New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-05

with names OF equally available men, ana TOUR
of these were called and seated. They listened to
the evidence and acquitted the guilty man IN spite
OF overwhelming proof In Gaze recently tried IN
Brooklyn, involving n quarter Of million
dollars, jury ixer' went about among the
panel, which unusually large, and boldly stated
that while the state paid juI9rs only y day the
THE TWEED JURY.
GLOW about the Tweed jury"
Tweed employed a man to fix the last jury
that tried him who had beer on a previous jury
which hung that is which could not agree. lie
gave this man very large amount of money. !
heard the sum stated at 100000 or ten thousand
for each juror He didn't secure a single man."
"Why not"
IL don't think he ever spent the money TO
begin with, but 1t was because he could
not. The whole case turned on the
securing of a jury in that case, for, OF
course, Tweed had defence aud in tho end
offered none. Panel after panel exhausted to
the number Of over 800 before an honest Jury was
obtained. As each panel was called after the first
one they had TO be investigated over night, and 9
large force of detectives were EMPLOYED in doing L..
number of officers were brought from Washing
ton, and still Others employed were young lawyers
of this city who were quietly engaged for the pur-
pose Each man had about three jurors to inyestl-
gate, and be had TO turn III his written report by
midnight 10 he entered up III that bOOk-the black
book" which SO puzzled Tweed and his counsel
during the trial as the opposing prosecuting lawyers
pOred over IL. Henry L. Clinton was the man who did
the work, and 1t was the information that he gave
the prosecution which decided them TO accept re-
Ject man. When the jury was empanellcd the de
tectIves guarded them from approach by Tweed 5
men, and the end was inevitable. Yet so com
Pletely was Tweed deceived that he believed until
the last moment that his money bad beon placed
where 1t would do the most good. In fact II never
left the pocket OF his - friend Harry until that
jury tiXer' died year or two LATER
Are there many Of these mont
The professional jury hxersT No There
isn't employment Tor many. but there are
,o trll.f iury ivIn
the bogus bond business ana with cOmpromis-
ing the numerous bastardy and other suits which
are brought hy direction OF the Commissioners OF
Emigration and Of Charities and Core cton, and
occasionally they furnish perJured evidence They
hangers-on Of the courts who pretend to ali IN
tluence with the judges, and, being occasionally
talking with them and their clerks and at
tendants, they impose the gulllble. Others are
negouators for bond-robbers and nearly all have
some sort of connection with the lottery and policy
business"
PROFESSIONAL JURYMEN.
"The same men appear on the Grand Jury term
after term ; how IS thatF
There professional jurymen, too. They are
half respectable men who have regular employ
ment. and get the Commissioner to draw them fire.
quently."
Is ii Lot all done by chancei'
"Chance If It is some persons chances are very
great. was present once III the office of promi-
ncnt ring city official whose trial Tor mlsdemeanOr
was shortly to come OFT He trying TO convince
Inc not only that no was innocent but that his in
dictment was most unpopular: indeed, shocking 70
the general public. lie handed me note, saying
that the writer totally unknown to him. IL
was an expression of the writer's belief IN tie
officials innocence, and his Indignation that an IN
dlctment should have been found. 1t was
signed by a very prominent eugneer-a professional
man OF high standing. too. Well the trial OF
that official came OF TWO months later, and by
one of the chances you aiiudr TO- that professional
gent leman was foreman of the jury, and he had
eleven associates who concurred with him III decar-
Ing the official innocent Ot course 1t was all
chance"
Is this done in both criminal and civil suits ~
More frequently III the latter. because few GRIM
iuals have money 10 spend on jury but you see
il done occasionally IN such criminal cases a l
have cited and IN the of rich muTderers. But
III the latter instances II Is usually the important
witnesses who are fixed, not the JURORS"
Is there no remedy for this =
Yes two. Abolish the jury system, or expose
the abuse OF the system By showing up any liuStra-
ton you of H."