Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-05-10
charge among the people over the wall.
Policemen were clubbing citizens right

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and left.
ooXEY on THE STAND.
Next General" CoXey himself, in q
gray spring suit with creased trousers,
walked onto the witness stand. He
gave his residence MS Massilon, Ohio.
"What is the object Of your visit to
Washington 7"
40 petition Congress to pass two
laws to give work to the unemployed
on public improvements"
The general clasped bunch of docu.
ments between his two hands. lie said
he had left Massillon on Easter Sunday
with men of all trades, all Of them
American citizens.
"What inducement was held out to
them to follow your"
"They might as well be with me as
anywhere. They were out of work,
their families were destitute at home"
'Did you obey the laws Of the State?"
"Not one chicken feather can be
traced to our camp. We knew that the
success of the movement depended upon
our lawfulness."
In repeating his conversation with the
chief of police of Washington Coxey
said he told Major Moore that the army
might break up and enter the Capitol
grounds as American citizens, and the
chief said there would be no objection
to that.
He said that we must not carry the
banners into the grounds because it was
against the law, the general continued,
III said there was one banner from Pitts
burg given me by the laboring men that
had promised to plant there if my life
was spared, and | would like to carry
that"
Here Mr.. Libscomb exhibited the
banner. 1t was of white satin with
green letters and read, "Pittsburg and
Allegheny. More money; less misery;
good roads; no interest on bonds"
MUST RESPECT THE LAW.
WAsHINGToN, May s.-After argu-
ment in the cases against Coxcy, Browne
and Jones, to-day, Judge Miller, in a
long charge to the jury, instructed them
as to their duty, to be guided by the
evidence, and expressed the opinion
that the defendants ought to have been
tried separately, instead of jointly. He
told the jury they were simply trying
the defendants under what was known
as police regulation passed by Con-
gress. Congress had the right to pass
these regulations, aud the people had no
right to dictate to Congress how IL
should transact its business. All believed
in liberty, but unrestricted liberty was
the worst thing in the world, and this
law was simply restriction, and it
should be obeyed.
Judge Miller continued:
You must not be prejudiced by your
own views of any movement of this
character. 1t is the right of anybody to
entertain any views of government he
may desire. 1t is not only a right, it is
a duty. The people have the perfect
right to ventilate their views, but they
must do it in proper way and within
the law"
He referred to the fact that the de-
PENDANTS, Carl Browne and Christopher
Columbus Jones, did not take the stand,
and cautioned the jury that they must
not be influenced by that fact, as the
law said no inference prejudicial to the
defendants was to be drawn therefrom.
The case was given to the jury at
1856.
At 800 o'clock the jury sent request
to the court to be allowed to have the
written instructions of the court sent in
to them in the jury room, but to this
Assistant District Attorney Mullowney
objected. The jurors then filed out Of
their room, and Judge Miller read the
instructions to them again. 1t took
them only 10 minutes afterwards to
agree, and at $40 O'Clock they an
nounced the verdict.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
The foreman had some difficulty in
explaining it, and this led lawyer for
the defence to object to the finding on
the ground that the clerk of the court
had misunderstood the verdict and had
wrongly recorded it. The objection was
oyerruled. The finding of the jury was
that Coxey, Browne and Jones are
guilty on the first count. which charges
them with carrying banners designed to
bring the Coxey army into prominence
in the Capitol grounds.
On the second count, of unlawfully
tramping on the grass of the Capitol
grounds, Coxey and Browne are found
guilty, while the charge against Jones
was dismissed.
MIR. Lipscomb gave notice of mo-
ton for new trial, and asked for an
arrest of judgment. The motion will
be returnable in four days. .-..
At the instance of the district attorney
the bail of the defendants was renewed
in the sum Of $500 for each, after which
the court adjourned.
The penalty imposed by the statute
for offences of this kind, "iine or i'm
prisonment or both at the discretion of
the judge of the police court-the fine
not to exceed 500, the imprisonment
not to exceed 60 days"