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As this magnificent celebration was in commemoration of the most important battle ever fought on American soil, and as many of those who participated in the occasion have since died, we append a list of the officers and committees whose services contributed so largely to make the event so memorable:
President of the day, Gov. Alexander H. Rice of Massachusetts; vice-presidents- Hon. George Bancroft, Washington, D. C .; Hon. Charles O'Conor, William Cullen Bryant, Hon. Hamilton Fish, ex-Governor Hoffman, New York; Hon. Frederick De Peyster, president of the New York Historical Society; Hon. Ellis H. Roberts, Utica; E. F. De Lancey, Hon. A. S. Sullivan, Hon. George L. Schuyler, Hon. John Bigelow, New York; Benjamin H. Hall, Troy; Joel Munsell, Albany; John V. L. Pruyn, Albany; Giles B. Slocum, Trenton, Mich. ; James McFarlane, Plainfield, New Jersey; William A. Thomas, Bergen, New Jersey; Manton Marble, New York; Ethan Allen, New York; Hon. John H. Starin, Fultonville; Parker Handy, New York; John F. Seymour, Utica; E. H. Tenny, New York; Hon. B. W. Throck- morton, Bergen, N. J. ; S. G. Arnold, Newport, R.I. ; Hon. E. A. Merritt, Newport, R. I. ; Hon. Hiland Hall, Bennington, Vt .; C. M. Bliss, secretary Bennington Monument Association, Bennington, Vt .; Hon. Henry G. Root, Bennington, Vt .; Maj. A. B. Valentine, Bennington, Vt. ; Hon. M. S. Colburn, Manchester, Vt. ; ex-Gov. John B. Page, Rutland, Vt. ; Lieut .- Gov. Redfield S. Proctor, Rutland, Vt. ; Lieut .- Gov. Ed- ward J. Phelps, Burlington, Vt .; ex-Gov. John W. Stewart, Middlebury, Vt. ; Hon. Frederick E. Woodbridge, Vergennes; William H. Clement, Morrow, Ohio; Pres- ident Potter, Union College, Schenectady ; Clarence Bate, Louisville, Ky. ; Col. John Hay, Cleveland, Ohio; Henry G. Burleigh, Whitehall.
Saratoga County-Saratoga-R. English, H. Cramer, George Strover, H. Scid- more, E. Raymond, F. Dodd, F. K. Marshall, W. R. Clothier, P. Dennis, G. Wright, Rev. A. F. Bailey, Rev. D. K. Van Dorn, Rev. G. W. Dean, Rev. H. B. Finnegan, N. Bennett, J. Osborn. Saratoga Springs-Hon. James M. Marvin, Hon. Augustus Bockes, Hon. O. L. Barbour, Stephen H. Richards, Benjamin F. Judson, John W. Crane, Charles S. Lester, G. L. Ames, Gen. Joshua T. Blanchard. Ballston-George G. Scott, Neil Gilmour. Charlton-W. B. Consalus, F. D. Curtis. Clifton Park-J. Peck, Hiram Parker. Corinth-E. Edwards, N. M. Houghton. Day-I. W. Guiles. E. Darling. Edinburgh -- I. Noyes, jr., Silas H. Torrey. Galway -- Dr. Preston, I. Brockett. Hadley-C. Rockwell, A. Palmer. Halfmoon-H. S. Sheldon, Ephraim D. Ellsworth, C. Clute. Malta-Captain John D. Rogers, J. Tripp. Milton-George West, Chauncey B. Kilmer, Henry Knickerbacker. Moreau -- J. W. Shurter, W. A. Sherman. Northumberland-A. B. Baucus, A. L. Finnie, W. Tice, D. H. Deyoe, H. Thompson. Providence-W. B. Clark, P. Mead. Stillwater -- G. W. Neilson, G. A. Ensign, L. Van Demark. Waterford-J. B. Enos, D. Lamb. Wilton-B. B. Grippen, C. Boyce.
Washington County-Greenwich-R. H. Lowber, S. L. Stillman, Mr. Andrews. Easton-J. A. Van Schaick, I. Burton, E. W. Hollister. Fort Edward-J. E. King, S. McLean, A. O. Waite. Sandy Hill-J. Dwyer, A. L. Allen. Fort Ann-J. Hall. Whitehall-W. A. Wilkins, W. H. Tefft. Granville-R. C. Betts. Argyle -- A. Barkley, H. Dodd. Hartford -- M. J. Ingalsbee, J. M. Northup. Salem-J. Gibson, jr., S. W. Russell. Cambridge-J. S. Smart, H. Gordon.
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Warren County-Glens Falls-T. S. Coolidge, W. W. Rockwell, I. Mott, H. M. Harris, N. Cole, M. B. Little, John Keenan, L. G. McDonald, Augustus Sherman, Jerry Finch. Luzerne-B. C. Butler.
Rensselear County-Schaghticoke-J. A. Quackenbush, J. Knickerbacker. Troy -J. M. Francis, A. G. Johnson, J. B. Parmenter, E. L. Fursman, M. I. Townsend, Mayor Murphy, I. McConihe, J. J. Filkins.
Albany County -- Albany -- Mayor Banks, J. W. Smith, C. E. Smith, A. A. Keyes, L. Thompson. Cohoes -- C. H. Adams, D. J. Johnson.
Schenectady County-C. Sanford, ex-Mayor Hunter.
Montgomery County-Charles R. Winegar, Adam W. Kline, Frothingham Fish.
Clinton County-Smith M. Weed.
Secretaries -- William L. Stone, secretary Monument Association, New York; Da- vid F. Ritchie, A. S. Pease, E. J. Huling, of Saratoga Springs; H. L. Grose and W. S. Waterbury of Ballston Spa; R. L. Palmateer of Waterford; H. C. Morehouse of Greenwich; H. D. Morris of Salem; H. T. Blanchard of Fort Edward; J. L. McAr- thur of Granville; J. H. Cushman of Bennington.
Grand Marshal -- Gen. Winsor B. French, Saratoga Springs.
Assistant Marshals-Gen. Dickerman of Albany, Gen. Carr of Troy, Gen. Charles Hughes of Sandy Hill, Capt. James M. Andrews, jr., and Capt. A. A. Patterson of Saratoga Springs, Capt. George Rohinson of Schuylerville, Capt. Thomas of Still- water, Dr. Gray of Greenwich.
Committees-Reception, N. C. Harris, N. J. Seelye, O. Brisbin, F. Gow, H. A. McRae; music, C. M. Dennis, S. R. Lawrence, J. T. Smith, J. O. Hannum; finance, S. Sheldon, G. F. Watson, W. H. Smith, A. M. Greene, H. C. Holmes, S. Thorn, S. F. Brott. J. Billings, jr., J. R. Deyoe; entertainment, E. Doolittle, J. H. De Ridder, R. N. Atwell, C. E. Ingerson, E. C. Bullard, M. Grippin; transportation, J. H. Dill- ingham, T. Toohey, G. H. Bennett, C. E. Washburn; decoration, G. P. Laing, R. W. Rice, I. Whitman, F. McNaughton, B. J. Bristol; military, D. S. Potter, A. Welch, J. S. Dillenbeck, C. H. McNaughton, S. McCreedy, S. Wheeler; grounds and battlefield arrangements, W. P. Ostrander, W. P. Finch, H. Marshall, C. Win- ney, D. Craw; auditing, D. Dean, R. Sutfin, T. Sweet; printing, R. Mingay, jr., Charles F. Paul, C. L. Atwell, E. M. Carhart.
SARATOGA MONUMENT ASSOCIATION.
On October 17, 1856, the seventy ninth anniversary of Burgoyne's surrender to General Gates, John A. Corey, George Strover and other patriotic gentlemen met at the old Schuyler mansion 1 in Schuylerville
1 This famous house stands at the southern limit of Schuylerville on the bank of Fish creek. An uncle of General Schuyler's settled at Schuylerville quite early in the eighteenth century and erected some mills. Some time prior to 1767, General Philip Schuyler came into possession of the estate. At his death it fell to his brother John, from whom it passed to the latter's son Philip, a nephew of the general. Philip becoming financially involved, the mansion and a large farm sur- rounding it was sold by his assignee to Colonel George Strover, a former agent of Schuyler, who resided on the place for many years. Burgoyne used this house for his headquarters after the retreat from Bemis Heights, and a few days after it was burned by his own orders. The present house waserected either shortly after the surrender in 1777, or the peace of 1783, according to different writers. It stands a short distance west of the former mansion. It contains many in- teresting relics.
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and discussed the preliminary steps necessary to the organization of a society which should have in view the erection of a battle monument on the site of the famous battles of Saratoga. The result of the meet- ing was the organization, in 1859, by Hamilton Fish, Horatio Seymour, John A. Corey, Peter Gansevoort and others of the Saratoga Monument Association, under a perpetual charter from the State of New York, whose object was the erection of a fitting memorial on the site of Bur- goyne's surrender. The original board consisted of the following per- manent trustees or directors: Colonel George Strover, William Wilcox and Henry Holmes of Saratoga; Hon. James M. Marvin, John A. Corey and James M. Cook of Saratoga Springs; Leroy Mowry and Asa C. Tefft of Washington county; Peter Gansevoort of Albany; Hamil- ton Fish of New York; Philip Schuyler of Westchester county ; George W. Blecker of Brooklyn, and Hon. Horatio Seymour of Utica .. In 1860 Mr. Blecker died, and Benson J. Lossing, the historian, was elected to fill the place. The first officers, chosen soon after the incorporation of the association, were: President, Hamilton Fish of New York; vice- president, Philip Schuyler of Pelham; treasurer, James M. Marvin of Saratoga Springs; corresponding secretary, John Romeyn Brodhead of New York; secretary, John A. Corey of Saratoga Springs; trustees, Horatio Seymour, Utica; Benson J. Lossing, Poughkeepsie; Peter Gansevoort, Albany; James M. Cook, Ballston Spa; Edward C. Dela- van, Ballston Centre; William Wilcox, Schuylerville; Henry Holmes, Cornith; Asa C. Tefft, Fort Miller, and Leroy Mowry, Greenwich.
The work of the association was interrupted by the Civil war, and it was not until 1872 that operations were resumed. The Legislature, on April 30, 1873, through the exertions of Mr. Corey, amended the sec- tion of the charter naming the board of trustees to read as follows :
The first board of trustees shall consist of Hamilton Fish and William L. Stone of the city of New York; Horatio Seymour of Utica; Benson J. Lossing of Pough- keepsie; Asa C. Tefft of the town of Fort Edward; Leroy Mowry of the town of Greenwich; James M. Marvin and John A. Corey of Saratoga Springs, and Dr. Charles H. Payn of Saratoga.
In 1874 the Legislature voted an appropriation of fifty thousand dol- lars, with the proviso that the proposed monument should cost not less than two hundred thousand dollars, nor more than five hundred thou- sand dollars, the sum appropriated to be paid after all other subscrip- tions had reached a sufficient sum, with the amount specified, to com- plete the monument upon plans to be submitted to and approved by
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the governor and comptroller of the State of New York. But two years elapsed and the work upon the monument had not been begun, and, according to law, the appropriation by the Legislature lapsed. The Legislature of 1877 appropriated ten thousand dollars to enable the association to build the foundation and celebrate the laying of the corner stone, but Governor Robinson vetoed the measure. The asso- ciation then raised, by popular subscription, sufficient to proceed with the work of laying the corner stone, which was done with appropriate ceremonies on October 17, 1877, the one hundredth anniversary of the surrender of General Burgoyne. The Grand Lodge of the State of New York, F. & A. M., conducted the exercises of laying the stone. A procession two miles in length-the most magnificent, civic, Masonic and military pageant ever witnessed in Northern New York, marched to the site of the monument where, in the presence of forty thousand people, the corner stone was laid by the grand master of the Grand Lodge, J. J. Crouch.
Exercises of a high and most impressive character followed. These included music; the reading by Colonel E. P. Howe of a poem written by Alfred B. Street; the reading by William L. Stone, secretary of the monument association, of "The Star Spangled Banner," arranged for the anniversary of Burgoyne's surrender by Colonel B. O. Butler ; prayers by Rev. Rufus W. Clark, D. D., of Albany, and Rev. F. E. King of Fort Edward; the reading by Colonel D. F. Ritchie of letters from Benson J. Lossing, Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, Giles B. Slocum, and General Stephen D. Kirk of Charleston, S. C .; and eloquent addresses by ex-Governor Horatio Seymour, Hon. George William Curtis, Hon. Charles S. Lester, Hon. Lafayette S. Foster, Hon. George W. Schuyler, William L. Stone, Hon. B. W. Throckmorton, of New Jersey, Hon. A. A. Yates, H. L. Gladding, Hon. Algernon S. Sullivan and Edgar L. Fursman; the reading by General James Grant Wilson of Fitz Green Halleck's "Field of the Grounded Arms;" the reading by Rev. J. R. Van Doren of an ode by General J. Watts de Peyster; the exercises concluding with a brilliant military spectacle representing the surrender of Burgoyne's army.
The monument was built after a design submitted by J. C. Markham. The association obtained two appropriations-$15,000 and $10,000- from the State Legislature through the efforts of Charles S. Lester and Delcour S. Potter; $30,000 from Congress through the efforts of Hon. John H. Starin, then president of the association; and finally $40,000
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more from Congress through the efforts of Hon. Edward Wemple, M. C., Hon. John H. Starin, Algernon S. Sullivan, S. S. Cox and George William Curtis, a total of $95,000. The entire cost of the structure was about $125,000.
The monument, which is of rock-faced New London granite, and is one hundred and fifty-four feet high, stands on a high bluff nearly three hundred feet above and overlooking the Hudson, thus giving it an actual height above the river level of about four hundred and fifty feet. In its base there is a room fourteen feet square, with entrances on each of the four sides. From this room a bronze staircase leads to the top, from which is seen the whole region of country between Lake George on the northeast, the Green mountains on the east, and the Catskills on the south. The entrances at the base are about fourteen feet in height and have double doors of oak with plate glass windows and brass trim- mings. On the second floor there is a niche on each side of the monu- ment for a statue. Over the entrance gables rise to a height of forty- two feet, and at each corner of the monument, at a height of about twenty feet, a granite eagle with half-folded wings, measuring about seven feet across the back, has been placed. The cornices of each of the doors and windows are supported by pillars of polished black gran- ite from Maine, with carved capitals. There are forty pillars in all.
On the four corners of the platform are mounted four of the large, ornamental bronze cannon taken from the English at the time of sur- render. Of the large niches in the four gables, three are filled with ap- propriate groups of sculpture, representing the three generals, Schuy- ler, Gates and Morgan, with their accessories, the fourth being vacant, with the name of Arnold inscribed underneath. The historic scenes represented by tablets in the interior of the monument, are sixteen in number, as follows:
1. Women of the Revolution. 2. Ladies of the British Court. 3. The Town Meeting. 4. The Rally. 5. George III. in Council. 6. Burgoyne Addressing the Indians. 7. The Wives of British Officers, in Their Caloches, Traveling Through the Wilderness. 8. Schuyler Felling Trees to Obstruct the Enemy's March. 9. Mrs. Schuyler Firing Her Wheat Fields. 10. The Murder of Jane McCrea. 11. Bur- goyne Reprimanding His Indian Allies for Their Barbarities. 12. Schuyler Trans- ferring His Command to Gates. 13 The Passage in a Boat of Lady Ackland to the American Camp. 14. The Wounding of Arnold at Breyman's Redoubt. 15. The Burial of General Frazer. 16. Burgoyne Surrendering His Sword to Gates.
In the autumn of 1887 the monument was struck by lightning. The heavy cap-stone was lifted from its place and carried a short distance
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from the base of the monument, and for about seven feet below the cap- stone the structure was shattered; but fortunately the damage did not reach lower down.
OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS.
The dedication of the soldiers' and sailors' monument at Ballston Spa, June 14, 1888, called out a large concourse of people. This monument, which stands at the foot of Low street, facing Front street, was erected by the citizens of Ballston, Milton and Malta in the memory of the soldiers and sailors from those towns who served in the Revolutionary war, the war of 1812, the Mexican war and the war of the Rebellion.
In 1886 the members of Post McKittrick, G. A. R., began the work of interesting the public in a plan for the erection of this memorial. December 27, 1886, a committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions, devise plans, etc. This committee consisted of George D. Story, George W. McCreedy, Martin Lee, J. Boocock, George F. Foster, J. Hegeman, John Mitchell, J. M. Wood, Charles Massey, H. White, rep- resenting the veterans, and George West, Arnold Harris, Dr. Leverett Moore, Chauncey Kilmer, Jesse S. L'Amoreaux, George L. Thompson, Stephen C. Medbery, Charles O. McCreedy, James W. Verbeck and James L. Scott, representing the citizens of Ballston Spa. Stephen C. Medbury, then president of the village, co operated actively in the work, and Hon. George West contributed $550 to the expense of the monument. The monument as completed is of Barre granite-a shaft surmounted by the figure of a Union soldier with his gun at rest.
At the unveiling and dedication, June 14, 1888, Albert J. Reid was the grand marshal of the parade which formed an interesting feature of the exercises. The procession was formed as follows :
Saratoga Citizens Corps (Twenty-second Separate Company), under Captain R. C. McEwen; General Daniel Butterfield of New York and staff; Maschke's Cadet band of Troy; Troy Citizens Corps, Captain J. W. Cusack commanding; Frederick Town- send camp, Sons of Veterans, of Albany, George W. Addington commanding; Lew Benedict Post, G. A. R., of Albany, Major James MacFarlane commanding; Lyons Post, G. A. R., of Cohoes, J. W. Ablett commanding; Luther W. Wheeler Post, G. A. R., of Saratoga, Charles H. Hodges commanding; Rice Post, G. A. R., of Corinth, A. C. Hickok commanding; Corinth band; Thurlow Weed Post, C. A. R., of Albany; Tibbits Post, G. A. R., of Troy, C. A. Frink commanding; Carlin Post of Sandy Hill; A. Walton Camp, Sons of Veterans, Schenectady ; Colonel E. E. Ells- worth Post, G. A. R., of Mechanicville, Samuel Reid commanding; Lew O. Morris Post, G. A. R., of Albany, A. H. Spier commanding; Horsfall Post, G. A. R., of Schenectady, George W. Marlette commanding; Excelsior Cadets of Ballston Spa,
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Edward J. Sweeney commanding; civic organizations from Ballston Spa, Mechanic- ville, Victory Mills, Saratoga Springs, Greenwich, Glens Falls and Troy.
The column formed on High street, at the head of Bath street, and marched over High to Pleasant, to Milton avenue, and countermarched on Milton avenue to Front street, thence to the monument.
The ceremony of unveiling the monument began at 2 P. M. from a platform, on the Sans Souci grounds. Keller's American Hymn was rendered by the musical association, led by Prof. Van Olinda of Troy. Prayer was offered by Rev. W. T. C. Hanna, pastor of the Baptist church of Ballston Spa. William H. Morse then unveiled the monu- ment, immediately after which a large number of young girls rendered the " Star Spangled Banner." William J. Parkinson, president of the day, made the introductory address, following which General Daniel Butterfield of New York delivered the historical address. General Newton M. Curtis of Ogdensburg followed with a brief address. Letters of regret were then read from Hon. George West, Colonel Frederick D. Grant, General William T. Sherman, General Abner Doubleday, Hon. Warner Miller and Captain W. W. French. The exercises were concluded by the reading, by John Person, of a poem written by Fred- erick Emerson Brooks of San Francisco.
The year 1885 was marked by the death, in Saratoga county, of the illustrious warrior and statesman, General Ulysses S. Grant. The house in which General Grant died was owned by Joseph W. Drexel, a wealthy New York banker, which its owner gladly gave up to the use of the illustrious sufferer and his family when his physicians decided that he could seek relief in mountain air on the approach of hot weather in the city. It stands near the top of Mount McGregor, about twelve miles north of Saratoga Springs.
General Grant had been ill for several months at his residence in New York. June 16 was fixed upon as the day of his removal. His death occurred on the morning of July 23, 1885. The last days of this great American are thus described by one of General Grant's biog- raphers :1
When he came out to enter his carriage that beautiful June day, he was like a man walking toward his open grave. . . . The day after Grant's arrival at Mount McGregor was made memorable by a significant message. After returning from a walk which he seemed to enjoy, Grant grew restless and unaccountable in action. He moved to and fro in the cottage as if seeking something, and at last, by
1 Hamlin Garland, in McClure's Magazine for May, 1898.
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signs, he made known his wish for pencil and paper. Being furnished therewith, he sat writing busily for some time, and then handed two letters to Colonel Grant. One was addressed to Dr. Douglas; the other one bore the superscription: "Mem- oranda for my family."
There was something ominous in his action, and the son tore open the letter in anxiety. It was a message of death. "I feel that I am failing," he had written; and then passed on to certain things which he wished taken care of after his death.
The days that followed were simply days of pain and great endurance as his life forces slowly ebbed away. Occasionally he hobbled out into the sunshine on the piazza, but for the most part he kept to his chair and mused in statue-like immo- bility on incommunicable themes.
People from the surrounding country came in procession past the cottage, eager to catch a glimpse of the most renowned man of his time. The railway brought other swarms of curious or sympathetic tourists, and they stole near and gazed silently upon the dying man, and then moved on. .
He continued to work a little on his book, for it was conceded that it could do him no harm and might relieve his suffering. The Fourth of July was a great anniver- sary for him. On that day he had won Vicksburg.
A few days later there came to Mount McGregor a company of Mexican journal- ists, and, though suffering with special acuteness that day, the General welcomed them gladly. He received them in unwilling silence (for he could not even whisper). . About this time General Simon Buckner paid a visit to his old classmate and conqueror.
On the 22d of July he expressed a wish to be in bed. His bones were intolerably weary of the chair in which he had spent night and day during months of ceaseless suffering. The physicians looked at each other significantly. He was transferred to his bed, and as he stretched out his tired limbs and lay full length at last, he drew a sigh of relief and smiled. A deep, untroubled sleep fell upon him almost at once, but the physicians read the advance of death in the labored breathing and fluttering pulse. The family at last were all there. The loyal wife sat often by his side, where she could touch his face and press his hand. His oldest son, erect, calm and soldierly, scarcely relaxed his painful vigil. It was a long and terrible watch, and when midnight came, it was evident that death was present in the room at last. The great soldier lay in a doze which was the lethargy of dissolution, but still responded to the agonized words of love from his wife and daughter by opening his eyes in a peculiarly clear, wide penetrating glance. All danger of a violent death was over. He was passing peacefully away, his face calm and unlined by pain. His body, wasted and grave-weary, composed itself for final rest. The coldness crept slowly but inexorably toward the faintly-beating heart. The birds sang out- side, and the sun rose, warming the earth, but no waking and no warmth came to The Great Commander lying so small and weak beneath his coverlet.
At seven minutes past eight, in the full flush of a glorious morning, he drew a deeper breath, and then uttered a long, gentle sigh, like one suddenly relieved of a painful burden. In the hush which followed, the watchers waited for the next breath. It did not come. The doctor stole softly to the bedside, and listened; then rose and said in a low voice: "It is all over."
Ulysses Grant was dead,
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A legal trial of unusual interest occurred at Ballston Spa in July, 1889, when Arthur J. McQuade, an alderman of the city of New York, was placed on trial on the charge of having received money from the Broadway Surface Railway company of New York in consideration for voting to grant a franchise to that company. Governor David B. Hill appointed an extra Court of Oyer and Terminer for the trial of the action, the venue having been removed to Saratoga county on the plea that a fair trial could not be obtained in New York county. The court convened July 9, Hon. Charles Daniels of Buffalo presiding. The prosecuting attorneys were John R. Fellows, district attorney of New York county; Mckenzie Semple, assistant district attorney of New York county, and Theodore F. Hamilton, then district attorney of Saratoga county. The defense was conducted by Jesse S. L'Amoreaux of Ballston Spa, John Foley and James W. Houghton of Saratoga Springs, and Hon. Edgar L. Fursman of Troy. One hundred and four jurors were called and examined before the twelve required were se- cured. The names of those finally accepted were: Platt Mulford, David B. Eggleston, Enos Jerome, James Gellan, Adam Phin, Frank D. Roods, John Devereux, Charles Pitts, Wallace R. Clayton, Henry D. Kellogg, Truman A. Kelso and John H. Allen. District Attorney Fellows summed up the case for the people, and Hon. Edgar L. Furs- man summed up for the defense. These are said to have been two of the most eloquent pleas ever heard within the halls of justice in Sara- toga county. The trial resulted in a victory for the defense and the acquittal of McQuade. It cost about $3,000, the expenses being paid by New York county.
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