The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-17
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Jury IN THE JACK DAVIDSON CASE
NOT YET SECURED.

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Assistant Attorney General Throws up the
iaI venire OF Farmers-Jim Antrim Gre
ates a Sensation in Court by Declaring
an Attempt was Made to Bride Him
Bill Campbell Falls Down in His At
tempt to Throw Mud on the Old Police
Commission.
Yesterday morning when the hand
on the big clock in the district court
room pointed to 9, the hour set for COM
mencing court. the jury gathered
around the door to their room and
looked into the court room. Judge
Reed sat in his room quietly smoking
his cigar and not an attorney in the
Jack Davidson case was present.
A few minutes later Messrs Amidon
and Comfy came in and took their ac-
customed place at the table. Deputy
Sheriff Johnson raped for order and
the jury filed in ard took their places
and answered to their names when Dis
trict Clerk Bridgeman called the roll.
When Judge Reed took the stand
with his hair brushed back so sleek
that a fly could not light on it and stick
he still held onto his cigar. After a
few moments the assistant attorney
general came in and took position in
front of Judge Reed and put his hands
on his lap and seemed to be waiting for
something to turn UP. 1t turned up.
Juror Jim Antrim notified the court
that he had been informed that if he
was not friendly to the defendant
that he would not be allowed to sit on
the jury. He said he was told that he
would be put off because he was not
tax payer.
Colonel Sam Amidon asked him If he
was a taxpayer and he said he guessed
he was. Deputy County Clerk Chain
was put on the stand and he testified
that Jim Antrim'S name was not on
the personal property tax list and he
did not believe he paid any real estate
tax as he could not find his name on
the tax rolls.
Judge Campbell made a vigorous eff
fort to hold Antrim on the jury and
Judge Reed told him that he was dis
charged for this term Of court.
Mr.. Antrim created a small sized sen
sation when he made the announce
ment to the court, but in the light of
after testimony a good many people
formed the opinion that Mr.. Antrim
was of the opinion that he would be
fired from the jury and was trying to
create sympathy among the prohibs
by making it appear that he was being
prosecuted because he was not friendly
to Jack Davidson.
Under Sheriff Hays is one of the Off
GERS who believes Antrim's story and
Ia 10 6a1y Hcif {ba TO 49,
bottom.
Antrim says he will not develop the
name of the party who came to him
but enough was gained to know that
VIII Giles is the man whom they ac-
cuse Hays claims that Giles came to
him on Sunday night and asked him
where Antrim lived and he thought
that confirmed his story
The reporter for the Eagle asked Mr.
Hays If he supposed that Giles was
going to Antrm's house for the pur-
pose of committing a crime that he
would come to the under sheriff of Sedg
wick county and ask him where Antrim
lived. He admitted that that was
circumstance in favor of Giles inno-
cence. but he claimed that Giles might |
have had no suspicion that Antrim |
would go back on him.
The ruling of Judge Reed that men |
drawn from the regular jury must be |
tax payers it is supposed will dispose I
of several other jurors when they are |
called as some of them are known to |
nave paid no taxes last year. Mr. |
Campbell tried to show that heavy tax
payers We're not competent jurors be- |
cause they might object to the expense |
he and Mr.. Dawes were making, but |
he has finally run against a ruling of |
the court that nobody but tax payers |
are competent jurors.
The assistant attorney general fell |
down in his attmept to throw mud al |
the old police commission by question |
ing Mr.. Husey and he asked time of |
the court to hunt up the records to |
prove that Mr.. Husey had given false
testimony or was mistaken in his state |
ment of facts.
All this time Mr.. Husey was trying to |
get excused because his head clerk |
was away and his presence at his place
of bushes was almost a necessity. He |
however. stayed as long as the reputa-
ton of the old board was being at
tackled.
Court adjourned at II o'clock until |
In order to give Mr.. Campbell time to
search the records and when court re-
convened he looked around and called |
for Lieurance, the secretary of the new
police commission. Mr.. Campbell evil
IDENTIFY thought he was not present. but
when Lieurance arose in the back part (!
IF the room and started toward the
witness stand he began to question Mr..
Husey again
The first question was in regard to the
penalty provided by the prOhibitory
liquor law and when Mr.. Husey ans
wered that he thought ii too severe Mr..
Campbell challenged him as he had nu-
merous others and he was excused.
Judge Reed asked the assistant at
torney general why he did not ask Mr..
Husey that question before if he wished |
to get rid of him without causing all
this delay. Mr.. Campbell asserted
that he did ask the question before and
that he did not answer it that way.
Judge Reed gave this statement the
negative by shaking his head when the
assistant attorney general repeated his
assertion that he had before asked that
question.
A reporter for the Eagle asked the
court stenographer 10 read over his
notes and ne did So and declared that
Mr.. Campbell did not before ask that |
question of Mr.. Husey. The assistant
attorney general stated on Saturday
that Mr.. Husey and the old board were
on trial as we'll as Jack Davidson and
the crowd present pretty we'll under
stood that Mr.. Campbell was trying
harder to show that the previous board
of police commissioners had done some
thing wrong than to secure jury in
the case now on trial.
AS yet there does not seem much pros
pect OF securing a jury. The regular
AUar0NH