Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-03
WEALTHY sTARROUTE JURORS.
Building Houses and Taking Trips to
Summer Resorts on Their Savings.


1t has been quietly whispered about
here for day or two that there were in
dlcatiOns that several of the star route
jurors had more substantial reasons for
their verdict for the defense than those
presented in open court by the attorneys
ON that side. The story was that Juror
HOrigan, who il will be remembered WAS
the last 10 consent to a verdict of acuuit-
tai, has been led to suspect that there
were arguments which he did not hear.
and that the effects of these arguments
are visible in the sudden improvement
IN circumstances on the part of several
iurymen.
called on him to-day to ask him i'm a
general way about the reports. and found
him very willing to talk. He had Just
finished his weeks work at his black
smithing shop, and had dOtfed his Ieatbern
apron, paid his assistants and was about
To- 20 home
Il have daughter" he said, "'whO is
quite delicate, and it is pleasure to me
to be with her and to do all can to make
her comfortable"
do you hear much said of the star
route trial, Mr.. HOriganT'
Not very much,' he answered, s1and
as | heard nothing else for six months. |
am rather glad of a restin that direction. =
Have you had any reason since the
case ended TO doubt the justice of the YER
dict:r
well, l don't know about that" he
said, uneasily, as he began to walk back
and forth across the floor of his shop. Il
heard nothing which had any such effect
till quite recently. l was the last man to
consent to the verdict, you know. There
were three of us who voted for conviction
at first. Some things that l have heard
and some that have been said to me GER
tainly do sound little queer"
''Eor instance, l was on the boat going
down the river the other day, and man
who said he was in the employ of Dorsey
came to me and began to talk.
"'1 our name is HOrigau,' he said, isn't
it!' | said yes, that it was.
'''Well,' he said. you are not very
bright Cr you might have done a good deal
better than you did on the star route
jury
" How so" L asked; 4 don't under
stand yOu.'
"'Why,' said he, you might as well
have made couple of thousand out of it
as not
I'm what way?' asked.
"'Well,' he said, If you hadn't been so
hard TO approach you might have made
money out of it,
i pressed him for more details, but he
suddenly shut up with the remark that
he had said too much already. | was
unable to get anything more from him."
Have you seen any indications of a
sudden accession of wealth among the
members of the jury"
"Well, some rather curious circum-
stances have come to my knowledge.
hear that one colOred man, who was
day labOrer and was supposed to be with
out anything, is now prepared to build
him a house. How he could be able to do
this out of his salary as a Juror / don't
see."
'What did the jury get?''
''ErOm s. to $40 week apiece. The nav
was 81 a day, and some weeks we sat four
days and some five.
''Then, too, | have observed that some
Of the jurors, who were so hard run that
they had to draw their salary as Jurors
every few days, are now able to 90 off to
summer resorts and indulge in prOtracted
sprees, all Of which cost more than men
without means can afford.
Il know that | lost nearly 81 900 in nv
business by my connection with the Jury,
and l don't exactly understand how
others could feel very rich over it,
Mr.. HOrigan said i'm the course of the
conversation that he knew he was fol-
lowed and watched during his connection
with the trial, though for what purpose
he did not know. He is very much dis
turbed because OF the course of certain
papers in alluding to aim as a drunkard.
They cOnfound HIM with Vernon.