Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1894-02-08
DISTRICT COURT AGAIN.
Delay in Getting a Jury. The
Russell-BaldWin Case
Called.
Jury Challenged on Account
of Irregularities in the
Drawing.
Conflicting Evidence. - Much
Local Interest Aroused
in the Case,
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily
The adjourned jury trial of the case of
the state against Winfield Baldwin and
cases hlnging on the decision in that
case were begun this morning in the dis.
trict court by the selection of the Jurors,
the "A ''good and true" men who are to
decide the cases brought before them.
The entire morning session was occupied
with this work and by noon but Is out
of the 81 jurors had been Sc.
cured. They are r. J. Bigger, II.
D. Hobert, w. F.. Hodge, John Leoboldt.
Chas. johnson, W. A. Saddlemeyer, W.
| 3. Thomas, A. W. Wiedeman, o.
G. Christopherson, John A. Johnson,
M. S Petty, J. G. Wyard, Peter Whit
beck, Bernard Campbell and E. B.
Dewey. Messrs. Geo. Oppy, J. Z. Piercy,
H. Cornwall, A. Steel and J. E. Johnson
were excused for cause, while the sun
mons we're not served upon Allen Oakes,
H. W. Porter and John A. Ried, and
John I. Sinclair did not appear.
At 3:15 p. m. the other tallsmen were
secured in the persons of J. A. LaFol-
lette, A. NJ. Clough, Clinton Wade, J. a.
Buchanan, JAS. Crum, E. Martin, Chas
Hepsel, Phil Mason, Judson Wright and
Miles Drum.
States Attorney Glaspell then moved
the case of the state against Winfield
BALDWIN for the selling of liquor toAgnes
Russell, and the defendant by his counsel
plead not guilty.
Before the jury was sworn Attorney
Newman challenged the same on grounds
that jury was improperly selected, for
the same reasons as against the former
jury; that the sheriff, who assisted the
clerk of the court in drawing the panel,
has case pending IN court, and that the
jurors we're not drawn from the
body of the county. The case
pending, he stated, was that of Sophia
KAMA VS.. Sheriff Eddy. The case was
\ still pending in court in that it had not
been appealed to higher court. Judge
Rose overruled the challenge stating
that the objections were not valid. To
this the counsel for the defense duly
took exceptions. !,
| NOTES.
Attorney Seth Newman OF Fargo, is in
attendance at court assisting Attorney
Fredrus Baldwin in the defense of the
case entitled the State of North
Dakota against Winfield Baldwin.
| The attendance ut court was faii today,
considerable local interest being taken
IN the case now on trial.
From Wednesdays Daily.
! The court room was crowded this after
noon to hear the Russell. Baldwin case,
which was commenced late yesterday in
earnest. A disposition is shown on the
part OF each side to fight every inch OF
the way. The first witness called by the
state was Mary Greeerson. domestic
employed by the family, at the date o,
the selling of liquor to Mrs. Russell. She
stated that Mrs. Russell was sober when
she entered the drug store on the night
| of Oct. 5th and INTOXICATED when she
came out. That she was finally gotten
home by the aid of Wallace Heusel and
August Kuhn at about l O'Clock in the
morning.
NJ. U. Green, prescription druggist in
the drug store, testified to location Of in
terror of store and other details.
Fl. J. Porter, Wallace Hensel, and Aug.
Kuhn and B. P. Tilden we're on the stand
for few minutes each and corrobaled
the story Of NJ. Greperson in nearly all
points.
On the stand Mr.. B. S. Russell detailed
the circumstances Of being awakened in
the night by Mrs. f. Russell, who was
under the influence Of liquor; that she
was still excited aud at times violent on
the following morning; that bottle con
tanning whisky was, discovered as having
fallen from her clothing; that shortly
after 8 O'Clock that morning defendant
came to the house to repair sewing
machine and was reproached with having
sold the liquor to Mrs. Russell, the night
before. This was admitted, but regrets
were repeatedly expressed for the act.
Defendant had sold it upon
request that she wanted it
for her husbands rheumatism.
The afternoon OF the same day Mr.. Rus.
sell notified the firm that he'intended to
bring criminal action against them and
at the same time secured copy OF the
druggist's affidavit which it is claimed
Mrs. Russell signed.
Justice Of the Peace Geo. Eager testi.