Iron County register., 1882-09-21
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YOU linda man employing both truth ana
falsehoedfn IN the commiss on Of fraud his i. OF.
fense,is even more heinous. This was about
ali TINT he should say at this time.
He wished finally to remind the jury OF tne
difference between their position ana ms u.s. oMa S
PENDANTS was not made out without reasonapie
doubt then they should acquit them without
Worid II He should refuse to believe that any
juror was SO base a coward as TO refuse 70 Ior
low his conscience. On the otner nanc' tueI
duty to their country required them 10 Dflng
in verdict of guilty if they 50 believed.
Yesterdays occurrences required passing
remark II this information was true, then
there were men engaged in fixing the Jury,
1t was natural that the jurors so approacneu
6" ould feel indignant: but they must no, iee
Judgment. Let them be 50 true to themselves
as to refuse to allow themselves to be Inhu-
enced by these considerations.
Colonel Ingersoli rose and asked the court II
it was within his power to rect the Jurors 10
freely and fully communicate TO one another
all of the informal on they possessed toucnlnR
Judge Wylie answered that ne d;d not wish
would further say that the law forbade the
jurors to carry into their room any of the
voluminous notes which he had perceived they
had made.
General Henkle desired immediate invest-
CATION of the facts connected with the at
tempted bribing of the jurors. and punish
ment of the guilty. He also noted number
of exceptions to the charge of the court.
upon a prayer which he said he had ferg otten.
1t relates to Vale. and asserts that he cannot
be held @ @responsb,e R far acts done & before pc an me
profited by the conspiracy he was connected
with it.. II Miner sold his interest IN contracts
to Vaile. the latter, knowing the circt m
stances surrounding them, was equally guilty.
This portion of the charge was aiso excepted
to by General Henkle, who called the atten-
tiOn of the court to several of the prayers.
which, he said. had not been passed upon in
the charge. &Ak
them in a 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
Postmaster-G General. When the General of
every little mining camp in the Rocky Noun
tains was entitled to daily mail serYce- the
jury must not except that opinion as the law
We should have a wretched condition of ad-
ministratve affairs If public officers were to
be guided by the advice and requests of mem
bers of Congress, even where consistent with
the public good
General Henkle and Colonel Totten then
went on at great length to point out what they
most uniformly refusing to grant them. The
reading and discussion of these consumed SO
much time that it was nearly three o clock
when the jury retired.
A recess until six O clock was then taken, at
which tine the jury were ordered to report.
mained in their seats, and some time before
the court reassembied the room was almost
completely filed with expectant crowd.
John Dorsey and Herdell sat side by side con-
versing in a whisper: Miner and Vale sat be.
side their counsel-General Henkle All OF
them wore a strained and anxious expression
of countenance, and they glanced fhrtively at
the clock as the hour of six approached.
Turner was unconcerned, almost smiling. The
other defendants were not present. Shortly
after the appointed hour the Judge took his
seat. and the jury summoned. Pending
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 reigned among the spectators while
the Clerk inqlIired:
"Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed
upon a verdict?''
Foreman Dickson answered: I'VE have not,
except 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 came into eoart at this mo
nj ent, and were informed of the condition of
affairs.
Bliss said he did not see what was expected
of the Government counsel.
The Court then directed the jury to retire for
further deliberation, saying that perhaps by
tomorrow they would find another verdict.
They were cautioned to beware of !" jury.
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