The sun., 1898-02-03

Trial or tire Haristen sheriG ana Dsputies ts
Rertn Earnestly To-pay.

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wnKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. IA jury toStry
Sheriff Martin and his deputies for shooting
the riotous strikers at Lattimer was found by
$3.50 o'clock this afternoon, and as completed
stands: Lii Weaver, lnSorer. Hunlors Creek;
c. r. Shaw, carpenter, Ross township; Aaron
Folman. brickmaker. wilkesbarre: Fred Ste.
vens, clerk, Wilkosbarre; A. H. Sields, oarpen.
ter. wilkesbarre; Herman Gregory. farmer,
Huntingdon township; Adam L. Aroon, tin
smith, Sugar Loaf township; G. @. Ransom
contractor, Plymouth; b. NJ. Rood. farmer
Ross township; Jonas oxrider, carpenter,
Sugar Loaf township; II. A. Wolfe, farmer,
Ross township, and A. W. A. Washburn, car
riago maker, Freeand.
Tho men are all Americans by birth and Of
average intelligence. The lawyers for tho de-
fence are well satished with the make up Of
tho jury, and feel confident. OF being able to
prove to 1t and the world at largo that Sheriff
Martin was acting woll within his preroga-
tivcs when he checked the riotous demonstra.
tions which had terrorized the Hazleton rc.
gions for week before the shooting. That
there has been a decided change in public opn.
ion reEardiing the culpability Of the sheriff and
has been made very evident in the examine
tions OF the jurors during the last few days.
Although most Of them belonged to tho kind Of
/, iessional labor agtators and other domagogues
who have been making capital out of the oc.
currence would have been most likely to have
made an impression. such docs not seem to
have been the case. Nearly all OF them said
that while they had formed an opinion immedi-
ately after the eycnt. and that by fair infer.
encc was inimicablo to the Sheriff, subsequent
thought had changed that, opinion. Tho law
they heard such vie Expressed but those
| for the defence beamed appreciation.
Tho morning session was devoid OF interest,
numerous men came and went, unsatisfactory
| as jurymen for various reasons. and the noon
! recess still found tho jury incomplete. BY )
| o'clock tho panel had been exhausted, and a
process of filling the box unknown to the crimi-
| nal procedure Of New York was resorted to. A
number OF those examined but not challenged
| had been told 10 stand aside" that is to await
| further proceedings. When the panel had been
| examination. and after several had been chal-
| lengcd peremptorily, and had departed, two
| were finally landed in tho Jury box. complet.
ing the jury.
1 When this had at last been accomplished IL
was thought that the prosecution would open,
, but as tho lawyers on both sides pleaded for
| more time to complete their witness lists,
! Judge Woodward adjourned court until to-
morrow morning. II had not been definitely dc.
| cided this afternoon who was TO open for the
| prosecution. but probably Mr.. McGaberen will
do so. and then the trial will be in full swing
1t is the intention Of the Commonwealth &c
! those about 20 cannot speak English. and their
I testimony will have TO be interpreted The dc
! fence will call some fifty Witnessed, and will
produce some surprising testimony as to the
| causes which led to tho riots terminated by the
| guns of tho deputy sheriffs.