River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-06-21
JUSTICE INsULJED. -
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 m Ike to the court, "
| said Judge Wylie to the crier when the GRIM
| inal court at Washington hearing the star
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 couit ROOM APP
parently none the worse for their contne-
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
maze" The foreman in reply stated that
| the jury had agreed upon a verdict, and a
| painful silence tell upon the court room,
| only to be broken by wild shouts of APP
| plsuse, when in clear toned voice the fore
| man stated the verdict was mot guilty."
| Immediately the decorum of the court OF
| justice was forgotten, and the cheers re-
sounded flom all quarters of the crowded
room.
Judge Wylie sat dignifed, but apparently
dazed by the announcement ofthe foreman,
since he made no effort to chez the tumult
| about him. For few minutes the noise was
| so great as to ender it impossible for any
| thing like orderly proceedings. Many Oft ne
adherents OF the defense were present, and
| the discharge of the jury was the signal of a
| rush ofcongratulatng spectators Mrs. Dor
sey, Mrs. Peck aud 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 a throng of interested persons,
prominent among them being the defend
ants and Mrs. S. w. Dorsey and Mrs Peck,
who thanked them Tor 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
stree to 1.-THE hole in the wall" Up stairs
sat Dorsey. Calling to the proprietor he
ordered tree 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. Ingersoll cried, Miner
sobbed, Vale fairly blusbered, end taking
all in all a 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 all,the newspapers that have called
him thief. The press and the people gem
orally accept the result as inevitable without
much indignation or curiosity. A few re.
gard it as a vindcatiou 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 as the
administration of the post office department
under Brady.