Show v f Th n 0 dF r r Dun On i Disgraceful Results Insults and Abuse She Had 1 wet d l a ari ri I F II to E n d ure F FI rom d II i fb J 0 OF Her M IEE Fellow ell Jurors f 1 Because She Would f 11 Not Give Up Her j Ii j j Stand for What She Shey y rl i- i OWILLA S JONES lONES of Thoughts Thought MRS 1 Pa Pa is not a woman vi oho ho changes her as rend read fly as most women are supposed to do do f Once she has formed ormed an opinion she r r j S thinks IS right It seems nothing can shake her from It at after the evidence IS a aall k hall all not m-not even the dIScomfort of bem being R 19 h t i locked up WIth WItha a jury over night md and andi V i enduring for hours the tho a abuse bus e and threats of her dis Ph h r a a 3 t r P agreeing tell tallow 0 W This she proved s j jf je f t e the other day by bythe the theay say ay she did her hera hera here a a e duty as she saw It it f tet when serving on a aP as P s 31 r j 1 x R a jury In the Alle AlIe x County Co Corn Corn- Corne e M mon Pleas Court in d s X a Ii J PIttsburgh 6 ar The case the jury Tir F Ft Fr t r ti x I Iwas was called on to de de- ded i aride d I clde was a SUit j I brought by a pro pro- produce duce dealer to re- re recover re ay C r cover damages from froma t 1 a railroad company for a carload of t te I grapes that were ere e s r 4 alleged to lo have have de dc r jt J t h t b br a J 3 I rayed cared through the tho i company's nee a e g l II- II i After listening to o othe the evidence Mrs r ra a b zones Tones was firmly ot of h the that the tM K opinion u J b i 1 r Y i l lr plaintiff was not en en- en entitled r a 1 titled to lo a 11 penny of ti rw y b damages and the first poll pon of the jury i sh showed that four of c Its members mg me the ono one other t tp p 1 w o 0 man m a n member 9 AJ t J with her One by one one how how- however however ever the t h e s e four Women members of ofa a jury jary in the Jee g quarters pro pro- pro t were won over to vided for them in inan an Oregon courthouse dr the other ather side ode until at last Mrs Jones Tones was the only juror standing out giving the produce dealer damages for his spoiled grapes And then the tho battle batti was waa on-a on on a battle that lasted for t the better part put of two days and a night The eleven aurora who wb favored the plaintiff felt that Mrs Mr Jones lones should YIeld to this overwhelming majority but she h could not ce see it that way When they the found their arguments had bad no eject effect on her ber some Borne of the men resorted to other methods methods-methods methods which whim Mrs J Jones one later denounced as u insult insult- insulting insult inc ing and nd actually actual criminal and and still she Ehe shew w dd not badge bud from her original l opinion While her fellow taran argued and pleaded and shook shyr fc their r fists fiats wider under her nose bOse determined ea went placidly placid on n with her The he biting bitin sar- sar sarcasms calms they eI shouted at t her the he insulting things they saId said their threats of yen ven ven- ven vengeance vengeance only mad made her smile mil more grimly gr and keep her needles clicking more busily than ever Much to t everybody's the jury was locked up Ilp for tor the th night The next morning found Mrs Jones til l standIng by her guns a and aDd not to be driven from froni them them theca by dry m nat or ar T per suasion or ar rough bulldozing At last the jury was waa forced tweed to report a disagree meat ment and the th judge jude dismissed 4 d the th pro pee prod p d dam dace uce dealers dealer ealer's case rain During her long dd unpleasant or- or ordeal deal in the th jury roam rocra Mrs Mr Jane Janes J had managed to lo keep her bar indignation petty well weD In check check bet in but Ow tiro jury wax waa dia- dia di charred charged it boiled balled over She Sh tolda told toU a lawyer about the treatment to t t which he th b had been and he b advised her to lay 41 laythe ithe the matter before the tb judge judg of f the th court John rohn C C When they saw t 1 was WU to tot t hold up Ilp my md- md end Mrs Jones Jnes Jane J nes told the Judge the other othu ther jurors forces became imps tip bent One man maa toLl tail me a to make oak op my V mind to go viLh them in fa a hurry because ho he b had bad to drive drift a beare beane that thai 4 afternoon Another did Bald he be b had lend his hiB auto mobile parked parI d downtown and b he be had to let got it out oat t long before w os hed kd have hav to 1 pay a fi fine fie e The woman begged betted me to gIve m because she had to attend a din din- dinner din dinner ner nee and had to lo get home to dr ss Well the hearse driver sent rent word to lo postpone the funeral or get another driver the other man sent out for the key to his car and the woman made up her miss IniSS her dinner engagement At At 6 ri o'clock WP wr sent out for tor dinner I 1 w ws i still one against t ten men and one women We e ate in silence some sullen sullen- sullenly sullenly h ly contemplating long hours of waiting others philosophically trying to make the thc best beat n of it and myself my elf confident that I Ie waa doing nip ml my duty Daniel the lion bon tamer seems toLo to Lve love ve been among friends compared to tobare bare JI Jones in that jury room After dinner er three or four of the men began beeM talking to her in m away a v ay that she says was anything an but what a woman should hould U expert et from fro gentlemen One man she the continued In her story to the Judge j adge was blustering around abo about t stubborn women in general and see me in particular Between times ho he was about his as service on prevIous and Ilia Ins experiences liS as is a pugilist I believe e it was as as After ACter relating the tale tal of f of of-liis of ills his one great battles he came over overto overto overto to me and said Will Well W are you yon over ver your YO pell yetT I told tole hm him b rn that I hadn hadn't changed my mind one bit lie He then tried to to Intimidate me ma by saying It U you fOIl were man Id I'd ken what to do with yea But Bat I kept right on knitting I went into the I courtroom oom at the tho trial with an open pel mint mint- I heard the th evidence and nd the t Judge to the jury and I was convinced that the tho th plain plain- tilt bad no m right to 18 damages I j tale jury duties ply and d win will not ot fonow the crowd merely I want to get g-et home m early That is h what wax was done n m in this Hue aIe caa by ty most ost of f my fa m the box bax Immediately upon opening our o r d cession one ane i W of d the th jurymen avid M I wouldn't believe r a railroader on n a thou thou- thousand sand At the trial tho th a aman man who weighs weight more inor thin than than tOO pounds testified that he had crawled over oer ver the tho th w g J f r rf iM w yr gC dP q we Ta t Y c a L Lr Q v tL r i a asi si sia sir sir six a r r x t a p s p i 7 t Yal t b 4 b The heroine of the play Ilse Woman on the Jury sand five of the deven men whom she finally wins to a verdict of not guilty in a murder trial t grapes while white they were still in the car to examine It w was shown the court that tho th space pace between the boxes and the th root roof of f the car was wa I Inches Most Host of the plaintiff testimony hinged on this thi inspection of d tho fruit When I asked the juryman who had no faith in ha railroaders if ho believed the plaintiffs plaintiff's f statement co concerning the the th y N 7 While they t f argued sr r If sued a e d dand and and pleaded shook r ji ti their fats under her nose nose- no nose fa Mrs Jones went placidly on onh onIl onI- l with wit h her knitting The biting bilins sarcasms they shouted at her the insulting j r things they said their threats of vengeance only made her smile more grimly and keep her needles clicking more busily than ever inspection he be said he did I understand that this man had had trouble with the defending railroad at some tome previous time and had intended getting even by deciding the case against the company Was I to cast st my vote to satisfy a aman aman aman man who had bad entered the courtroom in that state of mind decided even before he had heard a word of evidence After ACter I had refuted all their logical and reasonable arguments I refused to talk taIk to them but sat back and resumed my knitting That was shortly before betor 7 o'clock From then on I kept my peace disregarding garding the contemptible things which one or two sai said not directly to me but their meaning was unmistakable After ACter four hours one of the men was wa delegated to try to lo persuade me see to lo end tho tire tire- tiresome tiresome tiresome some by gIVIng in In When I refused he said Yon Ton take tak this case too seriously It is 19 simple and easy to decide It wont won't harm the de do de- de defendant defendant if you decide against him and we can get home to night I cant can't under under- understand understand understand stand your attitude in 10 so unimportant a case as this It isn't murder It lt would be murder if I did as you wish me m to lo do murder to my conscience I told lold him lie He left me m and a few minutes later latera a woman tipstaff came in to take the other woman and me melo meto to lo bed As I put my coat around me one of the tho men ob- ob oh ob-A ob r 4 served the white ribbon of the Temperance Union which Ial I al- al always always al always ways wear He H became offen offen- offensive offen- offen offensive offensive sive saying that the th f reason I held out was because I was a member mem- mem b bee ber of the Women's 44 Christian Temperance Union Temperanc-Union Union I disregarded l m him and prepared to tot t leave One of the themen thea a men eighty years old old stopped me and begged ged me to 1 e in m on the i J t plea that 1 ut he was w a very Tery P old man mm and needed his Ius i A R sleep I r told lold old him I was w l of sorry but my sense of kY M Justice J ustice v would not per pcr- pcr r i mit me to give an anun un un 6 jolt jest verdict t under any r condition When we two worn worn- women wom 1 en returned to lo the jury room in m the one or two greeted erected us kindly inquiring If it wo we 1 had spent the th night t twell 14 well The Th ot oth s s paid l no heed to lo us as for some sometime eom i 1 time Rf WH One on of the mv men t SS offered me mo a chair Y Y S j which provoked the ex- ex ex ex Sk 1 I t pUgIlist to lo say cay ay If I 4 had my way Id I'd w give you a seat in r hell At this some om p of ot the th other men l called caned him to at- at ay at-ay N i telling i him Lo he h had Lad tar car carried i b y clad ried his bis will ill s too far At At the tir opening of ot the discussion the majority had been in favor of giving the plaIntiff 1000 They Thy l kept pt bringing the amount down in to the th hope hop of persuading pcr me to give err in in A short hort time Urn after we in the th morning one on of the themen th men asked me m if I would give the th plaintiff one dollar donar just jost to end th the deliberation I told lold him it wasn't the tho th amount amount bet bat the th principle ot of t the thing that mattered I WIth me Anyway I said said the grapes rapes were spoiled and were valueless Another man answered No No they're not You Yon can make a very good wine out of spoiled grapes crapes I hadn't known this before before so eo I said All the more reason that he ho shouldn't get anything If he intended to lo break the law by making liquor he be deserves to be sent s nt to jail Then one of the men said that if it I didn't vote with the majority the Blade Black Hand would be b after me me This didn't cause me any alarm alarm but bit the other wom worn woman woman an on the jury an elderly woman was as frightened on my account After a few minutes the pugilist ex cx drew a 11 chair near me mo and sat down Drawing a paper from his pocket he be- be began be begun can be-can gun gan an interestIng but childish oration In which he threatened threatened to have me m ar- ar arrested arrested ar arrested rested and put pat off ff the jury First First because I had served on the jury three times during the th year I had served on the jury three thre times within the fiscal year but not the jury year Second Second because my husband is a railroader der employed by the defendant My husband is a railroader but I had made the fact known to both counsels Third Thir because I was a member of the Temperance Union and for that rea tea reason reason son Eon was holding out against a man whis who is said to be an illegal megal liquor dealer This was wa not the case I case I held out be- be because cause I felt that was my duty I 1 didn't take the man seriously and told lold him he was wasting words This made him furious He H raged raced up and down the room pounding the table and threatening to have me thrown out Ho He soon cooled off oft and nothing more was addressed to me m until my Woman aSSOCIate asked me where I went to get getto getto setto to my home I told her a Oh Oh you pass the th county morgue dont don't you she said Eaid And at this the pugilist ex pugilist shouted If you were a man you would never PASS the you morgue morgue you would go right in it on a stretcher After ACter Mrs Jones had given this vivid account of the treatment she had bad re- re receIVed re received she demanded to lo know if the court was not responsible for the con conduct duct of jurors they are arc deliberating I mg ing and ita Ifa it If a woman juror cannot expect redress when she is insulted To both th these the e questions Judge Hay Hay- Haymaker Haymaker Haymaker maker answered no While h he regretted the treatment Mrs Jones had received he believes behoves that aj u the law now stands stands there is no way of remedying the th matter or giving her any redress The Tho Th law l w calls ills for twelve jurors good and true he bo said but there ther is nothing said to the effect that they must be gentlemen Your experience isone is one on of the unpleasant features with which women jurors have to contend John A A Sorg the th attorney to whom Mrs Jones went for advice pronounced her treatment by her fellow jurors a contemptible outrage He lIe WIshed herto her herto herto to let him take tak legal steps to have hav the th offending jurors juror punished Ill take takeno tak no action she ah said laid I told lold Judge Haymaker of my y experience prin prin- principally principally to acquaint nt him hin with the th methods which are ar too often of Cl ten tea used to coerce jurors Now that I have haTe called th the courts court's t at t- t to the th matter nutter It ft Is fa up oy to them to take tako action or ar let things thing go as u they are ate In spite of t her recent dIsagreeable ex- ex ex experience Mrs Irs Mr Jonea Jonm is U read ready and willing willingto to do d jury duty dub again whenever called upon She believes that women now that they hav have th the right to vote vote should assume their full lotus ai as citizens citizen t |