The herald., 1897-12-28
Inside Workings Of a Jury
Room Exposed
cRANDALL's NEW TRIAL SET
HOW THE TAX PAYERS HAVE TO
PAY BIG BILLS
Frank Dow on Trial for Burglary
Mrs. Bertelson's Reason for
Wanting a Divorce

The second trial of Frank D. Gran
Gail for the murder at Ballona of Jacl
Bowman was set for March 4th at 10 a
m. by Judge Smith yesterday.
An application for the prisoners re.
lease on bail was made by his attorney
and vigorously opposed by Deputy Dis
trict Attorney McComas. 1t was taken
under advisement.
The names of the four jurors who held
out for an acquittal in the first trial.
concluded on Friday night. were H. r
Hathaway of 1888 Brooklyn avenue; A.
w. Swain of 1888 East Second street; d.
P. Riley Of 1925 Georgia Bell street and
George l.. Matthews of Madison street
and Rosedale avenue, an employe in the
power house of the Los Angeles Electric
Railway company, all belonging to the
panel of Department fiYe.
1t has been learned from the Jurors
who were favorable to conviction that
the man in the jury room who was ma
terial in determining the wavering ones
to stand by their ballot of not guilty
was Mr.. Hathaway. He voted that way
from the first ballot on until the time
that the court discharged the jury, and
argued all the time to have the others
reconsider their action.
When Hathaway was questioned as to
his qualifications to impartially try the
case he answered question put to
him by Mr.. McComas as to his ac-
quaintance with DOC" Crandall and his
relatives by saying that he had merely
a passing acquaintance with them. The
district attorney did not think him dis
qualified for that reason, because some
one in whom Mr.. McComas has great
confidence suggested that Hathaway
was good man, and he was consequent
ly sworn in.
During the trial he was constantly on
his feet with leave to ask the witnesses
certain questions for the purpose of bet
ter comprehending the situation, and
several times his officiousness, so dif-
ferent from the sedateness of the bal
ance of the jury, was commented upon,
although not ascribed then to anything
more than wish to familiarize himself
thoroughly with the case
After the trial Mr.. McComas received
information which has kept him in a
very different humor than the Yuletide
season justifies, and his execrations
have been loud and deep.
This man Hathaway" says the pub
lie prosecutor of the long locks, said to
me that he had but passing acquaint-
ance with the Crandalls, yet, when he
got into the jury room he argued in ia
vor OF the young man and told his COL
leagues what a fine people his family
were. Not only that, but he also told
them that Young Crandall was only
sowing his wild oats, and similar rot.
I have been told that he exclaimed to
some Of the Jurors that before he was of
the prisoners age he had got into sew
eral shooting scrapes, and that he had
twice killed his man. This is fine talk
Tor 1uryman, is it not? 1t is unfortu-
nate that he belongs to the panel in De-
partment five instead of in Department
one, because if he did he would have
been dropped with the dullest kind of a
tnud. III see to it, however, that he
doesn't sit in the criminal department
any more If can help it,
1t seems now that the doings in the
Jury chamber can easily be ascertained |
after the discharge of the jury, and that |
the conduct of any one of them becomes
public property soon after.
Inc hrst trial of Frank D. Crandal |
has already cost $1,000 to the county. The
chances are that the second will cost at |
ieasl tnat much more. Under these cir
cumstances 1T is nothing but right that
the people who foot the bills should know
now 1t comes that the department of ms.
tice is SO expensive in Los Angeles
county.