Evening journal., 1889-09-04
TRYING TO GET A Jury.
The Wheels of Justice Move
Slow in the Cronin Trial.
ONLY FOUR JURORS IN THE BOX.
All OF Them Are Americans from Away
Back. but Two Of Thorn May be- Dis
missed Lathrop Did Not Answer the
Clan-na-Gael Question Satisfactorily.

Back. but Two of Thcm May be- Dis
missed Lathrop Did Not Answer the
Clan-na-Gaei Question Satisfactorily.
CHICAGO, Sept 4-The only progress
made yesterday in selecting jury TO try the
five men now ON trial for the murder Of DIR.
Cronin was the loss OF eleven more per-
emptory challenges, and the admission OF a
revised list Of stereotyped questions 70 he
asked Of talesmen by the defense OF the
eleven peremptory challenges the defense
used up nine, making thirteen for them al
together, with eighty-seven more at their
disposal. The state found il expedient TO
peremptorily challenge two jurors Twenty
seven jurors were excused for cause. When
court adjourned the state was about 20 ten
der four promising looking jurors TO the de-
feiise. Two of them had already been PASSED
by the attorneys for the prisoners One and
perhaps two, Of this quartet may be accepted
by both sides
The most promising one Of the four is a
clean-cut business man, Freeman Grass,
manufacturer of war panoramas The other
juror who may be accepted is T. r. Kollogg,
tall, rugged farmer from Arlington Heights,
who wears flannel shirt and the emblems
of three great secret societies. Tho other two
who we're locked up for the night with Grass
and Kellogg were b. J. Vaneott and William
2. Turner. 1t is possible, however, that
these two men will be set free.
All Are Americans.
All four are Americans from away back,
and have never formed an opinion as to tho
guilt or innocence of the accused The crowd
in the court room in the morning was larger
than at any time since the trial began. Many
women we're admitted inside the railing.
The prisoners paid little attention TO the
legal sparring over the admission of the six
questions which the court picked out of the
eleven submitted by the defense Tho six
questions which the court ruled IA admissible
are these:
The Admissible Questions.
"Have you formed any opinion as TO
whether or not the alleged murder d DR..
Cronin was in pursuance OF the action or
finding Of a secret committee or its officers
or any Of them, TO try said Cronin for any
supposed oifensel
Have you formed any opinion us "a
whether or not DR.. Cronin was killed in the
Carlson cottagei
! Have you formed an opinion as 10 whether
the tenant OF tenants Of the Carlson cottag,
had anything 70 do with said murderi
"Have you formed an opinion as 10 whether
DR.. Cronin was taken 10 the Carlson cottag'
by the horse and buggy engaged by DAME
Coughlan from Dinan, the liverymlni
Have you formed an opinion as 70 whethe
or not Martin Burke, one Of the defendants
was the tenant of the Carlson cottagei
Have you formel an opinion that the 8
called Clan-na-Gael society h in any way b
blame for the death OF DR.. Croninf'
Lathrop Has an Opinion.
The state offered no objection 10 the,
questions States Attorney Longenecke
was disposed to be conservative In order {,
escape errors. This set of questions wa
probably responsible for the overthrow o
young Lathrop, who made such a favurab
impression for two days. When the ques
tions Of conspiracy and the culpability O
the Clhn-naGael were fired at the keen look
ing juror, he answered that he had forme.
an opinion on these points in the case. Hal
an hour later he, together with LillibridgC
who had also withstood the fire for two days
was peremptorily challenged for the defense