The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-09-22

Unable character with Zine of tru'h marshsled
at its front. The H. ore truth that could Dc
worked in the better the chance OF success u
you find 9 man employing both fTu, q. ana nc.
fense is even more heinous. This was about
all that he should say Ut this time.
he wished finally e Is%Hd os an %Y 81 sne
II they believed the charges against the de-
PENDANTS was not made out without reasonable
doubt. tn, n they snould &C Iuit them WI. nout
regard to any clamor or any opinion OF the
world. He should refuse to believe that any
Juror was 81 base u coward as to refuse to fol-
low his conscience. On the ot'er hanc, their
duty to their country required them to bring
in verdict of guilty If they 50 b lieved
Yesterdays occurrences required passing
remark. lf this information was true, men
1t was natural that the Jurors so approfched
8 ould eel indignant, but they must not lot
hat interfere with their Inn. q spass ona1e
as to refuse to allow themselves to be inau.,
enc d by these considerations.
Colonel Ingersoll rose an asked tne court II
freely and fully communicate to one another
all of the informal on they possessed touching
tn, Sc attempts at bribery: s.,,. u,.s
that inquiry started In the jury-ro )m. He
would further saw that the law forbade the
jurors to carry into their room any OF the
voluminous notes which he had perez we'd they
ha made.
General Henkle desired immediate investi-
CATION of the facts connected with the at
tempted bribing of the jurors, and punish
ment of the gu lty. He also noted a number
of exceptions to the charge of the g urt.
Judge Wyl interrupted the read ng to pass
upon prayer which he lid he had fOrg Itten.
1t relates to Va l., and asserts that he canrot
be held resp rnsible for acts done before ne
came into the C. 'mbinatiOn. So long as man
prOfited by The conspiracy he was connected
with it. If Min sr sold 8 interest In cOntracTs
tn Vale. the latter. knowing the circ m
stances su rounding them, was equally guilty.
to by General Henkle, who called the atten-
Il n of the court to several of the praye 9,
which, he said, had not been passed upon fn
The court answered that he had passed upon
them in q general way. Ref err ng to one of
the prayers, he said he did not believe in the
Generals of the army in these matters. The
law only should be the guide followed by the
Postma|terGeneral When the General OF
the army came here AMI said he thought
every title m ming camp n the Rocky Noun
tains was entitled to daily mail service. the
jury must not except that Op n on as the law.
We sh ,uld have q wretched cOndit on of ad-
ministrative AHA rs If publ C officers were to
be Iided by ths advice and requests of MEM
bers OF GOngr ss, even where consistent with
General Hen lie and Colonel Totten then
went on at great length to point out what they
reg lrded as neglected prayers. the court al
most uniformly refus ng 70 grant them. The
reading and discussion OF these consumed so
when the jury retired.
A recess until six o'clock was then taken, at
which me the jury were ordered 70 report.
Dur ng recess some of he spectators re-
manned in their seats, and some tine before
the court reassemb ed the room was almost
completely filed with an expectant crowd.
John DORIS " and Herdell sat side by side n
versng In q VIII sper. Miner and Va lie sat be-
side their couuSel-General Henkle. All of
them wore strained and anxious express sion
of conntenance. and they glanced furt.velv at
the clock as the hour of six approached.
Tu ner was unconcerned, almost smiling. The
other defendants were not present. Shortly
after the appointed hour the Judge took his
seat. and the jury was summoned Pend ng
their appearance, General Brady came In and
stood near the door. At five minutes past six
O'Clock the Jury was called. An impressive
silence r,igned among the spectators while
the Clerk inquired:
Gent emen of the jury, have you agreed
upon q verdi"tY'
Foreman Dickson answered.: I'VE have not,
exc pit as to one of the defendants"
The COurt-That will not do. You had better
take your seats until counsel for the Govern
ment come in.
The jury took seats.
Bliss and Ker crme into court at this mo-
m mt, and were informed OF the condition OF
affairs
Bliss said he did not see what was expected
of the Government counsel.
The Court tn n directed the jury to retire for
further deliberation, sayirg that perhaps by
tomorrow they would finn another Yerd ct.
Thew were cautioned to beware Of Jury
fxers."