New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-09

THE COURAGEOUS FOREMAN OF HE "Lbsl.'i'
JURY DEFENDS HIMSELF
4. Il. Wood. foreman Of the jury IN the ulai o.
Burton c. Webster. has written the following ie'"r
to The Tribune:
TO the EditOr o! !he tllD uhr'
Sir: IL is very gratifying to know that there Is one
birhclass newspaper I'm New York thai ha. got tho
"n1race and the public spirit to publish the article
wT TSa Fa to Convict websteTa Une,s the pre-,
OF Ills city sustans courts and ure, IN their efforts
10 enforce the laws Of the land we are pfac uciy III
The condition OF Ieadville ard other backwcod, towns
and human NE l. most secure with TIE man wa, -, ~
IN every hip pocket Enclosed hand you sample
of the connuno ations that are coming 70 me ron
Ens ca5ss o 0 our 20 fa from the ednced
and moral elias, Of the community ! have received
gull guilty, 'n'''A' anu COMMENSURATE" VI A. B. WOOD.
Ncw-York March :, 1892.
The letter referred to by Mr.. Wood Is as loiio"s
the spelling being given literally; ,s.ua,.
Dear Sir
what the matter with you when on the Webster
trial why could you not see & understand that any
right minded man would see that tlat poor ieiom
should be not Guilty was In tue court room aii "a. udS
friday | never in court room before III uilS
country wish every Husband thought enoneh 10 o.
thlre wives TO defend them even with those hves,
evidently YOU are self man thought of anyone
else would tar d feather you If J might -, =,
l wondered when the Judge said YOU were IN III,
tilgent lot lie did not know you any now, WoIt ~
20 hear murder trial asain 1t makes my mar IT. nc
could that the man was Ill. men VIII 90 sucn
things d the do foolish things olenor for woman
Of the world then for hire wife. however ! ruSt ne
will fall to better hands next time and that the lore
man OF the jury will not be 50 thickwitted as YOU
were good bye
Mr.. Woods comment on this was simply; "This is
the kind of a cowardly sneak that shoots when he Is
In danger himself
The foreman's stand in voting 10 find Webster
guilty of murder in the first degree has caused the
prisoner 10 speak in such terms about him that Mr.
Wood feels that he may be compelled to carry pistol
himself should Webster be set at liberty. Mr. Wood
that hn nc.fint md IN
convinced him absolutely that WebSters version of the
shooting was untrue He tried in every way TO
reconcile the prisoners story with the nature OF the
wound but failed lie could not. therefore, persuade
himself 10 vote for an acqulttal
Patrick DcIan, the sixth juror. went around the
General sessions Building few days ago. declaring
that the Jurors who voted for verdict Of guilty had no
more judgment than cat. The better part OF the
community is convinced now that Tie phrase hts ME-
Dolan's intellect like glove.
Tie following letter from Mr.. Wood appeared In a
newspaper Yesterday
naners uttered by Burton G. Webster. under iudic meat
Tor murder, and by his lawyer, Nillam f. howe, at
trbuting 10 ne motives other thau TIE eVGence iOT
nv vote in the jury the question OF guilt or ia,
noccnce in his late trial. Webster s@'> am prGuucee
against him because he is S0uthcrner and am d
veteran Of the Union Army. hno| u ' ne s w
on the stand that he was born near Kiehih0ht va,
but thai his father was Northern man. But. a lie
is only thirty years Old, he Is clearly too Young
to hare taken part in that contest. The question was
thes were on a. in this case IT did no, matter to me
But there was gentleman on that jury; Philip
and who fought with Bobby Lee from the beeinnipc
to the end Of that terrible conflict. His was ne
noblest heart on that jury. lie agreed with me from
the first rs to the essential point, il that case, AID
believed with me that the physical fact in the cil'e
that could not be drproved sustained oo1wnS dying
declaration lie agreed with me that the circnm
stances did not aud could not justify the shooting
MIR. Slaughter demonstrated beyond reasonable QUE
wei. far WaiE
by a cuspdOr I'm the hands of Goodwin. lie eavc a
n htore s fbp othe could strike he had hin by the
arm in manner that made him pOweIless 10 90 harm
benefit OF every possible doubt, thought that justice
might be satisfied with a verdict OF nEiIlslaughler
But the "eight sensible jurymen" that Mr. Howe talks
about could not be- induced to reason on this line de-
belief. and claimed that as they had large majority
Of the jury we should give in to them and acqiit.
Webster says that unless the prosecution can get
If they get jury composed Of Union and Conelcr'te
veterans like those that were on that Jury, J. VIII
Webster where he will never whip ont his revolver
again and shoot down an unarmed man on his own
Howe makes point asalnst DE f., foreman man
Ho ~n as matter Of TACT am paSsonicy fond Of
good singing bot my throat was no, maze d Io io1s
one should shoot ne for it, / doubt if he would not
ss os sl did Mf oH nn that %n Under ne
investigation would be proved TO he false there Is d
question 10 Ills lOOf an IiO' Du III
nv life have known a great iEalN OF them. Thcy
have been honorable. peaceable God fearing Christian
men and women. ! am cOmplimented by being called
a Methodist Mr. IfOwcs insinuatiOn against the pin
cples OF that great denomination IS a disgrace to
w W. Page. Of the New-Nork Presbyterian Church. an
eXConfodcIatc and Il fighter know no NAN inst
! love mcle. ! to take thi, opportunity TO
deny-and this is the main object of th, writing
that Union veterans pretudlced against SontheI
men or Confederate veterans. True soldier, Of either
side honor and respect each other and iraternze on
the most friendly terms, but both loath and despi'e
Cowardly a,sassins OF unnamed men,
ALBERT l.. WOOD.
Justice Andrews In Supreme Court yesterday granted
n writ OF iabeas corpus requiring the production IN
court OF Burton G. Webster for the pnIposc Of hear
,nc an argument on IA motion to admit him to bail