The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-05-17
THE JURY SECURED
In tho Garrison Trial In Less than
a Days Work.
THE QUICKEST TIME ON RECORD,
In n Case Accusing Such widespread
Intorcst...Alon Pcrcnptorlly Chal.
lcnscd OH tho Last arc Now sttins
on tho Present Jnry..-Tho Ncighbor.
hood of Elm Grove We'll Repre-.
scntcd. Nv

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scented.
Astonishing progress was made Yes.
tcrday in the procuring Of jury for tho
trial OF the Garrison case, and before
five o'clock a full panel Of twenty was
obtained. Tho Shorthand his deputies
were astonishcd, having anticipated
several days hard work, before tho jury
would DO secured. Twenty were &c.
ceptcd when tho ono hundred and
thirty.sixth man was examined. When
It is considered that: at the last trial
G9s citizens appeared in court and were
examined before q full panel quail
fed, the pleasure Of thsrourt house at.
tachcs NJ the rapid solution Of what
threatened to DO a long drawn into
question, can easily be conceived.
DR.. Garrison was on hand with his
counsel, and followed tile examination
Of the qualifications ofttiose who were
10 try him, with untlagging interest.
lie sat between his counsel Col. Arnett
and Mr.. Sommerville, and behind him
sat his brother John. ltes
At half past nine court began. The
frstjurors examined We're Jacob Kel-
Ter, W.. II. Mahone, j. NJ. Dowlor,
Charles Hathaway, Fred Luikcrt, vii.
liam Elmer and Freds Bcntz. They
we're all accepted, but ]. NJ. Dowler and
William Elmer. All these men were
on the panel OF twenty lat the last Gar.
rison case, and had been stricken off by
the defense and state. Mr.. Dowlcr and
Mr.. Elmer said they hadi contracted a
prejudice since the last trial and were
excused. Jacob Keller, W. II. Malone,
Charles Hathaway, Fred Luikert and
Fred Bentz were accepted. The do.
Tense protested strongly against the ac..
ceptance Of the jurors, claiming that
they were incompetent, having been re.
jccted at tho former trial. The court
held they were competent to be exam,
ined for any trial to take place at this
term OF court, being jurors regularly
drawn from the jury commissioners
box. The defense oxccptcl to tho rnl.
ing Of the court, claiming that they
were entitled to six percmptory chal-
lodges out Of a panel OF twenty, and
thai, having already challenged some OF
these men at the former trial, they were
debarred from exercising that right
now. The defense practically claimed
that thoy were being allowed only six
perenptory challenges out Of forty ju-
rors.
SOME QUICK WORK.
William B. Gibson, OF %Triadelphia
district, was accepted. Like every
other intelligent man, he had formed
an opinion, but it was subject to any
evidence no might near. August
Kuehleborn and Joseph Burrows were
excused, and John Keiger, n farm hand,
and L. B. kinsey, an Elm Grove farmer,
were accepted. George Wharton, an.
other Elm Grove farmer, made the
ninth man accepted
Samuel b. Kelly, Hermann c. Lasure,
D. G. Shorts, James B. Cox, Frank
Weeks and D. N. Walter were excused.
Louis Hanson had an opinion, but it
was subject to change according to owl.
dence, and he was accepted. Thomas
Ellsworth, John Wright, L. W. Brown,
Henry Wolff, William Schubert, Gill
bert McCully, W. p. Wayman, James
B. Atwcll, Henry Allen, Joseph Archer
and Robert Birch were excused. Birch
said he thought DR.. Garrison ought to
be hung, and only escaped a fine by
his ignorance, the judge taking that
into consideration. William Hcnder-
son was accepted. Albert Brinkman,
John Belswinger, He nry Craig, Adam
Dcakle, Henry Norton, Frank Nixon
and Louis Motto were excused for tho
usual reasons, K. ,a
Tho man Cox, who was excused, said
that his religion was such that he did
not think the laws OF man binding,
where. in his opinion, they coniicted
with the laws Of God. l5
John Noble was accepted, he believ-
ing he could give the defen lant a fair
trial, irrespective OF any opinion he had
formed. Henry Lewedus was also &C.
copied. William E. Rennard, George
Radcliffe, Fred Rotllermund, Chris
Remholf, William sRoG, Charles Escll-
truth, j.. Ebcrhardt, Charles Frederick,
Thomas Gilligan, Charles Gayhardt,
Samuel Hartman, Adam Helriogel, Isra..
.! Hildebrandt, William Hercules and
frank Humes were excused. At this
point court adjourned till. 9 o'clock.
When the afternoon session began, at
ten minutes after 2 o'clock, Sthere were
not over fifty people in the court room.
Though thore is a good. deal OF interest
manifested in the result OF the-trial, tho
testimony has been heard so often, and
the answers Of those being examined for
Jury duty havo become 80 familiar, that
none but inveterate courtS house ha.
Dltues seem to have attended tho court
proceedings yesterday.
The following jurors wereI examined
md discharged, having formedopinions
mat could not be changed: Edward
Flames, Henry Morton, William Ileston,
thomas Spear, John Klein John P.
Moss, Charles King, Robert Steward,
SSosGph White, Charles Sylvis, Jacob
Sucker, August Menkemyor,&W William
Moore, Joseph smallstick, William Il.
McCready, Valentine Miller, Frederick
S%trautmann, William Schul, George
S%irlitel, John Young. DaniefMcGlown,
Charles Stable, john Shook William
!elnecke'} Henry H%ildebrandt, Louis
hartman, Alexander Bebont,SI. s. Ha.
!er; William Bauer, Charles Burt and
Robert Bryson.
louis I. Carl sworo positively that an
oa'A taken as a juror would
HAVE no nrFEcr uroSlI!M,
ahd he was excused. Louis Danehart
was excused and SamuelsO .sHumphrey
g9t OIL on account Of ago. William Hess,
fGI,enry Niedcmeyer, Albert Campbell,
ElarlSs W. Groppe, William Hull, NJ.
hernedy and sc. Howell were excused.