Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-03-21
The Acquitfal Of Dukes.
CONTINUED PUBLIC EXCITEMENT -
TIE JURORS DEkIDED AND HlsSrD
STRONG stNTIMt NTs EXPRESSED
AT AN INDIGNANT N MEETING.

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STRONG stNTIMt NTs EXPRESSED
AT AN INDIGNANT N MEETING.
A telegram from Uniontowp, Pa.
says The exciten. ent to-day ov,r the
ncqu;llel Of Dukes Of the murder OF
Capt. 4. e.. Mutt is as intense as ever
and was manifested by the demonstra-
tons at the meeting tonight. Ihe
jurors, when they made their appear
ance on the streets this morning. were
publicly Kissed and booted at from
every corner. TIE populace yelled as
zach juror appeared. Tar and feather
him." Hit him with brick" Ride
him on o rail-" and other terms ex
rressivc Of indignation and contempt.
They left town as coon as they could
get away, some Of them going through
hack streets and alleya. Dukes has
not been seen aimee the verdict was
announced, and it IS understood that
he las gone to the home Of his mother,
in GermanlownShip.
AT er q procession Ihl ough the streets
headed bv band of music. an immense
meeting Of the citizens was held too
night in the School Hall 10 give ex
preston to the public scniiment touch
ing The scqmttal OF n. L. Dukes. The
hall would moi nearl, accommodate all
who de sired 10 attend. Everv promi
neni cllizcn in the town was present.
Captain John Biorer presided, and
large humber Of vice-presld' uts from
all parts Of tie county occupied the
platform. Speeches condemning the
action Of the jury in the strongest
terms and denounciug tie jurors as on
a par with tho assassin were made BY
Nathaniel Ewing, the Rev. n. z. Kerr
Of the Methodist church, G. H. Lv-
ings,ou, and Mr.. Bierer. In the course
of tie remarks. when the speakers
branded Dukes as a c0ld-hlooded MUIR
Gcrer Or denounced The jury as prrjured
and tempered with both before aud
after they were aworn, the audience
wildly arplauded, and many threats of
mob violence ~tIe made. Telegraphlc
dispatches from various parts OF the
State, Xp!esSing sympathy with the
otjtct Of tie meeting and denounciug
Dukes and lie jury, were read, aud a
cries OF resolutions couched In the
strongest language adopted.
Mr-. Nut, when she heard OF the
verdict, Tire up her hands aud sank
back into a chair as if astOnshed. Mss
Mutt remarked that since Dukes was
1ot to be hapged 1t was just a. Nell for
him 10 be acquitted, as size did not care
to see compromise verdict.
The Jury pledged themselves to 'ec-
recy, go that nothing is kuoSu as 10
their work in the jur, room, save that
on the first ballot they stood ten for
AGO nt;ll aud TWO for manslsuyhter.
DUKis AND HIS JURY.
Indignation against n. L. Dukes and
HE Jury which acquitted Tim OF the
murder OF Cap. y ut appears to be on
tie Increase in Z, nno l,aniI. It il
SAID be ~ill prepare q slaiemtnt for
publication, aud that until he has sten
what eG. CT this will have on the public
he will postpone attempting 10 taxa HIS
seat in the Safe LEGISLATURE. TIE
Philadelphia T!mes nrre-pcudcnt sa,s
Dukes Is disposed TO make the atte@pt
10 take his seat, and lhIt nothing but
ear If personal violeAce o. expulsion
~ Ill deter him. GA. o. his legal pric'
tee Dukes had accumulated $4,000,
but il is thought his defense viii cost
i'm $1,000. The Times c0Irespou-
d, ut also Gays the jIry really agreed
upon their verdict Oh the iouuh ballot,
IN t~tuiY miuut.s alter retlrl"g, but
remained out three hours lOng,r Tor the
sale If appearances. Ga Saturday
ri. ut large Indignation meeIlns "ss
held al COuuell,vllle. attended largely
by Leading clllzens, and resolutions
we're adopt strongly lebukiug the
,trd Ct oil The jury. Az Harrisburg NO
one seems 10 dvubL that There will DO
lwo.thirds voc Us The House 10 eY-
pei him Whenever he presents bimse Il
Tor admission. Al Reading the jury Of
a. ouiltal Was hanged in efliIy, aud 10
Pllsburg 4 movement is on foot 10 in
sti;uie proceedings against Dukes fo'
sending bis letters through tie mai s
under the statute prohibiting the trans
mission OF ob.cene literature. The
penalty is ten years 10 The peniteutiaty.
The rrpOrl that J. W. Amslong, one
Of the Dukes jurors, had been assaulted
is denied, though great Indignation WIS
fouorNs Lin,