, 1879-02-25
TIE RACE CASE.

tAMf'a TRIAL nRdth.
The prospect OF the commencement Of Tie
trial Of John Lamb fnr the alleged murder of
Policeman liacc, In front Of I.caacr fricdberEs
pawn.shop. on statc street, Oct. last, drew to
The Criminal Court yesterday rnornIng between
Zoo md Gnu people, MI the seats lown.stars nll
In the galleries ncnv taken ,itI, and not few
men Btantltng In the ais1cs, IN order 10 watch
the proceedings. When tic court was opened
for business,
statc's.Attorncy Mills said l,c was ready.
ssAro Tic tleTcnsc ~ asked The Court.
"Ycs,n replicl Mr. Forrest who Is assisting
Col. Van Arman.
stato's.Attorney Mills inquired II the defense
desired 10 argue the motion 70 auashtb indict-
mcnt.
"No.' said Col. Van Arman.
's1'hcn presume" remarked The 6tate's-At-
torucy, ut Will be oyerruled."
Ycs," sad tic Court.
It,e accused was brought u by Ratlt1, ard,
when thr indictment had Iren read to HIN,
prompted BY Its eounscl, he pleaded not guilty,
ile was dressed in suit 81 hlark, had on clean
while shirt, ami was qullc ptescnt5be. Con-
his coui,tcnancc still indicate. t,.at he ID bolj,
determined thtcl,-0nc to bo ny..ttlcd Il, quiet
nelghbothood or to be let alone If seen In bed
room at night. No cue atpcarcA to be lds
friend, and llr sat alone all aaYcilewhs totacco
| ul,tl seeming tu b. rGsyous nfld ar1lUut.
| Tile TEDIOUS Eask OF getting twelve men 10
| pass on the Inv nu ihe evidence " bcgan with
out delay, and dozen Of tue regular panel 0f
thirty jurUrs weru rai'ed on to lake seats AMI
undergo questioning as to tlseir I&neransc.
Yhe pMtting OF this number at the start tuto tho
"box y was ubiccted TO- by The dcfcnsc they
believing, or rather asscrttng that thr siututo
required only qunrtctte. AS the former, t'ow-
ever, was Tho practice. the Court did not inter-
fcrc, and Col. Van Afmun nntcl
| EXECUTION NO. !.
| After m hours work and the pcremptorY dis
mtssnt Of four, the Stntr's Attorney secured
them ovcr TO the dctcnuans'e lawyers Tl,cso
| gentlemen were very particular, and promptly
Eot rid Of three. md hndn't flicd tltlr places
| when the time for adjournment arrived.
AT tho afternoon session some pFOGrcas WIS
made, four Jurors being ncccpted before 3
| o'clock. TleAe were: ifenry Cobb contractor,
No. 1S8 Dlnckhawk street; Andrew ilalcv,
,nasou, No. Ill West Indiana atrccl; Nelson
iarn,er. NIlcs. Up to this time. twunty of the
thirty had been examined, fourteen Of then,
being challenged pcrcmPtorly,-scren by tile
preservation nlrd scvcn by the dclcnsc,-
q,ltrter nIlcr o. the States Attorney tound four
tnore who suited h|ul. but llcy didn't suit
"thc other side" one being excused attcr a few
Questions, nnd two others lew nnsMeuss Inter.
| Having filled the vacancies IN latf Nn hour,
Status-AtlorncT Mil Is took the four iu land Md
released ono almost Immediately pcyclnptorily,
and nnother because he was over age. Only
two of tho pnnel remained, but tht6e proved a.
eeptab!e 10 both sides, nnd
| THE SECOND POUR
wcrosworn. Thrsewcrc: Thomas Caldwell, farm.
cr, Bloom; Hugh Williams. Chicago Gus. Light aud
p. Coke Company, No. 39y Division street, John
| Neaslcr, druggist, No. US West Tavlor strect;
J. F. Davis, dealer In grain Md provisions, No
Securing eight Jurors out Of thirty Is eertain
lv doing very wei, ,-Innch better than Was m