Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-11
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To Our Fslio~ Cffix<ss. We a.. coo.
strained 10 give this open statemsut q
vlndlc1te our integrity. aisintereeted.
nees Euo eousc1entiousneas. A 4 shaaou
OF renscsion and doubs has been imrlied
on sne same, and an explanation beino
asked Of a. repeatedly, IL 10 our duty to
R7ve sne plain facts il the interest az
yusfsce and truth, and all Who rad NAV
oe judges Of the same. To re brief and
| 20 the poiuf
We were jurors on the smuggling case
OF the Ions Fisherman. When choeer.
We bad no knowledge Of the case nor
interest IN she parties concerned, never
having seen the principals. Il vas
prosecuted With much viRor. and every-
thing brought 20 bear 70 secure couyic-
ton. The 6fsf. intimafion that there
was 10 be q conflict vas when the festi-
mony vas all IN for the prosecution.
and Mr. Haines had opened for the de-
fense az to what be should show for the
defense. A We left the court room for
the night, on the stairs going down one
Of the jurors said " They will mot Get
sf. | will hang the jury forty Int
hours first, y implying that their defence
would be Of no avail TO him. One near
him told him 20 keep still, an some one
would hear him.
when the case was called and the jury
gone 20 their roon 10 decide, the first
ballot gave eight for guilty and -four for
not guilty, these four being Arnes,
Lndlow. Wood and Kidd. On the next
ballot Mrs. Ludlow. seeing herself in
the minority, changed TO The majority.
Peroeising that things had come to q
standstiii, Mrs. Ludlow gave us a lectur-
ing Discourse, winding mp With saying:
Nov We will advise with our brothers
and be guided by their Judgment, as
they have more experience and are bet
Ter informed and can show us the
right To this Mrs- Kidd imnediately
replied that she Was capable of judging
and deciding for herself and should not
look to the dictnm Of the men; then
stating how her conclusions were made,
VIZ: That when the testimony was ali
in and that part OF the case finished.
which was saturday night, the thres
days Intervening Of the intermission Of
court had been all occupied in review
ing and Weighing the testimony of the
case all 10 herself, and her mini was
made MP. This brought out the charges
of illegality, contempt and fraud, Mr..
Jones saying that juror had NO right
to an opinion until the Judges CHARGE
was given TO them. To this ahe replied:
Il know what II necessarily must be,
the Law has been read to rs often
enough" But this act of thinking for
oneself was the occasion Of threats of
being reported, punished, complained
of, which were carried ont. Thea Mrs.
Ludlow made the liberal remark that IL
was too weiehty charge and too re-
sponsibie q position for women TO have,
and she hoped II would be the last time
women would be on juries.
We gave al our reasons for not agree
ing with the majority, THAT the prose
cution did not establish clear proof !;
that 1t Was circumstantial, and base /
on suspicion but one boy testified 10
its being the Lone Fisherman, and that
was unsatisfactory, especially as be
failed 10 identify persons or the boat"
Others might stretch their conscience
to convict on that kind of testimony,
bat We could not be so elastic on such
himsy testimony.
After supper Mrs. Ludlow brought in
q bed from the Clerks Office. arranged
IL ON chairs and slept the balance of the
night, Mrs. Curtis resting beside her.
While we two were engaged looking at
the pictures MIR. Judd came between rs
and said. That unless We found guilty
our action would be resented by the
people; the franchise would be taken
from rs, and We should not sit on any
more jHlies." To this Mrs. Kidd in
dignantly replied that sbe was above
such force and coercion. IR reply he
said she thought more of herself than
others thought of her." In my reply
ing MIR. Jones ohimed in, THAT she
would lind herself injured" in man
uer implyiag he would attend to il, and
see that she was.
In the morning Mr.. Jones said TO Mrs.
Wood, she ought TO be ashamed of her
self TO bold an opin ON against ten of
them /; and Mrs. Ludlow told her il
wosid be said she was bribed. This
quite alarmed her, even to have the
shadow Of a suspicion cast on her. In
the morning II was seen that some one
OF the men had written on the wall over
aur heads where we had sat, Defraud-
ers We are tired of the women
Suoh being the principal facts. we
state them. In regard to the threats of
being reported and suspicion of dishon-
esty, subsequent incidents in the court
room showed these were acted ont. 10
was plain open challenge to that
effect, and cast reflection on our right
of opinion and Judgment as jurors.
We wish to say something as TO the
peremptory challenge, the excuse given
for discharaing as. How did the Judge
know it would be so-that We would be
challenged on all future casesf As We
understand il, the lawyers do the chal-
lengine, and unless they had united
against as, he must have told an un-
truth. We were never challenged ON
any case We were called on, and Mrs.
Kidd sat on eight and Mrs. Wood six or
seven cases passed upon.
Mrs. Ludlow said to Mrs. Wood: ave
ladies ought not TO stand out against
the opinion Of the gentlemen. They
are more experienced, and we ought to
do as they say. Besides, you are injur-
ing the cause Of woman's rights" Mrs.
Wood said: "what has woman's rights
to do with this casey We are here 10
decide whether this man 10 guilty or
sot." No one swsre positively that Mr..
Wiley vas the man; it was too dark to
fully identify him; that it looked like
him; while on the other hand Mr.. Muir.
ply swore positively that it was not Mr..
Wiley, and that the boat was not the
Lone Fisher man, which certainly Gre
ated doubt in our minds. and since
Mr.. Murphy has been fully aud clearly
acquitted by jury of twelve, shows We
werc right in oar convictions.
Mr.. Jones was very domineerine and
dictstorial, shaking his finger in Mrs.
Woods face and saying: "Yoa ought to
be ashamed Of yourself 20 hold out
against ten OF u.s. ALMrRA KIDD,
NELLIE MOOD.