New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-24
MRS. FLEMING ACQUITTED.
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ana receiving a negative answer, the Recorder
formally discharged her from custody
EsCORTED FROM THE BUILDING.


formally discharged her from custody.
ESCORTED FROM THE BUILDING
In order. however. that no further public
dc demonstration should take place, he instructed
that no one should be allowed to leave the court
until the defendant had left its precincts she
was hurried away by Mr.. Shaw and Matron
Smith, and although she left the courtroom by
the public entrance. the keeper Of the Tomos IN
formed a Tribune reporter that Mrs Fleming had
decided to spend the night in the cell she has 80
long occupied. For more than an hour after the
verdict was rendered at least a thoufand people
surrounded the entrance to the Tombs In the
expectation that Mrs. Fleming would leave the
prison.
Two carriages that were standing at the door
fostered the anticipation that she intended 10
leave there Immediately. Despite the assertion OF
the Tombs keeper, a friend o. Mrs. Fleming stated
that she had not returned to her CELL but mad
taken an apartment in an adjoining hotel MISS
Florence Bliss was not present to near the Ver-
diet having gone home about an hour before, APP
parently convinced that there was little chance
OF a verdict being arrived at last night or early
this morning.
WAITING FOR THE VERDICT
The Recorder. in his charge to the jury. occu-
pied little more than two houns. In the opln-
ion Of many people he was especially severe on
the defendant Soon after | o'clock the Re-
corder had concluded his charge, and after some
formal exception, By Mr.. Brooke. the jury at ex-
actly 100 were dismissed 10 consider their YER
dict No sooner had the jurors disappeared to
the some convenient and private place near pv
az their retiring room in legal phrase is charac-
terlzed. than the kcenest speculation was IN
dulged in by tho spectators and others III the
court as TO the prospects OF n favorable or an
adverse verdict for the defendant. The weak
ntescs in the chain Of evidence forged by the
prosecution were freely commented upon.
Although hour after hour went by without any
sign from the Jury. there no lessenlng In the
interest that has all along been manifested in the
case Throngs ~ people filed the Courtroom ana
the corridors were almost impossible by reason
81 the crowds that were waiting for the verdict
The numerous women who have been In attend
unce at the trial from the outset chung - their
seats with a patience that was almost heroic In
it, perslstency. Daylight changed 70 darkness
and the hour Of midnight drew near but not
a single woman gave up the vigil. They were
there for the sole purpose OF being present at the
final act II a long-drawn out tragedy. ana they
were not to be turned from their object
j
Jus, before o'clock commotlon was caused
I'm court by the announcement that the Jurors
v.r. returning \ few minutes later they filed
into court not with verdict. however They
h,,d returned merely for instructions. They
wished 10 have repeated - them the respective
nnllnqs Z Drs Mott and Scheel" IN their exami-
nation ~ The halves ~ the stomach submitted
,o them f.r chemical ANALYSIS. The Recorder OK
ttrhf A
grain u arsenic In the tissue II the half stomach
submitted 20 him. from which he estimated thai
N. whole, tissue contained two-thirds u d
grain. while Or Scheele Isolated seven-"ighths
81 grail, o, arsenic from his exhibit. from which
he estimated that thr entire stomach contained
$40 grain. Responding to another appnca-
,lon o., IN. Iur, the judge ordered the steno-
r,a,hl. minute. ~ the evidence ~ Detective
Nor. - L. r.aa. THIS testimony relates to the
finding %, the various exhibits among Mrs
Tl.mings pYssessl ms at the '"ioNlh' h"''''
which were put in evidence.
Tn. llr, were particularly Interested in the
small Japanese vase which. II was testified ia !
around ',s mock an arscnicai sediment
ru,n receiving the desired Information. the
fury retired again To thor room.
~. af,.f,u, 20 discredit Or. Scheel"'s tcstl-
,,ony yo. the keystone ~ tho frbric ~ Mr..
prn3k.'s defence and bccaus' Of the extended
absence II the jury. II was generally conceded
that the Impeachment Of Or. Schecle was not the
only issue upon which the jurymen had based
their considerations
Mrs. Fleming followed the Recorders charge
with the greatest attention. and her manner dur
ing the whole - the morning showed that for the
ars, time during the course 81 the trial she
realized the gravity ~ her position When she
was brought into court late In the afternoon al
the time the Jury sought instructions. her face
was deaihly pale. and showed evidence OF much
mental anxiety Florence bliss. on the other
hand fitted around the court with "A conrtant
smile and a superficial manner that under the
,ir.u,isianc,c was obviously out OF place. In
comnanv with Ferdinand Wickes. Miss Florence
bliss ,rpped dozens ~ times. In and out 81
court around the corridors. and among the
women missionaries and 90 far as her outward
manifestations and appearances went she might
have been the sprghtly spirit of a picnic party
rather than a woman waiting To hear verdict
upon which depended a sisters He