The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-19
WEINSEIMER FOUND GUILTY.
JURY OUT UNTIL NEARLY MID
NIGHT DECIDING.
Sent ence 10 He Passed on Oct. 2s-The
Prisoner Goes Back 10 the Tombs Over
the Bridge Of signs which Sam
Parks Crossed Less Than q Year ago.

Building Trades Alliance, was convicted In
the General Sessions Court late last night
of extorting $500 from George j. Essig, q
contracting plumber, to prevent strikes on
Essig's contract.
The jury went out at 5:45 o'clock p. M.
At $50 o'clock Judge Newburger sent them
word that they might go to dinner. Word
came back from the jury room asking the
Judge to permit them to deliberate until
o'clock, as it was hoped that a verdict
might be reached by that time. But at
7 o'clock they had not agreed, and they
were escorted to Hahn's restaurant in Park
row. They tarried over their meal until
8 80 o'clock and then returned to the court
house.
Nothing more was heard from them until
1l:4s p NJ. Then they filed into court
and Foreman Isaac W. Kendall, who is
broker, and lives at AZ East Seventy-ffth
street, was asked by Clerk Wolfe what the
verdict was. He said:
we find the defendant guilty as charged
in the Indictment"
Weinseimer, who was standing at the bar,
turned slightly pale and his lips quivered.
1t was the first real sign of nervousness he
had displayed since his arrest
The proceedings that followed were shorts
Judge Newburger asked George Paines.
chief counsel for Weinseimer, if he would
agree to put off the usual motions until the
day of sentence. Mr. Raines, after con-
sultation with his associates, Messrs. Toole
and Acer, agreed
In answer to the final questions of the
cour, clerk Weinseimer saidhe was 80 years
old, plumber, married, and lived at ll2
Jamaica Tala nd f,itv Ha
also described himself as moderate drinker
After this routine was disposed of Judge
Newburger announced that he would re-
mand the prisoner fer sentence on Oct 49,
Weinseimer was then led from the court
room and across the Bridge of Signs, which
Sam Parks crossed less than a year ago.
There was no demonstration whatever
in the court room when Weinsemer was
pronounced guilty. A dozen friends of the
prisoner were there.
When Diamond Phil" had been led from
the room and the door leading to the narrow
entrance to the Bridge of Signs had been
closed they filed softly out to the street
and refrained from even speaking to one
another.
When the jury retired, Mrs. Weinseimer
had a short talk with her husband. 1t was
dppdltHt Bic was BItdt
effort to refrain from crying. During the
fierce arraignment of her husband by
Assistant District Attorney Rand in his
summing up, she had remained quite calm.
When she had ended her chat with her
husband and he was led to the Tombs,
Mrs Weinseimer left the courtroom and
did not return.
A half dozen women spectators had lin
para1 round tha oil Hav 0pa
Of them remained until late last night
She is the wife of Alexander Dow, Jury
man 8.
After Mr.. Rand had finished yesterday
with the cross-examnation of Weinseimer
and had put on few witnesses in rebuttal
Mr. Raines made several motions for the
dismissal Of the indictment and the ex-
clusion of certain testimony. They were
all promptly denied by Judge Newburger
and then Mr.. Raines began TO sum up.
The court room was crowded, number
of lawyers coming in to hear the orator
from Rochester. Several Of Weinseimers
labor friends were present. Mrs. Vein
seimer lifted her veil and leaned on the
chair in front of her so that she wouldn't
miss anything.
Mr.. Raines characterized the evidence
against Diamond Phil as fimsy. 1t was
he said, to think of Vein
seimer making any such deal before the
echoes of the Parks trial had passed away.
THE Parks trial was living issue them
he said dramatically. THE proposition
that Weinseimer took notes from Essig
three months after Parks had passed over
the long road is inconsistent. The horses
in Harlem neigh in establishment at this
kind Of evidence"
The notes which Essig said he gave
Weinseimer in December were manu-
featured in August, Mr.. Raines said. In
reality, the 81 600 in cash which Essig said
he gave TO Weinseimer. Mr.. Raines argued
was stolen from the Johnson Kahn Com
pany by Essig for waiting time" which
was to go . the plumbers. The money
was intrusted by johnson and Kahn to
Essig weak vessel" Mr. Raines said,
and Essig sought to buy labor repre-
sentative by splitting the money il half.
The evident intention of Mr.. Raines was
to impress the jury with the argument
that Essig was only dummy and that the
money couldn't have been extorted from
him through fear, because it didn't belong
to him. He said that the accusation against
Weinseimer was based on manufactured
evidence, the council Of employers having
decided that he was a dangerous man,
who must be got rid Of.
Mr.. Raines accused Mr.. Rand Of seeking
to prejudice the jury. He said:
Il stand here to exercise from your mind
any prejudice against the rights Of organ
lied labor or of walking delegate, a preju- |
dice which Mr.. Rand sought to instil by
gibes and sneers.
@Organized labor would be where it was |
seventy-ive years ago, when factories, |
i'll ventilated and managed. ground and |
crushed out the workingman, were it not |
for the fact of organization perfected and
justified.
THE true heroes of men, the real leaders
are not those who wear the epaulettes
and face the cannon's roar, but the men
who go forth at daybreak with dinner
pals in their hands, to toll and sweat. and |
whose only reward comes at eventide,
when, weary and worn, they are welcomed !
by the smile of the loved ones at home.
The defendant at the bar is Of this class
Mr.. Rand, when his hour came, didn't
spare Wenseimer or his counsel. He said
that Mr.. Raines had charged Charles l..