The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-04
HIS JURY STILL OUT.
Edward Man Levy's Fate Hang
ing in the Balance.
Retired at 7.20 Last Evening and
Were Locked Up All Night.
The Accused Policeman Somewha,
Hopeful This Morning.

A vast amount of public interest IL
felt in the prosecution of accused mem.
bers Of the Police Department. judgins
the Hobbies and Railways Of the brown
stone Courthouse this morning al
eager to hear the result of the all-nigh
elaboration of the jury sworn to try
Policeman jeremiah S. Levy, charge,
with taking 500 a week backmail froi.
Capt. Charles K umm for protecting hiA
In running his concert hall. Kuenstlel
Halle, l67 ChrystIe street.
At 10 o'clock Judge MARITIME, who's
FAMILY is at SeaDrignt, telephone.
from the Manhattan Club, where h.
spent the night, to ask Capt. O'Byrn,
of the court squad, for information.
All the Captain could return was:
THE jury has not signitied their q,
sire to communicate with the Court"
The jury retired at 72O last eveniLi
after listening to a mastery presen.
ton of the defense by quiet scholast
Abraham Levy, and characterist
philippe from that hundred times VIII
ner and never loser, Prosecutor Fran
els l.. Wellman. Judge Marines charg
consumed an hour ana covered tn
points OF the case completely.
Yet, after an hours elaboration. III,
jury had not agreed, and they were e..
corted TO the Aston House for supper.
On their return they were again lock
up in the Grand Jury room, and g.
they had not come to an agreement
1890, Judge MARITIME adjourned his cou.
Till 1880 this morning.
The court officers on guard at IL,
closed entrance 10 the Grand Jury roo.u
say they never had less entertain
v. "A thrnIlrh I
heavy doors till nearly s this mornin
when the twelve men inside appeared
a bunch at the door and demanded theI.
breakfast
There was another trip to the Asto.
House for breakfast. but not a jurol
gave out a hint of how they were divil
ed, nor what they were split one
lowed the Courts instruction about :
lence," said one Of the officers later
the day; Not man opened his mout
from the way they paired off or fr,.
the tone of their conversation anythin
about how they stood. They were gv>e.
natured, In a quiet way, and acted hy
men who had never had a difference
the world"
Policeman Levy was brought from y
Tombs cell to court by Deputy Shcr
Brown at little after 10 o'clock. r,
fully when told that the jury had Il d.
yet agreed. He declined to express hi
self, however.
Mr.. Wellman went to Southampto
last evening, and Will not be in toM
again until Monday
Abraham Levy was almost juoiiu.
this morning over what seemed 10 b.
certainty OF a disagreement of the Jurs
client.
At l2.i5 Capt. O'Byrne was sent for b.
the jury. Immediately afterwards r.
Captain teiephoned to Judge MARITIME {
come to the Courthouse
Whether an agreement had h,.,
reached or not could not be ascertalne,'
The law permits a Court to sit OR :
holiday or Sunday for only two or thre
prisoner. and another is to receive
verdict from IL jury, SO that Judge Mas
tnee has the right TO receive the verdb-'
from the Levy jury at any time, day y
night.
+ No news had leaked from the jITs
room during the hours up to tnat tima
and the spirits of the friends of the Dr.
PENDANT ascended constantly.
| The opinion prevailed among those wa
had followed the whole trial that tn
question OF the sixth juror, Raphael }
Levy, 20 Witness krumm Did YOU un
derstand that the money you paid L
Policeman Levy vas for his own per
sonal use?' and the answer. mo, II wa
for Che contribution; | understood tina
, II was TO so 10 the Captain" was tn,
KEY TO the whole situation.
| These wiseacres argued that Juro
! Levy thought Policeman Levy was be
| Ing made the scapegoat for others high
! err In authority. and his expression o
face, on hearing the answer, indicate
/ that he dlsapproved of furnishing tn
! cat whose paw had been used to pull
/ the chestnuts out of the fire.
AS Judge Martin Is anxious to joil
| his family at Seabright, n. j., II wa
not helievd that he would hold the jur!
any longer, ii they had not agreed. 10
they had been out nearly eighteen hours