The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-11
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1udgc Thomas. who preside- OVER most
NJ tho Federal criminal trials has one rule
Which a said to be peculiar to himself.
Ne meyer permits Jury TO stay out over
night and has not deviated from the rule
in tho long period Of his service on the
bench he took occasion 10 explain "
WHOM Tho Jury in tho Llndberg 'rtal, one
of the SloCum cases. reported disagree
ment last week Iio said:
The jurors in my cases are men of a
high average of intelligence. and ohserNa.
tion has convinced me that men of good
general knowledge, who follow all the
evidence m case. q re capable Of reaching
verdict within few hours at the most.
I hclicve It an injustice to subject to DIS
comfort men who are giving up much OF
thcir time to the public | consider 1t a
bad principle in any event TO coerce
jury INTO bringing in verdict
In tho january rush TO Florida couple
Of Now Workers on one of the Clyde Line
boats made II . acquaintance Of an agree
able young fellow. apparently a cole gian
from his makeup, and young woman.
modsh in attire ard gracious in manner.
The four played whist together, and the
young man and woman mentioned the
name Of the hotel they were bound for in
Florida The New Workers stopped over
a day in Jacksonville and then proceeded
south 20 the hotel mentioned by their ac-
uuaintances on board 'hip. Arriving there
they were somewhat surprised 70 sind
that the Young chap they had played "hist
with was beIboy, and still more surprised
when the Young woman Of their whist games
served soup 10 them a. dinner
1--WE seen n good many odd words, OBJ
served glohetrotter staying in New
York. but nothing quite so queer as one
I discovered in Concord. y. H., last week.
II was on sign in the window Of restau-
rant and read, Menlers wanted
Homer Sloat policeman attached TO
the Mercer street station ever since he
was appointed by the Roosevelt board.
resigned few days ago. Soat told his
superiors that he was quitting the force
because he wanted to 90 into the hotel
business at Worcester y. y, whore he
halls from That is true. but Sloat's chief
objection is summed up in these words:
I'm sick and tired of all this talk about
graft and the habit some persons have OF
looking on a policeman as CRATER.
came down from my home up the State
and went on the force because | thought It
was good lob. | had money before ]
became policeman and | had a good many
decent and respectable friends ] liked
police work and my record will show that
wasn't negligent in doing my duty. But
the constant cry of graft il too much for
me | give up the job with regret. for
have learned by association that the large
ina iority of cops are decent and entitled
to the respect of the community instead
Of abuse.
The great snowbanks in the streets in
Harlem are hard on horses. but good for
the boys OF the neighborhood. The boys
are making what they call snow ovens
They build a fire of pine boards on top
OF snow mound which after while melts
away until there il a round hole through
TO the pavement The boys then tunnel
a passage along the pavement 10 this Chin
ney like hole. and there YOU are. They
shovel in fuel through the passage, or
ID door. and 1t bla2es away inside the snow
bank. with smoke pouring from the chin
ney7 hole ar the top. At little distance
these snow ovens look like white Nesu-
viuseS in eruption.
There goes your ev idence' said Barney
Kelly a crook with a record, "a he threw
a bundle Of LETTERS and kilograms from
the platform of an elevated car near Hous-
ton street station. Kelly was in custody
Of Detective Sergeant MCConville and
the letters We're from come -ons' he was
working in a green goods game.
The evidences might have gone had not
one of the letter, struck Richard Hair
who picked them up and handed them TO
the policeman.
Kelly had been getting his mail in
saloon near Third avenue and Thirty-tirst
street under five different names and was
arrested as he came out Of the saloon
Wednesday night.