The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-10
BLUNDER HALTS
BECKER'S TRIAL
Continued from First Page.

tactics arc unfair. They smote at him in
INC matter OF the Dr(sncr statement and
They are inclined to compare the news-
paper b'undcr Of yesterday with the Dres-
ner episode az tending to create a hostile
atmosphere While Jurors are being So
Iected. There Is not q count that Mr.
Manton the first thing tomorrow morn.
ING VIII move that tn" ten Jurors now In
the box b" Withdrawn and that the case
be declared ,nistrial
The motion. it Is believed. will BE- de-
MED and the case will GO on. the court
holding that the publication was not Of
enough Importance to halt the trial.
Recker's counsel do not expect Justice
Seabury to void the trial As a matter
OF fact Mr. Manton and Becker are anx-
ious for the trial to proceed. But VIVA:
the! arc driving at IL the invaluable
record which must. In case Of Bscker's
conviction. fall under tn eyes OF the
Judges Of the Court OF Appeals. They
will be able to get into the record. BY
their motion for a mis,rial, another cpl.
sodc tending to support their attitude tina I.
the Distr ct Attorney isn't playing fair.
CONFEDERATION In Court Room.
Tho incident was unprecedented so far
as In wytrs could recall II came about
80 uneNp ctedly that for half an hour
everyt ody except the Justice himself was
ratified. The court adjourned at i1:s5
\. ". after three OF the jurors who were
accepted on Friday had been dismissed
and only one new juror obtained. The
lag; man OF 400 tslesmen had been aues
toned. There was no more jury material
a. hand. Justice Scahury retired TO his
chambers after directing that a new panel
OF 100 should be in court AT 10 40 A. NJ.
to morrow.
Within A few minutes. the District At
t,rp nhNipusiy pgriteI and Distress sod
hurried into the Justices room Presently
Justice Seabury sent for tho reporters,
who had been told meanwhile by Mr..
Whitmsn's secretary. Lloyd Willis. ~ IN"
Globes remarkable beat" The Justice
told the reporters exactly what should
I've printed as coming from him. This
was:
THE court has instructed the District
Attorney to bring contempt proceedings
against the New York Globe for publish
ing what purports to be an account Of
this trial in an edition. published Satur-
day. May o." ...
Five minutes later Mr.. Wright. president
of the company that publishes the Globe.
entered Justic" Seabury's chambers. He
remained ten minutes. When he reap
pear he gave This explanation Of the rio-
laton NJ tho release agreement:
II came here to apologize to Justice
Seabury for the blunder committed by my
newspaper. ! told him that ! was In
expressibly mortified. did not know
anything about the occurrence until SEQ
rotary Willis phoned me. When I in
vestiyated I was told by the city editor.
Mr. Hughes that the Globes reporters
had tclephoned the news that the judge
District Attorney and counsel for the dc
fence were satisfied with the jury as "
stood az the opening Of the court, and that
the case would proceed.
inaccurate Copies Are Recalled.
'Thereupon the address to tho jury was
put In type. The presses began running
AZ 1889 a NJ. The papers reached the
streets at 10 40 ~ ". ! believe that IS.
600 copies were issued. The circulation
manager informs me that 5000" copies
have been rccalled.'
The preparation cf the contempt cas-"
against the Giobc occupied the attention
of the District Attorneys stan for the
remainder of the afternoon. 1t is under
stood that the editorial stan of the Globe
maintains that the District Attorneys ad'
dress was released by the Globe re-
porters at the trial: that the reporters
indicated that the case was actually un-
der way.
on the other hand Charles 7. Brod
head in charge Of the reporters, insists
that he did not release the statement and
tina, he merely told his editors that the
Jury seemed to he satisfactory all around
( Assistant District Attorney Robert :
Johnston prepared tho case against tn,
GioJ.. hut Mr. Whitman in person viii
insist that those responsible for the pub
LEGATION he punished
District Attorney whitman issued this
statement in the afternoon:
] 81 can't see how the mischance will in
] terfere with the course Of the trial.
I will certainly oppose vigorously any mo
ton looking toward delay. In giving on
I advance copies of my address I followed
the usual custom. II Is the conmones
practice in the world 70" public officials Il
facilitate the work Of newspapers by Civ
ing out advance material. with the pledg'
that IL shall not he used until whatever 1
/ II is said or done.
| "a violation on the part OF a newspaper
| or a newspaper man OF such confidence
! is almost unheard Of | had been advise
/ in this case to issu" advance copies II
order to prevent garhled or inaccurate re
ports which might occur on account of th
great haste necessary in getting the matte
into print"