The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-06-19
What Sedalia Lawyers Have
to Say Regarding the
Star Route Case.
They Are Almost Unanimous
in Giving High Praise
to Ingersoll,
While They Pronounce the Verdict
the Most Outrageous in
History.

Inc remarkable verdict rendered yeSter-
day by the jury in tn celebrated star route
case WAS the principal theme of converse
ton on the streets during the afternoon a I'D
evening, and all manner of opinions were
expressed as TO the rtsult. The BAZoo'S
bulletin board WAS eagerly read ana all the
particulars asked tor showing that no lit
tie interest was felt by democrats and re-
publIcans alike.
Desiring 20 ascertain how the legal fra
ternity took the verdict, reporter sought
several of the most prominent attorneys of
the city, and herewith presents the result
of his labors:
H. c. sINNETT.
My judgment is that it was a crooked
matter-ihat it was not the intention TO
convict from the start, but the prosecution
was all gotten up for bunct NIB. / do not
consider it any legal victory for Ingersoll,
because the whole thing was organized for
an acquittal, end Ingersoli was in full ac-
cord with the administration in the prose
cution. One of the jurors was drunk half
of the time, and Of course man in his con-
ditiOn was not proper person TO sit Oh a
case of such Importance. The trial was
farce from beginning to close.
JUDGE JOHN A. LACY.
Reporter-What do you think of the
verdict rendered by the star route jury,
Judge?
Lacy-Its an outrage on the people
the grandest farce in the history of crimi-
nal prosecutions.
Reporter-Do you consider it a big
feather in Ingersoll's cap, viewed from a
legal standpoint?
Lacy 1t certainly is; but do not care
to be interviewed further. Let's change
the subject What do you Think of the
Snoddy Lamm difficulty this forenoon?
The reporter remarked that he was on
the interview, but could not be interviewed,
SO hurriedly withdrew.
E. J. SMITH.
"What do you think of the star route
verdict, Mr.. Smith ?" asked the reporter.
Il am glad verdict of not guilty was
returned. The prosecution has been of the
most shameless character, and few crimi-
mails have ever been subjected to such in
dignities as Dorsey, Brady, ct ALL
do you attribute the result TO Bob In
gersolFs eloguence and the manner in
which he conducted the defense?"
I'm great measure, yes. 1t is a huge
victory for Ingersoll, and /, for one, am
glad he was successful"
G. w BARNETT.
When this gentleman was approached he
said he had not formed an opinion such as
a lawyer would have i'm a case in which he
had carefully weighed the evidence. From
what he had re~d, however, it was his
opinion that verdict of guilty should
have been rendered, and had the defense
been conducted weakly such would un-
doubtedly have been the result. He
thought the defendants should be thankful
that Ingersoll was their leading counsel,
for the verdict was largely due to the able
manner in which he had made the most of
a very bad case.
CAPT. L. L. BRIDGES
When asked what he thought of the yer.
dict rendered, Capt. Bridges sad:
Il have expected Just such verdict ever
since l read the charge of Judge Wylie to
the jury. The result is due more to the |
atmosphere surrounding the trial than to
the eloquence of Bob Ingersoll, although ii |
must be universally conceded tn he ham
died his case in truly able manner"
SIS the verdict a justs.one ?"
"The jury have proclaimed mot guilty. /
and l am not prepared to take issue with |
them"
CHARLIE YEATER.
"Don't il beat h-ades :" remarked Char
lie Yeater, when Intercepted as to what he
thought of the verdict.
"It viii make votes for the democracy in
the next campaign" he continued, $50 that
some little good is certain to come out of
the trial."
'sThen you think a verdict of guilty
should have been returned ?" queried the
reporter.
Eyes, indeed; and do not see how twelve
men could ever agree on any other yer.
dict"
"Do you credit Ingersoll with bringing
about the result?"
without doubt he is entitled to no
little credit. the press of the country has
been against him In the defense of the star
reuters. but Bob got more than even by
winning the jury over 10 him. Deserve
credit +? Well. should say So"
GEO. p. B. JACKSON
Mr.. Jackson had not learned of the yer.
dict when the reporter found him at his
office, and when told, merely as a joke,
that the defendants had been found guilty
and their term of Imprisonment fixed at
ninety nine years in the penitentiary, at
hard labor, an exclamation of surprise es-
,aped his lips.
A minute later he was informed of the
rue verdict, when he said it was nothing
more than he had anticipated. He thought
President Arthur's .eloquence had done {
more to bring about verdict of not guilty ,
han anything that Mr.. Ingsrsoll had said S
,r done. He did no. think the famous inf
del great lawyer-in fact, was of the
opinion that there were many better in the 9
and. While Ingersoll had been studying
Moses Mistakes other lawyers had been :,
'eading up in their profession, hence were
better posted than Bob and more competent
o handle case of the magnitude OF the I
tar route.
Mr.. Jackson felt certain, in his own mind,
hat conspiracy existed, and Brady, Dor
ey, eli al. were as deep in the mud as some
IF the contractors were in the mire.