Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-21
WILL FIGHT HARD FOR DELAY.
DIR. GODDARD AND BILL ADLER SEE
HOW THE WIND BLOWS.
Somebody In Going to BE Convicted
in jackson County Some of
These Days and They Want
to Be From Under.

DR.. Jefferson D.. Goddard will probably
not go to trial tomorrow for the killing of
Frederick ]. jackson. the laundryman. 1t
is likely that Goddard will not be tried this
week. If the plans for delay which his
he will not be tried this year. and it may
be months before his trial will begin.
DR.. Goddard's lawyers realize that much
is to be gained by delay in the trial of the
case. They believe there is a strong pub
lie prejudice against Goddard in this COM
munity, and that time will allay it. So
they are planning and scheming to pre-
vent, II possible, a trial in this county,
and, If that fails. to have the trial post
poned as long as can be. They nave filed
two motions in tie criminal court within
the last three days. One is for a change Of
venue to another county. The other is for
a special venire of jurors to try the case.
Either motion. II granted, means a delay.
Judge Longan. of Sedalia, will be here to-
morrow morning, the date set for the trial.
When court has opened, Goddard's lawyers
will first present the motion for a change
Of venue. asked for or the ground that the
prejudice in this COUNT against Goddard
is so strong that he can not have a fair
and impartial trial here. Even If this mo-
ton is overruled by the judge, 1t will delay
the case at least one day. because the law
requires that IL the Judge does not know
that the prejudice exists he must hear evil
Judge Longan will grant the change of
venue without hearing a witness on the
matter of prejudice. He heard the evil
dence at the last trial, and saw and heard
the remarkable demonstration against DR..
Goddard at the close of that trial, when
the people who crowded the courtroom
hurCf into 2nnlanCp at the end of an aDnpal
for conviction by the county prosecutor.
If. Judge Longan has no knowledge of
prejudice, then he must hear evidence pre-
scented by the defense and state and pass
on the question. The defense has already
summoned thirty witnesses to testify that
the prejudice against DR.. Goddard Is bitter.
This list was given Marshal Chiles Friday
noon and most of the witnesses have been
subpoenaed. After they have been exam
idence to show that the prejudice is not suf-
ficient to prevent a fair trial. If Judge
Longan should = grant ia TT; the &c change ian ax ne o; could
at Sedalia or to any circuit contiguous to
this. Then the case would be certified to
thai circuit by the criminal clerk of this
when reached on the docket during the
January term unless Goddard's lawyers in
the meantime formulated a new plan for de-
il Judge Longan should refuse to give a
change of venue. then the motion for a
special venire of jurors will be presented,
and the best criminal lawyers say the judge
must grant it. The names of about 125 men
would be drawn from the jury wheel and
the marshal would require at least a week
to summon them, because many of them
would be from remote corners of the county.
It might be that the judge would order the
| special venire and then continue the case
till January. He stated from the bench at
the close of the last trial, when he set the
second trial for November %. that his jul
dicial duties in his home circuit would not
permit him to give any other week to the
Goddard trial this year.
| One thing is certain: DR.. Goddard and
his lawyers do not wish the case to go to
trial in this county or at this time, and
they will try every legal means to cause
its delay.
"BiI" Adler, the thug who killed Postof-
| flee Inspector Mcclure with a blow of his
fist. and who is under indictment for shoot
ing and killing a negro in the North end
one Sunday afternoon last summer, will not
go to trial tomorrow. His trial before
Judge Wofford was set for tomorrow. but
Adler's lawyer has filed a motion for a
change Of Venue. alleging hat the preju-
dice against him here is too strong to admit
of a fair trial. Judge Wofford tomorrow
will set a date on which he will hear what
evidence Adler has to sustain his applica-
ton for a change of venue and the evidence
| the state will present against it. 1t is the
practice Of Judge Wofford to allow ten wit
nesses to a side in such applications.