The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-19
Are Moving Again In the Famous Olive
Picker Case.
THREs NEW INDICTMENTS RETURNED
Against John Anderson Who PIcnas
MOL guilty TO The Mnrler OF Mnte
Sauaders-bmpanci tho Pct
titJury-hfraiu orihe Sewspnpcrs
-UJolS.

The wheels Of justice are beginning
10 move again it, the Oliver Pccker
case, and it Is even further advanced
than 1t WAS when the first indictments
were QuaShed.
The following grand jury was en-
panei'ed yesterday 10 consider the
charges against john Anderson: w. w.
neN. foreman: r. l.. Goodwin, w. j.
White. L. G.. Pollard. w. NJ Cooke.
u. Nj. Eall. J. Il. Atwood, S. c. Brown,
X. {. Jones. u. W. Curtis, Aarccl boz
Ter (coloreD, + IL. Stevens, j. T. Moore.
c.. j. kevcll. c, L. Jones. j. c. Perry,
JOAN $. Morgan, c. w. Mills, w. Il.
h!i!S and l.. -. Smith
The prisoner was in court when This
Jury was cmpancllcd. Judge Goff, who
was on the bench with Judge Hughes.
delivered 4 brief but impressive charge
and the body retired at noon Al 2:3O
p III. the following report was returned:
true B!lss-John Anderson, murder of
Mate William Wallace Saunders.
John Anderson. murder of CAPTAIN
John W. Whitman.
John Anderson. destruction Of schoon-
er Olive Pcckcr.
The grand jury was discharged.
Ihe case of the United States VS.
Anderson for the murder of Saunders
was culad and will be tried first. Coun-
sci for the defense demurred 10 The
where on the high seas the alleged crime
was committed. The demurrer was
ovcrrulcd.
The prisoner was arragned and Clerk
Fowler read the indictment to him.
To the usual question OF Are you
guilty or not guilty" Anderson replied
mot guilty." ana there was not a
trcmor in his voice
The matter of empancll.ng the petit
jury being the next in order, MIR. Nc
lntosh moved to Quash the writ on
which the vcnirc was summoned, on
the ground that 1t did not state that il
was summoned to try this particular
case. The motion was overruled.
The jury WIS then cmpanclled and
stands as follows: Il. Il. Rosson, ]. G.
Simmons, II. c. Mcfarland, Il. o. VIII
hanson. G. *. LanGdCr, C. 2. Fltchett
j. C. Shadbolt, S. S. Kelly, c. Il. Oliver
John Wcntz. NJ. l.. Gordon and w. L.
Newton. These gentlemen were then
taken by lialiffs II. H. Cross. c. j.
Creekmore and Frank Story
The examination of the venircmen
was interesting if Il little tedious. They
were very carefully and closely uues-
tioned, and all those expressing Il doubt
as to his ability to give the case an
impartial consideration were thrown
oh. One man said he had formed an
opinion from reading The Virginan.
| Tie was disqualified. Another after
stating That he had formed an opinion
OIL the case and was not opposed TO
capital punishment. surprised every
one by saying he did not think he could
give the case fair trial, because his
sFmpnthies were with the prisoner, and
he ala not think his oath or anything
else would prevent his being inclined in
ms favor He was promptly disquali-
ned Mr.. Mcintosh interrOgatcd the
NCmlremcn very closely upon the extent
OF their newspaper reading. and every
one, fro..i the bench TO the bar, seemed
Glhd when man was found who did
not read the papers, for you have not
missed much" Mr.. Mcintosh told one
OF them, which was joke.
Court was adjourned until 10 o'clock
tomorrow.