The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-25
THE UNFORTUNATES.
-. star.ROute Jury. Who have Stood
lev the Strain
a, Windy and Wordy War Without
VI Weakening.
inscription of Twelve Immortals.

,,-asrondent of the Cleveland Leader
',,n, from Washington says: Here Is the
~ chosen by American justice to judge a
I involving governmental questions
"a .osting in fees over a half million
rto try. Such ajury! A set of men
I'm YOU would hardly set to manage a
mil certainly not ifthe machinery was
'.u;n,ricate. Coarse.featured, low browed
..dncstel, yulgar-faced men, they looked
Though they had never read a news pa
and had never owned an honest opinion.
If them are chewing tobacco, and their
,,w. are moving up and down in unison
r;,b those of Jerry Wilson, who is now ad-
S,sssng them. One OF them in the back
u,si il asleep, and fly is crawling on the
rpderlip oihis wide-open mouth. Most
l.,ns rest are leaning back in their chairs,
md six jurors have their chairs resting on
twolegs.
,.a most respectable looking part Of the
. ms They are better dressed. They
i,roted cleaner, and as rule, they pay bet,
~. attention. than their white brother. One
"r,hese negroes-the third from the left on
bsbsck row-looks as though he might be
mll.blooded African. His skin is as
SlsrS as cake of stove polish, and it shines
Nth the same metallic sandy lustre. His
bair il short and woody, his forehead low,
his face narrow, aud his eyes black. He is
MT fat, wears white collar, and looks re-
Negro No. . sits next to him. He is q
uulatto, His skin is of n sole-leather vel
IoV and his face is rather inclined to the
csncssian. His hair has hardly curl,
and he probably takes alter white father.
M is not so clean looking as No. l. His
f,sved shirt-band around his thick, fat
neck has no collar attached to it, and is
decidedly dirty.
Negro No. is also mulatto, but he
links DIV no means intelligent. His fea-
tnres follow the thick-lipped, flat-nosed
African type, aud his color is a gingerbread
brown. He wears brown shirt and laughs
GOOD deal as he looks over the conrt
room.
Negro No. sits on the front row. He Is
the best.looking man on the Jury. His
features take after those of Senator Bruce
but his color is darker, and they lack the
Intellectual cast of the senotor's. No. 4 has
shigh, broad forehead, iet-black eyes and
round, lull cheeks. He is as well.dressed
as any man on the jury, and his blue fan
mel shirt and white collar become him well
The two best-looking white men in the
stsr.route jury lit at the two ends of the
first row. That on the right facing the Judge
iss lean, hatchet-faced man of fifty.five
with iron-gray wniskers, a lean nose
blue, eyes and an expression
which reminds one Of the resigned
look Of a ssnctitied deacon mixed with tina
ofs village grocer. The man on the Other
end looks a little like General Sheldon, nov
Governor Of New Nexico-a rough lookinl
fellow with long black beard, mixed witt
threads Of gray, and rosy face. He is moi
sdilettante fellow and doesn't care for an
pearances. He leaves his vest entirely un
buttoned and at this moment he has pulled
up his shirt in front so that it looks like
balloon with the wind half exhausted.
The two men on the back row are bru
nettea and blonde. Brunette sits at the left
Hair JET face lean, forehead low and narrow
jaws big and continually moving, chew
tobacco continually, and spends more tim
in looking at the water-cooler than at tn
speaker.
The blonde is OF a warm temperament
He sweats continually. He also chews, an
spltS twice to brunette's once. Blonde ha
sraw-colored mustache, which makes
halt crescent over his mouth, running to tn
bottom of his chin. His hair is short, hi
ears large, and he wears fiashy shirt pi
and two big rings.
The man next to this gentleman look
ikea bruiser. He has short hair, clipped
IN fact, close to the scalp. His forehead
high enough, but his general aspect
neither intelligent nor winning. He yawr
great deal, and his favorite position
lying back in his chair, with his feet on th
noor' and his head against the wall. He
about 30 years old.
Ihere are only three men left. They s.
together in the front row. The first Is a
ordinary looking man of twenty five, weal
mga bunch of lilac in his button. hole. Th
Hext Is older and looks like misar
,thrOpe, and the last is white man so We
low that he might be cassed with the N,
groby his side. He is an old man, at lea.
ns mar IS growing gray, bat it is straight
suu MS features are decidedly Caucasian
Snch is the jury of the star-route tria
sucl Is the jury TO which speeches of seve
usys length are made. Such is the jur
wnO eighteen hours out of the twenty ou
where they please and talk with whor
taey please, when on their decision depen(
the late OF millionaires and the purity
the government.
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