New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-01
SrEN MEN IN THE JURY-Bok.
s,ovv,y PREPARING TO TRY McoUADA

n,vo. nyFoRE RECORDER sMYTH
,.rarR pREARY-MEN wtrH oPiNfoNs
-, hours Of hard and tedious work on tho part OF
a.. resulted yesterday in partly filing the jury
nox I'm the case of ex-Adcrman McQuade Tho day was
.sed IN the reiteraton OF similar questions to In
e.pded iurymen aud the receiving OF replies OF
various degrees Of clearness or ooscurify' Inc
former trial Of McQuade had greatly increased
the difficulty Of securing impartial jurors Many especi
.,,v the most intelligent Of those examined had read the
reports Of evidence given at the first trial.
And their opinions had been strengthened by that reading
While the persons examined not allowed to tell
whether their opinion In favor OF or against the de-
PENDANT evident that the testimony OF Fullgrah
Duffy and the other witnesses had convinced large part
nj the community If it had not an equal effect the jury
vbo heard the evidence. The jurors who were &C.
oepted were not q rule among the best OF
those examined though two or three Intelligent
men were found who believed that they able to lay
aside their opinions and render verdict upon the ev
Gence alone.
Under Recorder smyth's direction Court Captain Lind
the clear Of visitors who did not have bus
ness there Ex-Aldcrnan Wendell the only one OF
McQuades colleagues who listened to the dreary proceed
ings. and he yawned frequently District
Attorney MARITIME and his assistants, Delaney
Nicon and John r. Fellows. put the inquiries
the prosecution; General Tracy made the objections
end Richard Newcombe asked the questions for the de-
fence McQuade himself showed neither less nor moro
anxiety than the previous day. He and his brother
sat quietly through the days session and the defendant
seemed occasionally to find the proceedings weaisome
The goodnatured barber. John II. Bambach. and the
curly headed real estate dealer Joseph Mitchell. who
were the sole products of the first days efforts of
the examiners. at hand early and took their
places in the first and second seats in the
jurybox They did not hold any conversation with each
other and the barber apparently growing serious under
the restraint
Six names remained in the wheel Monday night out
Of the fifty which had been placed there.
persons who called in response to them
all had opinions too strong TO suit the Recorder and were
excused James ID. Rany, an elderly. strong featured
being the ideal juror. but when Mr. Ncon
asked whether he could lay his opinion aside and render
verdict the evidence alone he said: am afraid that
could not though try TO be good, square juror
The Recorder reluctantly excused him.
Two Of the members of the panel drawn Monday had
strong opinions and OF them thought his opinion
could be changed by evidence Nathan Kreiger'
butcher. Of No 20 Firstst was accepted He is Ger
and the Of who owns three butchershops
He Is not specially bright He took the third seat few
unsuccessful attempts followed by the capure
Of the fourth provisional juror in Archibald Erkne who
looked like ishman but said that be born in Scot
land Mr.. Nicol put TO him the new question which
the proceedings at the former trial had made approprate
" may be necessary to introduce the testimony OF per
sons who were concerned IN the same transactions with
ss %nh Il Ts Ie ' The
that he could He Is carpenter and lives at No. 46l
The next person called had also apparently Scottish
ancestry He was Malcolm Campbell young broker of
tons with much intelligence and had fairly correct
idea OF, Jurors duty He said that
that ne could lay the opinion aside He however. SAID
that his opinion was so strong that he afraid that
suffice. while large amount OF evidence on the other
side might be necessary He took his seat in the nth
place General Tracy objected but the defence had
omitted challenge the Juror there nothing object
TO- as the lawyers for the defence admitted later Harris
sxty-thrd-st, was allowed TO take the sixth seat He is
thought that he could lay his opinion aside when he en-
The drawing Of fifty additional jurors by Sheriff Grant
Commissioner of Jurors Reilly and Deputy County Clerk
Gilroy took place in the midst OF the days session The
Jurors viii be examined to-day.
Alexander Weinberg. the keeper OF lodging house at
No 2S3 Bowery, did not seem TO have many ideas, and
among them was meagre idea as to McQuades guilt or
Innocence. He gothic seventh seat.
TWO or three men OF fine appearance and business
standing had been excused because, after long deoer
alton they expressed fears that opinions might nu
ence them though they would try to lay them aside before
short discussion some OF Mr.. Nicors questions
session General Tracy said that on both sides there was
TOO wide range OF questioning. -.
The Recorder-l agree with you as far as your side Is
General TracyThe only question is whether the jury
Is pfeudced this defendant As to other matters
they only important they affect the jurors mind as
70 this defendant
The Reoorder-That is exactly the purport Of these
questions and Mr. Nicoi may proceed under the rule
which General Tracy has expressed so much better than
Adolph Rosenwasser. who is manufacturing tailor at
No go Stanton-s, had no opinions worth mentioning,
he knew and heard little outside OF his business,
and he took the eighth seat Joseph Hanauer
who said he importer and who lives al No. 2l5
East Seventy ninth ST. occupied the ninth place i'll the
Jury box.
Charles Schesinger. tall man with gray sdewhskers
and OF tine appearance seemed to have clearer idea
than the other applicants of the duties of juror When
MIR Nicol asked OF the questions Mr. Schlcsnger,
who has an unusually deep voice. SAID believe IT'S
jurors duty decide the evidence alone and with
out any prejudice arising out OF a former opinion"
Q.-Could you do that I Al could
Qt-And would you in this oasel Al would. under
stand that would be my duty.
He said that he was importer and lived at No. ~
East sixtyfthst His place of business is at No % Lib
ertyst He filled the tenth seat and from his answers
should make a model juryman The panel was by this
time exhausted, Mr.. Newcombe asked 10 be allowed to
renew the challenge OF MI. Campbell who had been adj
United inadvertently. and the Recorder said that he
would decide the matter to-day.