New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-12
AN INCONCLUSIvE VERDICT

Judge Nyne yesterday "''' H.
martial verdict from the Jury III '"e
Star Route cases, who were no n'"i'l
nm agreement than on Saturday M. NJ
was declared not guilty, Miner ana l'ea
dell were declared guilty ana Ho
ment was reached in regard TO the "'iI'
PENDANTS. The jury was discharged "n1 i -
,ons in arrest of judgment were n'''
bobalf of the convicted men, a mo'ii"e
ill he had tomorrow. General uis9'u
s,nt;on i oxnressed at the result OF the trial'
1rho foreman of the jury made statement
,osterdov in regard to the several ballots taken,
and TO the attempt at bribery which he hau
reported to the Judge.
Drss.TISFACTION WITH 1HE VERDICT
TALKS WITH COUNSEL FOR THE PkoshCO IioN Az
rtrr nrFFNCF-THE DECISION OF TIE JURY Ab-
sI-RD ASD ILLOGICAL.
WASHINGTON Sept. 1.-The mice were cauRn'
u H. la-,o animals got away. This Is about
,o, ,-er,lodv on all sides Of the question: thlhAH
- .,o -o.nlt in the star Route cases. Jhe defend
,,.sond their svmpathisers think. of course that
,ice and all should be let 60, While the pIoSec"-
-, is INDIGNANT that the Others were not lhciuueu
- tho verdict that shuts up the two smaller oI lA'
LII ,o,,.,irofor, Miner and Rerdcli went crying
"a iail and Marshal Henry was somewhat ahec'eo 10
see these two fellows carrying the entire load oi me
zen # is safe to say that everybody Is surprised
and disgustcd az the verdict. The suspicion oI Oil
Lerv is more prevalent Tonight thah ever.
Colonel r. G. Incersoll was met by HE lRIhUNE
,orrespondent and asked: "What do You think OF
the verdict "
Il know nothing" was the reply " except WhaV
1t,rl IN the trial but as matter of fact the pub
lie mind WAS in 10 condition to make ialr ti'al
possible .,.
DO Won think the prosecution is satisfied win
the result"
Certainly not. Nobody is satisfied with It,
Miner and Rerdell were not the men they were al
ter. They succeeded in nothrng"
DO vou think the verdict Will be set aside z
81 Isuppose il will be- hardly think the Court
Will allow such an Illogical verdict to stand 1T Is
verdict that would stain the record OF any court
What about the jury =
know nothing about that except what have
heard and of course ] have nothing 70 say about
the Jury. cannot believe that twelve men could
he hired to make such fools of themselves; bat
whether the verdict stands or not II Is entiIeS
senseess."
What will be done nextT
"Wen. the Court wall decide next Wednesday or
some time this week as to what shall be done With
tLe verdict II will be probably st aside, and then
the case will stand on It's own merits; hui can say
this much: that my clients, j. W. and ;. W. Dorsey
viii never be convicted"
DO you think he prosecution sill believe that
'',y tsI the Lord only knows what they can he
Heyc: hat do not now suppose that they nave any
It@ a lie" said Mir Ker. of Philade4 ha. Of coun-
sci for tie prosecution, tonight when tOId that
rep,rf WAS current that the Department of Justice
through Brewster Cameron, one OF It's speclal
agents. offered Foreman Dixon. Of the star Route
jury. -, 900 for the conviction OF the star Route
men and added: All these statements about
crookedness on the part OF the Government counsel
are equally false
conspiracy stood eight Tor CONVICTION and i0uf
for acauittal-the four being Dickson Holmead,
Brown aud Martin. The interchange of votes ia.
ead, between the recaIcltrant tour Is one or the
most mysterious things that ever occurred
IN the transactions OF jury Il
thing that neither ~ proof nor made the sub
ject of argument. Ine Government Will proceed
Immediately TO take such steps rs may be Necessary
10 discover the guilty parties IN the charge of
bribery now made APPARENT IN TINS case; ii Will
also immediately summon Its witnesses and pTOcced
70 try the paItles III regard 10 whom tncie was 4
disagreement, and 1t may reasonably be
expected that with the re-tnal OF this
indictment aud the trial of the other
Indictments against Brady. the Criminal
Court wall he occupied until February ] If uot
longer though the counsel Tor the Government,
well worn down win thcr la0ors. are not disposed
toresulue them until October l or To-"
Judge JcIe Wilson. OF counsel Tor Brady ana
Turner, III nu interview tonight EXPIRE
prise al the verdict 80 far hls clients were con-
crued. tie thinks the jury would not have been
cut an UT before returning VITA verdict OF
qulta f0r all the defendants had II not been for
the violence Ot the charge from the Bench.
In he cases of Miner ana Rerdel who were found
Culty Judge Wilson says an appeal VIII I've taken
10 the court III DaDc. winch Will review the whole
aud especially the strange partisan charge OF Jul2e
Nyle. Ihe other detendants' he says
must at once be brought 10 trial again, but
II Is scarcely possible Ihe prosecution would have
gon, TO pieces weeks ago anu verdict OF moi guilty
ottll hgy hrr o
press aud publIc ignorant OF the case. Respect
ing the alleged bribery Of the jury, Mir Wilson SAYS
nothing of the kind was attempted by any OF the
defendants, ana That II any bribery was attempted
IL was from Government bpOtters, who may have
endeavOTed to ascertain If any OF the jury were sp
lIOdCildUc.
NJ Henkle. OF counsel for Miner, one of the con-
weed men, SAID that the verdict was most eX-
fIaOId4uaTy one. IL l. beyond his conception how
the ur, could ind his client and kerdel guilty and
a tAe samc time disagree as to Brady's guilt TINS
result l. entirely naccountable, Mr. Henke says
several times. during the progress OF the tlIa held
that Brady was The KEY 10 the conspiracy, II tncre
one; and tnat there could have been no CON
Mr. Henkle thinks Judge Myhe viii hold
that the verdict is INCONSISTENT with ihe
theory of the case and Will set 1t aside.
Ar Henkle while holding that the evidence did not
iusufy "a verdict against any of the defendants,
iAsIntaiHs hat verdict OF guilty against all would
have Oern consistent with the testimony.
Jonu B. Mccarthy one OF the jury sald tonight
that himself, and, Ia TACT maJOnty Of the Jurors,
were not Dy any means hdtlsDcu WIN Tue htId!C..
lie ana eignt other jurors yOte from hrt 10 last 10
convict those Of the defendants upon whom the jury
uIs"gree. there was he sayS,but very Irtle change
III the ballots from INST to last. those jurors
favored conviction Ot all of the dcfeudantS except
iug Turner, were convinced OF their gull aud
would noi change their votes because they had con-
sacrrd The well before arriving at tins conclu-
s!On. aud those WHO NU,ed for acguIttal used th.
most subtle arguments IN support OF their decI-
zion and would not yield.
TIE PROCEEDINGS IN COURT
WASHINGTON, Sept. IA large crowd
thrungcd the cOurtroom this morning a o'clock