The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-17
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sim Of eleven Oh Tue 0c0useu'
CIV -.t'v saligman, jeweler at Baroune
!scSU-.visr streets, No. $50 Carondelet
rt gel, J. Mayer, real estate dealer, 500
t.onklin street.
9ls- Berrv, Jr., solicitor Tor flour firm,
- crsvler street.
,r Ter D. Livaudais, clerk, Southern Pes
ss.'iiiroai office, 20915 Magazine street.
l ~ l. Tronchet, clerk with l. E.
I llT1' & &C., cotton business All Dauphine
r ,stii.n H. Leahly, machinist, 459 Con-
sa .Eso it'' F. Willie. grocery keeper, La
A ~ and Franklin streets.
ay ys4rs d. J. Donegan, molder, No. 29915
. h Thomas street. -. -,
W. 2S5l5 Julia street.
92srIes Heyob, jewelry repairer, No. 242
T N am Ycchum, grocer, Fourth and
9lta-las Boesen, entry clerk for E.
,r .sn,a & Co., boot and shoe business, 4O2
Sisomhouse.
e, Seligman, who was the foreman of
!. inrv. made the following statement to
Tmcs- Democrat reporter:
t NJ If the Jury" said Mr.. Seligman,
M not have any idea Of the feeling out
i. and so as to save US the annoyance of
..,viaWs and answers to all the inter-
stories of our friends or anybody that
~ 10 ask us, simply pledged ourselves
= N say ANYTHING Of the occurrences in
Z inry room. There was no oath. Now
:, learn public sentiment on our YER
=, am prepared to tell all that oc-
-,rai reserving, of course, the way each
~ voted. can answer only for myself.
III Won remember, the courts special
s.-ga was that under no consideration,
las we we're convinced beyond the reason
donbC. were we to bring in verdict Of
rnviction. We were also instructed to
i've credence to Italian testimony. In
hi we were asked if we would believe an
|fslian and as we were sworn to such, we
lad TO believe the uncontradicted testi-
mony offered us in the alibis.
"The first doubt raised in the minds of
ME Jury was the extraordinary absence Of
'cooners and Roe. Corners, who saw Hen
|Fes,v to the corner of Rampant and Girod
|straets. and Roe, who was present at the
'sbooti1g. Mr.. Adams appealed to the
|court for the men to testify, and the court
|sajd it could not force the prosecution to
nut Witnesses on the stand.
tWben Monasterio was arrested pocket
hook was found among his personal effects.
|Onlya portion of the contents were shown
|tbe Peter johnson receipt. The other papers
we're promised, but they were not fortncom-
|ing Why was it?
Take Daures testimony. Who could
give credence to it? The streets were shiny
and muddy, and Shakespeare's banquette
was not as it is now. 1t was a phenomenal
Kun, which was contradicted by the testi-
mony of the residents in the immediate vi
|cnity, who estimated the duration of time
occupied by the shooting.
There is another strong point sustaining
|us in our verdict. Why was it that of all
|tL people who lived within a stones throw
LOT the shooting. in fact directly on the
|scele, not one Of them fully identified the
accused, not even the lady who opened her
door at he first shot and looked out. Peeler
was the only one that did that, and think
Peeler is near-sighted. His eyes looked it,
and can't believe he could see well. When
we went to the scene in the tallyho / got
Sheriff Where to get under the electric
light at the corner and, though we were
hardly thirty feet away-one juror put it
forty, we could not rec gnize him.
Then again, Mr.. w. j. Leppert, the
TtmeS-DemocrGt reporter, testlded that
Peeler was drunk when he interviewed him,
and the presumDtion is great that he was
drunk that night. Peeler swore that he
slept with his window open that night-a
rainy highland he swore he saw things
from his gallery recognized faces which the
negro woman he is living in the same house
did not see. Could we credit that a sober
man would leave his window open on such
anignt! Every witness that identified any
one except Peeler, lived far away.
"MaScare's testimony was doubtful-very
much so. His running around and doub-
ing up all night looking for charcoal man
vas particularly strange and unaccount-
liable.
I was made foreman or the Jury. Mr..
Aakesy, as the Oldest man, was asked but
refused, and was selected as the first man
On the list. The foremanship was forced
on me, and it took all my time keeping
things straight.
immediately after leaving the jury room
room we got down to business. iucardona
an1 Matranga were first pronounced not
EQuty' mat was by order of the court.
We uld nothing further that night except
y ulscuss the evidence. We took up the
MarGhesl case, but did not come to any
'.oncluSlon. Our method was to take each
! Tue accused separately and decide on him
Individually.
Inc next morning one of the jury,
suo objected to acquitting young Mar
ueSl' SAID he had thought over it during
ue night and found the evidence was not
uuicIent to convict either him or his
men we took up Macheca's case. There
Ias no evidence to prove he had rented the
lace with any evil design. We examined
u PETERSON shauty, and the jury concluded
LAY any one IN the conspiracy to assassinate
le cnleI' and knowing his habits THAT he
."ays came up Rampant street and parted
Dnpahy with his attendant at Girod
iitee1l would not have selected any other
iaoe .. IMAM directly under that shed, as it
ao tne only place of concealment offered
ooi;n nf the homeward route of the
ltei' We acquitted Macheca.
as 70 Monasterio. there were doubts.
onlo OF the jury had them and some had
~ IL stood about evenly divided, and SO
= uiu Lo6 render a verdict, preferring to
ave MIN, PoLtez and Scoffidi to some
ther Jury. On these three men the Jury
as q, about evenly divided, the doubt of
ooIiluls guilt lying in that oilcIoth ldenti-
sSation, and that of Politez on the question
: ldenVlncatlon and his dsmeanor in court.
az netto was acquitted on the testimony of
believe. v '--'1 We WOO '"o4 4
- Gorcoran's testimony had its effect on
% Jury When Mr.. Adams asked him if
,,, nau ever been tried for murder, he
= 20, eaV tI Mr.. Adams in open court, say
! - we got your number; I'll fix you,'
'o,hetnlng like that. Then again, when
~ ADAMS asked him if he was NOT the
"a, ,au that prevented the defense from see
e i9e accused in prison; he answered, I
o UriIu trust YOU 1t looked more like
ss ITycutlon than prosecution.
-. ne court told US we had a right to re-
'CG testimOnN and xa did riuino .roicrht