New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-01
RICHARD SHORT IN COURT.
ONLY A SINGLE JUROR OBTAINED.
pprrAN. WELL ARMED. WAITED IN THE DisihA0i
ATTORNEYS OFFICE.

ATTORNEYS OFFICE.
Richard Short temporarily changed his a"oae 3b bs
.an yesterday from the rombs to Part |. Oh VIC
Svnrc1e Court where Justice Van Br9nt was n4i "a
mo the Court Of Oyer and germiner ShoIt mo1 ~
meet Captain Thomas Phelan and tne sceot nc
cason With Jeremiah 0Donovan Rossas Once sOnty S
base of operations He was attended ny D up
S S short was dressed in a black cutaway coat
wore dark tie casped 1y fng, AM No 'er case was
ter Of his feelings The ferdnahd Ia possess
in progress. and the prisoner was oDns0u " PO''O
himself of patience until 8 D. M o.roroa t,ventv
,alic.men filed into the Court House. ana lorheo q
themselves into bodyguard to protect te GooiT The D
the Court Of Oyer and Terminer from danseI 70
action was timely Tor some t me corridos They
male Intellectual efforts to get further, DGt.ng
recess i'm tho Mayer case. Chief Oncer hiekeses anu
is ,r %, tbcm e1ectuay until o'clock. Then the
Maver Jury retired Assistant District ATTORNEY
Fellows turned his attentpn 10 ing ns Sw the states
forces Charles w. Brooke and Assenplyns,i
SJimny" divers brother and law partner tooa
seats near Messrs Fellows and PARIS, ana onViH
narcbing from the prisoners box, sat BEHIND hls
counsel Mr. Brooke looked cautiously aIounu wv
room and discovered that Captain tndan mS that
IN conrt He therefore proceeded 70 aeniahu .na'
Mr.. Phelan should be present, as being tne GULL
painant.
Justice Van Brunt-The people are here
Mr. Brooke however, desired Captain Pheian, am .ha
ne proceeded in his demands basng them upon the
Code on desire TO identity Captain nei .r anu
above all to give the jurors chance to determine
face TO face whether they could render Ver1 Wy.
without bias. Justice Van Brunt overruIeu MI
Brooke's objections. >, -, aphr
Canfain Phelan and bis tcn-year-old boy " BOD
were safely enconsced in the DlstHctAtt9rneiy, !
4 Office abiding developments. The redouDtaDIe
father carried one 44-calibre Colts revolver, some
thing less than yard long under us coI' on
weapon. The boy marched about WIN oo-canoio
Mr. Follows set out to get jury. The first juror
Called Jacob f. Meyers, card manufacturer W i
the first one chosen He became loIe prem Mighty ml
obiections He had found out that two panels OF
iurors had been Unfortunately mixed III tne
wheel Mr. Brooke tossed the wheel tDe JuI"Is
and their slips about in terrific manner until ?. m
and found out that he could no longer oos'r II
mopotony was relieved by the arrival OF Dlstrict-
ATTORNEY MARITIME and Police Commissioner renci I,
Then Mr. Follows announced that ne realii iol'
that he had done days work. Inc single jury
man was let out of his box, and the case was az,
iourned until to-day at | q. IN; deputy Snerll
'Tuomey started at once from the Court House
with 6is prisoner. The crowd started IN pursuit
for Centre-st., but the officer made run lot
foarth-ave. car, landed on the front end WIN
Short at his heels, and the two lett their purSues
behind them on their return to the Tombs
Inspector Byrnes, who has had ten men following
CAPTAIN Phelan and his son, and mas hearq az
aLout the weapons they carried, began 70 tnlnK
Yesterday that he would be blamed II these re-
volyers should be used on citizens 30 he asked
Ian If he had permit to carry weapons. Inc Gap
fajn said that lie did have permit secured soon
after he was stabbed In Rossa's office. AS for tne
how said the INSPECTOR Z" he cannot have any per-
NIT for the law absolutely forblds the carrying OF
pistols by minors under eighteen years oa a se
relied revolver out of his pocket. " bob " seemed
sOrry TO part with it.