The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-08-28
TWELVE LADY JURORS.
TIE EXPERIMENT NOT 4 HOWLENG
SUCCESS If THIS STORY is TRUE.

81 was purser Oh one OF the Ger
man Lloyd steamers about ten
years ago. says "A writer in the
Nashville Herald. ''and we had
been making smooth journey of
il on he summer rip. Ii was just
after the school commencement
season and three-fourihs of the
passengers were ladies. There was
a yonng fellow on board from
Georgia, | believe, who was trav-
cling alone. and who appeared to
have a very cool supply OF cash
when he first started out.
''le sorn became The victim,
however. OF one of the most un-
principled scountlrels | ever saw,
a desperate blackleg, who made
his living crossing and crossing
the ocean aud leecing the passen-
gers at cards.
''lie was a Spanish Mexican and
a devii h handsome fellow. Isaw
him afterwards at Seville, where
he had Il wife lIving-as pretty a
woman as a man ever laid eyes on.
well, gentlemen and ladies,
IhIS yonng Georgian was fresh
meat for hi, ,conndrpl. They were
al their cards early and late. 1t
was "A pity to see him. The Span
lard knew he had him. and was
playing him Ike a cat does
mouse.
'SloN ~ that y0nng mans money
was cro sing the green, and the
game vas worked so nicely that
he Thought every loss would ke his
last. He was so sure that luck
would change that he got wild
about it. He was pale and sick
lro::I excitement.
"One day The Sevlllan GOT rprk-
less in his cups and buugled, | |
guess, for all at once HE Young
was at his throat and |
swearing he had cheated.
III never saw such a desperate
look as that Spanl;Lrd turned on us |
when several officers rushed up.
lie looked like an animal who had |
been wounded and whose first IN
SIinct WAS to strike back again.
He was scared and sell-assured al
the same lime. His face was red,
his eyes were dancing from his as
Sailaui 10 The spectators and back
again, and HE very moment we
were pllylng his fright he had
whipped out stile;.o from his
sash and had buried it in The young
fellows bowels.
at was The work of second,
md the next he was struggling IN
he grasp Of a dozen men, who had
Dut rope around his neck and
we're hurrylns him 10 The side of
he ship.
ut was here The women came
n. The murder occurred AT AN
lOur when the deck was thronged
With passengers, and The situation
vas understood IN a flash.
"There were screams and cries
or pity and loud appeals for us to
,tay our hands. They were deli.
,ale white hands clinging TO our
oats, aud before anything could
Dc done the whole aspect OF the
lffsr had changed so that no gen
leman on his honor could have
ollowed out the plainest duty OF
he moment.
"For some motives OF policy The
'apiain took no active part in what
ollowed. The faIe of the murderer
vas turned over into the hands of
he passengers, and our good will
o the blackleg was so generally
that he ladies insisted
~ taking hand in The trial.
"A jury of u ladies-schcol
school girls and excursion
sis--was empanelled with small
egarL 10 opinions previously form
d or expressed.
"A lawyer from some Western
State volunteered TO defend the J
prisoner. and | have had very little
for that man sluce, al
houeh his name is a household {
vord to-day, and he has figured c
prominently in politics.
"1here was considerable form {
lily about The trial. The exami- |
alton OF witnesses was close, and
he course of the prosecution waS I
igorons and aggressive. The c
coundrel's character was freely !
entIlaied and shown 10 be OF The I
lackesi sort. y
"The details of the crime and the |