The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-30
THE JURY's DELIBERATIONS.
Juror Dickinson Tells H0w the Agreement
Upon n Verdict Was Brought About.

Juror Dickinson Tells How the Agreement
Upon n Verdict Was Brought About
On account of the agreement the jurors en-
tered into not to say anything about the secrets
of their deliberations il was impossible to get
as much information desired Saturday
night just how the verdict was reached,
and the published accounts of the proceedings
of the jury room were made mp from bits of in
formation obtained from all the jurors. The
matter published by the Journal was sub
stantially correct, as far az it went but the i'm
aeinative statements of the Sentinel credited to
jurors, were unauthorized and disappearing.
Two or three of the jurors left for home
the early trains Saturday night, and some others
went yesterday morning. but six spent the day
in the city at the Enterprise hotel They
Simeon Dickinson, of Waterloo, DeKalb county;
Jesse Brumback, of Corruna. DeKalb county;
John F. Shredder, of Rising Sun; Jacob Car
bonsr, of Bremen, Marshall county. and James
B. Curtis, of Queensville, Jennings county.
They were all indignant over tho misrepresenta-
tions of the Sentinel in attempting to show that
the verdict was the result of undue influences
and did not represent the real feeling of the
jury.
Mr.. Dickinson said TO Journal repor ter yes
terdsy afternoon that he sorry an agree
ment had been made not to say ANYTHING
about the secrets of the jury-room, because 1T
statements being put into circulation
The Sentiners report of how the members
voted. he said. was misleading from beginning
TO end. He did not believe that any members
of the jury had given the information published
and if they had they had willfuly prevaricated
He said it was impossible for him to give a de-
tailed statements of the deliberations, as he
kept no record. Foreman Davis. however, he
yaid, did keep a record of all that was done. and
had promised before he left the city To write
ont a complete history of the deliberations for
the Journal Mr.. Dickinson, in the presence Of
Juror Shredder gave the following general
statement or the deliberations: AFTER we re-
tired and before the question of guilt or limo
cence was discussed any, we took vote as to
whether not there was q conspiracy.
The result was, ten believed there was . con-
spiracy and two believed there was not Inc
jurors who voted that there Was no conspiracy
were Gardener and Peters. After that ballot
was taken moved that we drop the conspiracy
question and vote on the guilt innocence OF
the three men. My motion was unanimously
adopted. and the ballot was taken 1t resulted
n follows:
Coy-Nine, guilty; three innocent
Bernhamer-Eight, guilty, four innocent.
Mattler-Six guilty; six. innocent
After the result of the ballot had been an
nounced Mr.. Gardener moved that the jury find
oil the defendants guilty, and as il nearly
supper time, asked that We take rising
The result was that eleven voted for conviction
and one for acquittai. Mr.. Peters stood alone for
aequittaL That finished our work before supper.
AFTER We returned we discussed the stua-
ton awhile. and no one furnished any reason
why al should not be found guilty. About 8
o'clock We took another ballot, and it ard not
diner materially from the first one taken before
supper. The exact vote do not remember, bat
think the vote for guilt was
On Coy-Ten 20 two
On Bernhamer--Nine to three
On Matter-Sevsn 10 Ave eight 70 four.
'Carbonsr who had made the motion to CON