The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-29
SECURED THE JURY
NINE ADDITIONAL MEN SECURED
TO TRY THE CASE AGAINST
ALBERT SCHEFFER-
1T TOOK ALL THE AFTERNOON.
TESTIMONY Will BEGIN TO BE
GIVEN AFTER TIRE STATES
OPENING. -
MANY SUMMONED NOT CITIZENS.
of Persons Have Failed to Get
Their Second Papers.

Albert Scheffer's trial will commence
in earnest this forenoon. Much to the
surprise of every one the jury was
completed yesterday afternoon. When
court opened at p. M there were
three jurors in the box, the three Sc
cured out Of the thirty-six veniremen
examined the day before Of the sec
ond special venire of sixty-six. thirty
nine appeared. and Of this number
tWenty-eight were examined. when the
twelfth juror was secured.
Inc jury, as completed, comprises the
following citizens: Frank C. Tacker
j. A. Willwerscheid, Judson H. Cornish
Edgar Atwater, Otto Luedke, Wilbur
NJ Todd, d. H. Gregg, Anton Nepil. Ed
ward Mullen, Nicholas Wild, Andrew
Bartlett and William H. Thurston
writ OF attachment was issued for.
Lorenzo l.. G. Brooks, who was person-
ally served but failed to appear u,bi1a
orders to show cause were issued to
orlng in George W. Linehan and Sam
uel Newman, at whose residences
copies OF the summons were left.
Nearly a dozen Of the twenty-eieht
Nenlremen examined were Ineligible 70
serve on a jury, not having taken ont
cltlZenS papers. William Bedford tba
very hrst one called, had not obtained
ms second papers. George K. Adams
had formed an opinion and was excus-
co. as was Reuben Warner Jr. Neither
John {. Bennett nor j. M. Schiller had
taken out their second papers, and
George Biggs had formed an opinion
that let him out.
Edgar AtWatar o0popooro;o1
was accepted by both sides as the
fourth juror, and Immediately after
him, Otto Luedke, a saloonkeeper. prov
ed acceptable, and was sworn in as
juror No. 5.
D. S. Scotch, real estate man from
'-Dayton's bluff, might have got on
the jury, but for a certain expression
dropped by him. Mr. Scotch thought
he could try the case fairly. He de-
clared that he had no opinion, but
when questioned more closely, concern
ing the impression made upon his mind
by what he had heard and read of the
Scheffer indictment, Mr. Section re-
marked:
Il thought where there was so much
smoke, there must be some"
The Court-You are excused. Mr..
Scotch.
Wilbur M. Todd, Of st. Anthony
Park, formerly assistant insurance
commissioner of the state, had no opn-
ION as to the guilt or innocence of the
defendant, and proving acceptable to
both Sides Mr.. Todd took the sixth seat
in the jury box
Alexander Barclay, formerly P. H.
helly's private secretary, but now en-
gagged in the insurance business. was
excused, as he had a decided opinion
that 1t would require strong evidence
to remove. Samuel Carmen was not
citizen.
ID. H. Gregg, contractor, living on
Westminster street, was accepted as
the eighth juror, and following him
Anton Nepil,a mechanical engineer, was
sworn in as the ninth.
Christopher Offerdahl and Charles H.
Ahlborn were both excused, not being
citizens. Then two more veniremen
were sworn in as jurors in succession,
Edward Mullen, carriage driver, and
Nicholas Wild. a retail meat dealer.
H. A. Campbell had formed an opin-
ion, Frank II. Klosterman and Edward
F. Moran were not citizens. George
Hughes was excused by mutual con-
sent A. Selb had not taken out his
second papers. Andrew Bartlett was