St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-27
WHITE TRIAL HAS BEGUN.
The Twelfth juror n the Case Sc.
cured.

w dlIG Iii Al HAS BIG ".
The Twelfth juror ~ the Case Sc
cured.
The White murder trial IS now under
way. The twelfth juror was secured
yesterday FORENOON in the person of
Hugh Hoy, whose residence is 919 Z fifth
street north. The jury roster is as f,l-
lows: John Wiuton, Otto Nav, j. S.
Bear, Faneil NJ. Hays. David Ii. Ste
vens. Clarence A. Warren. George M.
Fish, q. P. Martin, William Gibson,
Johnathan Chase, John Young and
Hugh Hoy.
When the jury had been sworn in, AS
sistant County Attorney A. II. Hall made
the opening speech for the state. 1t
was brief but to the point. He reminded
the jury of its duty. and mentioned that
this trial would involve practically the
same questions that CAME up during the
trial OF James Dugan. now serving
life sentence in Saltwater for the muir
der of James r. Harris, for which crime
Joe White is under the ban. The prin-
cipaiS i'll this new drama were all pres
ent IN the court roum-Mrs. Harris.
attirad i'll the deepest black, her daugh-
ter and two sons. joe White sat neXt
t. his mother, and by her side was The
youngest boy Of the family. youth with
sinister look sand the typical White
nose.
The evidence in this case will be prac-
tically the same as that adduced during
the progress of the Dugan trial. The
attorneys for the defense, however, are
of the opinion they have stronger
case: and Mis-. White, il is said, will be
able to better subStautiate the aiibi she
will make for her son. Mrs. Harris was
on the stand all afternoon. She is
positive witness, and is not led by adroit
questioning into making slips Of testl-
mOny. Her trying experience during
the Dugan trial stands her in good
stead. She identified Joe White posi-
lively as the man who fired the pistol
that killed her husband On the eventful
night in June of last year. III the pie
vious trial she also identified him, and
yesterday, when the states attorney
asked her if the man who shot her hus-
band was in the room, she looked
through her gold. trimmed glasses at
White. and, pointing finger at him,
said:
"There is the man who killed my
husLand.H
This declaration did not feaZe White
in the least. LIE took the identification
as a matter of course, and the only in
dication that he heard what Mrs. Harris
said was the more rapid motion of his
Jaws in the masticatiOn of his beloved
weed. Mrs. White, however, craned
her neck forward, and, with her feet on
the rounds of her attorneys chair,
pushed her knees In closer proximity to
her chin. She turned around and looked
at Joe, but there was no responsive look
i'll his eyes.
Attorney Penney did the cross-exam-
ination. He is 4 mlid-mannered lawyer,
wholly unlike the more precise and
somewhat choleric MI. Davis, who de-
Tended Slim Dugan. A dramatic i'll
cident followed certain Of his question
ings. 1t will lie remembered that sooD
after the murder Mrs. Harris was quoted
as saying that the first impression she
had when size saw the men In the bed
chamber that night was that they were
boys OF tie neighborhood who were
playing joke OIL herself and husband.
Following out this argument, MIR. Pen
ney asked Mrs. Harris:
Mrs. Harris. did you not think that
when that light was flashed into your
face and the demand made for money,
it was your boy and the Pattee boy?"
This question aroused all the motherly
instincts in Mrs. Harris. Her face
flushed clear to the edge of her gray
hair. She leaned forward terribly eX-
cited.
"How dare you. STRIP she said to Mr..
Penney, shaking both hands at him.
How dare you! How dare youv'
Mr.. Penney looked at her in astonisll-
ment. A deep red crept over his face.
lie said:
Now, Mrs. Harris, don't misunder-
stand me: don't want"
But Mrs. Harris interrupted him
with, "HOw dare you make such an
insinuation as this TO me. STRIP "Mrs.
HARRIS" interpolated Judge Russell,
You must answer The question"
Mrs. Harris was still indignant and
excited. She interrupted tile judge with:
He has 10 right 10 insinuate such
dastardly thing: NY boys were III bed"
Judge Russell remarked: at makes
no difference, Mrs. Harris; you must
not argue the question, but merely an
swer the questions put to you by the
attorney"
Mrs. Harris replied: Eyes, but he has
no right to treat ME in this way. Mr..
| Davis did not do it, and he was bad
| enough"
Mrs Harris was finally Modified by
Attorney Penney stating that he had
no intention of insinuating anything
against her sons. He merely wanted to
ascertain if she was sure of the condi-
ton of her mind when she awoke and
saw the man before her. But whenever
he touched ever SO little upon the ques-
ton of her sons, Mrs. Harris drew her
self up, quick to take offense.
The defense then brought in the
name of Mrs. Julia Brown, who lives
next door to the Harris residence, and
read questions from what was evidently
all affidavit from that person. 1t was
evident that Mrs. Harris did not like 1t
at all, for she appeared to object to the
mention of her name. She stated that
Mrs. Brown was nothing to her, and
that though she was in the house dur
ing the time of her husbands death
and the trouble which ensued. she was
not invited. SO was no doubt an unwel-
come guest. She was asked if Mrs.
Brown did not converse with her hus.
band before he died. She answered
mo-" emphatically. 1t is likely the
defense will put Mrs. Brown on the