The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-20
MUST Find 4 VERDICT
Judge Hudspeth Will Not
Discharge the Let's Jury
Until Ii Agrees.

After recess yesterday. counsel for
tense OF the charges OF having embezzled
about $4,000 from the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. The opening address
to the jurors WAS made by Lawyer G. G..
Black, and he was followed by Edward
S. Wallace, OF New York. Mr.. Black
devoted his time entirely to q review of
the evidence which has been published in
HE JERSEY CITY NEWS, and he claimed
that The State bad failed 10 make out a
case against Let's. He spoke strongly
and declared that Let's had been Indicted
for EN- bezzlinR 500. coo, and that, with tile
exception of $50. every dollar of The
money had been accounted for by the
books, ana that Let's himself had salts
factorlly accounted for that sum when
on the witness stand. Mr.. Black pointed
to the items Of account To Lear ouknis
statements.
The speech OF MIR. Wallace was a bril-
liant effort. but full of vituperation. He
devoted but little time to the evidence.
and denounced The Pennsylvania Rail
road Company as q soulless corporation.
His denunciation of Freight Agent
Butter and the other employees Of the
company was particularly hitter.
LET'S ASELF-MADE IAN
Mr.. Wallace said lhat Let's was q self
made man who had received his educA-
ton in the common schools of this city,
and that at the early age of fifteen he
went to work for his living, and never
from that time until September % hal he
been supposed TO be other than an honest
man.. His honesty had never been ques
TONED. MIR. Wallace paid the Court and
Prosecutor a high compliment N
thanked them tor the courtesy that had
been shown him. a member of the bar OF
another State, and hoped he would again
have the pleasure OF meeting them.
District Attorney Winfield in opening
his address characterized the speech or
Mr.. Wallace as that of Il political demo
gogue and denounced 1t. He said it did
not refer TO evidence and appealed to the
prejudIces Of men by ~denouncing soul
less corporations The Prosecutor
wanted to know if corporations had
not a right TO be protected from
vania Company was the prosecutor
of this CASE and declared that the State IT
New Jersey was. Her laws had been
violated apd she demanded that punish
ment should follow. The Prosecutor re-
viewed the evidence and tore the defense
to pieces thread by thread. The Prose
cutor's speech was a remarkable one and
and it carried much weight. The jury
was greatly impressed by it.
JUDGE EUDsPETE's CHARGE.
Judge Hudspeth in charging The jury
talked for about one-half an hour. He
instructed the jurors as to the law, and
impartlally placed before them the evil
dence. IN his charge Judge Hudspeth
Went out of his way to pay w. w.
Klink, one of the counsel for the defense
q compliment, the like of which was
never before heard in the Court House.
He said
II want TO say that the ability and
learning shown by Mr.. klink In this case
during The past five days, has been OF q
very high order. He prepared and con
Quoted his case in a most brilliant man.
ner. And / can say for him in the hear.
ing of the people of this county, that his
future is bright. ana his ability as
shown in this case, presages success te
him and his clients. In paying this de-
served compliment to MIR. Klink, | dc
not pluck one leaf from the laurels of his
associates in this unusually hard trial
At nine O'Clock last night it was SAID
the jury stood nine for conviction and
three tor acquittal. Two hours later the
jury was seven for conviction. and at
balf-past eleven today it was reported the
jury was six for acquittal and six fol
conviction. At this time the jury was
permitted to send out for some breakfast
Judge Hudspeth was not at the Cour
House, and Judge LippiDcott gave the
necessary permission to enable them tc
satisfy their hunger.
The jury came into court about ont
O'Clock, and the foreman told Judge
Hudspeth that the members were unable
to agree upon a verdict. The Judge did
net discharge them. but sent them back
to the jury room, telling them to remain
there until they agreed to convict oil
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