The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-04-03
The Cause Of the Cincinnati Riots.

Last Saturday night, after judge Matthews
had charged the immortal land now thoroughly
twelve before " when william
sentiment was generally expressed. AT last we'll
hang murderer in Cincinnati" Both those
versed in the law and those who could under.
stand plain English were sure the murder could
be nothing else than murder in the first deereet
or that at furthermost two or three Of the jurors
might cause disagreement. The court had
given them particularly to understand that thef!
only business was to report upon the truth OF
the facts that had been presented, and that they
had nothing to do with the law except to use it
to have recognized their duty plainly, and dis.
covered no way to any verdict except one Of
murder IN the first degree; since they sent te
recommend the boy to mercy, despite theft
verdict. The court replied that they could.
Monday, when the jury announced readiness to
with humanity, and difficulty was experienced in
making passage way for the entrance OF jurors
and ofdcerc. When the foreman announced that
degree, but guilty Of manslaughter (the mildest
possible under the indictment) there arose cry
Of SURPRISE mingled with expressions Of disgust
minute had passed the boy was taken through
the judges private room, down the back stairs,
and through the tunnel leading over into the
jaii.thus cheating the noisy crowd out OF !. .
to do him bodily harm. The court asked the
prisoners counsel il they wished the jury
polled to see If granddaughter was
Of sse% '' S Il '"'s said anu they had M =:
such wish The same thing was asked Of the
prosecutors. NO. sir" exclaimed Messrs. Pugh
and Thomas in disgust; we don't want any
ask the court what he thought of the verdict.
With an Indignation that he shared with hun
dreds of others around him, he could not refrain
from expressing himself in an undertone. "Itt
a id outraged" he exclaimed, and without the
CUSTOMARY thanks to the jury for their faithful
ness in doing their duty, he simply said: THE
jury is dismissed" The twelve men arose from
their places with an irregular stagger, and got
out of the court room amid great tumult The
prisoners counsel also left, and went down the
street. The prosecutors had welded SO strong q
chain Of evidence that Berners counsel, before
the trial, offered to enter plea of murder in the
dese es (which b would nca nss %
burst which has followed is shown by
published interviews with prominent citizens
last Monday, President w. W. Peabody, Of the
disgraceful and disgusting beyond expression.
The time has come when the people themselves
will rid the county Of the expense of trying
murderers." A meeting Of builders and con-
and there was but one opinion: "The sooner jails
are destroyed, police disbanded and the the old
time 40 California Vigilance committee Is inaug-
urated, the sooner there will be security for life
and property" Precautionary measures were
discussed by the sheriff and his deputies at the
jail, before the verdict had been known an hour
The jurymen remained in the grand jury room
for hours, awaiting opportunity to regain theiI
public ken, it seems, and would fare i'll at the
hands of the rioters. Their names are Samuel
Edwards John Wilsey, Francis Buck, Elwood
HenIie, Michael Mcclure, Louis Harmeyer, Hen
C.:sfies F. Dollahan, A. F. Shaw and l.. A. Phil
St