New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-22
THE JURY LOCKED UP.
NO VERDICT IN THE CASE AGAINST A. s.
JAMESON
ADMISSIONS MADE BY THE PRISONER ON HIS
TRIAL FOR PERJURY-oTHER DEFEND
ANTS SURRENDERED BY THEIR

BONDSMEN
The trial Of Andrew Scott Jameson upon the
Indictment charging him with perjury in the
complaint which he signed in the case of Michael
T. Moore who was arrested in Gravesend on
Election Day, was ended in the Court of oyer
and Terminer in Brooklyn yesterday. The fact
that Justice "Dick" Newton appeared as a Wit
ness for the prosecution on Tuesday served 10
give additional interest to the proceedings Moore
was arrested with Colonel a. S. Bacon. William
K Wardner and william A. Whiting when they
atteupted TO serve injunctions upon McKane and
his men. and were taken before Justice Newton
Blank commitments signed by Jameson
and filled out afterward. The prisoners were re-
leased on their own recOgnizances. Jameson
was the chief witness in his own behalf. and
served to injure his more than he helped
Il. He had to confess that he could not read
writing and that even print puzzled him some
what
The first witness OF the day was f. Stillman
Doubleday. who related his experiences as one
Of Colonel Bacons party. lie denied that the
men auarrellcd fought or made a large" noise,
as charged in the complaint against Mr.. Moore.
James Boyle a Gravesend policeman, Identified
an affidavit shown to him one that Jameson
agned on December 3 He was not positive
that the prisoner read It. lie admitted that
Justice Newton sent for him on Tuesday night.
but they had no conversation about the
affidavit.
The details Of the proceedings al Gravesend on
the morning Of Election Day were related by
Louis Stolber William *. Wardner, Peter Rosen-
bach and Michael f. Moore. The last-named
witness testified that the party led by Colonel
Bacon behaved quietly and peaceably. He
had heard McKane say: "Injunctions don't
go" There was no resistance by the members
OF his party.
a MOTION TO DISMISS THE CASE
After the prosecution rested a motion to dis
miss the case was denied by Judge Brown
Charles ]. Patterson made the opening address
for the defence Jameson was the first witness
In his testimony he said he was born and had
iyci thirty-0ne years in GraVcsend. lie hdd preh
a constable for seven or cgnt years. oH i'Ic'tipl.
Day ne had been on duty $50 feet from the poll
ing place. When a carriage approached, ne had
stopped il. \ man in 4 had thrown heavy cane
AZ him. ana another man had stepped our oi me
carriage and approached him with his hand In
4 hip pocket. He had grasped his hand ana
taken away 4 revolver The cane ana the re-
Vpivcr were turned over 10 Justice Newton. Al
the reduest of tho attcr he Eai signed four
blank commitments but ne had not appeared to
swear 10 them ~
on the cross-cxamination. the witness admitted
that ne signed the AFFIDAVIT produced in the pro-
coedings for contempt of court before Judge l|aI-
nard. but alleged that he signed IL without read
ing IL. and that many statements IN IL W"r" uh-
true He had never made such statements t. MI.
Roicrick who drew Il mp. or - any one In MS
Office When asked why he did no; protest
AGAINST the Of false aiilddNt, ne sd.d he uIu
not know what 20 DO.
Tho other witnesses for the defence included
Peter j. O'Connor. Louis Nelson. John ODay.
Charles Warrington vt. I.oudon and Foster l..
KacLus former counsel for the prisoner.
In summing up for the defendant. Mr.. Pat
terson spoke in the severest terms OF NeWt0n
- ..sfI.
~ seek king To- save himself AT the expense OF
other Gravesend people. lie scored his c'nduct
In the entire matter as deserving ot contempt
and declared that h" sought 10 Hdhc S'"PV-
goat Of Jameson.
The case for the people was summed up by
Assistant Attorney General Weinberg. who Iaid
stress upon the willingness of the prisoner 70
commit perjury by signing blank commitments
and afndaviis which he had not read and of the
contents of which he was ignorant. MS wnoe
conduct showed that he was guilty of the CRIME
for which he had been indicted.
Mr. Weinberg denied thai Newton would es-
cape trial by appearing as a witness, ana ma,
mated that the indictments against MN woull
be tried as soon those for perjury were out oi
Judg. Brown charged the jurymcn imparually.
and th,.v retired at $50 II consider the verdict
The members of the jury sent word to judge
Ilr,wn i'm the course of the evening that instrnc-
lions were, required. When they were brought |
into IN. courtroom they asked what would
Constitute a reasonable doubt When told that
II was such a doubt OF guilt as would prevent
conviction. the jury asked II Jameson ntd th'.
same standing a. other witnesses. ana II ne wa4 Wa
entitled 10 equal crcdrnce with them. Tne
Judge said that the surrounding circumstances
must be considered. The jury then asked II
the verdict was To- be based upon the clrcnm,
stances I'm case the testimony OF Jameson ana
Newton was not accepted. Counsel for jamie
son asked the judge 10 charge that II Newton
was disbelieved the jury must acquit and THIS
was done.
After getting this Information the jury retired
to again consider the verdict As Il had failed
to reach decision at 1880 o'clock 1t was locked
up for the night. ~
In addition to the two men-John II. Rrownhill
and William Lyons-who were surrendered by
their bondsmen on Tuesday. the bondsmen for
cha rges Yesterday. The indicted men were Nich-
olas j johnson. Frederick +. Bader. and Michael
T. Ryan The bondsmen seeking To- surrender
them were Paul Wiedmann Jr, ana herman
Poppcr They gave bonds in $4,000 for each OF
the indicted election inspectors. who are charged
with conspiracy and omission oil duty. New
bondsmcn were found to take the places of those
who desired to withdraw from the bonds Of
johnson. Bader and Ryan.
He SEES VISIONS OF MKANE.
Joseph Lillis. formerly a Gravesend policeman.
who took great interest in John Y. McKane's
affairs. has been In the County Insane Asylum
since January &c. four days after Mckane's trial
began suffering from paress. He has the
hallucination that Mckane VIII make MN a
wealthy man. and reads all Gravesend matters
with much interest. 1t is supposed that his nina
gave way from the excitement consequent upon
the Incidents In CiraVeSend on Election DaN ana
subsequently, but that II he had been mentally
sound AT the time he would not nave broken
down He Is n man of forty-hve years
Judge Bartlett banded down n decision yes
teriav sustaining the demurrer put in by the de-
PENDANTS I'm the indictments for conspiracy found
by the December Grand Jury against John !:
WcI<ane Justices Sutherland and Newton. and
the eighteen election inspectors In Gravesend on
the ground that "A conspiracy 10 commit felony
was merged into the felony itseH aiter II was
| committed The felony was In preventing the
registry lists from being copied. and 1t was for
this that McKane was convicted.
Judge Cullen handed down a decision yeSter-
day everything n demurrer put In by the same
! defendants to an Indictment found In January
for procuring and allowing fraudulent voting In
| Gravesend.
II Is expected that the friends OF McKane will
| appear before the Gravesend Board OF Audit this
afternoon and present report In ms behalf. II
Is said that his son George and Stryker william
son visited McKane in Sing Sing Tuesday night
and conferred with him about the facts and