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niltbfCat]viaNriv,togU-iiaqufU’JantDelG Ar I i[) rr trygmaiituocripa'JfortUUae?itfeiHOIlibMTasbinuton, D, C., September 12.Tbe verdict, io the star route trial was a great turpn.se bora. At no time, it seems, were there mure than three per* sons on Lhe jury to lavor ol hd acquit' tut. These three men were Hrowu and Holm cad, the two negroes, and the foreman. Win Hickson. Those three voted to acquit Stephen Ar. Dorsey, Only two voted to acquit Brady. Fore* man Dickon and Brown. John VV. Dorsey had two friends. Brown and Hof mead, and Vnile escaped by a single vote, that ol Hoi mead, the vote stand' log 11 to 1 for conviction- A singular story is told by one ol the jurors re* specting this vote. Holm end voted to convict Brady, but, finding it impossible to in »Ice the jury a unit on this Issue. he said he did not believe in convicting ail lhe small fry and letting the big fish escape, and so he voted for Voile ti» the last, llolmed in this position finds many supporters.A prominent member of the bar. io looking over the votes of the jurors, set said : “There was no logic whatever I dMin the vole of four ol the Jurors; eight ■tood systematically by ami expressed a decided opinion, whim tour of the jurors, Hickson, Brown, Holmead and Martin, ►eem to have changed their voles to suit the exigencies of the occasion and preconcerted with one an* other. Having all.of theui voted that there was no conspiracy, they subsequently, by some accident or other, voted Miner and R* rdell into a conspiracy, which they had previously voted did not exist, and it is perfectly apparent horn the balloting that these lour men, in their votes, were regulated by the genius and experience ul some out) huniiUr with political ballots di-s'gned to produce some previously determined result.It Is possible this may have been done by the iMiinJormud n»agyu named Brown, but public opinh n gem rally ascribes it to the asiu:e politician and recognised friend til the hoard of public works,and Irieud ol S VV. iltiiaev, namely, Mr.Wm. 1 ckann.*' Mr. Kerr, tine of the two representatives ol the prosecution now in Washington, say* : “There isnot a panicle ot truth m the staimnt-n that Dickson wju ever approached b' any man on bi-hati of the govt i rum n or by authority «f the uiioriiev general or bis snbiuilitiniett Da pi. Tidb.ll and Mr. Bowen are in Ariz m» an ending to government biluJtiH*. and Cattterun is in California, and it will require nearly two we- ks t» bring these gentleman to Was lit) gton In ilie inesuti.oe Dickson makes h a assertions knowing (hat tie* gentlemen wbo*e oaiuca be mentions are out of the pity. \ h tie r*-il**eli«»ti will show thd absurdity ol bis Mory. W hy did they aeitcL him ■ s a man not 1 kely to do Ids duly ? Why did he not in •dantlv resent such an . fler ? Why did he not go to ihe^aHorikey-generai and complain about it? Why did lie no' procure a warrant lor their arrestJ Why did he use this as an argument to induce the oilier jurors lo vote with him for acq-itlai. auti why did he vote lor | acquiuul of the Isadora ol this Conspiracy in the luce of direct and positive tea-i irnnay and the equally direct u«d posl t|ve charge ol an honest and upright judge? The 3i»tter will not end here.It will he fully and thoroughly Id vest I-gated, and JTek-ion will hate an opportunity ol making good his uhai ge* or subjecting himself to the consequences ”br iutCiip#inKiI**Clu»«Vi1.1MIt
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Lexington Weekly Intelligencer
Lexington, Missouri, US
Sat, Sep 16, 1882
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