St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-24

mitted by the defense and Mr.. Wood
burn was excused.
Henry Hahn, saloonkeeper at % and
so First street N, was quickly released
for general disqualification, and Charles
F. Davis, a colored barber living at 20J
W Thirty-second street, was sum-
moned. He knew Attorneys Nye, Hall,
and Smith, but only in a casual way.
Finally Mr.. Nye asked the juror:
Have you anything against capital
punishment
Yes, sir; have
you don't believe in capital punish
ment?"
mo, sir; don't"
You couldn't conscientiously sit on
such a case as this 2"
mo, sir; don't think 1 could
Challenge for implied bias!' said the
county attorney.
1--WE admit it," said the defense,
which excused Mr.. Davis.
William Jay, a cooper, living at 909 E
Franklin, was all right until the at
torneys came to the question of 'opin-
ion, feeling or impression"
Have you an opinion, or feeling, or
impression asked Mr.. Erwin, ''or
whatever you're a-mind to call it?
81 think" interposed the court,
you'd better use the English for il"
Mr.. Erwin changed his word to
opinion and after a few questions
said:
"That opinion is still in obeyance.
is it?''
yes, sir"
Now, as you look at the prisoner,
have you any opinion as to his guilt or
innocence; you needn't say which"
Yes, 1 have" answered the juror,
naively, II should say he was guilty.
For moment Mr.. Erwin sat aghast,
as a general laugh went round the
room, in which Hayward himself joined
heartily.
II cautioned you not to say that,
said Mr. Erwin. The court glared at
Jay, but he sat there totally oblivious
of having said anything out of the
way.
81 am glad you said it." said Mr..
Erwin, recovering himself quickly.
I'm glad you said it, for 1 declare
you'd have got past my net if you
hadn't. Ha, ha! I'm glad you said it. "
The attorneys all joined in the laugh,
and the court excused Jay.
Against Lynch Law.
C. w. Lee, a colored barber, on West
ern avenue, was challenged for i'm
piled bias.
do you believe in capital punish
ment?" asked Mr.. Nye.
II don't hardly know, sab! 1 don t
believe in lynch law"
But that amt what [ mean. Do
you believe in hanging?"
Well, no sab! To tell the truth, L
don't know as 1 do
The challenge was admitted and Mr..
Lane excused.
Charles c. Henneman, a native of
Germany, and an employe of the Mil
waukee car shops, living at 2915 Twen-
ty-sixth avenue S, could not prove that
he was naturalized. Walter Morgan,
an architect andbuilder at 4046 Lyndale
avenue n, was also excused for dis
belief in capital punishment. Ely S.
Abbott, of 251S Oakland avenue, had
served on jury last June and was dis
qualified.
3d. The fourth juror chosen was John
Smith, a native Of Switzerland, living
at 1927 Z Franklin, was called. He
had been a laborer in various black
smith and iron workshops, but had
worked for the city for the last three
y
"Have you read the papers?'
Yes, sir
The defense challenged for actual
bias.
This One Read the Times.
What paper do you read?"
1.-The Times
"You have read a good deal about it,
have you?"
Yes"
Have you any opinion as to the
guilt or innocence Of the prisoner?'
"Didn't your reading form an opinion
or an impression on your mind one way
or the other?"
ut never did. [ don't go much on
newspaper talk
1T is not always to be relied on
mo, sir
Further examination elected that
Smith had been detained at home by
the illness of his wife during the great
er part of the excitement Immediately
following the Cling murder, but she
was now we'll again. He had no es-
pecial objection on account OF family
ties to serving on the jury, and felt
that he could bring in a fair and i'm
partial verdict.
You think you can sit here on this
Jury and decide according to the evil
dence?" asked Mr.. Nye.
Il think so; yes" was the answer
The attorneys for the defense held
heightened conference. Finally Mr..
Erwin asked:
Have your family taken any decided
ground in this case?''
Il can't say that they have"
And the fourth juror was sworn.
a. n. Wiley, who had served on the
Jury in the Floyd case, was excused as
disqualified.
S. W. Emmons. of 3115 Twenty-second
avenue S. a native of New York, was
another ex-employe of the Milwaukee
car shops, and had worked on the
streets and water mains. He had
served on juries before, and had no
objections. to the capital punishment
law. but he had an opinion on the case
and was excused for actual bias.
without Prejudice.
CYRUS WEIGH. of 1926 Lyndale avenue,
4 native of Maine, and knew none OF
the attorneys in the case. He had no
prejudice against capital punishment.
He had read the papers. however, and