National Republican., 1883-06-16

receive further instructions from the Judge, has
given rise TO much comment. II ~ De uuo tna'
lie was really on the verge Of delilium temens,
the question rises rs 10 the effect which that cir
cum,isnce htlcgitima,ely hare upon the yer.
dict that was returned some hours later, ana IN
which lie Joined. We need not however enter NJ
this time into sUAy speCulnuons on TINS sutlect. /
ond lasting over six mouths aud co'ung more |
than Il hundred thousand dollars, the Envern- |
mcnt has been bcateu, and tnito, That us deieal, |
IN spite of ali It's efforts tO convict, viii give point
aud siren. th to the opinion thai has long been |
prevalent that the government olmut invariably |
mils in It's efforts when it cndeNvoTs to brny 10 |
account through the courts OF the district either
individuals or combinations of men VINO have |
their headquarters at Washington, aud who are |
charged win mnlicasalce III Once or win plum
derig the treasury under cover Of law.
THE POPULAR VERDICT SAYS GUILTY,
Chicago Tribune
The verdict which hes heen found will satisfy
.he star route gang bu; II Will satisfy no one else.
TnUTo is uot II person Of intelligence in the cuun
try who has not believed them 10 be guilty from
the beginning, aud there is not person of iutelll-
gynco VINO does not believe them guilty now not
Jury TO the contrary. The populArNerdtct says
yu1ty. II IS unwrlten in the records of eourts
II Is based not upon long hnrangucs OF cunning
G mIscl but upon the testimony thal bears upon
the plain char. Z. has not been ctecled by lhe,
quib0les, prolen,escand delays of the h~' The
star routers VIII hnd IL diihcul to-get away. from
tnat verdict. IL cannot compel them to make rvs
uthtion OF their ill-gotlen gains. It cann.t IN.
prison them. But IL will follow them. Whenever
they come In contact with the people they viii
md that they have forfeited confidence aud that
no honest man trusts them
mot GUILTY"
Philadelphia Eucning Neir'.
The star route verdict was rendered this morn.
ing unl Is an mI,,tc tent conclusion 10 a long aud
expensive trial. Tic verdict is mot guilty This
viii he APT 10 lead " important results The pros
ccuting officers will feel the reflection and defeat
To which they are subject The policy OF the
prosecution from we outset VIII De seVereiy cnai
papers who have inspired proceedings will be
started. Brady aud Dorsey are hardly the men TO
sit down. after the assault on them, in quietneS
aud peace. At all events, n celebrated case is alb
rupuy aud ignominiOusly cndei.
EASY ENGLISH FOR PRACTICAL USES"
Phaddciphta ledger.
Put. in easy English the inquiry, "Do you
think Dorsey, Brady IL Co., one or all of thcm,
hwiudlei che government through the star route
tonltHcts, and how and who helped them?' the
way would not have seemed an iWpdsSC or bind
alley. The only way TO get through blind alley
j. 10 back out and tnat Is precisely what this jury
did. Finding the whole phraseolosy beyond
them, and fearing 10 entnngle themselves, they
retreated under cover OF mt guilty
"rHE NATIONS SHAME"
Phiadtiphia Times
The country ceased 10 hope for justice in the
late trial, when the character OF the jury was an
allied but II was not expected that even ar
route defiance of law and public sentiment would
extort an ucquittal. The admonition of the first
jury in the case, with It's members who defeated
a CONVICTION trembling in the climilal docE at
the possible consequences Of their disregard of
sworn duty, was believed TO be a protection
against such fagmnt miscarriage Of justice.
liut there has not merely been miscarriage of
justice; there has been total, revolutionary
overthrow OF justice, in the only place whore Il is
presumed that law is supreme and justice invio.
late. With one juror exhibiting rs drunken
maniac IN court just when the gravest duty was
TO be performed, ana with ignorance and neces.
sity fitting the jurors as body, for easy prey to
the desperate tempter 1t is not surprising, after
all, that verdict of acquittal has been demanded
by the contracting parties instead OF the equally
effective shield from puniShmont of disagreoig
jury. The public thieves who have shamed the
nation by the most gigantic rbbery and studied
perjury, have been as brave nnd desperate in cor
rupttng the channels of justice ns they were brave
forth WITH an acauta that fs ty mil millions @ of their
countrymen will declare lie and a consuming
reproach TO the republic.
THE STAR ROUTE FAILURE"
Philadelphia Press
The second star route trial. like the first, has
come to nothing. II was nearly twice as long as
its predecessor and more wearysome in its inter.
minabc details, though the first was dreariness
itself After three months of evidence and arsu-
city for discrimination left, even though their
mixed up verdict had to be set aside. The present
Dec. Dec l. ' '''- "'''H W 'O'''" '''D '''''' ''''''
One of them, Mr. Sheriff, undoubtedly describes
the case correctly when he says that the minis OF
the Jury were befogged,so that they were unable
to reach firm and 1xed9 g5nV Vittiou, Troy were
a thoroughly muddled Jury ;aifd the shortest aud
safest way out of the diihculty was 70 acquit !
hence the verdict Of Yesterday ", - ~
"THE STAR ROUTE VERDICT
Baltimore Day.
II is useless to comment upon the fact that the
foreman OF the jury was an infdel that another
was drnnkard VINO COZ, could n9t Keep sober even even
talking with Brady less than n week aco-the
magnitude ofthe precedent forbids consideration
OF the assistant law breakers who made IL. They
have established the fact that no man of high pO
siton who robs the government with liberal hand
can be convicted in Washington. IL the thieves
DOgitiOn
ishmcnt so long as the venue of the otfense must
be laid in the federal capital. II is true rings
formed for thievery, and whiChdid steal millions
from the government, have been broken up and
the members thereof semitic the penitentiary; but
the convictions occurred elsewhere the govern
ment was not compelled To submit its case TO u
Washington jury.
mot A SURPRISING RESULT"
Ne,g York Commercial Advertiser.
The verdict Of not guilty in the star route cases
vii not greatly surprise the public Adverse
judgment, owing to certain circumstances would
have suggested the dauger of another trial, with
its long drawn out aud wearisome details. The
result arrived at, then, will relieve the public,
that became convinced some time ago that con-
viction was almost impossible, The accused acted
under forms of law, and the first serious accusa-
tons against them were not only condoned by
congress, but, after examination, a demand for
S2,00OO0O additional for expedited" routes was
granted.
1T "srAGGERs THE MIND"
Albany Euenin9 journal
People generally, we take ii, will receive the
news with wrathful amazement disagreement
of public opinion was prepared for, ana convic-
ton would not have surprised deeply. But that
twelve men should be found VINO could listen tC
the overwhelming, positive mass of evidence ad-
duced against the prisoners and TO the judges di'
rect adverse charge, aud then mite 10 give then
clean bill of moral health, this does stagger the
mind.
"FLAGRANTLY OPPOSED To THE EVIDENCE"
Columbus DaRB Times.
The Jury in the star rOute-cases has returned m
Astounding verdict,
pected but that II is llagrantly opposed to all the
evidence that was twice massed together. Tha
testimony has been faithfully reproduced by the
press until II became monotonous In Its damning
conclusiveness ofguilt.
1T is "a SHAME"
Utica Observer
The triumph of tho rogues is a shame not only
to the Jury, and not only TO the community U
which such criminals and such jurymen form
part. but to the whole country.
"AcQUIrTAL OF THE STAR ROUTE ROBBERS.
Wheeling InieAigencer,
The trial by Jury has received some rude shocks
in our day, but none probably OF more deCide'
name of Justice yesterday at Washington city b.
a verdict OF not guilty" In the star route cases
STAR ROUTE ROBBERS FREE.
WheeiiHg Register
The great star route trial Is ended For sij
months "A Jury listened TO the evidcnce which wa
convincing enough tp meie cut some punishmen
I'll s. hut they turned n deaf ear, and amer culn
cool deliberatiOu tney returned Il verdict OF liu
guilty and the Longest most windy, and unju'
termination Of case that was over lried on u