St. Paul daily globe., 1894-03-11

/ OiSdSr6eHlSnC hau Been An
ticipated-Mr. Ryrnes Did Not
Concl ude Until $3.50.
There was great excitement in the
| criminal court room of the county
building, Minneapolis, last night at 6
o'clock. The jury IN the Floyd case,
after deliberatlng for two hours, brought
in verdict of guilty. There was
large crowd in the room when the jury
filed in. and when the deputy sheriff
raped to order the silence that followed
the blows of the gavel was almost op-
! pressive. Mrs. Floyd sat directly be-
hind her sons. and with them was Mr.
! Byrnes. The lady was nervous and as
| pale as death. The boys looked trlfie
| scared. They had lost their air of sang
| froid, and in place of the cynical smile
! that generally hovered over the lips of
| both youths, there was firm closing of
| the mouths and twitching OF the eyes.
| When the verdict was read. it was as
| though a bomb had been thrown into
the midst of the FlOyds and their
| friends. 1t declared both Frank and
Louis guilty of grand larceny in the
| first degree. Mrs. Floyd became hysteri-
cal and sobbed out her misery upon the
| shoulder of lady friend. The boys
| looked at each other in dismay and
| clenched their fists.
The crowd that waited in the court
| room immediately set I'D hum of eX-
| cited whispering. 1t was expected when
! the jury retired that it would be nothing
worse for the FIoyds than a disagree
| ment. This was what the Floyds also
| expected, provided they were not dis
| charged outright
The case went to the jury few min.
utes, after o'clock. MIR. Byrnes re-
! sumed his address to tie jury when
| court opened in the morning, and kept
it up until the whistles blew the dinner
! hour. In the afternoon he took a fresh
| hold, and poured eloquence and facts
! into the ears OF the almost bewildered
! jurymen until $50. Then Judge Jami-
son delivered his charge. Mr.. Byrnes
made. apparently, good impression on
! the jury, though it was intimatedIby the
states counsel that be did not adhere
altogether to the evidence. He got a
| hearty laugh from the audience. and
/ the judge even smiled little at one
/ point in his address. when he said:
III you are going to send all the men
the penitentiary who have been
| guilty of protligacy, vino will you have
left to run the Bank OF Minueapolis?'
There was no attempt to answer the
question, though Mr.. Byrnes gIared
around him. SO he continued with his
| address. Judge Jamison's charge to
the jury was long one. and very fair
and impartial. He reviewed the evil
dence OF the case in brief. and instruct-
ed the jury to adhere strictly TO the
| evidence, and allow no sentiment, either
| for or against. to weigh IN their consid-
| Grafton of a verdict.
When the jury retired to the little
| room assigned to them, it was expected
that at least portion of the crowd
would leave, but they did not. No, in
deedl The women never budged from
their seats. They were glued to them.
Two hundred of them sat there and
waited for the jury TO come out with
verdict. Two hundred of them sat there
and gossiped about the trial and each
others bonnets. Several society
girls" when the jury had retired.
fiocked over to where the Floyd family
were sitting, and, lolling back i'll their
chars. carried on a conversation in
loud tones of voice that was no doubt
immensely dlverting from the manner
in which everybody laughed.
During the excitement number of
lady friends gathered about Mrs. Floyd.
who had arisen 10 her feet as the verdict
was announced.
"Ah! My God! My Godl What have
they done to you, my boys" she ex-
claimed in frantic tones, throwing up
her arms wildly. Both boys sprang
from their chair and supported their
mother. She grasped Frank about the
neck with both arms and kissed him
upon the cheeks and forehead, utterIng
wild and incOhereDt remarks.
''Oh, those jurymen! The wretches!
They were bought. every one of them.''
she cried loudly, bought by the Bank
of Minneapolis money"
The sons and Mr.Byrnes tried 10 calm
her. but she kept up her wild ejacula-
tiOns.
''Oh. God, dear God what can we do?
Mr.. Byrnes, is there no hope? Cannot
you get new tridl?' she asked
"We'Il see abouttIat later" was Mr..
Byrnes' reply.
When tile court room had been cleared
sufficiently to allow the passage of the
convicted boys, they were taken in
charge by deputy sheriff and escorted
to the Jail. Mrs. Floyd went along. and
chung to Franks arm, Sobblng the while
and eXclaiming that GOd would punish
the people who were instrumental in
sending her sons to prison. They had
all lied, and some day they would be
found out. Once inside the Jai she
refused point blank TO leave, and was
allowed to remain with the two young
fellows in the big room on the city's side
of the stone structure. She was SD
weak she could scarcely stand alone. so
a lounge was brought in for her 10
lie on.
The wretched woman remained in the
jail by the side of her sons all night,
and during the fore part of the night Il
number OF her friends were allowed TO
sit with her. She had tanning fits, and
was very hysterical. Had II not been
for the ladies who visited the Jail. the
jailer and his assistants would have
been driven to their wits ends to know
what to do in the case. 1t is understood
that Judge JamIsOn will sentence Frank
and Lou on Monday. Scheig occupies 4
cell across the hail from them III the
cOuEty'S part OF the building.