Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-25
SIGNS AND WONDERS.
Judge White Investigating the Al
legged Man at the Window.
TWO WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED
That Constable Murphy Was Watching the
Eddie Myers Jury.
NEWS FROM THE COURTS TOLD BRIEFLY

rSigns and wonders never cease" at
least according to the stories told Judge
White yesterday the signs were seen in the
windows of the Yoder building on Saturday
afternoon.
District Attorney Johnston called the
matter to the attention of the Judge in
Criminal Court yesterday, saying that he
considered il the duty of representative of
the people to investigate the allegation that
some one from the outside world had had
communication with the jurors in the Eddie
Myers murder case. Two witnesses were
called to testify in the case, and they de-
clared that the man who dared tritie with
Justice at distance of % wards was 2. j.
Murphy, who acted as Constable for the at
torneys in the defense of Myers. The wit
nesses were Simon Roll and Captain
O'Brien, the tipstaves vino had charge of
the jury.
The former was the first called. He
stated that about $40 o'clock on Saturday
afternoon, he was standing at window over
looking Fifth avenue, when he saw man
sitting in a chair close to one of the windows
on the fourth floor of the Yoder building
making signals in the direction of the jury
room.
PECULIAR MOTIONS MADE.
he had a long, broad strip of paper,
which he occasionally held up to the win
dow. Once he opened the window and
made motion as If he were about TO drop
the paper. Several times he put his hand
in mis- pocket, then removed it and put it
forward toward the jury room. At the sug
gestion of Captain O'BrieH the witness went
across the street and found the man was p ].
Murphy, who asked the witness "ior Gods
sake to say nothing about 1t.
Captain O. Brien said that Roll called his at
tenJIOn to the man at the window and he di-
reCted Roll to watch the man while he watched
the jury room. There was one window of the
Jury room that the tpstaves had a view OF, and
Captain O'BTien saw Juror Martin the win
dow while the man was making signals. After
the occurrence they pulled down the blinds in
the Jury room and Informed the Jurors that
they must be kept down. Some of them
looked surprised, but said nothing.
TWICE NOT FAR AWAY.
Roll was recalled and said that twice when
the jurors were going for meals to the hotel be
noticed Murphy not Ear away. Once he was
standing at the hotel corner and another time
on Diamond street The latter time he was
about four feet away from the jurors and
they passed he pulled notebook from his
pocket and wrote something in II.
Judge White stated that this was very seri-
Gus matter. and that 1t should be investigated
further. He always held that Juries in homl-
eide cases should not be allowed TO go outside
the Court House for any purpose, and during
the last days of the Myers trial ordered that
the jurors meals be carried to them. The
windows in the jury room. his Honor thought,
EhOUd be so arranged that they could have no
communication with the outside world and the
lover part of the windows should be fastened
or some other arrangement made. he hoped
that the County Commissioners would look
into this matter.
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