New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-29
TIE SOUIRE-FLYNN JURY.
rop.y THE ACTUAL TRIAL WILL BEGIN.
FILLING THE BOX WITHOUT MUCH Diffi'oL''-
WHY SOME MEN WE'RE EXCUSED.


WHY SOME MEN WERE ENCUStp.
A tnn inrv was obtained yesterday In the trlai Oh
Ak Conn. issiOner ROnin NJ. squire anu "a"'''o ;"
Fynu and was sworn, hut owing 10 Tue ao'c"'e Vi 'N
Judge Noah Davis and tonsro'sMa W ho"'Ao NooNi"
t1,nns lead NJ cCun el the court ahJOhed az SOON ~
tbc ,ury was secured until this morning MI. DAVIS
was engaged at Albany I'm an argument before the
,No,,,s oS .nneals and Mr.. Cochran in Washing
~, II is understood that both will be on hand to-
day.
There was whispered consultation between the
LAWYERS around the judges desk Just hcOJe adjourn
,nent which came about al the imitation OF Assistant
District. Attorney Dos Passos. 1t undoubtedly re
fcqcd to the jury 10 some member OF I, bdt an In
iunction of secrecy put by the court upon the
various lawyers, so thai of them could be per
suaded to reveal its purpOrt. Colonel Fellows was In
the court room only few minutes during the morn
Ing. Ex-Mayor Edison cropped in as spectator IT
was he who appointed Mr. Squire. The prosecution
seems DC left entirely in Mr.. DOS PaSsoss hands
Tie District Attorney himself keeps his distance
W. FIRM HAD DEALINGS With MR.. HOWE
when the days proceedings began there were cieVen
Jurors in the box but the occupant of the eighth seat
who appeared 10 be the most Intelligent and best qua
fed of them all, asked TO be excused on inc grouo
that his firm had once had business rcla'Ioi' wiz
Lawyer Howe His name was Noses frfiin "i'''
examined he was not aware of the fact which lie now
broueh to the courts attention. as all icgh business
was transacted by his brother. lie had never nlct MI
Howe and If he ever knew of his being cohsuteo oy
the firm he had forgotten it. Mr. Frank was EXCUSED
by consent the labor of getting The remaining TWO
Jurors went slowly on.
Several men armed with opinions rose ana ieil
Tie state used its third peremptoy challenge to dis
70 80 Of Cornelius J. Ihillips David buchanan was
pcTemp ory chalcne led by Mr. Howe on behalf OF squire
against Judge Dttenhoefcr's protest on bchan Oh
Flynn. Then Judge Dittenhoefcr peremptorily chal-
lcnced Jonathan Eaiedman against MIR. Howes chico
rl,fs nv, Mo a1
between The counsel OF the two defendants for the pu
pose OF Goa ling the court TO rule as to their TO
- cfiVc rights of challenge. The accused men are
indicted together co-defcndans, and are entitled,
according TO the statute, to five peremptory rha-
lenees They demanded five each or al least tuiig
by which Juror acceptable TO one defendant shoniu
not be excluded by the action of the OTHER 1hc
court stgmaized this demand as absurd making u
impos,lbIc IN operation ever to exhaust their sh a.
lcng., lilo said that they were bound by each other
their challenges. Against this both counsel argued
renuousy Suppose six men were on trial RAJ ssc
les han one nfh Of right Of challenger
NO answered the court " Int each would have tho
right OF one-sixth of five Challenges
ISDICTM MIS- CONSIDERED EVIDENCE OF GULF
Charles Helerson excited the horror OF MI Howe
BY expressing the degenerate opinion that there was
"Somethiug guilty about Squire and Flynn, or they
wouldn't bc here" Charles Speare described himseH
q, general utility man." which he explained to be
a man willing TO do anything to make dollar Rut
he said he had opinion, strong, inchaceaoie
opinion. and he doubted the probability OF It's being
GLANCED This being the fact, his general utility es
a juror in ths case questioned by the defence
IL the opinion of George Anger the letter of Squire
and Flynn was conclusive" He did not say con-
clu,vo OF What and Mr. Howe thought 1t best not to
Ask him The ticket bearing the name of Daniel f.
Mulaue, which was drawn from the Coninissi0ner OF
Jurors wheel, spoke Of him as gent. ne tx
planned that fact by saying that he had been piiiDeI
iut he was now retired. In his leisure nc hdu ica"
about this case and had contracted an opinion l.,
ono of Mr. Dos PaSsOss faNOI1tc questions IN :
Have Won an opinion your mind ?" Why the wv
nos should have his opinion on has nina rather than
on his liver or his lungs. Mr.. Dos lasSns 1ocs o1 cay
One witness vcntucl to hint, however, lhu ulo
op,non he had was In his mind and that he Wa SEN
siIe az no especial burden OF opinions on II. ,
Isaac Oppenheimer accepted - last rs Gg ii
Juror He deals In fancy goods r. NO 1'9ls lhiIu-
ave and knew little beside that fact SO Iar a. tno
lawyers asccrt aimed The Jury completed Nv me
choice of William S Mcclellan dealer IN prsscTVs,
MIR Howe a,ked him If he knew william NJ WINS, tc
City Chamberlain, and when he rcplcd no, Ihar ne
Knew % him MI Howe said that he would learn more
of him II lie went into thu jury-box The jury sahuS
follows: .,
l. julius Reiwald neckwear No. 853 East Fhueth-
. jeremiah C. Lyons builder, No. OF East Onehun-
dTed-an1- twenty seVeRth-st ~, o.e ,y.sh
Frederick r. Bgg express agent NO i'o4o "dS"'
Cha-les Murphy LIQUORS No 5os west-st.
3 Henry Nogel clothing, No 151 East Forty nlhtn- 81
q Henry Goudchaux merchant No. l24 East seventy
By p Ferdinand Lernlein meat No. 1902 First ave-
s. Isaac Oppenhemer, fancy goods NO L9l9 IhFu-
80 Charles Iippe frames No. 10 Broadway. . ~
10 samuel Bailey. mems furnishing goods NO Dol
H. frederick Ascher expert accountant No. 800
IL William S Mackellsr preserves, No. 1913 Mac