New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27
BOOTH-TUCKER GUILTY.
SALVATION ARMY HEADQUARTERS WAS
pIsoRDERLY. THE JURY SAYS.
nrr,prp,rpD FIVE HOURS BEFORE REACHING
yERDICT-sENTENCE ON THE COM
u,Nnrp POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE B.

MANDER POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE
Tho ,,rv in the case of Frederick de Latour
Booth-Tucker commander Of the SalVatioh
,rn,, in America indicted for maintaining dis
orderly and ill-governed house at the Army par
racks In West Fourteenth-st., returned INTO
court last evening after more than five hours
daIiberation with a verdict Of guilty. sentence
WAS postponed until June :, and Coniiiahuci
Rooth-Tucker was liberated under the same oaii
as before. -, ,
Yesterday was the third day OF the triai anu
II was taken up by the speeches OF counse. io'
the defence and prosecution and Juuee We"
burgers summing up. There was as iaieo u'
attendance as ever in the courtroom. EA-'a''
A. Oakley Hall in the course or an hou' sP0
for the defence argued that the compartments
II they had any case at all against the ueie"'-
ant, should have brought a civil action 'heie
being no ground for criminal Ptose'u''
rhsra were he said. many discrepancies ana eX-
aggerations in the testimony OF wi'he''
rho nrosecutlo1. For instance, one witness had
said that a door of the barracks was Only '"''e
feet from her window while builder VINO s"ore
=, nod rnade measurements said tie distance
,vas ~ feet II u inches Mr. Hall quoted copious
oxt,acts from the Old Testament to snow that
trumpets cymbals, harps. castanets. cothe'"
and timbrels were used in the OLD jewish "of
shin Miriam was. the first halleiuJah iassie Vi
the world" he said. lie closed by quo''hs ii','
Shakespeare Tie man who hath 40 Iius'o ~
his SOU. is III for treason, stratagem ana spoii''
and hinted that the sentence was apphcapie !"
the compairar.s.
Assistan. District-Attorney Welch for the pros
ecutior said tina. the commander and MS couiisei
had confessed the nuisance, their excuse peiho
that 1, was private and not pupilc nuisanee a.
IN al
that the case was ar important ana far-reaCnhS
one There were two questions TO a pe ue "a
Did the defendant maintain nuisa'oe dines nno
Was il a public nuisance? Religious pieyu"
should not be considered. IL was 10Y tns JuI! w
say whether the holding 0. service VIII VIII ~
menta! music and singing by TWO ,nousai iI ~ ~,
sons from \ o. m to 1870 a. III. made the ENJOY
ment of life uncomfortable to numDer Oh tle
inhabitants Of New-York. The CONSTITUTE" 10 t -,
the State gave the right OF worship ~ az t,rors
II must be within reasonable hours. II ti,e JuiSi
considered that the services were helu Wi'l ~,
reasonable hours and did not interrere WIN o,.e
peace and comfort of the people o, .nrdic, ,ne For
horhood then they must bring In Veruict IoL
the defendants If they thought otherwise the
verdict must he guilty -...
Commander Booth-Tucker issued long state-
mcnt last evening. in which he discussed , ere
cose and the verdict from his point oI Nte"'
Much Of the statement had been Wrl'tSl. ,.,'ar
the verdict had been decided on. IN the iat.eI i
mart the commander said: inc NeluIc' - "
nvtraordnarv one In the light of future MS
tory II will be placed on level WIN soire ~ '
strangest perversicrs OF law ever WltHess s, -
re,v offence has beer created by the action Vi
the iurv when jeopardizes the religious llper
ties of tens of thousands Of the best CITIZENS III
the United states. 1t remains to be seen '
the churches and evangelical organizations WIZ
ore concerned in this decision Will summit 20 @ tile
cancellation OF their liberties. and WhetheI Inosr ,
who are not so affected will stand ny ana a.i1"
our liberties to be curtailed by the poiu uep eua
lions Of those who should he the upnoiders o,
,ybot arc among the most precious rights ana
liberties OF an American citizen 10 say ho'"'"e
of a Christian. ~, ,... . nrorr
Commander Booth-Tucker will conduct ronp onp
hours at the cross" meeting to-nlRht at 20. -
West Fourteenth-st. Lieutenant-Colone r french
,n command of the Central Division. VINO mas
been on a furlough to Europe FOR some t',tie
viii he welcomed back at this meeting, ana Au
infant Trumble and Ensign Tanner Will ne mar
riad Inv the commander. Mrs Booth-Iucker IS
also expected TO speak In connection WIN M the
r,eetirq there will be a parade or Saivationists
.io, o,i tho officers Of Greater New York
New-Jersey. Connecticut and Long lslanu are
TO take part.