The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-09
STILL SHORT OF A JURY.
The Twelve Men Who Are TO Pass
on Jones Fate no. Yet
Selected.
A Remarkable Change In the Per
sonal Appearance of the
Prisoner
The Court orders . Special Vsnire In
The Court orders . Special vsnire "a
order TO Complete the jury
other Court Nows

The trial Of Charles Jones for murder
at last under way in the United State
court though 10 has not as yea proefesse
as far a. the selection OF she jury OF tWelv
men who are TO decide on his guilt or limo
eeaee. Jones 10 the last Of the four moi
Who are alleged TO have held mp the North
srn Psoilc express about nfiy miles irou
Livingston last August Tho other three
are dead. one Jack Chipman. having beer
killed outright in fight with the pursuins
posse on the Blsokfoot reservation, another
sam Shsrmer, having died Of wounds re-
ceived at the same time. aud the third, Jacl
White, having been killed about two week
later BY a man who wished TO capture hin
with the idea of obtaining the reWar,
offered by she railroad company. TIT
crime that Jones ia on trial for 's murder
In shooting aud killing Henry Schubert
one CT posse which surprised the gang al
a cabin near Midyale on Oct. 3. When
Jones gave himself NJ and was brought q
Helena, he was IN clad ana unksmpt arc
his bushy red whisksrs gave him the ap
pearAnoo Of man Of atty who had been
working for some ranoher whose provisions
and sosp had ran short. When. about a
month later. be was brought into court
20 hear the indictment against him reac,
he had dOnnsd a new suit Of clothes and
had his whiskers trimmed. lt altered his
appearances 20 that OF 3 we'll 30 DO country
merchant Of about 40. Those who saw bin
walk into the court room yesterday looked
a. an entirely different man IN his general
makeup fTom she one they had seen on
either OF the Two previous occasions lie
had removed every vssiiGe Of hair from
his face aud looked what be really is. a
man OF between 30 snd 50 years of age. He
took q seat near his counsel and his rest
less blue eyes took in every thinQ Wiihln
range In the court room. With him was
James Moots, the youth who had nothing
30 do with the train robbery. but who joined
she gang on the Blackioot reservation later
on. Moots IL charged with the sama Of
fense as Jones is. having taken part 10 the
various hghts between the posse and the
gang of alleged train robbers. lie and
Jones we're brought down hsndeuhei To-
Rether. o this objection was made by
M0ota counsel, who said as the trials we're
TO be separate. and his client was not
needed in the Jones trial. TO bring him
down through the streets hendeuned was
this 10 was stated that bringing tie two
men down chained together was neees-
sary pfecaution 20 prevent the escape OF
Jones. Moots will not be taken 20 court
to-day. however.
The trial did not begin until the after
noon. and when court adjourned the entire
panel Of Jurors waa exhausted, and Jury
had not been secured. Eleven men still
sat In the box. but II Is not known whether
they will all remain there, as both the
prosecution and defense have some chal-
lsnRes left. OF the twenty seven mon on
the panel OF trial jurors Eve we're chsl-
lenged for cause, three we're excused by the
prosecution and eight By the defense. This
leaves the governments two persmptorv
challenges. aud the defense twelve 4. II.
Landt Frank Mares and Thomas Scadden
wers excused bV the prosecution. The de-
Tense excused ". c. Riddle. W. +. Rolfe
A. K Freeman. John L. Henry. G. q.
Evans, @. +. Colbsrt. ID. A. richardson and
Fred Lshman. Geo. II. Plat had formed an
opinion OF the matter from what be had
read. though 10 was not such a one as might
not be changed by the evidence. lie was
CHALLENGED for cause by the defense and
tha court excused him. ". r. Morris,
Morris Sands b. ". Sanders and II. b.
Reed had conscientious scruplss against
capital punishment aud were challenged
BY the prosecution and the challenges tus-
tainet BY Jrdge Knowles. This left eleven
men in the iurF box. still subject 60 pei
emptory challenges. hey a,o W. ID. smith.
Elisha Poad VIM. Steele. Jr., J. b. san
ford, II. c. ssutensJ, John Stewart, M. l..
Jacquemin. Charles X. Sanders, L. ".
PiEoti, Thomas +. Goodwin and Al. Il.
Ripley. Tho regular panel being exhausted
Judge Knowles ordered q special Yenire OF
twenty drawn. AMI adjourned court until
this morning TO allow time 10 serve them
with the summons.
Before the case was called three witnesses
for the prosecution. for whom bench wa
rants had been issued. we're brought before
the oou ito tell why they had not res ponded
TO the regular subTUlas. Their excuses
we're considered sufficient and the Judge
excused them. None OF them had any
money 10 travel on aud the bench warrants
were necessary.
Jones IL being defended by John r. Bar
rows and Edmuud c. Russell. who will also
appear for Moots. District Attorney Weed
IL being assisted Ia the p osecution by
Stephen Carpenter.