St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-09
lie RiBUKED The JURY.
JUDGE JaMfSog A0SLvls 7ERSA ROAST
FROM NE BENCH.
THE EVIDENCE Is ALL In

The State Rests in the Floyd Case
The arguments Will BE Made
1oday-s.Xpected to Go to the
Jury Before Adjournmcnt-A
Juror Who Violated the Rules
OF the Court
1t took longer than was anticipated
to conclude the taking OF evidence i'll
the Floyd trial. The case was not
finished until O'Clock yesterday after.
noon. and then, owing to the lateneSS of
| the hour, the delivering of the argu-
ments was deferred until this morning.
| Someting of a sensation was sprung
| just before adjournment of court. For
| the past few days of the trial one OF the
| jurors has acted in manner that
| brought the wrath OF The court down
upon his head. Upon entering the court
room he usually walked over to the
| Floyd boys and shook hands with them,
at the same time passing the time of day
| and other remarks. He was also seen
assisting one Of the boys on with his
overcoat. Yesterday afternoon County
| Attorney Nve called the attention of
| Judge Janlison TO this fiagraut violation
| Of jury and court rules. When the last
! bit Of evidence in the case had been
| submitted the judge ordered the court
room cleared of all spectators. When
| this had been accomplished he called
| the jury back from the jury room,
| whittier they had been sent, and adj
| ministeIed the following singing re-
| buke:
The evidence in this case is now all
i'll. and will, III all probability, be sub
| mitted to your consideration tomorrow
You are not 20 say Anything to any one,
and are to refrain from having any con-
| verSatlon among yourselves. When this
| case first opened | cautioned you 10 say
nothing in regard to ii: | cautioned you
| a second time, ana the third time.
| Within the last day Or two rumors have
| come 10 this court which. if true, show
the most fragrant misconduct OH the
| part of a certain juror. These rumorS,
at the proper time, will be most thor
oughly Investigated, and the law will
then be applied. | want to say 10 you
now. as have said 10 you before, that
nothing is TO be said by any one of you:
you are not to hear anything said about
this caSe-nOt to discuss it among YOUR
selves until you reach the jury room.
With this adlnonition, which the court
| gives You empnailcaly, you will report
| here tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock"
1t is likely the case will be submitted
10 the jury before adj ournment OF court
This afternoon. 1t all depends, how
ever, upon the length of time taken by
the opposing attorneys in making their
arguments. Mr.. Byrnes says he will
finish in less than a half an hour. 1t
will then be incumbent upon the prose
cutting attorney TO review the case from
the beginning. Mrs. Sceig was in tie
court room during the afternoon and sat
beside her husband. The contrast was
striking-5he. the handsome, styishly
attred blonde: he,t shorn and salioW-
faced convict. She kept up continual
conversation with min in whispers
Her mouth was close to his ear, and he
caressed the fur trimmings of her coat.
Mrs. Floyd went back to the witness
stand iii the morning, and A. II. Hail,
Mr.. Nye's assistant, began the task of
cross examination. lie kept up con-
slant fire until the noon hour came, and
then Mrs. Floyd was well nigh exc
hauSted. The attorney nagged at her
in pltlleSS way, and When she left the
stand the witness remarked that she
could think of nothing more. In refer
ring TO the pictures sent home by the
boys, Mr.. Hall asked:
about the picture. Mrs. Floyd, was
1t was as you see it there. did not
show any immodeSt picture 10 a re-
porter. nor did l tell him that | knew
my boys were fast, but not thieves. L
did not see an i!nmodest picture among
! them"
when did Scheig first tell you he had
the box al the poStOflice?"
The Saturday afternoon he left. /
don't remember that the boys ever told
me-"
"Why did you write 10 Scheig to trust
you, saying that you would be true as
steeI?'
II merely wanted to break down the
| bar OF secrecy between US that | might
write and hear from my boys. 1t is
| possible that | wrote to St. Louis. If |
did, it was TO n. A. Abbott. put the
personal in the Herald because L knew
they always got tie Herald wherever
they were.''
What did you understand by %. K.
| T0m?'' -
Just what it said, that my boys were
all right"
Did you not know that %. k was a
signal to write to Chattanooga?'
NO, sir. L did not
why did you write to Chattanooga?'
Simply 10 find out where they were"
The letter written by Mrs. Floyd to
| VIC DO1 al was lU6n read
| and dissected by Mr.. Hall. He asked:
What did you mean by the remark.
w hat terrible things have happened.
| can hardly believe it alln'
Il had heard then of Scheig's being
an emGezzler."
mo one but the doctor, the only one
who Knows" read MIR. Hall. What
did you mean by that doctor being the
only one who knows-knOws what? The
one scored that was on your mind, Mrs.
Fiogd?"
Il did not know the one thing you are
! trying to make me say. l did not know
at that time that Phil Scheig was a
| thief"
We'll, at that time had not Mr.. Lowry
told you?"
Yes, sir. But the papers he gave me
did not contain much."
Mr.. Hail asked Mrs. Floyd if, when
she said my dear ones-all of your
! she included Phil Scheig. She assented
that she did by saying, II did not be-
| lieYe Phil Scheig guilty until he told
me himself"
Why didn't you write in that letter.
Mrs. Floyd" asked MIR. Hall. ito tell
your boys that they were in the com.
pany of an EN- bezzler and thief, and for
Gods sake TO get away from hinI?"
II feared that it would-that is-if 1t
! Tell into The hands OF some one else
that is-if it was discovered there would
be pursuit and feared my boys would
be killed"
Did you think more of their life than
of their honor, Mrs. Floyd?"
l think" '''''
Mrs. Floyd, is that all the explana-
ton you have to offer?"
Its all can think of now," was the
reply.
In the afternoon Mr.. Hall asked Mrs.
| Floyd:
did you go to Mr. Scheig's wedding?"
mo, SIR"