The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-06-22
END OF THE sTAR-RoUTE TRIAL.
"Not Guilty. the Verdict Rendered by the
Star-Route Jury-Scenes in the Court
Room.

any communication to make to the Court"
said Judge Wylie to the crier, when the
Criminal Court hearing the Star-route cases
reassembled yesterday morning. Crier
Donaldson soon returned with message
that the jury desired to communicate with
the Court. They filed into the courtroom,
apparently none the worse for their confine-
ment. When they were seated, Judge
Wylie said: Gentlemen of the jury, the
Court has sent for you for the purpose of
inquiring whether you have any communi-
cation to make"
The foreman, in reply, stated that the
jury had agreed upon verdict, and pain
full silence fell upon the courtroom, only
to be broken by wild shouts of applause,
when, in a clear tone of voice, the foreman
stated that the verdict was g not guilty."
Immediately the decoTum of a court of
justice was forgotten, and cheers resounded
from all quarters of the crowded room.
Mrs. S. w. Dorsey sprang to her feet,
clapping her hands, while tears streamed
down her cheeks, and there were many la
dies in the COURTROOM who were silently
weeping.
Mr.. Davidge quietly asked to have the
verdict recorded, which was done, while the
Deputy-Afarshals were vainly endeavoring
to quell the tumult. t i@
S. w. Dorsey and General Brady were
the recipients of warm congratulations, and,
as they left the courtroom, they were greet
ed with renewed cheers by the crowd in
front of the City Hall. aait1
4 When order had been somewhat restored
by reason OF the defendants and their friends
leaving the room, Judge Wylie turned to
Juror Vernon, and asked: $ Mr.. Vernon,
how are you this morningw .s~...i fs3
Juror Vernon-First rate, sir. M
The Court believe we have nothing
further for the jury to do during this term,
and the Court is prepared to discharge you
finally. You have had a laboIious task to
perform in this case. You have been more
than SIX months engaged in this trial. Many
of you have occupations of your own
which you have been obliged to neglect dur
ing that period, and, though your verdict of
course will create dissatisfaction to many, yet
having been selected according to the forms
of law, and having sworn to perform your
duties faithfully, the Court is bound to- pre-
sumo that you have faithfully performed
your duty. If you have done so, each one
according to the dictates of his conscience,
that will be satisfaction to you as long as
you live. You are therefore discharged
with the thanks of the Court. e
Information gathered from members of
the jury discloses the fact that several in
formal votes were taken in addition to those
already recorded. A vote or the question
OF the innocence or guilt of all the defend
ants excepting Brady stood nine for acquit
tai and three for conviction the latter vote
being cast by jurors Horrigali, Sheriff and
Green. In Brady's case the jury stood ten
to two in favor of acquittal, the two mega
tive votes being cast by Horrigan and Sher-
If. Of the jurors who voted for acquittal
Evans, Loway, Gill and Reshaw gave as
their reason for voting in that way that they
filled f. find hT nrnA nro Hf SerG %o
at first voted for conviction, said that in the
minds of some Of the jurors there was a
| doubt as to the Innocence of the defendants,
but after a long deliberation the jurors felt
it to be their duty to reserve that doubt in
favor of the defendants. He thought that
if the Government, with all its power, in
six months trial could not convict man,
said the extreme length of the trial, the
large amount of oral testimony and the
documentary evidence in the case, and the
long arguments of counsel seemed to have
| had the effect of befogging the minds of the
| jurors so that they found it difficult mat
| ter to reach anv firm and fixed conviction.
None of the Government counsel ex-
pressed any surprise at the verdict. Mer-
rick sarcastically remarked that they had
| been informed authoritatively by counsel
for the defense what they might expect.
GAS to Rerdell, y said Bliss, Njustice, as
well as the technicalities of the law, re-
| quired Government counsel formally to move
that his plea Of guilty be set aside and he
| be released"
Ex-senator kellogg and George Brady
will ON Monday next be called upon to plead
| to indictments in their case. 1t is not prob
able the trial Of the Kellogg and Brady cases
will take place before next autumn, as
| precedence will be given to cases of local
importance.
The news of the verdict reached the De
partment of Justice shortly after ten o'clock
in the morning. At that hour the Attorney
/ General was in consultation with George
| Bliss. 4 asG @0 ua f
''What do you think of that T' Brewster
asked his Lieutenant.
81 am astonshed," was Bliss reply. 81
thought some of the jurors might get mud
died on the conspiracy question, but did
not anticipate acquittal." "a"
t'Well,'' said the Attorney General, "that
settles it. When twelve men agree the mat
ter is settled. / feel satisfied the Govern
ment has presented the case in the best pos
sible manner" @ f5ft
Bliss said he would not have been sur
| prised at disagreemeht-th in fact he haG
been of the opinion that the jury would
stand about nine for conviction and three
for acquittal.
4 4I5 af NEW YORK. June Is.
Ex-Postmaster-G General James manifested
some surprise when he heard the verdict
81 am no longer a public man." he said
"and since my retirement have refused t.
take part in discussion of the Star-routt
cases. have not said anything even wher
/ have been abused by those men. The time
will come, I suppose, when shall have
something to say. Now you must excuse
4 me-" 3a - 3Saf 5!
NEW YORK, June IS.
The World (Democrat): The false yer
dict rendered by the jury in the Star-ro 3tt
! prosecution is more than a failure of justice
IL Is puDl1c Calamity w e nave all dlOllt
looked upon the prosecution as a sham ant
a fraud. nIf a er84 sGE
The Sun Independently: We see no rea
son to suppose that the verdict Of acquitta
was secured by wrongful means. One man
or two men, or three men might be bribed
/ but not whole jury. In our opinion it i
not necessary to impute folly or knayerI
either to the Judge or to the jury in orde
to explain the escape of the Star-route de
PENDANTS. We believe they have been abb,
prosecuted and fairly tried.
The Tribune (Republican): A verdic
of mot guilty" following the confessions o
RerdelI and the array of cumulative evidence
of a conspiracy, so far from raising a pre-
sumption of the innocence of the accused o
satisfying the public that the evidence wa
defective, will be thought only to show tina
corruption and ignorance have combined t
do a perfect work.
ff WASHINGTON, June 15
e The Eue1ai1lg Star says editorially: Tn
verdict Of acquittal rendered by the jury ii
the StaT-route case was unexpected, thougl
it was supposed probable there would be
disagreement upon conviction. While tn
verdict is in the nature of a surprise the re
suit does not justify any censare Of the jur.
as having acted otherwise than concien
tiously IN their conclusions.
$50 ST. LOUIS June H.