New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-27
SUNDAY EDITION.
JAN. az, 1889.
CRITICISING REPORTERS.
THEIR ACCOUNTS OF THE oLEARY TRIAL
ANOTHER DAY AND NOT A JURYMAN-TALK
ABOUT CHANGE OF VENUE.

ABOUT A CHANGE OF VENUE.
Yesterdays session of the CIcary trial only 90
cupied two hours, under tho law OF the State and 10
that time another panel Of fifty jurors exhausted.
Besides this addition 10 the number Of talesmen al
ready examined and excused several interesting 40
lions on the part of the occurred, which tended
to cnliven the sitting. When the reporters for the
daily press had taken their seats the table which
has been set aside for their USE Clerk Welsh leaned
his desk and announced that by request of Judge
Daniels he desired TO impress uron than that the
table had been given to their use in order that az
curate reports might be given Of the trial He added
that the had been annoyed by the untruthfu re-
ports published in two papers, and that any moro OF
that sort OF thing would not be tolerated.
The examination OF Jurors then proceeded as Boz
fore, Mr.. shafer nduging the day before, N
occasional attempt at argument with the Cours.
AT one time the counsel for tho defence understood
tho testimony Of talesmen differently from the Wow
the Court took of It and insisted arguing on his
own understanding. HThat Is not what the witness
said at al,s remarked Judge Daniels
But your Honor,
The Judge raped Mr.. shafer to order, turned to
the clerk and had another talesman called at once.
The only Juror ruled competent was John H. Pater,
a truckman and he accepted by the prosecu-
ton. General Tracy at made OF HIS right
of peremptory challenge for the fifth time. During
the first week of the trial. therefore, total of eight
peremptory challenges used out OF tbs forty al
lowed. At this rate It would talSc five weeks to
exhaust the supply of peremptories' and after that
twelve competent would have TO DO selected.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the court adjourned, al
though only man Of the panel remained. Just
previous to adIourning however, Judge Daniels sd-
dressed counsel, and advised them that II, in view
Of the time already unsuccessfully employed In ex-
aiming taIesmen, they had come TO the decision
to move for change OF venue no would be ready
TO hear such motion on Monday morning Colonel
Fellows wanted the trial suspended until Tuesday.
but the court held that he would suspend again ON
Monday, I'm case the motion referred TO was made.
After adjournment, Judge Daniels was asked about
his dlspleasure with the newspaper reports and said:
have not made any public utterances this subject;
merely made communication TO the members Of the
press through the clerk which deemed necessary Tho
napers TO which my attention has been directed he
T,mesp and sThe World "The Times said, inti-
mated that was late ct court morning because
attended the sherins dinner. As matter Of fact was
not at that dinner bus engaged in experimenting
the drawing Of pzne Of jurors for the next day 'Ths
word' Of It's morning says that am pecunartly in-
terested prolongng this trial. That Is not true.
As natter Of fact loser pecuniariy by being
he.e but IL necessary sit here all the winter and
spring to get jury quite willing to do 50. What
object tho papers have in printing untruths Of the
kind have mentionedf Then there is another thing.
There tendency among Of the TO csrcature
the jurors who examined That is wrong as 10
tends TO defeat the due and administration OF JUS
itee