Daily Republican., 1882-01-28
ABOUT THE JURYAEN.
now They COnscionti"usly Per.
formed Their Duty.

A special despatch from Washington
says: Marshal Henry, being asked /
he thought the jury had been tanpere'
with said: 81 believe that every re
quirement Of the law has been complied
with. Three faithful men have beel
with the jury every day since they
were sworn. believe that it was i'm
possible for any one to tamper with tht
jury. In fact, the jury are good men
Its members are we'll known and re-
spected There is not u man of the
number that wonld permit u person to
approach him about the cas-.
Mr.. Scoville himself said he was sat
isfied with the jury aud was even viii.
ling to let the members 90 home with
out tho company of an officer, AZ he
had 80 much confidence in their integ.
rity' Judge Cox, if you remember, or
dered the jury to report any person
who attempted to talk with them upon
the case. They did not report any one,
for there has been no occasion tor them
to 90 10. venture to say that there
never was jury confined TOR this
length Of time go carefully guarded.
The jurors are good men, and don't
believe a word OF the allegations of Mr..
8coville." Ceputy Marshal Williams,
who has charge Of the Courtroom and
tho ministerial business of the office,
says: 81 endorse every word of Mar
shal Henry. This jury has no. been
tampered with. 1t il astonishing, how
ever, that the members of the jury
were able to 60 through their siege of
n a i
ing seriously i'll. Mr.. WormIey, the
celored member, was sick at one time.
Mr.. Hobbs los. his wife, but none were
seriously i'll. 1t would be hard to select
twelve men Of your acquaintance, and
Of the same age as these jurors, without
some one OF them getting sick IN eleven
weeks. | was apprehensive leso some
one would get i'll and the trial have to
be abandoned
lam aatistied the jury was not tamper-
ed with. They were in charge OF Captain
Custis, Mr.. Fred Douglass, Jr., and
Mr., Sear.e-tnree as good, reliable 9th.
GERS AZ we have. | don't believe one
word of this story
Mr.. A X. Searl being askel If there
was any truth in Mr.. Scoville's charge
that the Jury had been tampered with
or allowed to read newspapers, said:
"rhere is not word of truth in it.
| deny it emphatically. They had no
new spapers during the trial. AT least
such was the case whenever | was with
them. think the whole charge with
out any foundation whatever. We
were very careful to see that the jury
complied with the instructions OF the
Judge"
Captain Curtis said $50 far as |
know the charge that the jury was eth
or tampered with or read newspapers
is entirely false. know that it is GER
tainly false that the jurors or any men-
Der bad any communication OF an ille-
gal kind with strangers Such could
not have occurred without my know
ing Of it, OF course persons with whom
we were not personally acquainted, but
who were known to the Jurors, were al
lC wed to see jurors on business matters
These interviews took place in the
presence of officers, and at no time did
any one ever mention the caSe. III
fact the jurors, even if they had desired
to talk about the case, would not have
been permit, d to do so. ... .. -@ -.
Tne Jurors were not even allo Sed to
chat with these parties, wac came to
see them on business. Sometimes
meu. bers OF their family would come
with change of clothing, but the
meetings were always in the presence
of the officers. There was no crnversa-
ton or remark about the trial In order
to guard against any error, | made 1t II
point to See that strangers did not leave
any papers. Whenever | found paper
burned it. The story, | think, is with.
out foundation" Mr.. John ?. Hamin,
foreman of the jury, also denies the
charge. He says: "None of us read or
saw newspaper the whole time we
were there. There is no ground for this
statement. | am sure no juror WAS
tampered with, and am at loss to
know why such an accusation Is to be
made, but think | can account for the
cause CT it. The deputy marshal who
kept watch at the door would read IA
ne ewspaper. He was on the outside OF
the room and not aJuror ever read or
attempted to read the paper, nor did
any one ask him what was in the pa.
pers. Persons passing the room and
seeing the officer with paper may
have taken him for a juror, conse.
quently some one being impressed with
the belief that he had seen a juror read.
ing a newspaper gave information to
Mr.. Scovile. The story is too silly to
require contradiction.