The Portland daily press., 1882-01-27

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The jurors were per-
sonally thanked last night by enthusiastic hun
dreds, some of whom had never seen them be-
fore, in the name of the people of America.
To their friends the jurors said substantially
that they made up their minds weeks ago, and
that they did not require five minutes for de-
liberation after receiving the charge. Their
verdict was rendered on the first ballot.
The severely serious faces of the jury, which
through ten long weeks had been SO closely
serutinized and so often commented upon, have
to-day assumed the joyous expression of the
school boy who has laid aside his books to con-
template the pleasures of long vacation. The
department of the jury through this tedious
trial eliminating in verdict which commends
itself to the intelligence and conscience of the
American people, is the subject of universal COM
mendarion to-day. Many of them have been
subjected to positive inconvenience and losses
in business. One in particular, commission
merchant, having lost $1,000 in one case
through his inability to consult or advise with
his employees in certain matter, the details of
which were known to himself alone. The cost
to the Government for the board and mainte-
nance of the jury has been $500 and for their
pay (S2 per day. for seventy. three days, $1752-
an aggregate of $5352 for the item of jury ex-
penseS alone.
Langley, the fourth juror empanelled, said
to reporter last evening:-"Wc were not long
in getting our verdict ready. We were fifty
minutes absent from the court room, and half
an hour of that time was taken up in reading
the Indictment. We took two ballots. On the
first we stood eleven for conviction and one
blank. That was cast by the German, who
was little doubtful ON one point and wanted
to be instructed. He did not understand the
instructions as to the question of insanity thor
oughly. 1t only took moment to satisfy him,
and then when ballot was taken we were
unanimous for conviction. He was asked if
he had heard that the public were for time
fearful that one of the jurors was going to
hang the jury. He aid:-"Yes; have heard
that since I left the court room. We thought
ourselves for while that one man would stand
out against all the others, but it was only for
time. We did not express any opinions to
each other during the time, but 1 think we
knew pretty well what the general feeling
was" Being asked to give some idea as to
how the events of the trial impressed the jury,
particularly the interruptions of Guiteau and
the speeches, he said:-"It was all very tedi-
ous There was SO much that was gone over
again and again. The lawyers kept telling us
day after day of things we were tired of hear
ing We did not mind Guiteau's Interruptions,
and we understood that Judge Cox was giving
him liberty SO as not to have another trial.
Gulteau amused us sometimes. He took on at
a terrible rate to-day and gave Judge Porter
great deal of abuse. AS to the speeches L
think Judge Porter's impressed the jury the
most; but then none of the lawyers speeches
had any influence with US; we made up our
minds from the evidence and from the instruc-
lions. We listened to Scoville with interest.
He did very well, and stood up for Guiteau
manfully, but he couldn't make anything out
of the case. Judge Cox's instructions were
clear and to the point There was no mistaking
them.'
Langley was asked what his personal opinion
of Guiteau was. He replied: 81 think he is a
fanatic, but he is morally responsible for his
actions have known lots of people who
were fanatics, and they imagine all sorts of
strange things, but thew knew when they were
doing what was wrong, and were accountable
for it," He heard great deal about moral de-
pravity during the trial, about illusions, 81
have met some wicked people and they
have had all sorts of illusions, but if they
killed man would have held them respon-
sible. Guiteau may imagine things, but our
instructions were if we thought he knew the
nature of his act to bring him in guilty, and we
did So"
Langley was asked what effect the statement
made by Guiteau, that the press and public
were on his side, had upon the jury, and an
swered: "Tbey made no impression on US. We
knew he was not telling the truth, any more
than when he said he had received check
for $25, 600.
In conclusion, Langley said: "Guiteaus
prophecies have not come out true. He said
the Deity would clear him, if to do so would
necessitate the taking away of a juryman. We
all lived and we didn't clear him. He wished
for it, l have no doubt, but none Of us died, al
though one or two of us were. quite sick at
times" Mr.. Langley also said that the jury
were very tired after their ten weeks of seclu-
sion, without books, papers or company, and
for his part he did not want another such trial.
Interviews have been had with other Jurors,
and they tell similar stories.
The Star says 'In conversation with some
of the jurors in the Guiteau case, it was learn
ed Whist has been said along as to the prisoner
running his own case was true. What little
doubt there was as to the responsibility OF Gu1-
teau was cleared away by the argument of
Judge Davidge. This argument is said to have
settled the case, and had it been submitted to
them at the time, the verdict
would have been the same. 1t was suggested
that the answer made by Mr.. Hamilton to the
suggestion of Scoville for the jurors to be al
lowed to go to their homes dnring the holidays
was, that they did not wish to be separated;
their minds were made up at that time. The
answer was they were apprehensive that if
they did separate some question might be rails
ed about it. To the question whether the jur-
rofs had seen any newspapers during their con-
tinement, the answer was that even If they had
had the opportunity they would not have taken
advantage of it for they were determined from
the first not to give any cause for complaint.
SIN fact, we followed instructions given to
the letter. said one eve have all studiously
obeyed the requirement of our oath and decid-
ed the case solely on the evidence and law as
given u.s. For seventy two days we have been
kept together and except that we have been
allowed to see members of our families in the
of bailiff's we have heard nothing
from the outside world and have done our
duty, our verdict being made after full consid-
Grafton and with the approval OF our con-
sciences.
Foreman Hamlin said he thought there had
been little or no doubt in the minds Of the jury
since the testimony of DIR. Young, in whose OPP
inion the jury placed much reliance. was given.
We left the court room, he said after the
judges charge for the jury room, and the in
bers of the jury could remember in full what
we have been trying. We then took an infof-
NAL ballot with the result of eleven for conAic-