Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-03-08

dlu lhdl lNc jury nc uASCudIEeu from
further consideration of the case; that
a special yenire of thirty jurors should
be summoned by the sheriff, returnable
in court at 10 o'clock Monday morning.
The court further made an order di-
recting Rufus B. Smith and f. w.
Hall, attorneys, to present the matter
relating to the conduct OF Mr. Reibl
at the courts own motion after inveSi-
cation, and that if they lind anything
which may prejudice this jury, either
by written or printed communication,
these facts shall be presented to the
court at the same time
Juror Reible is German farmer, a
stalwart SiN-fOoter with a strong face
coarse sandy chin beard and a manner
ana appearance which would ordinarily
mark him as substantial sort of tei-
low to have on any jury. The atlantis
to Whom Rcible is reported to have
talked about the case all board at the
University hotel
Extra court costs and lawyers fees
will probably as "A result Of this break
aggregate nearly if not quite $1,000,
Mr. R@ble is democrat in politics
but that statement is hardly necessary
when it is known that he resides in
Roxbury When he is arraigned for his
slip the specific oftense against him will
be contempt Of court and the penalty
is wide
For some technical legal reason one
f.afs It1 al. V.,rin .f
was not discharged. but was instructed
to report in court at 10 a, m. Monday.
When court called at . o'clock Mon
day morning the sheriff reported that
he had summoned twenty-nine OF the
thirty men in the special venire but a
roll call showed that only fifteen OF
them were in court. The mud kept
most of the others back and to give
them chance to get in, a recess till
II a. IN. was taken. At that hour just
twenty jurors were present, and a re
cess till p. IN. was taken to favor the
abSetn ten, but Judge Siebecker eau
toned the jurors present that they must
absolutely refrain from talking about
the case or allowing others to talk
about it in their presence.
At , o'clock roll called disclosed the
presence of the entire yenire and the
court gave its members brief but
earnest instructions admoniShing
those who shall be called TO say not
a word relative 10 the case till the jury
room is reached on the conclusion Of
the trial
Rufus b. Smith who had, with L. w
Hall, been appointed 10y the court to
ascertain facts relative To the alleged
misconduct Of Juror Reinhard Reiblt
in yoicing publicly his opinion on the
merits of the roster trial. presented
a paper rcciting the facts in the Rciblc
case rs set forth in the atlidayits here
tofore presented To the court, aud rec
ommending that proceedings against
Mr.. Reiblr be taken by attachment
rather chan by maudamus To show
cause. II was advised that the offend.
McSSrs. Smith and Hall, and then
dealth with as the court sees tit. The
court at once issued the writ of attach
ment Mr. Reible who was in the
court room, was subsequently placed
under arrest, but remained at large on
HIS own re,Ognizance and was given an
opportunity to obtain counsel. In the
COURSE Of a couple Of hours Mr. Reiblc
appeared by his counsel, John Fehlandt
and entered a plea Of not guilty, Rufus
r. Smith informed the court as TO the
course Of procedure and the court
ordered that written iuterrogatus
pertaining to the case be submitted to
Mr.. Reible within 10 days and that he
make answer thereto 10 days there
after; also that he be held Tor trial AT
the April term of the circuit court in
$500 bonds Rufus b. Smith was ap.
pointed to assist the district attorney
in prosecuting.
The duty of securing a jury was
begun and names were called and facts
elected a. follows
A. L. Cobb, Cottage Grove, livery
man republican, though he could try
the ease impdrually but he haI read
of the ease
VIM + flaming Of Madison. said
he was u populiSt and an Independent
voter: had no bias for or against
plaintiffs or defendants. though he had
read about the case.
Frank Goth. Of Middleton farmer,
democrat, said he was not preiudiced
either way He had hauled grain to
the Dow min but really knew none Of
the parties 10 the suit
A. b Kingsley Of Oregon village
democrat. knew none Of the parties TO
the suit personally and had no con
victions on the merits of this suit. bur
said he had saiatica so badly that he
didn't think hc could serve lie was
excused at once, after the Judge bad
asked him few questions.
Henry Powell, Of Mazomanio rcpub-
lean. knew O'Couuor, Bashford,
Clancy and tile Dows had read of
the case and had formed mn opinion
He WAS excused