Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-06
BOYD, OF NEBRASKA, OUT.
Report Of the Grand Jury Of
New Orleans.
THE PRESIDENT At TACOMA.
Burglars at Corvallis, A Hospital
Burned, An American InsuIted in
Italy, Foreign News, Etc.

BOYD, OF NEBRASKA, NOT ELIGIBLE.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 6.-The su-
preme court yesterday rendered a
decision in the Boyd-Thayer quo
warranto case, ousting Boyd (dem. }
who at present holds the office, and
declaring Thayer, his republican
predecessor, legal governor of Neb-
raska. The opinion recites the fact
that Boyd was legally elected gov
ernor of Nebraska, but is disquali-
fed on the ground of non-citizen-
ship. Boyd accordingly turned
over the office to Governor Thayer,
who had In the meantime taken tht
oath of office and filed his bond. II
is stated Boyd Will carry the case to
the United States supreme court.
Boyd's ineligiblllty consists in the
fact that his father. who was nat
i've of Ireland, failed to ever perfect
his citizenship in this country, and
thus, Boyd is not an American citi-
zen.
REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY OF
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, May 8.-After six
weeks investigation the grand jury
completed its labors In the Italian
case, and yesterday afternoon pre-
sented a voluminous report to Judge
Marr. The report recites the killing
of Chief of Police Hennessey, the
trial of the Italians, ETC., and refer
ring to the verdict rendered, say:
awe cannot be mistaken in the as
sertiOn that the Yerdict was startling,
amazing, a bitter disappointment,
shocking to public opinion, provok-
ing repeated accusation that some of
the jury have been unfaithful to
their Office"
1--WE are led, ;" continues the report,
"to conclude that the jury under
took to try the case when 1t was sub
mitted, by their own estimate of the
value of statements made by par
ties not called as witnesses. With
strange unanimity they dwelt upon
what they knew by reading and
heresay of certain incidents of the
assassination prior to the trial, and
made those the basis of powerful
persuasion for giving the accused
the benefit of the doubt, and con-
Guiding deliberations in their favor.
We take occasion to say It was not
expected to obtain any evidence of
undue influence from members of the
jury, for those who were uncorrupted
had nothing to reveal, while Others
would not make themselves particeps
criminis, yet in their numerous
statements much was obtained hav-
ing direct connection with and sup
ported by the great volume of testi-
mon elicited during the course of
the inquiry. 1t is clear, as brought
out by evidence of Jurors, that as
affecting three Of the accused, Po!itz,
Scaffedi, and Monasterio, the jury
engaged in deliberation four or five
hours, and ON repeated ballots stood
six guilty to six not guilty. This is
u clearly defined indication of con
victIon that the evidence was sulii-
cient to justify six Jurors who stood
resolute and determined for verdict
of guilty, making 1t well'nlgh inn
possible TO reach any other conclu-
sion than mlstrial. The three ac-
cused named above were probably
unwilling actors designated by the
leaders of the conspiracy to execute
n villainous part in which they had
neither personal motives nor inter
est. Following this investigation 1t
was quickly learned that talesman
had been approached in various
manners, vile work even being car
ried forward In the court room dur
ing the trial. One favorable expires
sion was that big money might be
made by going on the Jury and do
ing right.
Among talesmen a number of our
citizens have nobly come forward,
relating their experiences and fur
nishing some Of the missing links
In the chain Of circumstantlal evil
dence drawn around an organized
band Of jury-brlbers. IL is not 10 be
questioned that the work was sys-
tsmatically executed after careful
preparation. Necessity was lmpea-
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