The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-15

beard, his face was lined and his man
ner was nervous. Yesterday morning
when he arrived at the court house his
chin was clean shaver, his face gave
no evidence of mental strain and he
was carefully clothed. When he sat
down among the lawyers in Judge
BrilPs court, a stranger would have
easily passed him over in trying to
pick out the defendant
He watched the proceedings very
closely all dry. At no time did he give
any evidence Of being nervous, and 1t
was very plain that he proposed to use
all OF the powers OF his keen brain In
assisting his counsel. George NJ Mel
son. He at times leaned over and
talked 10 Mr. Nelson. Generally, he
sat with his left elbow on the attor-
neys' table and caressed his generous
ly large nose. He watched the jury
men as they were called and prompted
some of the questions and always had
something to say about the time
challenge was due. If Mr.. Southall Is
convicted, 1t will not be because he
Will not help himself.
PAPER HELD BY EATMONS.
There was no progress made in the
trial beyond the securing of a jury.
The specific indictment upon which
Southall was arrnigned charged him
with secuing from David NJ. Emmons,
on July a. 1897, the sum Of $3.50 by
fraudulent means in selling him what
purported to be a number of time
checks for moneys said to be due men
employed on government work. The in
dlctments set forth specifically the text
OF the checks and their number. The
checks range in apparent value from
SAC to $50 and are supposed to be is
sued out of the office Of the govern
MAJ civ fnr rFarlr 10
Mississippi river They are all dated
! June 80 1897.
The state alleged that. at the time
! the checks were issued by Southall,
that the defendant was not In the en-
| ploy Of the United States and had no
right to issue any due bills. He is in
dicted for grand larceny in the first
| degree.
County Attorney Anderson was in
! the chair Of the prosecutor and behind
! him sat the prosecuting witness, Mr.
Emmons. The latter is said to have
! a considerable collection OF the
| Southall time checks. He was a very
/ deeply interested observer OF the pro-
| ceilings, but took no part in what was
| going on but TO reply occasionally to
| a pleasantly from the county attor-
ney. When the first juror was called.
| the court room was only fairly filled,
as though people knew that the work
cident.
GETTING A JURY.
SO II turned out There were about
! fifty men called and there was no con-
! te1tion between the lawyers over their
/ merits. The candidates for the box
were called one at a time and examined
! as TO their qualifications. those who
PASSED being sent into the jury box
/ and the others being excused from
/ further attendance at the trial. There
we're about fifty jurors called In all, a
| special venire having been issued for
| thirty-fiVe Of them. Most OF the exam
| ing was done by the counsel for the de-
! tense.
The questions addressed to the Jurors
! were IA all cases the same. going TO the
age. occupation and residence Of the
/ candidate, then into the general QualIfi-
! cations. Nearly all OF the jurymen
/ had read OF the case and most OF them
/ mad formed n opinion, which II would
| take some evidence % change. They
| were challenged for general disQualih-
| cation and excused. BY TIE time the
tenth juryman was IN the box the de-
Tense had exhausted the five challenges
| allowed and the lest two men were
| had without trouble.
The first man to go into the box was
jeremiah Reardon, who knew nothing
about the case and had formed no opin-
| Ion as 10 the guilt or innocence Of the
! defendant During the forenoon he
was Joined by three others, William r.
| Spangler. Charles ". Mathes and
/ Michael Spittle. The latter was cheer
! fully accepted by both sides. He Is
I an old man, a shipbualder, and his eye
/ sight has failed 70 such an extent that
/ he has given up reading the papers. He
/ knew absolutely nothing OF the case.
! About noon he was taken I'll and had
10 go home before the day closed.
SICK JUROR CAUSES DELAY.
In the afternoon the rest Of the jUr-
CTS were secured without difficulty
They were W. P. Milan. Thos. Malone,
E J.. Rauk. Jos. A. Maloney, R. W.
Richmond, Peter W. Nelson, P. F.
Scanlon and z. J. Sharp. The last
one went into the box just before 4
O'clock. but the trial could not proceed
| as the sick man, who had gone home,