The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-23
JURY MADE A NIGHT OF 1T.
MOCK TRIAL AND THRATRICALS IN
THE COURT HOUSE CORRIDOR.
Apollo Lets Fly an Arrow-AIax Denes tho
Lightning ana saharct Denes the Chande-
Her In the Votundn NIches-verdic Against
Nathan. whose vino Cellar was Looted.

Apollo Lets Fly an Arrow-AIax Denes tho
Lightning ana saharct Denes the Chands-
Her In the uotnnda N~iches-verdict Against
Nathan. whose vino Cellar was Looted.
A soTry.looking set were tho twelve jurors
in tho action Of Mrs. Eunice Milligan to re-
cover damages from Broker Robert Nathan
and his vito for malicious prosecution when
they filed before Justice Gildersleeve Of tho
Supreme Court yesterday morning and an
nounced a sealed verdict OF $500 for Mrs. Mil
ligan. They had had little or no sleep,thcre were
blue lines under their eyes, their linen was
rumplcd, their hair was dishevollcd, but there
was n CLEAN Of satisfaction in their eyes.
The jury had sat for three days listening to
the evidence about wines stolen from the wine
cellar of tho Nathans at IL West Seventy
fourth street while tho Nathans were at Sara
toga in the summer Of 1894, and the house was
in charge of Mrs. Milligan as caretakcr. There
was a lot of evidence Of carousals of house
maids and their admirers, who had been called
in for d high old time, and the jury became
moro and moro FESTIVE as the case progressed.
Then Nathan rnttlcd'off tho brands of wine in
his cellar, and there was much talk OF flzz, bou-
uuet, mother of wine, and cobwcbbcd corks
that visibly affected several of the jurors, who
glanced w~istfully out along Park row to where
those things are in concrete shape.
That was tho condition of affairs when about
noon on Thursday the jurors went out to con-
slider a verdict. They were put in one Of tie
little stutfy jury rooms, which they turned
into q smokehouse. They could not agree.
They came before Justice Gilderslccve for in.
structions and retired to disagree again. Along
about . o'clock the Judge ordered IL scaled yer-
diet to be brought in i'll the morning. Now
sometimes II Judge will instruct the men in
charge of the jury that If they do not agree by
a certain time, usually midnight, they arc 10
be- discharged and may report their ulsaKrce.
! mcnt next morning. No such instructions
were given, and the attendants thought it was
their duty to keep the jury together all night.
They were taken out soon after I O'Clock IN
the evening for dime which is a. the expense
OF the county, no wine included. Jurors have
heretofore said that those stutfy rooms for juries
would drive any man To drink, but IT Is said that
this jury bought no drinks.
There is said to have been but one juror hold
ing out against the rest in that stuify room
until about midnight, when they asked the al.
tendants ii they could get out to Timber up and
they struck the corridor one juror hit another a
smack on the back, eXclaiminS:
Thereupon the cit man gave a chase to the
rest of the jurors who had. however, taken the
cue and were making fast tracks through the
One it man finally, got tired and sitting
himself in the bootblack's chair in the corridor.
Time in the Old Town Tonight" The chorus
swclled as the, jurors got together. There were
and then a bright idea struck one OF the jurors
and he mounted into one of the four vacant
inches for statues about the rotunda, Ho di.
vested himself of his coat and with his white
shirted arm outstrctched, cried.
AHA! Apollo Bclvedcrc."
Soon the other three inches had living statues
and there were poses OF Ajax Dcfying the
Lightning" and "Saharet Defying the Chande-
lier."
Next they thought they had better try the
case all over again. One OF them was made
Judge. two We're selected for counsel and the
rest were witnesses and jurors. Representa-.
tons were given of how the maids were Rugged
while bumpers of champagne flowed in the
kitchen, but they. got all tangled up over the
rulings OF the Judge. They did not have time
to carry up appeals from his decision, but re-
monstrated in different ways, and rs u shoe flew
past the mead OF the sonrt ana hiGkeu .he Wall;
the remonstrance. The Court so viewed II and
left the bench. No one seemed to want to take
his place, and that trial ended in a disagree
ment.
These different scenes took up all night, but
with the advent Of daylight they again took up
tho case, and on a final vote found they were
harmonious.