The sun., 1898-12-20
PIT OUT AT BADGER TRIAL.
,osryrHAI TALKED TO a juror IN
MOORE,S CASE,

- where His Cousin Was = TnlesmRn-
oniy Married Men Accepted as Jurors
,sLed II They'd Had Trouble with Women
a., ,ersor who was present at the two trials
w E. Moore. now awaiting sentence for
l,hins Martin Mahon. proprietor OF the New
HV,d H1.,,ordnm Hotel, OF s170 and q note for
~ suo0 AZ the Hotel Grenoblo by means Of the
,.SSsr game on Nov 4. will not be present at
y. trial OF Moores wife, Fayne Strahan Moore.
,.s The samo crime. which began in the Gen.
W., Sessions yesterday. This person Is John
o.s,nthal, who lives at the Hotel Grenoble.
I.Srho was so interested in the Moore case
~, bs couldn't restrain himself from talking
.hout II to one Of the members OF the jury in
,hs second trial, the jury which convicted
Wore. He was also suspected OF having held
Communication with members Of the jury
Nth dlsagrc Sd, and it was to an event In
-Alch Rosenthal took part that Assistant Dis
tTrt Attorney Mcintyre referred at the close Of
nat trial when he said;
Il had cause for belief that this jury would
,,v.r come to an agreement in this case"
ybue the examination OF talesmen for Fayno
s,r,han's trial was In progress yesterday after
Soon Rosenthal came into court and took q
1reSm,fortabiy settled in his seat court offlcer
hpped him on the shoulder and told him that
banOrder lIOU WlSneu UD bDedk 10 ulIn.
Must be some mistake. l don't know any
thing that he would want me for"
mi the officer was insistent and led the
,pecator SSa before the bench where the Recorder
ssaaumSmoned Assistant District Attorneys Mc1n-
tyrs and O'Reilly and the court stenographer.
ssaaaappInation ana pHS First the Recorder asked him
Nsnanne and address, then said:
sWere you summoned for Jury duty in this
HSSo air" said Rosenthal.
"fSen what are you here forl" demanded
"s Nothing special" was the reply. II Just
''9f How w long have you been living at the Hotel
Grtnobe2" Interrupted Recorder Goff.
About two years. sir,
Haven't you any business"
well. yes. Pm in the fur business"
SFSDs yGG assnSnf n4SgSd hi. to 9Sqr
IN reply Rosenthal began an account OF the
dspressIon in his business. but he was again
How many times have you been in this
sfEq 81 or II three 81 days." he replied.
well. only a few times"
Were you here during the two trials of W.
Yes sir; q few times"
Now, what were you doing here 7"
We'll. was one OF the committee that pre-
snted . loving cup to Judge Fitzgerald, and
Mr., RosenthaI.h' said Recorder Gofr, did
Pu address one Of the Jurors in the trial OF
aReH, III tell you. was over""-
Answer the question: cried the Recorder
psharply that Kosenthal started,
= yss dining with hin" he t said asHeIhes
did y9u talk to to him u, about anything con-
No, sir not word" ord. cried ed,, Rosenthal,
Nothing about the trial at all"
How long have you known Mr.. Moos the
Fight or ten years."
Now, Mr. Rosenthal." said the Recorder.
Il shall institute an investigation into your
used to that Juror, and have been considering Ing
whether or not to have you arrested for con-
tmpt Of court, The matter was still under
90 ! sent for you to come before me"
q, am glad your Honor did 1t this way" said
Fnrthermore." continued the Recorder. " I
.dvise you to leave this court instantly and not
All right. your Honor: thank you."
Understand. you're not to come back said
Becorder Goff as Rosenthal beat hasty retreat.
Juror Moos was No in the box at the second
vial Of Moore. The talesman who was on the
Esenthai. He was was promptly excused. -
lyur Jurors rs were @ accepted yesterday all mar;
agent OF the American WrinGer Company. who
net. Gontractor. of Oil West Fifty;,fourth
=
Of $50 East 125th street. and Signund Galicen-
stein, travelling salesman. OF l29 West, 132d
street OF these. all are over SO years old ex-
eept Cullom. who is 80. None Of them seemed
PARTICULARLY interested in Mrs. Moore when she
stood up to face each juror as he was sworn.
Euchtaesmen as were unmarried were asked hy
Lawyer Levy for the defence whether they had
ever had any trouble with women the memory
Of which would prejudice them in the present
case. UNe cause VI uiMivuiIy III geSuing Jurors
Eas the publicitAgiven to the trial OF W. A. Z,
Moore. Many of the talesmen had formed
opinions regarding the case. Moore was ar
raiRned for sentence Yesterday morning but
was remanded until Friday.
Kid Mccoy Contradicts the Badgers Wife.
Norman selby. otherwise kid Mccoy" the
pugilist, denies the story OF one OF the wives OF
William A. L. Moore the convicted badger.
That Moore tried to play the badger game on
bun when Mccoy was 10 London. Mccoy. says
hnet Moore in johannesburg. South Africa,
Gtwas presented to his wife. His relations
Eth both, he says. were always pleasant and
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