The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-09

| WASHINGTON, May S.-The three lead
ers of the commonweal-Coxey, Browne
| aud Christopher Columbus Jones, have
been found guilty of violating the laws by
jury OF their peers aud will have to sub
NIT to a sentence hereafter TO be imposed
| by tho court for their recent demonstra
ton on the capitol grounds. Thus ends
what its leaders style THE greatest march
| of the nineteenth century"
All three Of the accused were convicted
| on the first count of the Indictment, which
charged them with displaying banner
designed to bring into public notice the j.
S. Coxey Good Roads association. Jones
or Philadelphia was acquitted of the
second count, which accused him of tread
ing on the grass. but C0Xey and Browne
were convicted.
Tue jury retired at five minutes before l
O'Clock after hearing long Charge from
Judge Miller, which left them little al
Tentative but to convict if they followed
his leadings. About $3.50 the Jurors sent
for the instructions given for the defense,
but the government objected, and they
filed into the court room while the judy
read the instructions. Young Attorney
Hyman endeavored TO have Sne fact that
the objection came from the prosecution
laid before the jury, but he was sup
pressed. Judge Miller STATED he would
not have handed over the written instruc-
tions under any circumstances, as that
would have been Irregular. Twenty-Five
minutes after this episode the jury re-
lined with the verdict.
General Coxey had been visiting with
his wife and his daughter. the God
dess Of Peace" of the May day deGoastra-
ton, but took his seat within the bar, and
all the party received the result smiling!y
except Mr. Hyman. who was on his feet
with some objection to the form in which
the verdict was presented, but who was
sat upon by his colleagues.
The verdict was guilty as to the first
charge-carrylDg banners upon the capitol
grounds-asainst all the defendants, aud
on the second charge-walking on the
grass OF tue capitol grOunds-guilty as to
Cexey ald Browne and not guilty as to
Jones.
Attorney Lipscomb Immediately entered
a motion for a new trial and another In ar
rest of alignment. Judge Miller gave him
four days to file the formal paper. Then
the judge made inquiries about bail aud
Frank Hume, II wholesale grocer, who sew
eral times had run Tor ihe Democratic
nomination for congress from the Virginia
district across the Potomac river, signed "A
bond in $500 for each of the convicted COM
monwealers.
General Coxey left the room on the arm
of his wife, pushing through the curious
crowd which made no Demonstration
The conviction of himself and Jones was "A
surprise To the Commcnweal sympathiz-
ers. Coxey said it was evident thai his
conviction was not for what he had done.
but because of the principles in behalf of
which he had acted.
e Carl Browne remarked: 81 was surpris-
ed at the conviction of Brot her Coxey. be-
cause he was plainly acquitted by the evil
dence of any tschnical violation of the
statutes For my own part. / expected to
be convicted"
Two weeks may elspse. during which
the trio will be free on bail, before the
move for auotbsr trial is argued and de-
cided. The penalty provided by the law is
the same In each cffeEse, viz: A fin. not
to exceed 500 and Imprisonment ia Jail for
not more than sixty days, or both, within
the discretionof the court: accordingly the
maximum punishment which may be
met-d out to Coxey and Browne is SEQ
and 40 days, while Jones is subject to SIoO
and sixty days.
BY curious congressional error in a
recent Dill which reorganiZed the district
courts. there IS no appellate court 10
which police court can be carried The
only method OF appealing from Judge
Mlller's sentence viii be by An application
to higher court for writs of habeas
corpus and certiorari, and Attorney Lips
comb has announced he will lake this step
IL Judge Miller overrules the motion for a
new trial. However, such petition will
not operate as a stay OF judgment TO keep
the defendants from serving heir sentences
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