New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-28
SQUIRE AND FLYNN JURORS.
FILLING TIE BOX WITH LITTLE DELAY.
I'll. PROJECTION SEEM CARELESS AND INDIE
FERFNT.


# New-York really intends to convict i'"4A'' ."
Squire and Maurice b. Fiynn-as 10 "'io"
people indulge in many slehi"c"h'
shakes of The head-the thing Tor hi'n " y"
STAY in court from the momcntSll oPeis "a" Wv
moment il adicurns and try t'e c''Se '''-''''''
The case erainsi, these men i VI! ho inV'''' "
strong as il is sensational IL was one 'p'"s luz
Mayor Grace, having his own h'tIe NUS '" c''ciN
- go q hir hnbbub about the famous letter,
Init il is ouits another thine % make out ciihhi
oonsniracy against the defendants. Colonel Eel
90, has no strength 10 spare, matter from what
lint NJ view the trial is regarded. Against HIM
;s arraved as formidable force OF lawyers as
oven Jacob Sharp got together Noah Davis STANDS
at the very head Of those astutc men VINO ha>e
made criminal law speciality. bourke cochran
has all the wit the charming eloquence the aaroi'
use of words and the audacity of the Colonei NM
.en and withal he is scholar and lawyer
neither Of which titles has ever very seriously
been applied TO Colonel Fellows. ENJudge Dht
,enhoefer and X-Judge Huntington are keeping
their eyes and ears open for the errors OF the
prosecution, and arc fully able TO make the most
of them All these men represent Flynn while
only the firm of Howe & lIummel act for squire
But the case against one defendant is tho case
against both and Squires lawyers bring to the
,enern, defence degree of strength which Colonci
Fellows has been taught by many defeats TO re-
spect.
HOW THE JURORS ARE OBTAINED.
For the greater part 81 yesterday the only
person representing the State was Assistant D's-
trict,Attorney Dos Passos. Colonel Fellows was
off somewhere. Every one who knows anything
knows that the process of getting Is one oil 'e
most. II not by far the most serious parts OF
such trial as this. To neglect it is to sacrlnce
the whole case. Dc Ianccy Nicoll's great success
elaborate. discriminating care which he exercised
in securing his Jurors There no process
which human ingenuity could possibly invent 70
which their minds their business and pohtlcai
relations their moral pcrceptions-ln 1act' uieir
whole beings were not subjected Tor his lnlorma-
tion and guidance And when the Jury was sworn
he WAS tolerably sure what he about. lie
knew their pedigrees as we'll as Jockey KNOWS
his racers
But Jurors WIZ obtained yesterday in sap
dash beltersIxelteP style that boded i'll for the
prosecution if conviction is its honest purpose
Mr.. Dos Passos did as well as he know, probably
but he displayed PENETRATION or IL he saw "ii"'
he wanted he was unable TO get at 1t. lie mas hoe
The art Of qualifying good Jurors, nor oil disqaii
fvinc had ones an art which Mr.. Nicoll possessed
in the highest degree and from the perfect use VI
which no amount of talent on the SIDE Oh the
derence could for one moment divert him. Nor is
Colonel Fellows himself deficient III ms
art lie is clever enough, but he nccds 10 atiehu
IN business The case will break down long before
il gets TO the Jury If he leaves Mr.. Dos PaSsos
alone to handle such men as judge DAVIS ana
Bourke Cochran. The great danger Is til''t nc His
left him alone too long already.
DISCLOSURES IIKrIY TO BE MADE
For the influences that bear upon this case
which are sure TO be brought out upon the tra are
conflicting and likely to excite as much 1eelng
one way as the other. 1t will not be hard lor inc
defence TO prove as INSCRIPTIONS conspiracy
AGAINST Souire as ever the defendants engaged H.
II will not be hard to show that the lght against
him was carried OH by the use Of weapons as low
and dcspicable as even the factional politicians OF
the New York Democracy can conJure to thclr alo
Whatever sympathy can be aroused by STORIES Oh
low iutrgues against him, OF brides ana counter
brbcs offered HIM. of spies and plots ana trieks
all the Iart OF the virtuous persons Wlo a. Ia.
cornercd him and broke him down, Will certainly
inure TO his advantage OF course, the one qucs,
ton that should be before the jarys mind VIII
he the guilt or innocence of Squire and flNnh hoo
of other people That is all the more reason why
Jurors of the highest quality should be sccuiSu
men capable OF making proper discrinlna ie;
between evidence which ought to AFFECT uhelr
iudgm, Mt and evidence which ought not
COUNSEL AND DEFENDANTS.
Mr. Cochran's appearance in the case is believed
TO be a surprise to some people. IL was wen
known that he had been expected TO serve Flynn,
because one of the grounds upon which Judge
Davis secured adjournment three weeks ago
was that Mr. Ccchrans Congressional duties de-
manded his presence in Washington'ju at that
time II was rumored last week that he had gone
ont of the case and il was supposed that political
influences had withdrawn him. But this story hau
The PROCEEDINGS began by an effort on the part
OF the defense for more delay Mr.. Cochran com
planned of his physical condition, nut the J9utt
thought he seemed sufficiently active ana ROBUST
TO 20 on. and certainly if he was sick when he
rame into court, he improved rapidly as The day
drew along SO soon the lawyers convinced
themselves that the Judge going on, whether
they did or not, they busted themselves taxing
exceptions to his decision rendered ON frlday
record stfagi they proceeded with the TEDIOUS
work of obtaining a jury; The defendants were
somely dressed aud gave careful attention to the
proceedings. frequently comforting with his aftor,
neys. Squire sat further away from the scene OF
legal strife but nothing escaped his alert eye
GETTING THE JURORS.
There were not many opinions among the
taicsmen examined as the Doodle lawyers were
won't 20 encounter, but sufficient number de-
veioped to occupy the first hour frutlessly. Then
julius Reiwald presented himself lie deals In
neckwear at No. 81 Walker-st His only I'M
preston was that the defendants had something
TO do with bribery" He rarely read the papers,
a fact which did not seem 10 operate asalhs' illm
in the minds OF the defence. jeremiah ii. Lyons,
a builder of No 81 East Observation-Disclosures
seventh-st., taken for the second place lie
had read SO little, and careful to forget
so much of what he had read, that both SIDES
agreed TO accept him. The point which seemed
most TO impress Mr. Cochran with the excellence
of Frederick r. Bgg's qualifications that he
did not know the nature of an indictment; That
being the case lac was promptly accepted 10 try
ono. lie said he was an eXpresSmsn, at No SO
Church-st Charles Murphy, liquor dealer, was
assigned to the fourth seat lie appeared to know
sufficiently little TO satisfy every one, ana was ac-
eepted without objection.
Henry Vogel clothing merchant became the
fifth Juror 1t appeared that he had known some
thing about this and other matters at one uine,
but such impress onS his early information mad
given him had long since been ehaced from DIS
recoIlection The defence interposcd their first