service, the
| jury must not except that opinion as the law.
We should have a wretched condition of adj
| ministratve affairs If public officers were to
be guided by the advice aud requests of mem
bers of Congress, even where consistent with
| the public good. 11Q .1I or -1l t,d
General Henkle and Colonel Totten then
went on at great length to point out what they
regarded as neglected prayers. the court al
| most uniformly refusing to grant them. The
| reading and discussion of these consumed so
| much time that it wis nearly three o'clock
| when the jury retired.
| A recess until six O'clock was then taken, at
which time the jury were ordered to report.
| During recess some of the spectators re-
manned in their seats, and some time before
| the court reassembled the room was almost
| completely filed with an eXpectant crowd
| John Dorsey and IIerCell sat side by side con-
versing in a whisper. Miner and Vale sat be
side their counsel-G eneral Henkle. All OF
| them wore strained and anxious expression
of countenance, and they glanced furtively al
! the clock as the hour of six approached
| Turner WINS unconcerned, almost smiling. The
other defendants were not present. Shortly
after the appointed hour the Judge took his
seat, and the jury was summoned Pending
| their appearance, General Brady came in and
| O'Clock the jury was called. An impressive
silence reigned among the spectators while
'iGentlemen of the jury, have you agreed
| upon verdictY a. 1850.
Foreman Dickson answered.: l. We have not
except as to one Of the defendants" ~, .f.
| The Court-That viii not do. You had better
take your seats until counsel for the Govern
ment come in, f.., .t..r..-.
The jury took seats. ei
Bliss and Ker came into court at this mo
ment, and were informed of the condition Of
| affairs. q. .I e' ID p .. ...
Bliss said he did not sec what was expected
| of the Government counsel,
| The Court then directed the jury to retire TO
| further deliberation, saying that perhaps by
| tomorrow they would find another verdict
They were cautioned TO beware of Jury