Show THE LONO POLE after the jury in of job had convicted the defend aaa a prominent lawyer eaid to mr well you got the vers diet tie assistant district at torney replied yes I 1 always take a long pole when I 1 go the jurors in the case were J M lanag dorf B A bellg T II 11 Mus grayc M jesse vanderhoof H K joseph smith W W funge bluford A thomas slater M II 11 Be ardiley aaron de wilt thee inan were of thajo inta inar va riana long pole their verdict was astounding to every one except themselves who listened to the testimony how any man with due regard for the of his oath could vote for anything but an acquittal al Is a mystery it is reported that the first ballot resulted in a tie six men must then have been led or coerced into either a change of mind or a vote contrary to their solemn convictions vict ions one of the joints in varian long drawn out fishing rod has made bonio revelations and ad missions ho that for jials an hour he held out in favor of an acquittal al being convinced that the evidence would not warrant a con w w diction vic tion that abe amount adduce dl would not sufficient to justify a verdict of guilty where the charge was another kind of misdemeanor and finally ho confesses that the jury had become aware of material matters never produced in evidence and only brou glit to them as common amor i in tho strong pica for mr pin cree hon F S asked the aar men who had sworn to impartially lo 10 pay no anything which aliey had heard or highl hear outside of the jury box he knew the littly danger ln which his client stood under the legal avi dence but he knew also the us of mr carians Va rians long pole to be swayed by every breeze of popular whisper well might lie warn the jury to beware of current minors but according statement of one of their own number this eminently needed counsel waa m vain if this jurors admissions bo true the trial of job pin grec was an outrage and the finding of tho verdict act of perjury mr varian will find some difficulty in removing from hia shoulders all the disgrace winch should fall the perpetrators he must have known that he had the defendant on trial before a jury socially prejudiced in favor of the prosecution from the very beginning he must have known that his artful his tion of the character of the alleged offense and his appeals regarding public sentiment were all calculated to blind the jury to the facts inflame their minds against the de tense make them forgetful of the solemnity of their position and cause them to think that they must find a verdict of guilty or meet with disfavor from their own class but mr varian doubtless cares nothing that intelligent i people condemn hia use of a long pole composed of a biased and inflamed jury in his official angling he is after convictions and convictions he is determined to secure va rians fishing pole may be a long one it is certainly rotten |