The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-18

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$50 yesterday morning to continue the
case of the state Of Kansas vs.. Ward and
Cole. James Conley, attorney for the
defense raised the question OF insufficient
information in the complaint de
claimed that the counts were each indef-
mite and that il this kind OF complaint
were allowed anyone might come forward
and, claiming that drinking places and
gambling dens were running open in
Wichita. accuse the county attorney OF
receiving brides.
Judge Wall who is assisting the prose
cutting attorney replied that there WAS no
parallel in the two cases ana that tue
were charged with unlawfully receiving
money while in Office which was miscon-
duct in Office.
sam Amidop, of the defense. then
claimed that there was discrepancy In
the counts In one place Cole was accused
of taking $lO0 bribery from Professor bar
Der aud in another the Complaint stated
Judge Wall interrupted to explain that
s65 aud S35 made 500 but Mr.. Amldon
He was followed by his co-counsel Mr..
Sturdeyant, who claimed that the defense
did not know what was the charge against
them nor what line OF evidences would Do
submitted.
After few minutes silence the justice
stated it was his decision that the lnfornia-
ton was sufficiently specific. he then
presented the names OF twenty-Iour per-
sons TO act as jurors. Twelve OF these
were scratched out by the lawyers Win an
eagerness that was only preliminary 10 tne
hungry zeal with which they dispatched
the fif,y-fivs or more jurors presented
.,fto
The following are the remaining twelve:
Arthur Allen. j. W. Arthur, Il. h. Ana
walt, A. S. Barwise, L. b. CLOSER, u ".
Mathews, Joseph Alderman, Z. w. Bit
ting, j. NJ Bronson. j. c. Bryant, Frank
A. Cooper and 5. w. Cooper.
OF these men not half remained at oS0
o. m. yesterday and the proba bility Is that
not one of them will sic as juror in the
case.
The questions asked are such as few
men can answer, especially IL they keep
abreast of the times by reading newspa-
pers. The following are generally the
busters: Have You beard anything said
about the case!" Have you iormee auy
opinion of the guilt or innocence Of these
partiesy" and '.Hsve you formed any
opinion whether these men are members
of the school board or not!" The last Oh
these questions was answered In the mega
tive by only one man, and he Is q tails man.
His name is Goodrich. and he stated, In
substance, as follows:
81 don't know anything about the case
or circumstances; been in Wichita ninety
DAYS: before that was in Valley Center
thirteen years; am carpenter; never reau
of the case in any daily paper; have no re-
lations interested in the city schools; nave
no children; no property in the city, ana
don't know whether Ward and Cole are
members of the school board or not. ana
II
j. C. Bryan, S. w. Cooper end Lou Kill
eany end others were set aside because
they had decided opinions. II. Tatgen-
horst was asked among other questions II
he thought these men were members or
the school board. YES" was the answer.
Il challenge the juror. said county
Boone stated that the fact might become
an issue in the case and this WAS an opin-
ion on a material fact. The court over
ruled the objection aud said, step aside.
summon another juror"
.sDo YOU want another juror" came the
voice Of Constable Forby from the hall.
Yes" said the justice.
'Catch another man, SAID foroy 10
Jim Williams down on the paving. Look
here" said Williams to an innocent
looking farmer coming along Il want TO
see you' and lovingly put his arm through
that of the farmer. But this was only the
spider act for the next moment ne WAS
Juggling away up the stairs with the man.
What do You WANT" Was the cry, which
was answered by his being told he was
wanted for a Juror. But don't want on
that Jury" demonstrates was la vain.
In similar manner oGher men were
caught aud amusement furnished for the
crowd.
J. Seal was asked IL be had any opinion
whether these men we're members OF the
school board and stated That he had not
before he entered the court but since SO
many men had testified ID the fact under
oath he had come to the conclusion that
they must be. He was ordered To sep
aside.
G. q. Mathews, who was very anxious
to get off the jury, broke III with: III that
is the case / -" i must insist, Mr..
Mathews" said the justice, that you keep
quiet and answer only those questions
which are propounded TO you" MIR.
Mathews was finally ordered to step aside
because he knew that the men were MEN,
bers of the school board.
Tue selecting of jury will continue to-
day and very likely tomorrow. 1t Is the
general opinion about the court room that
country Jurors are the only ones to be pro-
cured.
SCOTTISH RITE REUNION.