Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-10-31
A JURY In CRoNIN CASE.
TWELVE MEN SECURED TO TRY THE
SUSPECTS.

End or the Preliminary Work OF a Great
Trial-Over n Thousand venIremen SUM
moned from which 10 Make Suitable
Selection.
The jury for the trial OF the Cronin sus-
poets at Chicago has been secured.
The first four jurors wore sworn in
Sept IS, and the second pnnel was OBJ
tanned Sept. 27. The time since til en- has
been occupied in &c tting the four ihen
sworn I'M Tuesday.
The twelfth and last juror, the search
for whom has been in progress for several
days, was found in the person of Benjamin
+. Clark, d reai-estate dealer at 2lS
LaSalle street Mr.. Clark was first ex-
amined by Mr. Hynes for the prosecution
and rendered to the defense. Mr.. Forrest
gave him searching examination and
challenged him for cause on account OF his
opinions. The challenge was overruled
by the court, and Mr.. Foster. for Beggs,
asked him a few questions. Nearly every
permissible question had previously been
asked by either Hynes or Forrest and Fos-
ter's examination was practically y restricted
to questions intended to show Clark s
opinions about the guilt or innocence of
BeggsL Foster accepted Clark in spite of
the challenge preferred by the other at
torneys and retendere1 him to the State
together with Messrs. Marlor Bontecou,
and Bryan, who had been accepted jurors
on the last panel for several days. After
CONSULTATION between the States attorneys,
Mr.. Clark was accepted and the panel OF
four men completing the jury, was sworn
in.
Tho work OF getting the jury began
Aug. 90 Allowing for the time occu pied
by the court with the drainage commission
and the ad journment asked for by the
States attorney, seven weeks have been
occupied in selecting the twelve men.
There were summoned 1,091 men by spe-
cial venire and "a from the regular venire,
making /, 11b men in all The attorneys
examined and excused 927; The de -ense
used ~ peremptory challenges, Beges
having 3 left when tho jury was COM
pleted, and tho state %.
In appearance the jury is far above tho
ordinary one in intelligence and general
knowledge Of affairs. There are no great
men on the jury, neither are there any
who are not capable Of understanding the
complicated testimony which will OF noces-
sity be submitted in a trial where con
spiracy is one of the char ges and circum-
slantial evidence the means of proof. In
ages the jurors range from 30 to 80 years
The jury is a collection of sensible citizens
who are at least capable of rendering 2
verdict in accordance with the law and
evidence. The personnel of the jury is as
follows:
JOHN CULVER, real estate dealer, Amer
lean, aged 40, Methodist.
JAMES PEARSON, farmer, Pennsylvania
Dutch, aged So; Protestant, not a church
member married.
JOHN l.. HALL, draughtsman. American,
aged 20, Methodist, married.
CHARLES G.. DIX, cashier, American, aged
about27 attends Episcopal church, single.
HENRY ID. WALKER, upholsterer, American,
aged -, HEotestant, NOT oAsalrtla merr'Dcr,
married.
FRANK ALLISON, machinist, American,
aged 80, no religion, married.
GEORGE l.. CoRKE, drug clerk, English par
cntage, aged 20. Methodist, married.
WILLIAM 5. NORTH. sewing machine manu-
facturer, aged 49, American, Presbyterian,
married.
ELIJAH w. BONTECoU, salesman. aged x,
American, Protestant, not a church member,
married.
f. S. BRYAN, salesman, aged 35 American
Episcopalan. married.
BENJAMIN +. CLARK, real estate dealer,
American, aged 53,attends Methodist church,
married.
The evidence showing DR.. Cronin's en-
trance into the Carlson cottage on the
night of the murder WILL it is said, be
con lusive. Judge Longenecker expects
to prove by good witnesses the following
ia ts
On the night of May two men had oc :
casion to go TO Lake View to arrange some
deal in real estate in which they were in
terested. One of these is an Irish-Ameri-
can and member of the Clan ma Gael or
ganization. The other is a reputable
AH'--i~~sa eiiisan They were datainad
until a late hour and stopped at
the house of friend TO supper.
They did not get through until after
O'Clock, and on their way home they had
to walk by the Carlson cottage AS they
passed the scene of the murder they saw
buggy drive up. In it were seated two
men, and as they passed by one of the
pedestrians said to the other as the buggy
d owe past "See that man on the far side
of the buggy; that is Dr. Cronin, the Irish
nationalist f" AS he spoke the words
the buggy pulled Up. 1t stopped in
front of the Carlson cottage Cronin
sprang out and rushed up the steps as
If he had been summoned on a case of
great emergency. The man who drove
the buggy stepped out and walked up a
couple of steps The Clan-na-Gael pedes-
trian was on the point of hailing DR..
Cronin and speaking to him, but as
the latter appeared to be in such hurry
he refrained. The door was opened and
DIR. Cronin stepped inside. The man who
drove him there did not go inside. He
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