The Penn's Grove record., 1904-10-21
WE|NSEIMER CONVICTED
Ex-President Of Building Trades Al
lance Guilty Of Extortion.
END OF AN IMPORTANT TRIAL

Jury Was Out Over Six Hours when tn
Verdict Was Finally Rcndcred-PrIs
oner's Vito in Court at the Time
weinseimer Appeared 10 Weake,
Physically ut the End.
New York City.-The jury which hat
tried Philip Weinseimer, ex-Presiden
of the Building Trades Alliance, on tn,
charge of extorting $27O0 from Georg,
7. Essig, a plumbing contractor, on tn,
Chatsworth apartment house. at Sew
enty-second street and Riverside Drive
rendered a verdict of guilty at 1850 a
night, after being out six hours and 6
quarter. Weinseimer was remanded
to the Tombs until sentence will be
pronounced.
When the jury came in Weinseimei
stood outside the railing. Judge New;
burger asked the foreman If d verdict
had been agreed upon. Weinseimel
was half smiling at this time, but the
smile left his face as the foreman an:
nounced that u verdict had been
reached, and then replied to a second
question;
Guilty, as charged in the indict.
ment."
WeinSeimer trembledMhen the words
were pronounced, and 'grasped the rail
ing as if to steady himself. He gave q
quick glance at the jury and then at
his counsel. The jury was then polled
and discharged. Weinseinfer'S pedi-
gree was next taken. He answered
the questions in tones so low as to be
almost inaudible, and the clerk had to
bend his head to hear them.
The wait during the evening was
Il of anxiety for both counsel for
the defense and Assistant District At
torney Rand. When the jury desired
supper at $50, and afterward spent SO
long d time without coming to d de-
cision. counsel for the defense were
jubilant. They sent for Weinseimer
about 10 o'clock, and he was sitting in
the rear of the courtroom when the
jury filed. in with the verdict. Mrs.
Weihseimer was in court during the
evening.
Only n ballot was taken by The
jury previous to supper. The jury was
at supper nearly two hours, and up to
after IL o'clock only one other ballot
had been taken. A majority were al
ways for conviction, it is said, the jury
standing nine to three until the last
ballot, when the three were won over
TO a conviction.
In summing up, Mr.. Raines, for the
6nfnnCn 1oa1nnoI 411A A. 49,
against Weinseimer had been fostered
by Charles L. Eidlitz, President of the
Building Trades Employers Associa-
ton, in conjunction with George John
son and other members of the John
son-kahn Company, building contrac.
tors, who put up the Chatsworth. Be.
cause OF this fact Mr.. Raines declared
the charges had been tainted when
they were presented to the District
Attorneys office.
MI. Rand followed Mr.. Raines and
denied the story of the alleged plot
against Weinseimer, declaring that the
employers had acted like any other
honest men who had become sick and
tired Of the way in which Weinseimer
a been grating on both capital and
labor.
Judge Newburger took only a few
minutes in charging the jury. He said
that no overt act need be committed.
or any particular form of words used
to inspire fear. according to the sta.
tute. The jury must determine from
the evidence, he said, whether any
money had been paid, but it was imma.
terial where Essig obtained the monov
he alleged he paid to Weinseimer.