Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-15

mutual congratulations. Out in the street
a crowd numbering two hundred or three
hundred persons had gathered, partly
out OF curiosity and partly to express
their sympathy with the defendants. They
cheered Col. 1ngersOll and the other coun-
sci, as well as the defendants and the Jury,
and called for speeches. Col. Ingersoll and
Messrs. Wilson and Carpenter spoke
briefly, denouncing the government for
It's tactics in the star route trials, euIo-
glzlng the jury which acquitted the de-
fendants, and cOngratulating the
latter and their friends. The
crowd indoors and out was
in full sympathy with the speakers.
Inside the house women waved their
handkerchiefs and clapped their hands in
applause. Messrs. Brady, j. w. Dorsey.
Miner and Vale mingled with the GROUPS
In Colonel lngersOlPs parlOrs and received
the congratulations of their friends. Mrs.
>. w. Dorsey, Mrs. Peck and halt dozen
other ladies, near relatives of the defend
ants, moved about, chatting and laugh
ing with their acquaintances. All
of the men who have been
prominent as sympathizers with the
defendants were present in the house,
and the crowd outside was made up of
people whose faces were conspicuous in
the court room during the trial. Col. In
gersolPs speech was short and vigorous.
He hailed the verdict of the jury as vic
tory for truth and justice, as a notice to
the administration that it could not ter
rorize jury byindicting iurymen, and a
warning to the President that he could
not force verdict by turning honest
servants out of office. Jere Wilson, also
OF the defendants counsel, spoke briefly,
congratulating those present on the cir
cumstances which brought them together,
xrbf flos,
gave that they approved what had been
done by twelve honest men of the District
of Columbia.
Mr.. Carpenter, another of the defend
ants counsel, spoke at considerable
length. He said that the occasion was
fraught with interest, not only to the de-
PENDANTS, but to the District of Columbia
and to the Government of the United
States. If the Government of the United
States continued to use means such as
were used in these trials to trample upon
the rights Of defendants, and to convict
them, whether guilty or not, a
free government could not be
said to exist. One thing, he said, was
stronger than this government or any
other, and that was the power of eternal
justice. The government had found out
that truth is OmnipOtent and public JUS
tice certain. The prosecution, he said, was
COuCelNeu Ill Il conspiracy Drought IOrJn
in perjury and sucked in falsehood. At
the conclusion of the speech making Col.
Ingersoll invited the crowd into the house
where liquid refreshments were served.
One of those who came into the house
was Juror Evans. He was seized by Mrs.
Dorsey and Mrs. Peck, who, linking arms
with him, enthusiastically escorted him
through the parlors, presenting him to
everybody as one of the twelve honest
men. After an hour or so of hand-shaking
the crowd dispersed.
Colonel Ingersoll, when asked by an
Associated Press reporter If he had any
thing to say about the verdict, replied:
''VictOry is the only revenge l want. l
think it is the most popular verdict that
has been given in this country for many
years.