New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-10
READY TO TRY JAEHNE.
u,s CASE SET DOWN FOR THIS MORNING.
TIE WITNESSES WHO WILL bH oALI'D "'
uru-pRvItW OF THE CASE.

~ur WITNESSES WHO WILL On ~"D
HIM-REvItw OF THE CASE
rh. ,r;a, of Alderman Henry W. Jaehne, charged
-;th having accepted bride Of several thousan.u
dollars on or about August 30. 1884 lot s To-
b favor of the Broadway 1raaGnse s wls IN the
Coyrt of Over and Tcrmner In the room ID wn ,a
Ferdinand Ward was convicted, AND wnere F S1
Jury disagreed in the case OF oelci ,bs Comfort of
3mdre ury lawyers and the press, ana iol shall
Sonable number of spectators. SO ,iat .jloved TO
be no crcwding ana no ONE w come from fair al
iotment Of cubic feet of air for each HUN
present. ,. ,oo, looked forward to
xri,h great interest-wth far more lh'enes 81 oil
deed than that of any other AderIaanh, HAM, was the
the rest Of them put R soag'ib he is man of I'M
nsnai seIfrehance and subtle resources ahn ' was
a record behind him-as renee ISL and on
sn o" Fast Side OF the city before tnat. &c.
no talked with much volubility OF the bIoaum wa
matter before the inves'lgaing non in his dcnun-
c,at;ons of those who presumed to look ashahcT d.
The virgin purity of HIS Adermanic career. oaemno
& nniI the AFFIDAVIT of Mrs. Schuyler Hamilton
was produced. charging that her stoieh sllseI a.
had been traced to his Jewery sloie IN hod Sold
ond thai he al; hough protesting that ne hau solo
ont 10 George W. Alter and had no TURNER 80;
I'm the matter had nevertheless, settleo ner c .ha
by the payment of 81 100 Ja EN- a,yce of Dis.
.G n"t , n," rtine that iu view of Jaehnes
pos,tlon as an Alderman he coul not a,iot H. be
thematter become punnc scad nantos the matter
snd So allow it to become public property. Jaenne'
raising his right hand in the presence vi VIZ HV
Eittce sOeinnlN declaIcu 'h"' "0 ""' "'
cehi ~ Attorney MARITIME testified that he had
conferred with Recorder Smyth at tie ti'no "a tSe
1he charges of Mrs. Schuyler Hamilton anu .no
conclusion was that there was not suiiicien' ot
Ience 10 warrant the placing OF tne pa nf"
ter in the hands OF the Uranu MIL, JnaS bo was
arrested on the charge of bribery because Oh al,
alleged confession made TO Inspector ByTnes ana
witnesses whom the Inspector nau pa adm,tted TO
cealmen; at his house. Jaehne was auli Ill ~
hail m 81 5000 Joseph ODonneli. liquor se,i'l az
Sixrh-ave aud Twenty-fonrth-st, gong Un r , %
bond ODonnell became fearful 'hat oaonu , ;o"S
going 10 RIM away although there were assertions
That The bondsman acted under potloal press,io re-
and surrendered the Alderman. Dut new g hnnp at
obtained IN TZo,OOO ana hc haS o'"'0 '
The testimony upon which the State is supposed
TO rely mainly for securing Jaehnes consdc,Udd &c
that of Inspector Byrnes and his wltnesSes anu h
ex-Alderman Charles b. Waite On S3tuluaS, NOV n"t
ever. Waite said that his evidence alone was n I
enough TO convict Jaehne, and that lne MUS m0
nno;t,vclv knew about him was damaging clrcum-
Stances" The testimony which, IL l. Goulu ., W Old
cured il is supposed would bear most uIeX w itr
strongy against Jaehne is that of George W Aver
TO whom Jacbne sold out In April $3.50. oonu
Scott. who went to Jaehno's place IN pecenip .a,
1854 Ia get some diamonds set, swears that AItoi
told him that Jaehne made $4,000 out OF tnS
Hroadway business that Jaehne. managed thedeal
in the Board that the "boodle was Isl III Jau, hof
safe for night. and shat ne and lie Lacy n,
know known as the 1.-TWO biggest robbers" II !,
%s board Alter th has sas a Se%Satn on Jae Ga
but he has fed to Canada. SCOTS tes'holS S' ~
not be used on Jaehnes trial: because IL wouiu ~
mere hearsay, but It's moral ehccV 10 ioi'U upon -
the prosecution. ,e .ho noel
Jachnc, throughout the vicssltudes Oh tne pas
few months has borne himself WIN appaIGnt CVin
nosure although for few days after the HaihiltU'
{hnnGcrboit heavy mugs were around his eyes IL
is a slender man. distinguished by heaVS s III
mustache, and has great aeaa or have beeI
pnzzled as to how 10 pronounce his name III Is II
tv0 svllables-Ja-nc. The accused Aldermen Ia ";
becn making extraordinary efforts 10 secure III ~
dence 10 throw disclellt on Waltes testimony. az
private record has been gone INTO MS hap; 40 :,
lowed up and efforts VIII be maze ~ 4 1 Iv
show that his mlnd mas peeh "h00'OO ~ "
ALLEGED methods OF lie
ONE OF THE WAYS JURIES ARE FINED
Tothe Edttor Of The Tribune
SIP. I have served on juries in the various
ci,y courts for the past twenty years ana naVe nIo
YET jury drawn dceo ,,naren 10 t" suit himself
or uossiby 10 suit his friends on the jury or tne Petso
on trial The s% p prov piece Of pap
ana roll mp fold each ballot 50 .ht ,n1 and wei
shaken so "a TO thoroughly mix the oalio.s, anu ,r ~
draw each haot without esns Of the clerks il
ali the courts Thave served in Is TO write eacn Juao
name nam no on arT5ecs little Pile OF order and care
tnilv ,lsces Them in the box and Wien ne cans ui
tales them out of the box exactly In the orue III M,
they were put in. not folding the paes o cIns,ng
mo whole list OF names on the pancl, hol cioei"e
shakinr the box. "a required by law 49,, ,om ia M
is extraordinary that members OF t1e par 40 h "T
o,,ce his pross vocation Of the law which places the
and their ient- entirely AT the mercy OF an r
HE clerk Even II the clerk cannot pack the woe JUL
"a he might easily do under his system ne Tan &
select the foreman who has the hrst TAX III ."e j."
room and thus often determines the nnai @
rule the average uryman never knows wnat neiuie
he will give when he goes out, ana is arReS mar ~
by what the foreman may say; from Tue VOCATION
trial Judges take notice OF TINS gross ,h sa N
III Nv and from the regularity with whlch tie ea.A
inrymen come together IN the Same courts Sedl "i
wear / am strongly of the opinion that lhe ooin,
sioncr OF Jurors and the judges pay no attention.
the law in their selection OF Jurles for inc uineio OF
courts $500
Ne,c- TorE, May S. 1856.