The sun., 1873-06-26
wooDHULL G CLAFLIN's TRIAL.
The second nay Of Inquiry Coucerniug the
Opinions oi Reputable Uouseho' dcrs-Oniy
Eight out Of Two Hundred summoned.

At precisely four minutes past II. yes
terday morning Judge Dlatchford entered the
courtroom u the United states District Court
TN r.t-tat of the gavcl was heard and the case
Woodruff, Cldilin, and Blood was called Mr..
Brooke was already In his seat. with his docu-
mcnts before him, and was speedily joined 10y
tie defendants and j. Parker Jordan and judge
Edward Mck inley. The sisters were dressed
alike as usual
MIR Bhss, the prosecuting attorney. was not
there. hut Mr.. Purdy had partially supplied his
place with small law library Comstock had
taken different scat from the one he "ccupied
on Monday, and gaLcd earnestly At the defend
ants, arranging his large neck tie from time To
time with AN anxious air.
Two Of the old panel OF jurors were called.
Mr.. Geo. A. Fellows, a retired grocer, was the
first one called and was rejected. julius Kayser,
merchant ;SJ broadway, had mn opinion. and
was excused. On the new panel Mr.. Purdy ask ed
for the privilege Of a qualified peremptory chal-
lenee. whose eject would be to set aside the
hausted. The defence objected and wrangle
ensue l. with ample quotations by both sides.
Mr.. Jordan cnchnR the point In dispute with a
posed to think Blackstone was no authority on
this subject, bat the Judge ruled otherwise,
saying that II n man read blackstone. Shakes
peare and the Bible he would probably be good
citizen. II was finally ruled that this risht OF
qualined peremptory challenTe did not exist in
cases Of this class, hut was limited to felOnes
and possioly T. capital cases.
Mr. Jno. r. 'echer the nrst Of the panel
Of one hundred and twenty-five. lie had an
opinion and Mr.. Purdy was folled In another
attempt To find out the oxtent Of that opinion.
Joseph G. baldwin and j $. Baker had opinions
and Mr.. purdy asked his question in new
shape. After another wrangle the judge ruled
out the question In any shape. Charles Camp
bell Gl Ninth avenue, had No opinion did not
know Mr. BceCher. Mr.. Challis, or Comstock. lie
was the seventh juror sworn.
ThOs. Denny, Jr.. broker, ~ Wall street, had a
clear opinion. George Ellis, Bank President. ~
Nassau street, had what lie called a general
prejudice. william H. Fearing had an opinion
and So had Albert Is. Gibbs. Geo. VI. Kane,
merchant. ~ Reade street, had an opinion. MIR.
IL ii. Gibson. boukkeeper, seemed to be in doubt
whether he had one or not, but after many
questions and answers II was found that cNi-
dcnCe would bc required to free his mind from
the Impression he had, and Mr. Gibson stood
aside. james A. Garland had an opinion. So had
Oliver Hartman. James H. Hutchinson, William
IL. lsham. samuel II. Jones. T.. W. Luwric, Elhert
B. Monroe. James H. Mccoy, Hiram Merrill,
W lliiam L., Newell, and II. j. Newton.
j. W. Ondcrdouk, furnishing goods az sixth
avenue, affirmed instead of beng sworn. lie
had no opinion or bias knew nobody inter
csted, did not attend Mr.. Deechcr's church. and
had not read the article In question, only COM
meuts In the newspapers. lie took the eighth
seat in the jury box.
lhus. Patton had an opinion. So had Angus
tus Raymond. Hiram Studlcv had a prejudice
concerning the defendant which required evil
dcnce for it, removal. bernard Travis had an
opinion and the rest OF the panel were excused
Judge Iilatchfurd directed fine of $2iA each
to be entered against seven Of the panel who
had not answered. and ordered a new panel Of
three hundred To- be prepared. Tcturndale TO-DAY
at O'clock. After a caution 20 the jurors not
to tails or read about the case, the Court ad-
iourupu.