The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-06-22
JUSTICE INsUL TED.
The Star Route Jurors Come in
With the Surprising Verdict Of Not
Guilty.

The Star Route Jurors Come in
With the Surprising Verdict Of Not
Guilty.
"You can ask the jury whether they have
any communication to make to the court, II
said Judge Wyliet to the crier when the Grim.
inal court at Washington hearing the sta,
route case reassembled the 18th. Crier Don.
aldson soon returned with message that
the jury desired to communicate with the
court They filed into the court room, ap.
parently none the worse for their contine.
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 communication to
make" The foreman in reply stated that
the jury had agreed upon q verdict, and q
painful silence ltell upon the court room,
only to be broken by wild shouts of ap.
plause, when in clear. toned voice the fore.
man stated the verdict was mot guilty."
Immediately the decorum Of the court oil
sounded from all quarters of the crowded
room.
Judge Wylie sat dignifed, but apparently
dazed by the announcement of the foreman,
since he made no effort to checx the tumult
about him. For few minutes the noise was
so great as to tender it impossible for any,
thing like orderly proceedings. Many of tae
adherents OF the defense were present, and
the discharge of the jury was the signal of a
rush of congratulahng spectators. Mrs. Dor
sey, Mrs. Peck and the Misses Kicker, after
standing on chairs and screaming, laughing
and sobbing alternately, somehow got out
of the crowd and organized an impromtu
camp meeting in the nearest corridor. They
sang, cried, laughed like demented beings,
In the ante-rooms and halls the Jury was
beset by throng of interested persons,
prominent among them being the defend
ants and Mrs. S. W. Dorsey and Mrs. Peck,
who thanked them for the verdict with tears
in their eyes. As the foreman reached the
sidewalk large crowd assembled there burst
into tumultuous cheers, which were renewed
as each juror made his way out Of the court
house.
The crowd then poured pell-mell into
the street, still shouting, and ran across the
street to "the hole in the wall" Up stairs
sat Dorsey. Calling to the proprietor he
ordered free entertainment, solid and liquid,
and in very short time a scene of enthusi-
asm and excitement followed. Meanwhile
Mrs. Dorsey and two or three other ladies
got up stairs, and having exhausted their
lungs fell to kissing. Ingersol cried, Miner
sobbed, Vale fairly bluhbered, and taking
all IN al! right round quantity OF tears
was shed in and about the court house. In
the afternoon the defendants enjoyed an
ovation wherever they went.
There is'talk of pushing the other indict-
ments and bringing civil suits, but it will
probably amount to nothing. Dorsey talks
Of suing allIthe newspapers that have called
him thief. The press and the people gen.
orally accept the result as inevitable without
much indignation or curiosity. A few re-.
gard it as vindication OF the purity Of the
star route martyrs. The general drift OF
opinion, however, is that the administration
of justice in Washington is as rotten Jas the
administration of the post Office department
under Brady.