Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-12
ANSCHLAG'S TRIAL.
Judge Cheney Refuses a
Continuance.
TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES.
A Jury Selected and Considerable
Evidence Taken for the
Prosecution.

EV1ueHce Iukeu lOT tHc
Prosecution.
The trial of Frederick Anschlag
charged with the murder of Mr.. anC
Mrs. Hitchcock, at Garden Grove OF
the 23d of January, was set for II
O'Clock yesterday morning in Judge
Cheney's Court and at that hour i
appeared that the people had not for
gotten the date, for the courtroom
was filled with spectators long be
fore it was time for the prisoner tc
appear. There were also on the
street about as many more curiously
inclined people, who could not OBJ
tain admission to the courtroom and
who stood about waiting to catch q
glimpse of the murderer. Shortly
before 10 o'clock, with Deputy Sher-
ifs Botello and Sanches, Under Sher-
iff Mitchell and Detectives Emil Har-
ris and Theo. G.. Metzler as guards.
Anschlag was led hand cuffed from
the County Jail through the HERALD
building and into the courtroom. AS
he crossed Spring street he was the
object sought by all eyes and by the
time he reached the door of the stair
way leading to the courtroom there
was considerable crushing and push
ing by those anxious to see how he
looked. Arriving in the courtroom
he was taken. to a seat behind the
rail, where the officers took seats be-
hind him. At 10 o'clock the court
room was cleared OF all, who we're not
witnesses and term trial jurors, except
those who could find seats and Judge
Cheney calling the case asked if the
attorneys were ready to proceed with
the trial.
CONTINUANCE ASKED.
Mr.. McGregor, counsel for the de-
fendaut, arose and reading an affida-
Wit relative to his clients insanity,
asked that the case be continued until
evidence could be taken in Germany
and returned. He also asked permis-
sion to file another affidavit, which
was o sworn statement that neither
he nor Mr.. Payton We're ready to pro-
ceed with the trial.
To these afidavits District Attorney
Dupuy replied, reading a statement
tending to show that Anschlag was
not insane, and that the grounds
upon which continuance was asked
were insufficient. The various coun-
sci on both sides were given ample
time for argument, and the statements
made pro and con were attentively
listened to by Judge Cheney. who,
few minutes before noon. said that
he could find nothing in the affidavit
which appeared to him to warrant
him in granting the continuance asked
for There were no grounds in the
affidavit which were sufficient to base
q continuance upon. He therefore
denied the motion.
Mr.. McGregor asked il the ruling
applied to his second motion, to have
commission issued to take testimony
in Germany.
Judge Cheney replied that this
motion was also denied.
Mr.. McGregor then took exceptions
to both rulings and Judge Cheney
ordered ClerkWard to impanel a jury.
THE JURY.
The following jurors were then
drawn: T. II. Elliott, w. A. Sack
EFT, B. F. Chamberlain, j. F. Burns,
A. F. Coltron, J. J. McKenna, A. P.
Thurman, f. w. Dolley, John Ma
skell, Z. E. j. White, Abel Sutton
and A. J. Mead.
Clerk Ward swore these gentlemen
and the Court took recess until half
past one O'Clock at which time
the examination of the jurors COM
menced.
When the crowd filed out of the
court room on to the street it was
augmented by numerous other people
attracted out OF curiosity. These
stood around the Sheriff's Office until
Anschlag was hurried by, pushed in
side when they gathered closer still
and tried to peer into the windows.
A few minutes afterward Anschlag
was again hurried into the street and
to the County Jail. The crowd follow
ed to the sidewalk and few foolish
persons cried chang him" but beyond
these individuals who kept the farth-
crest away from the front there was
nothing but curiosity expressed.
At half past one O'Clock the court
convened, and the selection of the
jury commenced. Those jurors in the
box were questioned by the attorneys,
and Messrs. Sackett, Burns, Maskall
White and Mead were excused. In
place of these Frank Mccoy, J. L.
Mansfield, ]. j. Chapman, J. Q.
Hanna and J. ID. Mcdonald were
called and sworn. These were also
questioned, and all excused except
Mr.. Chapman. To fill their places
11essrs. John Snodgrass, Fred Linde,
J. w. Drown and j. A. Philbin were
called and the first two accepted.
T. D. Anderson and G. NJ. Bell were
the next called, and Mr.. Bell was ex-
cused. John McIlmoil was the last
drawn and accepted. The jury, which
had been accepted in exactly an hour
and ten minutes, then consisted Of
the following: T. H. Elliott, a mer-
chant of Santa Monica; B. F. Cham
berlin, real estate dealer residing at
Boyle Heights; A. F. Coltron, far
mer of Compton; J. J. McKenna, a
mechanic residing on Hewitt st. E.
w. Dolley, a butcher OF Norwalk; A.
L. Thurman, a farmer of Ell Monte |;
Abel Sutton, a farmer of Sepulveda; J..
J. Chapman, a farmer Of Ballona John
Snodgrass, teacher at Providence,
Fred Linde, jeweler of this city, 7.
D. Anderson, mechanic of this city,
and John McIlmol a capitalist of
this city. Upon the acceptance of
these iurymen, the balance of the
jurymen present were excused, and
upon motion by the defense the wit
naaaea in the case we're excluded