St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-15
A SENSATION IN COURT.
Some Life Injected in the Trial of Aid.
McQuade by Charges Against
Juror,
Who is Alleged to be an Intimate Friend
of Some Of the Doodle" Gang
Leaders.
Sailors Complain at Boston of. the
Extreme Cruelty of Their
Captain.
TWO Gamblers Killed in a Fight
With the Police at B1rm1ng-
ham, Ala.

New YORK, Dec. 14.-Hundreds of peo-
pie fiocked to the general sessions court to-
day, but were forced to remain outside, as
no curiosity seekers were allowed to enter.
1t was rumored that District Attorney Mar
tine had secured testimony that Juror Jacob
Rosenberg was firm friend of Keenan,,
Shields and others, and that he had sworn
falsely in his examination as talesman.
1t was expected that Mr.. MARITIME would
draw juror, thus causing a mis-trial, or
that Rosenberg would be arrested for per-
jury. When court opened the counsel for
the defense and the people alternately held
long consultations with the recorder, taking
half an hour. Mr.. MARITIME was evidently
excited. The recorder looked glum, Mr.
NewcOmbe looked very serious, but Nc
Quade was as impassive as usual. Finally
the recorder nodded to the defense and
said: ''GO on, Mr.. Grady" John Lotus
in the house with and occupied by Nc
Laughlin in 1884; was member of the
Tammany Hall general committee of the
Fifteenth district. of which Mclaughlin
was chairman. He had never seen any
animation witness acknowledged that it
was his custom
TO GO DOWN STREET
nearly every evening, and that he knew
nothing about McLaughlins business. w. J.
Cawley, clerk in the Hudson River railroad
offices, testified that he had room off the
back parlor of McLaughlin's house in 1854.
Never saw any aldermen but FuIlgraff at the
house. The latter was there twice some
weeks apart. Mclaughlin was visited by
committeeman in parties OF four or five.
These visits were in the evening Witness
testified positively that Mclaughlin did not
go to Chicago, but he did go into the country
for the summer in the latter part of Nav.
Witness did not know all the aldermen of
1855. He had never seen McQuade at Nc
Laughlin's. The defense here rested their
case. The people called Frederick c. Craw-
ford, reporter for the World. He testified
that he was on the same paper in 1884, and
knew Maloney, keenan,, Dempsey and De
Lacy. He was in Montreal both in April and
in June. Crawford is the reporter who made
fame by interviewing keenan, and Maloney
tor half an hour, and then asking them if
keenan, and Maoney were in that city. He
testified that they were stopping at the Wind
sor hotel. The defense objected to the at
tempt to prove that these men were out of
this Jurisdiction, as incompetent against this
defendant. Overruled. After a short consul
tatlOn DlStrlct Attorney MARITIME
ADDRESSED THE COURT.
He said that matter of very great i'm
portance on its face had been called to his at
tention. He could say that he was ready to
give the case to the jury. and continues: Il
deem it to be my official duty to ask for
short time at least to investigate it, Tt NAV
be that, on consultation with my friends
we may feel that the case is closed. In q
case of this gravity, we feel that this matter
should not be discussed before the jury.
ask that the court may take its recess for a
little longer than usual. 1t may be that when
the court -couyenes ! shall be ready to give
the case to the jury
Mr.. Newcombe remarked: '.We have not
the slightest objection; in fact, we are de-
srous of furthering any movement to be as
sured of the purity of the jury" Recess
was then taken for forty minutes. Mr. Mar
tine evidently referred to the statement of
Nesbltt and Vlckerman, former employees of
Juror Jacob Rosenberg, whom they declared
to be on the most intimate terms with keenan,,
Farley and Shield, who are his best custom
ers. 1t was said in the court room that
Rosenberg's books had been examined, and
but one transaction recorded there, that of
an ordinary suit of clothes. 1t is believed
that Rosenberg has in some way learned that
he is under cloud. He was restless and
nervous. and his eyes wandered from face to
face, during the morning session.
After recess the state rested its case, and
District Attorney MARITIME interrupted the
course of proceeding again by handing to the
recorder document
SUPPOSED TO BE AFFIDAvITS
made by T. ]. Nesbitt and ]. W. Viterman,
former employees of Juror Rosenberg setting
forth ROsenberg's intimacy with keenan, and
the Doodle aldermen. The nature of the pa
per, however, was not mentioned. After
perusing the document, which was long, the
recorder decided that the witnesses should be
sworn. Juror Rosenberg showed no sign of
surprise when the names of his former em-
plOyes were called. Both were sworn, and
acknowledged their statements. The recorder
then announced that certain affidavits had
been submitted to him which were of such a
character as to warrant him in suspending
the progress of the trial pending their peru
sal and consideration by counsel for the
prisoner at the bar. Leave was granted
counsel for the defense TO withdraw for the
purpose of considering the matter, but be-
fore doing so, exception was taken to the
suspension of the proceedings and the fact of
the affidavits having been presented as hav-
ing tendency to intimdate one or more of
the jurors. After three-quarters of an hour
the attorneys reaPpeared and announced they
were ready to proceed with the case. The
recorder said he would reserve his decision on
the affidavits until some future time and in
the meantime the hearing would proceed.
Counsel for McQuade made audible comment
about bulldozing the jury. A motion to in
struct the jury to acquit was overruled. The
remainder of the session till recess was taken
up by Gen. Tracy in the opening address on
behalf of theldefendant.
After recess General Tracy resumed his ad-
dress to the jury. and consumed the whole of
the evening session. He reviewed the evil
deuce at great length, criticising the state
ments of the various witnesses and
SCORING DUFFY AND FULLGRAFF,
the informers, numerically. He held that
the damaging story of Kitty Metz, the servant
girl who lived next door to Alderman Nc
Laughlin's house, was improbable. She had
sworn to the presence of certain aldermen at
the meetings OF the Combine when Full
graft testified they were absent. Again, the
Combine" was alleged to be on all railroad
franchises. yet seven of the men who were
said to be in it had voted against the
Thirty-fourth street franchise. District
Attorney MARITIME, while deem1ng 1t
his duty to lay the matter be-
fore the court, does not put much faith in
the stories of Viterman and Nesbitt in regard
to Juror Jacob Rosenberg. He had detect
ives on it and has not been able to verify
their affidavits. ROsenberg's books have
been examined and they show that Keena an
only patronized Rosenberg once, when he