The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-12
Nine Tell Why They Voted For
or Against Conviction.
SEVEN FOREIGNERS
On the Jury and All We're For
Conviction.
Mrs. Moore Still Declares Her
Husband Innocent.

New York, Dec. 12.-Nine of the jurors
who sat in the Moore trial were seen
today. Here's what they have to say;
Max Vogel, No. 206 Canal street,
held out for conviction and to have the
vital issue the taking of the money.
insisted that the minutes relating TO
the testimony Of Detective Sergeant
Mcknight be read. This was done. We
then stood seven for conviction and hVe
for acquittaL No argument could move
the five.
dred and Seventh street, was for ac-
quittal. There were seven foreigners
on the jury and five Americans. The
former were for conviction, while the
latter were against it. The jury never
for moment doubted the character OF
James Cronin, No. 300 West Thirty
first street, believed that all OF
Mahon's testimony was the gospel
truth and, therefore, voted to convict
Moore.
street, was with the majority. be-
lieVe that every member of the jury
was morally convinced of MOore's guilt,
but five did not think that the evidence
was sufficient to convict him.
Zachary T. AIdrich, No. 334 West
Thirty-ninth street, was on the mi
nority side. Some of the testimony ad-
duced left a doubt in my mind, and
gave the defendant the benefit of it
Isaac Liberman, No. 121 East Ninety
fourth street-My ballot was for con-
viction. The mistriaI was caused by the
fact that there were several men on the
jury who were unfit to be there. A
few of them appeared utterly Indifferent
to testimony and to reasonable argu-
ments advanced by the jurors con-
WINGED of Moore's guilt.
Charles w. Raab, No. 433 West Fifty
fourth street, stood for acquittal.
Mahons testimony was too contradic-
tory to suit me, and Detective Cur s
was hardly worth consideration.
Herman Sturcke, No. 483 Amsterdam
avenue voted for conviction.
William Shedd, No. POI West Ninety
fifth street, prefer not to say how /
voted.
Notwithstanding Assistant District
Attorney McIntyre's statement, after
the Jury had come to a disagreement in
the case of William A. E. Moore, charged
with "badgering'' Martin MahOn, that
he believed two members of the jury
even if Moore had confessed his guilt
on the stand, would have voted him not
guilty, nothing was developed yesterday
to show that any of the twelve voted
otherwise than according to their con-
science.
Mr. MCINTYRE was content yesterday
with reiteration of his charge. Lawyer
Levy, for Moore, said that the assist
ant district attorney spoke out of
chagrin.
It is likely that Moore and his wife
will be tried together this week Mr..
Levy favors a joint trial, and Mr. B. H.
Hill, of Atlanta, Mrs. MoOre'S counsel,
is inclined to favor it
Mrs Moore said:
mo; I shall not turn states evidence.
If I did I would tell a falsehoOd. Mr..
Moore and myself are both innocent
of this charge. The threat of the peni-
Tertiary nor the promise of liberty to
me will not prevail upon me to say that
he is guilty.
THE statement that he has always
been brutal to me is false. He has been
unkind when he was drinking; but when
sober he has been as good to me as I
could expect"
Moore said. through his counsel, that
the charge that he and his wife had
blackmailed a Russian count is a ina
licious and diabOlical lie
The Moores were arraigned today on
the Indictment charging them with hav-
ing stolen silverware from the Waldorf
Astoria. Both pleaded not guilty, with
the privilege of withdrawing the plea
and entering a demurrer.