Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-04-27
DISTRICT COURT
.rohn We1ter on Trial for the
Y Murder of Albert
:; ,.a:@#e Il KCSanke.
II Jury is Secured in Six
3 Hours and Gets to 49,
81 Work.

!
| with Judge Searle of st. Cloud on the
| bench. This is an adjourned term OF
| the district court for the purpose Of,
| trying John Welter, who is charged
with the murder of Albert KCsanke
on Dec. !. 1898.
A special venire had been issued for
fifty jurors and they were all ON
hand this morning but eight, one of
whom had been excused previous to
the opening.
County Attorney F. w. Lyon ap-
peared for the State andJ. H Rhodes
and D. T. Calhoun appeared for the
defendent, Welter.
The prisoner was brought in by
Deputy Sheriff Tanner and looked
much the same as he did last fall
only paler, owing to his long con-
finement. The hand cuffs were re-
moved and Welter sat down at the
table on the platform just back OF
his attorneys.
| Attorneys T.. =. Adams, L. S.
Smith and E. +. Shaw were APP
pointed as triers.
The clerk then procccned to i'm
panel jury.
| Thirty-One OF those subppnacd
had been examined up to noon and
all but ten of them were challenged
The ten chosen are:
Thomas Carey. farmer. Swan
/ River.
Pat Brien, farmer, Elm Dale.
A. 4. Morrill, farmer, NOyultnn.
| James Dickson. farmer, Svunliu
Valley,
Frank Herman, Farmer. BucEman
| Geo. L. ltstry, farmer. Bucl>man.
Phillip NORM, farmer, Ripley.
! Ole Paulsun, farmer, >cnn'lia Va
ley.
ley.
Christ Anderson, Farmer, Hale
Prairie.
Frank CAughc, farmer. NryuitOn.
| 1t was the intcN ton OF the Judge
to have the entire jury selected be
| fore noon SO that those " no were
excnsed could get home on tie after
noon train 1t was lo:33r, however,
| before they succeeded in getting tn"
ten, therefore court was I'D
ljOurned and, at the request OF the at
torneys. the jury We're given in Charge
Of an officer who will see to their
wants until the case is Finished
Court re-cOnvcned at ? O'Clock and
after examining eleven men the two
following We're selected:
| Charles Meyers. farmer, Elm Dale.
! A. n. Peterson. farmer, Elm Dale
1t is considered to be 81 tirst-class
jury.
| Some Of the men excused had
| formed opinions while none uf them
had any cOnscicntiuils Scruples
which would preclude them from
bringing III a verdict Of guilty in A
case where the punishment might be
! tcdlu. y OS. 1tttiiJtIi Set!d IlC f'tS VI
age but the attorneys thought they
could get an Older man. FTrsi
Muske, merchant, SwanViiIc, had an
opinion regarding the case as did
also J. A. Adams, OF Ripley, VIM.
Jacobs, Of Motley Thought his being
deaf was a good enough reason for
being excused ana the court finally
did so.
During the proceedings this morn
ing the prisoner took them III with
about as much interest as the aver
age spectator. Some OF the remarks
Of the jurors amused him and be
never failed to smile,
This afternoon there was quite Il
crowd N the court room and a
plumber of ladies ere present at the
trial.
The state opened the case after the
Jury was selected and q number Oi
witnesses will he heard this after.
noon.
Stock the man for WlOm Welte1
worked near Morris, is in the city
and will probably be q Witness