The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-07
and In the hotel. conversing with acquaint-
ances. new and cid.
STANDING OF THE JURORS
WAS GENERALLY Misunderstood.

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by all persons disinterested in the issue q
the trial. The impression prevailed. al
most to the extent OF certainty. that tn,
jury could not agree. and that a ma iorit,
would insist on conviction.
Upon the first ballot, according To infor
nation which has since emanated from
the Sheriff. H.. G. Leonard and John Gil
man voted for conviction.
This ballot followed a number Of info-
NAL votes last night. at one of which
four stood for conviction. They the,
argued the issue in the case more ex.
tensively. and finally, upon a second vote
John Gilman joined the majority.
they then retired for the night. Thi:
morning an informal ballot left them still
apart. but. upon a third formal vote. al
the twelfth attempt. the acquittal was de
cided upon.
FOLK AND BUTLER MEET;
COLONEL IS FEELING GOOD.
1t was almost II o'clock before Prose
cutor OH and Ed Butler met. They shook
hands In an apparently friendly manner.
Folk asked the late defendant how he felt,
to which Colonel Ed" replied that he felt
unusually well. Folk smiled ard the two
parted.
AT n:3o the whole party, excepting
Judge Graves. who goes via Jefferson City
back to Butler. Mo-. took buses for the
morning train for ST. Louis by way of
Mexico.
Applying upon his first brief remarks,
Mr.. Folk added to his statement upon con-
clusion of the case.
VI course" said he, "the verdict is a
surprise in the face of the evidence. The
only way bribery can be proven is through
poluted lips, as honest men do not have
anything to do with sue transactions.
nave discharged the responsibility resting
upon me In this case and my conscience is
clear.
ONE CANNOT EXPECT
CONVICTIONS ALWAYS.
n matter how man, setbacks there
may be l shall continue to fight and do
my best to punish bribery In Missouri.
There is no telling what a Jury will do and
one cannot expect convictions ALWAYS.
Ihis is the first %acauittal by a jury in
these proceedings. There has been twenty
one trials' nineteen convictions. one ac-
Quittal by the court and one by a Jury.
Judge Graves tried the case s,lperb;y
He Is an ideal Judge. The people of Cal
iaway County were most kind and hos
pitable to all of us. We appreciate their
courtesy most sincerely"
Inc trip from Fulton to Mexico was
1raught with unpleasant incidents. The
engine broke down at McCreedie and the
crew spent an hour trying to patch il IN.
A start was made and the trial folks were
transported three miles further. when an
other breakdown occurred directly in the
middle of the Auxvasse ~trestIe. the high
est In the State. 1t required both mechan-
les ana a Kind Of high trapeze expedition
TO repair the machinery a second time.
AT the beginning of the trip hilarity
characterized the crowd. In a rous;,y
chorus they were singing such doggsrei
as this:
The bribery case Is over
ana that We know quite well:
Joe Folk has done the best he could.
But Butler gave him HI,
BUTLER TALKS OF
LIGHTING DEAL,
MT. Butler. now that it's over What
was the real history of the lighting bill?,
was asked.
At this question the longtime ..boss,,
smiled slightly.
Weii,' he declared. there was money
IN 1t. and l knew 1t. But l didn't handle
the M,5NNno. no more than Joe Folk
'Fact Is / was on the other side of IN. |
fence"
What fence. C0lonei?"
had a lot of stock in the Ellison H.
eM41nating Company. l was one of the
men that helped found that company, and |
l had a big interest in 1t. Now. the Edi-
son Company had the contract that ex-
"ired-the electric-lighting contract.
Don't you think I wanted to hold onto
city lighting?"
Buffers email eyes Wrinkle as he talked
Of this bill. which has caused him much
and expense.
Now. they did come along with their
gas proposition. didn't they? And he
House wouldn't do nothing, and they come
IN with a temporary lighting bill. That
Vas the one that the people all trouped
there with ropes to have passed.
Some of the fellows in that fool House
wanted money out of that temporary bill.
begged them to pass it. I said the peo-
pie wanted It. and that the city had to
lave lights. But no, they wouldn't pass
he bill, would they"
MONEY WAS
THE BILL.
How about the g%as-lighting bill that
anne AFTER"
There's nothing goes on in that House
hat I o. Know of. You know that.
NEW money was behind that bill, but /
vas on the other side of the f-ence-against
he bill. AS 1 said. l was against the bill
cause 1 was interested in the other
ompany. Now. you remember that the
i'll was voted down. We thought we had
von and had killed the gas deal. There
wasn't a man more surprised In this city
han 1 was when I woke up and found
hat they'd passed that bill.
I'll say. too. that I've a pretty good
dea of who paid the money to get the bill
wear to It. It's only a pretty straight
lotion l have. AS to who got it. 1 think
Ielms got the most.
Joe Folk has done his duty as he saw
t. I've got nothing against Joe Folk.
Hes al ambitious young man. who did
he best he could. But there's no doubt
n my mind that those fellows he got to
saitch' put up a Job ON him. Here's one
cason why ! think that, outside of my
wn case: / kno Gutke never got a cent
ut Of that $i,OO. 1 don't think Kelly
81, and I am not so sure about some of
others.
Guild NOT LET
I'VE AXE STAND
~ attorneys wanted my wife to take
he stand about my aiibi. I'd rather have
enc 20 the Penitent!ary than have had
{. ia tlfy. ! would much rather have
.nn c Dvicted. She's nervous and WORN
aough aS it Is. Besides. ! was sure that