New-York tribune., 1905-02-03
IaND JACKSON GUILTY.
uRY OUT SEVEN HOURS.
p,s1 and Moss Bitter in Summing
Up-Lattcr focuses Chad5cick.

80. turv in tSe case OF Coroner Jackson. ac-
- NJ attempted bribery. retired at $40 p
t'~.s,erday and at 11:2o O'Clock last night
-, iu a verdict OF guilty. having been out
seven hours Recorder Goff remained to
,.en the verdict
- ,-isl and conviction OF Coroner Jackson
- Aaev remarkable swift He was indicted
y. On Wednesday, January %. His trial be-
F-N,osda-. ard on Wednesday the jury was
80 and the greater part OF the testimony
Yesterday the final arguments were
-. and the verdict rendered.
p%Tssn the foreman said the jury had found a
a., Of guilty, but made a strong recon-
s-s.,ion for mercy. Mr.. Moss asked that the
try be poed-
.,-si-t He was red and then ashen. The tears
- ir his eyes He wiped them away. and
monent recovered his composure.
=, Moss grasped his clients hand and said:
ITm sorry
well il couldn't be helped" was all that
,.-oner Jackson said.
:, answer 10 the clerks questions the prisoner
. he was ffty-fve years old. lived at No. 125
=, s4th-st. was a physician by profession and
= married He said his parents were dead
- ,bst he was born in Germany.
reoor5er Goff reminded Mr.. Moss il he had
lions 70 make he could do so to-day at 1o:3Q
s,.,ock as Ibis was the last dag of the term!
A. woss said motions would be made
~. coroner was then led away 10 the Tombs
-, for the night The maximum penalty for
s-Tbery Is ten years.
= charging the jury Recorder Goff said that
:. ,onstitute bribery it was not necessary that
s.,,sr should he actually passed He said that
80 for 4 bribe was sufficient to estahlsh
TIE crime.
psfo-e closing the testimony Tor the oelellO0
--,,t Moss went on the stand and told Oh
.,.,,fng he had with Benjamin Reass IN a clsa[
.o-s in Lexington-ave. on January % he saiu
!. asked M Reass wha. he had told District
.,,5-nsv Jerome about Coroner Jackson. he
.-7rised rot to reveal to Mr. Jerome what MI
s..ss said on condition that Mr.. Reass told the
,-rtb. Next day, he said, he had the minutes OF
,bs grand Jury before him. and learned that
AZ Resss had not told him the truth
IN summing up M Moss said that the action
~ Coroner Jackson in holding DR.. Alexander
vas unjustiiable and Coroner jackson was III
ranger of 2 suit for false arrest On the one
bsr6 he was being threatened by Mr.. Reass, Dr.
slexander.s counsel that the question Of Juris-
s,c-ion would be raised if the case was not dis
rosed Of, and. on the other hand. was being
asked for money by Deputy Assistant District
ATTORNEY Chadwick. If CHADWICK was not
rafting said Mr.. Moss. he was leading on
Coroner Jackson, playing the detective, trying
20 make . case against him. This is not a
5sropne case. II Is q Chadwick case Chadwicks
testimony is not true. Chadwick is a Judas. His
ewr testimony Of himself is that he took the
hand Of Jackson on a promise not 10 give him
eTey."
Assistant District Attorney Rand. summing
Up for the prosecution. declared that Mr.. Moss
Hss trying 10 show that the District Attorney
End his assistants had attempted to send an in
heosHt nan 10 prison by subornation of perjury.
We an agree now" Mr. Rand said at one
poin that whether Jackson was a crook or
hot as coroner ne was an ass"
What DO you think of Mr.. Moss continued
Nr Rand. "a lawyer of reputation, who goes to
The rear room of a cigar store and makes
promise not 10 reveal what said there and
thsn comes here and blabs il out? Such a man
can spare ne his regards for 1 would stand
thsmefaced in his praise and wear his censure
&c decoration Of honor"