Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-16
No Communication VIII BE Re ceived "a
til Ten O'clock To-Day

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| CHICAGO, December 15th.-Another day of de.
| Liberation has assed without bringing any yer.
| dict from the Cronin jury. At $50 O'Clock this
afternoon Judge Mcconnell left the Courtroom
stating he would again be on hand to receive
any return the jury might have TO make at lG
| O'Clock Monday morning. The only, instruc.
| tions he gave were that in case the jury arrived
at a verdict during the night, the Bailiff might
| conduct them 10 the hotel. but that the verdict
| would not be received by the Court until to-
| morrow morning,
| VARIOUS RUMoRs.
Rumors of all kinds have been afioat to-day
| and tonight. However erroneous it may be-
| the public appears to have hastily arrived at the
| conclusion that there is to be disagreement oi
the jury, aud that the old attempts at jury-brib-
| ing have, in some mysterious way, proved sue
cessful.
The statement that John Culver of Eysnstou. a
Presbyterian, and one of the most respected d
| citizens of this community, is the disagreeing
| jurors, has, however, tended to shake this
| conclusion, and the more conservative are con-
tented to await further results before condemn
| ing nybody.
| 1t is quite possible Culvers obstinacy may ap-
| ply only to some minor point in the case or to
| the guilt of kunze and Beggs, although the re-
poris most current that he is voting mo- on
the broad question of the gailt of the prisoners
as body.
The States Attorney and conservative citi-
zeDs generally deprecate the severe structures
| made by the local papers upon Culver's obsti-
| macy, and no man in the city is more sanguine
of an ultimate agreement that the Public Prose
cutor himself
THE JUDGE INTERVIEWED.
An Associated Prt ss representative called
| upon Judge Mcconnell this afternoon and ques-
toned him regarding the reported status OF the
jury,
that the jury thinks it will be unable to agree,
and am of the opinion verdict will be ulti-
mately reached. 1 did not expect any verdict,
even if reached. would be turned in to day. 1t
&c fI11 ba 10
ering the case at all to-day. Most of its mem
bers religious men, members of some
ehurch-and it is altogether likely that if any
particular man Gemurred st considering the
mat er to-day, the jury would at once acqui
eSce to his scruples and postpone further delib-
Grafton until tomorrow"
You do not share then in the belief there
Will be q disagreement ?'
Il do not. l feel quite confident the jury will
agree in time. There is no good reason for this
hasty conclusion of disagreement. There are
out much longer than this, and yet finally
agreed upon verdict"
ut is stated that you intend to keep the Jury
out until they do agree in the case a week or
two if necessary. Is such you intention %
"Of course it would be improper for me to
state at this time my intentions. even if could
anticipate complications which might lead to
such a determination. 1t must be borne in
mind, however, that the Court must necessarily
exercise discretion in such a matter as that the
Supreme Court msy have to pass on in this
will illustrate with an imaginary case. Sup
pose we have case where eleven men are
agreed upon the guilt of a defendant, and the
twelfth believes in his innocence That Jury,
we will say. is kept out two or three days, and
the status of the opinion is the same-one man
still holding out against eleven. Suppose then
the Judge should order them out indefinitely
after they had stated their inability, and ultl-
mately force them to a verdict, the eleven men
all the time arguing with, demonstrating with
and chiding with the twelfth. Suppose then
the case should go to the Supreme Court, and
the twelfth man should come forward and state
that he had been coerced and worried into an
agreement by his fellows against his better
igqddGGtRRf igqddGGtRRf nanxlety or anguish that he had con,
sented to the veroict. In such a case DO you
doubt that the Supreme Court would invalidate
that verdict, or order a new trial of the cause
"This jury he said, would be given ample
time and every opportunity to agree, but the
demarcation between a deliberate conclusion
aud a coercive verdict should be closely drawn.
The law does not contemplate an inquisition to
extort judgment from the mind of juror.
Have you received any requf st from the jury
for special instructions since its retirement?''
81 have not. l have never been in the jury
room, and indeed l have no right to enter it.
Should they request my fuller Interpretation of
any instruction which the Court has given
them, they can Only request it formally. Then
it is the duty OF the Court 10 call them into
Court, and there, in the presence of the defend
ants and their attorneys, interpret to the jury's
satisfaction the Jaw applying to the evidence.
No such request has been made, aud no reading
of the record or evidence has been asked for"
In case of disagreement of the jury. will
the be tried agaiu before you, or Can the de-
PENDANTS take change OF venue out of the
county,
THE defendants can by the customary aflida
Wits take q change of venue from ten consec-
utivc Judges and probably succeed in having it
tried ont of the county There five defendants
and each defendant can twice have an oppor-
tunity of demanding change OF venue, so that
change could be successfully taken from ten
Judges"
probably take the case 10 eyentuallyg'
Likely to Lake or Dupage county. They are
the nearest counties TO Cook. Remember, now,
that in answering these questions l am not at
tempting to predict what the defendants attor-
neys would do, but simply what they could do
under the law by ayailiDg themselves of all its
privileges"
AN INSANE JUROR
1t seems to be generally conceded tonight
that Juror Culver is the only recalcitrant mem
Der of the Cronin jury, but there is a wide di'
ference of opinion to the motives by which
he is actuated. Culver is a prominent member
OF the Methodist Church and PrOhibitionist,
and believes in complete sanctifcation. Luring
the intervals of the trial he has been close
Bible reader carrying small edition in his
pocker. Those who know him best declare that
his integrity is impregnable.
A startling statement was made tonight that
| the mental strain caused by the long trial has
unbalanced his mind, and that he is i'll degree
| at least, distracted on the subject of Cronin S
| Qeatn ana It's cause.
A report leaks out from the jury room that he
separated himself from the other jurors and
| maintained continued silence, refusing to dis
| cuss the case.
Another report tonight is that the jury agreed
| upon verdict of the death penalty upon
| Coughlin, Burke and OSuliiven, acquitting
Beggs, and sentencing Kunze to fifteen years in
prison.
MRS. CULVER INTERVIEWED.
| EVANSTON Qll.), December 15th.-A repre-
sentative of the Associated Press called tonight
| at the home of John culver, the supposed OBJ.
| iscting Juror in the CTonin case. and had an
| interview with his wife, who has been charged
| in the Chicago papers with having had a secret
| and presumably improper conversation with hel
| husband before the jury retired.
| The family is greatly agitated over the reports
1 in the papers. Mrs. Culver told of her actions
on Friday, saying she sent her son down town
| in the morning to tell Bailif Santa, whom she
| knew well, that she would not take dinner
| with her husband, as she had been accustomed
| to do. In the afternoon she saw her husband
| Bailif Santa stood right beside the N and heard
every word they said. She only spoke of moi
| having come down to dinner, ETC. She did moi
endesvor to hold any private conversation with
her husband.
In regard to the intimation that her husband
had been brfted. she said she had never spoker
| to any agent of the defendants, and had nevel
had any conversation with her husband which
| she would hesitate TO make public.
| II do not believe" she added, that there Il
| man on earth who could bribe Mr.. Culver.
do not know his position in the case. do know
that my sou and my husbands partner me
| States Attorney Longenecker to night, and tina
gentleman expressed himself confident of m,
| husbands integrity. Mr. Culver is very de
| termined man. and IL he believed he was rign
he would stick out in spite of the whole world.
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