The herald., 1896-11-28
THE WHITTIER SCANDAL
The First Day Develops
No Features
HARD 70 GET IN UNBIASED JURY
The Case Goes Over Until Next
Tuesday
TIMES.MIRROR LIBEL SUIT
Mrs. Mary Brady Agsin Sues for $4,000
Damages
Supreme Court Ruling Affecting the Nevada
Southern Railway
A Child Wife Obtains an Order Of Main
tenance-Lide s. Brown Is Again
in Court-John Browns
Vigorous Kick.
Mrs. Mary Brady Agsin Sues for $4,000
Damages
Supreme Court Ruling Affecting the Nevada
Southern Railway

The first step taken in the examina-
tion into the scandal at the Whittier re-
form school has been taken, but taken in
slow time.
The time set for the examination to
begin in the township court had been set
by Justice Young at o'clock yesterday.
and about one hour previous to that time
a constable went out to hustle up jury.
When Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Henderson and
Miss Germain had their time for trial
set jury trial was not demanded, and
at later date when 1t was demanded
some mistake arose in the transmission
Of the order to the constable to bring into
court q sufficient number of good men
and true" to serve the purposes of trial.
BY $3.50 O'Clock. however. a return had
been made and the proceedings began.
Assistant District Attorney Williams
prosecuted the case. and Attorney w. e.
Arthur and the firm of Simpson & Will
lett. all Of Pasadena, represented the
three lady defendants.
The specific charges against the de-
PENDANTS is battery" upon the person Of
one Grace Maroney, one of the inmates
Of the school. The circumstances sur
rounding the case are peculiarly cruel.
but 1t must be confessed that the three
accused did not bear upon their faces
any particular evidences Of the cruelty
alleged.
The court room was crowded and
many Of the people from the school, in
cluding Superintendent John E. Coffin,
were present. In an adjacent room about
eight or ten girls from the school, who
will be required as witnesses, were cor
raled until their services should be re-
Quired.
The first batch Of Jurors were exam
ined by Attorney Arthur The very first
rattle he challenged seven of the twelve,
either for the reason that their names
were not upon the assessment roll or
that they did not live in the township
The court pleasantly intimated to coun-
eel that under the law he might waive
such objections II he was so disposed.
Mr. Arthur very politely but very per-
emptorily replied that he knew perfectly
well his rights in the premises. and was
not disposed to act other than he had
done. Having thus delivered himself.
the attorney proceeded to knock four
more jurymen out of the box on ac-
count of their prejudice against corpo-
raj punishment. The one remaining ju-
ror was sworn in and sat in dignif1ed re-
serve while others came and sat around
him-but only for time, for they were
all excused for one thing or another.
After the noon recess the examination
of jurors was resumed. Previous to this,
however, Assistant District Attorney
Williams rose from his seat and intimat-
ed to the court that on account Of the ILL
ness of his wife, to whose side he might
be summoned any moment, he could not
give the close attention to the case that
1t required, and the district attorney had
kindly consented to take his place. He
retired forthwith and Mr.. Donnell at
tended to the examination Of jurors in
behalf of the prosecution.
The entire afternoon was passed with
out jury being obtained and then the
case was continued until Tuesday next
at o'clock in the morning.