Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-15
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. ALL OP RMIyNOCENT. The Whole Star Route
 Crowd Acquitted. A SURPRISE TO THE COUNSEL. The Defendants and Lawyers
 Making Merry. THE AVENGER OF HIS FATHER. Young Mutt Still Locked Up in
 Jail.
THE AVENGER OF HIS FATHER.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

1 | Star Route Gang Acquitted-The Ver- l dict that Caused Genuine Surprise-A l Talk With Some of the JurOra-The De- fendants and Counsel Join in a Ban- | quet.
 1 WASHINGTON, June 1.-The Star route trial after seven weary months ended this | morning in clear verdict of acquittal, all the accused being pronounced not guilty. l The spectators came into court earlier than usual. The first to arrive as usual was John W. Dorsey, ''the crushed tragedian" of the ! defense. His brother Stephen W. Dorsey, who does not sleep well O nights, sat upon 1 the pavement in front of the saloon which is l the headquarters of the defense, waiting as all the rest were waiting. The wife of ex- l Senator Dorsey was the second person to | arrive, anxious to know the best or worst as soon as possible, and with her came the fam fly of Colonel Ingersoll. As the hour for re- assembling approached, Stephen Dorsey took seat in the ante room where he could hear the announcement from the jury.
 Promptly at 10 the court was called to or der. Brady entered as imperturbable as ever. At 1O:1O the jury entered, the sick juror, Vernon, looking quite fresh.
 Judge WyIie said 'tGentlemen, have you agreed upon your verdict?"
 Foreman Crane said: ''We have agreed on verdict.
 The clerk pronounced the usual formula, ''How say you ?"
 The foreman said: 'eNot guilty''
 There was scene in the court room such as is seldom witnessed. Mrs. Dorsey sprang to her feet and shouted wildly. The entire audience rose. The defendants broke down in tears. It was several moments be- fore the confusion was ended. Colonel In- gersoll rushed forward and shook hands with each of the jurors, first with Crane, the most intelligent man on the jury, who is of Mir. Ingersoll's own particular faith, or want of faith. The most affected of the defendants was the strong man Vaile, who bowed his head upon the desk and could not restrain his tears. Dorsey turned shade paler, the pallor being the more marked in contrast with the black goggles which he wore. Brady, calm and impurturbable, smiled ; beyond that there was no change in his expression. All the de- fendants were heartily congratulated by their friends and the ladies could not re- strain their exuberant enthusiasm. Brady first shook hands with Judge Wylie, and thanked him for his impartiality during the trial and the fairness of his charge. Outside the court room the scene was not less enthu- siastic. The defendants as they came out, one by one, were loudly cheered, the crowd open ing to allow the ladies to approach their car riages When the jury appeared there were renewed signs of approval and one enthusi- astic person on the dewalk raised his hat and shouted, ''Three cheers for Crane !" They were given loudly, with apparent sin cerity.
 Mr. Crane is possibly the only member of the jury capable of analysing the testimo- ny and considering the law points of this great case. It is understood that from the outset, during all the deliberations of the jury, he was 8 strong advocate of the theory that the charge of conspiracy Ioa1 han 1Qdn ont at all events. seemed to know who was their friend, for Vaile and Miner hastened through the crowd to grasp Crane's hand.
 From an interview with Foreman Crane and the other members of the jury it appears that when the jury first came to vote upon the question of conspiracy the vote stood nine against to three for finding verdict of guilty for conspiracy. The three voting for conspiracy were Green, Sheriff and Horri- gan. When the vote was taken on the ques- tion of the guilt or innocence of the indiyid- ual defendants, the jury stood nine for ac- quittal and three for conviction in the cases of all the defendants except Brady. Ir the case of Brady there were only two for conviction. These were cast by Sheriff and Horrigan. The Jurymen who at first voted for convlc- tion did not abandon their p ,sition until this morning. Foreman Crane said there was not one of the jury that believed word that Rerdell or MooreI said or much of what Marsh said. It was an improbable story that Marsh would allow Brady to take $25, ,000 in his notes from him and put them into his pocket and then part with him like philosopher. It was too absurd. A man of his kind If Brady should do such thing, was likely at least to sing out "Stop thief" The manufactured evi- dence, continued Mir. Crane, of course had a great effect on the jury, the Chico letter and other things. The jury felt that while there were undoubtedly some suspicious, there a4E G941avn nSv ooako of enough positive evidence to warrant break ing up five families. ''The jury was made up of better men than people thought. The colored men on the jury were four as clear headed men as ever saw. They had good memories and paid close attention to the evidence and arguments. They are very nice, substantial, sober, honest men. There were several of them that changed their opinion during the trial, men who started out with an opinion that the defendants were guilty. I did not know, how ever, how one of them stood un- somewhat. Those who voted for conviction did not go as supposed they were going, and those who voted for acquit tai did not vote as supposed"
 Juror Michael Horrigan was met in Judi ciary Square on his way home from the court house by reporter this morning, who inquired what his views of the case were. 1T have no views, , answered the juror, ''but if you have any questions to ask will answer them" Mir. Horrigan stated in an swer to the inquiries of the reporter that the first vote of the jury conviction. The three men who voted for conviction were Green, Sheriff and himself The next vote was two for conviction and ten for acquittal, MT. Green having gone over to the other side. "Mr. Sheriff and my self held out against the ten and early this morning I voted for conviction and Mir. Sheriff went over, leaving me alone for con viction I even held out soma time by my self, but finally concluded that eleven heads were better than one, especially when some of the otherswere educated and smart gentlemen. few minutes before we came into the court went over because l didn't feel like opposing eleven men. So gave the defend ants the benefit: of the doubt and voted for acquittal, but didn't look for such a yer dict in the case" MT. Horfigan stated that the night before last he did not sleep wink and he was very nervous and when he came Juror Vernon having the mania-a-potu or ''horrors," or whatever it was. Mir. Horrl- gan said he would not have had such a man on the jury for $5O0 if he could have pre- vented it.
 Mr. Merriek in an interview said he was much surprised and it was utterly impossible for him to conceive how the jurors arrived at their conclusion, but as he was counsel in the case he preferred not to comment upon the verdict. The other indictments against Brady and the case against Kellogg will be l prosecuted as if no Star route trial had been had. The Brady indictments yet remaining are based upon the same class of offenses, l but different routes from those involved in l the trial just closed. They are said by the | prosecution to be more distinct and definite 1 than the former indictments. These cases will not be tried, however, before fall.
 MT. Ker was the only member of the gov | ernment counsel present when the verdict l was rendered His face was imperturbable. l After the excitement he WAS asked, 'tDid the l government counsel not expect verdict7" ''Did not expect verdict, of course we did l not expect verdict of acquittal.
 The news of the verdict reached the de- | pertinent of justice shortly after 10 o'clock 1 this morning by telephone At the time the | Attorney General was in consultation with | Mr. George Bliss, When the news was an- nounced he said to Mr. Bliss, "What do you l think of that2' "I am astonished," was the l