The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-16
A SCENE OF REJOICING.
What Followed the Announcement of the
Verdict of the Jury.

Verdict of the Jury.
Special to st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The discharge of the jury was the signal
for rush of congratulatory spectators, and
each of the jurymen was subjected to a Wig
orous hand-shaking process. Mrs. Dorsey,
Mrs. Peck and Murilla Kicker, after standing
on chairs and screaming, laughing and Sob
bing alternately, somehow got out of the
crowd and organized an impromptu camp
meeting in the nearest corridor They sang,
cried and acted for all the world like de-
mented beings. Poor Ker, out of place in
such crowd got out also and slipped quiet
ly away, while informer Rerdell sneaked off
by a side door and hurried down to Mer-
rick'g office, to bear the evil news. The
crowd then poured pell-mell into the street,
still shouting and throwing up their hats,
some of them without knowing what it was
all about, but catching the enthusiasm by in
fection. Across the street to 1.-The Hole in
the Walr' they ran quickly, jamming
the bar-room. Upstairs sat ex-
Senator Dorsey. He was neither blind
to the situation nor deaf to the ringing
cheers. Calling to the proprietor he ordered
free entertainment, solid and liquid and in
very short time the scene of enthusiasm and
excitement was changed into one of drunken
revel Meanwhile Mrs. Dorsey ana two or
three other ladies got up stairs, and, having
exhausted their lungs, fell to kissing. Mrs.
Kicker threw her arms about Dorsey's neck
and gave him such smack that it started
the street-car horse outside, and for a
moment the Senator must have been sorry
he wasn't convicted. Bob Ingersoll. like the
good husband in the books. kissed his own
wife until her eyes sparkled with pleasure
Bob cried, Miner sobbed, Vale fairly bub-
bered, and, taken all in all, a right round
quantity of tears were shed in and about the
courthouse to-day. This afternoon the de-
PENDANTS enjoyed an ovation wherever they
went. Brady, in front of the Western
Union telegraph Office, was surrounded
by friends who congratulated him
on the successful issue of the trial. Brady
looked smilingly happy, and held his head
up like man who was no longer hunted
Bob Ingersoll, surrounded by his wife and
beautiful daughters, in his library held an
informal reception. Jerry Wilson, with a
cigar as big as his leg in his mouth, stood
comfortably around with his hands in his
pocket. Dorsey soon shook off his admirers
and went home with his wife. The rest of
the counsel for the defense we're equally
sought. Only the lawyers for the govern
ment were nowhere to be seen. Attorney
general Brewster shut himself up and de-
MED access to newspaper men. Ker took
the afternoon train for Philadelphia Mer-
rick sat gloomily with Rerdell in his inner
office, on f street. Bliss could not be found
for some time, and when he was he had
nothing to say except that twelve men disa-
greed with the government in this case. The
fact is, the lawyers for the prosecution knew
beforehand what the verdict was likely to
be; that they had no case on which to base
belief of conviction, and for this reason
were not on hand at the City Hall, and ex-
pressed no surprise at the result. Thus end
eth the second lesson.
Among the kilograms received by General
Brady was the following, signed by over one
hundred citizens of Delaware county, Ind:
Your neighbors and friends at your old
home congratulate you on the verdict OF
acquittal. Your honor and integrity have