The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-02
THE OPENENG6 DAY. &
A Start on the New Grand
Jury. = rv7r
CASES TO BE TRIkD. THIS TERM.
Analysing Mems Beliefs-Four Jurors
Secured-Burglars Sem
fenced.

day by the usual spectacle in Judg
Zane's court. A throng of witnesses
twenty or thirty men from whom til
new body ofinquisitors.was to be chosen
and the usual liberal attendance of law
yers made upl the gathering inside thu
bar. Judge Zane sat in his usual place
Mr.. Dickson in his, and the Clerk i.
his. Lindsay Sprague, the veteran
crier,T had been transplanted to guard
duty at the Pen. and to Deputy Smith
was entrusted the onerous task of draw
ing the slips from the box and sounding
the necessary Hear Yes" The spec.
tators were numerous and orderly.
The first fifteen men called to ill the
vacant chairs In the jury box were: 81
David L. Murdoch, u Samuel a. Sheets,
John Mcdonald, 8 G. l. Haines. II
W. q. Brim, 8 B. B. Van Deusen,s 100
Henry Thayne, 81 NJ H. Walker, ln3
John Zimmerman, 160 Jos. Smith, 20
John H. Woodbury., s. Henry Coulam,
SO G. H. Parsons, SO Thomas Pells, lis
Gordon s. Beckstead.
Judge Hardness stated to the Court
that Mr.. Zimmerman was employed as
chief engineer for the Brooklyn MIN
ing Company. at Bingham; that the
company employed 10 men, and the
services of the engineer were such that
the place would not be kept open, and
If Mr.. zimmerman were required to
act as juror, it would be at the loss of
his situation.
The Court examined Mr.. thinner
mann in regard to the matter, and ex-
cused him.
B. B. Van Deusen, having served on
the grand jury for the preceding term,
was excused.
% c. D. Porter and ITO Jedediah Golf
were then called.
OF the Mormon Church and was hewn
down. Mr.. Sheets Jared similarly.
JOHN MACDONALD, the groceryman,
was excused because be had never seen
his fathers final papers.
G. L. HAINEs passed all questions sat-
isfactorily and was accepted.
MIR. BRIM being a Mormon, went
dSwn. Mr.. Thayne, of West Jordan,
hardly knew whether he was a Nor
mon or not; was baptized and had
never been cut off; went TO church
sometimes; accepted part of the doc
trines of MormoniSm, rejected part;
didn't believe in plural marriage; had
never thought the matter over very
seriously.
Q.-Do you believe in the revelations
claimed to have been given, or do you
think the leaders are seeking to impose
false revelations upon their followers.
Al wouldn't pretend to say; have
no opinion particular, except that part
OF the teachings are true and part false.
| couldn't say whether the revelation on
celestial marriage is true or borgus.
Mr.. DICKSON challenged the juror
without having elected anything posi-
tive from him and Judge Zane ruled
him of.
Mr.. WALKER was a non-Mormon,
and was accepted.
Nh. Corr believed in the teachings of
Mornonism, and went down; Mr..
Smith went down as speedily on ex-
pressing like opinion; Mr.. Woodbury.
also fell before the Dickson sickle; Mr..
Cooley followed suit; Mr.. Parsons, the
statoner, passed all questions, and kept
his seat; Mr.. Pells was not citizen,
and was excused.
Mr.. BKcKsTEAD bad been baptized,
but retained no fellowship IN the
church; had never been cut off; took
the sacrament once in awhile: his con-
duct had been such that the Mormons
would not recognize him in. full fellow
ship; believed all revelation was hum
bug; would prosecute for polygamy as
soon as for horSestealIng; would bring
any case he knew of TO the notice of
the Grand Jury; would keep all pro-
81 n T,,r
had not spoken in Church for two
years; was once a teacher. but was
removed year ago; had been married
eleven years his wife was a member of
the Church; partook of the Sacramen.
two weeks ago; had spoken with no
Mormon about the Grand Jury duties.
Mr.. DICKSON reluctantly passed him.
Nh. PORTER paid no taxes and had no
taxable property in the Territory.
MARSHAL IRELAND whispered a few
words to Mr.. Dickson and he returned
to the charge of ME-. Beckstead: He
could give the name of no one to whom
he had spoken against polygamy.
There were a coed many, but he could
recall no one in particular.
There being but four men OBJ
tanned, another drawing was ordered,
and the following were called: 129
=. P. Kitchener, 152 Alexander
Dawson, 6 Jas. Z. Malin, Jr., 104
Wm.J Spencer, Il E. w. Ruff, 81 David
NJ. Evans, 115 Richard Gundry, 121
Isaac Ellington, 14S Geo. W. Kendall,
9S Cyrus II. Gold, 10 Jos. Simon, 81 NJ.
NJ. Miller, 158 Oliver R. Robinson, 50
Jno. S. Barnes, 157 Reeve C. Gum, 1876
Robt. Shelton, 134 Geo. A Remington,
70 Ellsworth Daggett, lin Mexico) 167
David Keepe, AS z. II. Yocum, % Geo. !
NJ. Scott Tin California;. ia E. II. Eli |
son, Isl H a. Fraser. 165 Geo. T. Hicks,
1874 Jno. Kirkman, rs G. J. FOulger, |
III Jas. MacKnight, 13 E. b. Wilder, |
80 Charles Erickson, 137 John B. |
20 R Z. Anderson, l01 John |
Daily, 1T A. c. Hammond. 1l6 Samuel |
l. Howard, LAG Andrew Forsyth, 6S |
VIM. A. Williams. 81 A. ]. GunnelI, lib |
Stephen Hays, A Z. Carter, "A W. r. |
ZONES, Jr., 10 Geo. H. Hope, 70 Simon |
Woolf. 1876 VIM. Terhune, % MiIt Bar |
rrat, 81 Robert Harmon, 5S r. B. Mac |
Donald, 66 John Wardrobe, Jr., 81 F.
NJ. Bishop
All the above not within easy reach of |
were laid aside; those living in 1
Of near 10 town were made returnable |
Wednesday morning at 10-o'ciock.