The Greeley tribune., 1909-07-07

IN tell why and how in the mex
issue We now present his SD
the matter
no tbe Publisher OF the Greehy
tribune or the Reporter:-
He or she, who wrote the ariIel
nrlnted in the issue of July 2, heade
possible, Not Probable.
As one of the jury in the case re
fsrred TO desire to say rev Woru
regarding this criticism OF the coro
nor and the members of the var
ions juries which have sat upoA tn
eases in question.
In the first place the article Tar
ont with the statement that I'M
,nanimity with which railroad Com
NAMES are exonerated from bsam'
for coutributory negligence In cas-
of accidental killing is easily eN
,,oipea and then makes a sfate
ment 10 the effect that the railrpad:
work the coroner by giving him al
animal pass emitting him to- ridt
over the road without paying Rre
and "bv many little courtesiess ex
tended by the corporation repre
sentative" that he. the coroner i
always made to understand that ttht
company thinks him a blamed pr
fellow. etc" statements perfect
brutal in themselves, to say not4ing
of their being made against SO Acn'
orable a man as Thomas G. Macy.
Then the insinuation is made ohal
the coroner has friends for whom he
obtains railroad passes and "a
these friends are placed on the j0ry
so. to begin with. it is safe to pay
that neither the coroner nor jury {
hostile to the company" rather iAd'
eating that they should be. ShaI4e'
Then the statement is made To-
THE railroad is represented by tnt
or more OF the attorneys of the rti'
road" etc. giving the impresstDl
that these attorneys endeavor to 3n'
fiuence the jury. What are the facfs
II is true that there is generally ia
attorney of the railroad present. 1u
he is told, in the beginning, that Sh'
will not be allowed to cross Quest)CE
the witnesses, and he is never bl
lowed TO address the jury.
Then. the summing up of the tr
.icle. THE jury did not mean to }b'
Unjust, and the jurymen were htn
,st in their conclusions. but the tfya
lad been a one-sided affair and o.
oroner and some of his friends w>r'
lnconsciously biased in the railroad
avor, through courtesies and frie1h
hips which the companies had b
The writer of this article see1b
o know very little regarding O.
make up and the working OF q c$
'ner's jury. 1t is insinuated II
the coroner gets railroad passes p
lis friends" and places these frie1o
IN the juries. Now. l do not beli(k =
hat our coroner ever obtainedN {
railroad pass for any person whS In
he afterwards placed upon a jury %
pass upon a railroad case. and I
challenge the writer to make god
lis insinuations.
To say nothing regarding the n
forming a coroner's jury,
he obligations which they take are
'ery solemn in themselves-"In the
presence OF the everything God"
make due inquest to his or her
ieath," and - true verdict render
to the evidence
The coroner never indicates the
character of the verdict he desires.
neither does the district ATTORNEY.
There is no argument or address
made to the jury. The district at
torney questions the witnesses, and
any juryman is entitled to ask any
question he desires. The jury, after
the case ID closed. determine, first
how the deceased came to his or her
death. then. whether any person. in
dividual or corporation had any hand
or contributed in any way in causing
such death.
1t Ii very easy to find fault, bu,
personally, would like to have the
who wrote this article
made to sit upon the next jury called
to act upon a railroad case, with
five other fair minded men, and I
question II his verdict would be di,,
ferent from what the others have
been with the same evidence submit,
ted.
have said, ''the coroner neve,
indicates the verdict he desires" !" I'm,
after a verdict is rendered hay.
heard him make a statement die
agreeing with the jury upon som.
point In the verdict, and | know tba,
In the present case he, the coronar
thinks the jury should have cepsnrs,
the engineer and the fireman becars,
II did not appear, in the testimony
that they put their heads thropg,
the lookout windows while passin,
the station. I wish that the lndi
vidual who wrote this article woni,
try and put himself in the place =
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