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THE WORLDIS THIS THE END ?HcQnade's Acquittal Ha; Settla Fotnre Boodle Trials,Will tho Exilea In Canada and Europe Come Back ?Tbs Opinion of Publle Officials on tho Hnrntojc* Verdict,A round and rosy scrubwoman arose from her knres wU-n so Crvnuvo Wo»ld rsj»ortor eeoended lbs slept »t lbs residencs of si-A Merman Arlbur J. MeQudi, In East Thirteenth street, this rooming.She was radiant as she replied : '* Ah. yes, it was good news. sir. Arthur and Mrs. McQubdi and the three children are at Sara* tope. and will Stay over Sunday. Two of ths children are at their t’ncle Harney’s.Yes. Arthur 4. MoQusds. who has spsnt two and a half years In Sing Slug Prison for bribery• has b«t*u adjudged guiltiest of that bribery by a jury at Hallston. on his third trial, after only one hour's consideration of tho evidenoe.Assistant Dtstrict-Attorney Goff. In charge of the prosecutor's office, declined to my what the lutnro action of the office would be.•• Of course too know the conditions art changed since the hist trial of McQuade and the trial of Jaehue. Public conscience is not sh strong ss it a as. A Judge on™ mid or a cssM which he had tried : ' 1 here wsi oonvlc. tton in the air.' It was so iu the boodle cases three years ago: it is not so now apparently.”Mr. Gort c *uht not sav whether the other b odle ruses won d be abandoned or not. anddeciiued to disc lisa why it happened that theJol.only hood.ers tried since Cm. Fellows tlt;*ok the helm of the prosecution had been so-rpnthd while no acquittal had ever been hud under former prosecutors, snd Jaehue. McQuade. hnarp snd O'Neil had bern con. victort.Hud Clerk Penny wm not so suave. He re-piled in u pet toe jocular taunt of a reporter: •' What could yon expect when all the wit-nesses for tno pros' cut ion forgot every thing tliev know and couldu'l remember their owu imim-s ?Mayor Grant *aid it wonld be manifestly improper for him to express any opinion on (he result of Mct^usdn'H trial.Private Secretary Crain said: If the re. porta ot the evidence aro complete I ebouid say tho verdict was perfectly just ”It aeetns to be the prrvadinp opinion on the si reel that the boodle (rials are ended and that the exiles iu Montreal and Europe rnoy return to Gotham as soon as they like.SiElTP
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New York Evening World
New York, New York, US
Sat, Jul 20, 1889
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