New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-25
,ser the defendant and Kendall, the

Senator's accuser.
II was conceded by both sides that
there had been conversation between
the two men at that time and place the
Justice said, and the prosecution hau
mt in evidence, through ISndall' their
version of that conversation. justice
Seabury read into his charge review
of Kendalrs direct testimony upon that
point ard stated that Stilwell denied IT,
The kilograms, telephone conversa-
tons and subsequent talks between the
tvo men" he charged, ARE TO be con-
sjdered by you simply as bearing OH
the corrobora. IN of either one or the
other version of the. talk in Stilwell
Office on March ..
This case is important to the people
of the state. II this man, being state
Senator, asked for bride to influence
the disch ~ge Of his official duty JUS
tice requires that he should De pun
ished for that crime
The court pointed out that it did not
matter whether money had passed from
Kendall to Stilwell, and emphasized
again that the whole question was
whether Stilwell, being state senator
had asked for bride.
Justice Seabury did not make any
particular point of the corroborative
testimony of George A. Field, concern
ing which the jurors had manifested
the keenest interest, although in re-
viewing the numerous kilograms, tele-
phone conversations and talks intro
ouced by the state as confederation the
court mentioned Fields evidence as
part Of the testimony that the jury
should take into consideration from the
point of view Of confederation.
The charge began promptly at 2:1o
D. m, when the jury returned from
luncheon. 1t was completed and the
formal n: lions and requests for
charges were disposed Of at o:lI
o'clock, when the jury retired.
At 5:25 o'clock the Jury sent word
that they had reached a verdict. and
within a few minutes more they were
back in court.
Jury Sent for Exhibits.
Immediately after they retired they
had sent Ceptain Lynch for the ex-
hibits in C lnect.cn with Fields testi-
mony--the original notes Field took Of
the telephone conversation between
Stilwell and Kendall on March %, the
photographs of those original notes
and the paperweight by which Field
said he had held down the notepaper
on which he wrote.
II was not It'll few minutes before
the jury Gaze in with its verdict that
the exhibits were returned, and il de-
veloped that several of the jurors had
deemed Fields evidence Of sufficient
Importance to justify them in making
some tests based on his testimony.
During the two hours the jury was
celebrating Stilwell remained in the
courtroom in conversation with several
friends. His lawyers went out, and
none of his family was present. AS the
minutes stretched into an hour and
more Stilwells spirits appeared to rise
correspondingly.
His friends told him the worst he
would get would he a disagreement,
and he apparently held the same view
himself. He joked with the men who
came up TO see him. and spent more
than fifteen minutes in technical dis
cussion Of the real estate prospects
from the new subways which will tap
The Bronx The inevitable comparison
with the trial he had been through in
the State Senate came up continually
in the discussion, and those around him
told him the jury would go TIE same
way.
II was by just that much the more
his friends in the courtroom. when the
jury filed In. and Byrne. his lawyer.
sensed the wreck Of his clients hopes.
Stilwell was stunned. but made an eff
fort 10 undergo the ordeal without emo
ton. Both Byrne and Moore had tears
in their eyes even before the verdict
Of guilty was pronounced.
Stilwell gave his answers to the ques-
tons of his pedigree in whisper to the
court attendant, who repeated them TO
Clerk Penny. Summarized, his an
swers were: Age, forty-seven; born in
New York: both parents born in New
York; married vie and mother living;
address, No. 33I1 Olinville avenue, The
Bronx; a lawyer by profession and
temperate in his habits.
Z Mr.. Moore asked for weeks delay
before sentence was pronounced. and
Justice Seabury set next Wednesday.
Formal motion TO set aside the verdict
was denied, and the jury was dis
missed.
Moore's summing up for the defence
began with the opening Of court yes
terday morning. IT consisted chiefly Of
bitter attack on George II. Kendall.
pre- sident of the New York Bank Note
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