The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-27
HENRY MEYER ACQUITTED.
THE JURY REACH A VERDICT ON
FIRST BALLOT.
The Result Received With Applause
by the SpectatOrs-Meyer's
Future Plans.

The Meyer case, that has occupied
the at enti Of the @ iminal Couri
and the reading public for the past
few days, eliminated yesterday in a
verdict OF scquiital. There are various
stories SIS to the jury's deliberations,
one version being that the frs. ballot
resulted in q unanimous verdict OF
not guilty. However that may be, it
is evident that the jury lost no time
in coming to an agreement, aud when
they were called into court yesterday
morning, the foreman, in reply t.
Judge Dubose's inquiry, announced
that the jury had agreed
upon g verdict. The courtroom was
crowded, ard a deathlike stiffness
preceded the utterance of the words
that we're to decide the prs slner's
fa,e, Meyer sat in bis usual place
near the Attorneys table, with his
faithful and devoted little daughter,
Ca rie, by his side. He turned just
shade paler as the foreman opened his
lips to speak the lateiul words. The
audience shared in the eager interest
which he manifested, and every ear
was strained to catch what the foreman
said. eve, the jury, find the
defendant not guilty" Fsid the fore
man, and barely had The words es-
capped from his lips when Meyer
ted from his chair, and with weep
ing eyes and hesving breast atte npttd
to thank the jury, but his words were
lost in the applause of the audience,
who clspped their bands and stamped
their feet in approval of the result.
Judge Dubose sternly checked this
demonstration, and Meyer sinking
into his cha clssped little Carrie in
his arms, and, locked in
each others embrace, father and
daughter gave way to tears of Mingled
grief and Joy After the violence Of
their emotion had ub.ided, Meyer
rose, and accompanied by bis litte
girl left the courtroom, after stopping
t. receive the congratulations thai
wers showered upon him. Carrie,
who had become quite a pet with
those who have watched the trial
from the beginning, came in for a
large share of praise, it being the
opioion OF shrewd obfervers that the
spectacle Of the sweet, devoted, bright
iule girl had much to do with saving
the fathers life.
Meyer walked about the city yester-
day and was everywhere warmly con-
graduated. To an APPEAL reporter
who saw him last night he said his
hand was quite lame with shaking 10
reference 10 repored statements as to
bis future movements, he said that he
would remain in Memphis for the
present, as he owed some money here
and did not desire to leave until his
obligations had been fully discharged.
His wife he said would leave for her
father's home in Cairo, ILL.,, today. His
little girl Carrie he intended to keep
with him, not only now but always,
no5 permitting her to absent herself
from him under any circumstau
"Wherever / 90 she shall go; l will
never leave her again"
Meyer showed very little inclina-
ton to talk, saying that his past i'm
prudence in talking to reporters had
Taught him very severe lesson.
The verdict occasioned very little
surprise, and had been very generally
discounted. No one that saw the
scene in the courtroom when little
Carrie testified ever believed in con-
ion. The jury were moved TO
tears at her distress. That was
enough. TIE counsel for the defense
realized that from that moment their
man was safe. The opinion was shared
by the members of the bar generally
and the attaches Of the Courthouse,
and from there it spread to the general
public, until verdict OF acquitlal was
generally looked for.