The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-11-22
I~mpaneling a Jury

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15-Scoyille submit
ted an affidavit and made an application for
an order for an additional number Of wit
nesses, which order was made by the court.
The additional panel Of ~sevsnty-five sum-
moned last evening was called, most OF the
persons responding when called. Guitteau
manifested less nervousness and excitement
than yesterday, although in his whispered
coaversation with his brother We was quite
demon. tratlve aud earnest in his manner A
colored barber, called Howard, was the first
Juror called. His answ ers showed him to be
not disqualified from serving, but the defense
challenged him peremp.orily, being the fourth
pere,nptory challe nge. The next was a man
named Lynch, who had a decided opinion
that Guitteau Ought to be hanged or burned.
He was excused as was also the next, Bailey,
who declared his belief that Guitteau was
crazy. The next was a colored man, remark
able for a frilled shirt front and dramati
posture and manner, who related the history
of his past life ana was then peremptorily
challenged by the defense. In fact. it is I'M
dsrstood that Gultteau is resolved not to
have a cclored man on the jury. The next
was an I,ishmau, Michael Sheehan, with a
very pronounced brogue, who had no opin-
ion on the subject, except that the man was
out of his head. He was sworn as the sixth
juror. e. W. Gates, a young mAchinist, a
native of Nashingten, was sworn as the
eighth juror. After that for about all hour
every man called confessed lie had formed a
firm or decided or uualteTablc opinion OH the
question of the prisoners guilt and was ex-
cused. There v as one exception, in the per-
son of a colored man named Ralph Warmc-
ley, a plasterer by occupation, who seemed TO
Trims he could render q fair verdict and said
he bad not read more about the case than he
did. i'll ordinary cases of that kind. lie did
not hsiieve everything he read in the news
papers because they had published things
about himself That were not true. He could
not say whether the President was shot by
the prisoner until he would hear testimony.
OF course if an insans man did the shooting
he would be as guilty AZ anybody else. The
crazy part OF the business was something; no
sensible mar could have done such . shing.
Aftsr consultation with the prisoner
and his brother. Scovilie said the
defense would accept the juror, and
so Normley was sworn as the ninth
juror. The list OF rs talesmen having
been exhausted, the naarshal was ordered to
summon another list of Is for Tomorrow,
aud the court adjourned.
William / alsol, an iror-wsrker, having an
swered all questions 10 the satisfaction OF the
defence, Saying he had never bothered hi.
head on the question of Quite aus guilt, was
challenged peremptorily by the prosecution.
Several others in succession were excused 90
their statements that they had firm and de-
cided opinions. One beileved Guitteau ought
to be hanged, and another would require coll
vincing medical testimony to change his opin-
ion. A long faced youn: colored man named
Foster declared he was perfectly free from
any prejudice in the matter, but he had @en-
toned the murder Of Garfield to several per-
sons Us quite a serious accident. He was
challenged psremptorily by the defense.
Samuel F. Hobbs. q native Of Maryland, and
plssterer by occupation, was sworn a. the
seventh jnuror.