Evening journal., 1898-06-10
WAYFARER' NOTE BOOK
Things, Pleasant and Unpleas-
ant, Caught Oh the Way.
5EITs ON PERsONs AND THINos
IF YOU READ THEM BEFORE SUI
PER THEY WILL AID YOUR d.
GESTIoN, BUT THERE is MOTH
ING PUT IN THEM TO LULL YOU
TO SLEEP.
THE JURY WHEEL.

Some Of the friends of the men who
are accused of completely with William
N. Boggs in looting the First National
Bank, of Dover, are considerably con-
cernei over the cleaning out Of tho
jury wheel In the Federal Court and
the placing of an entirely new list OF
rames from which to draw jurors TO
try the several cases pending Said
one of them to the Wayfarer this
morning:
when IL became apparent that Coz
onel Ezekiel T. Cooper was to be tried
for unlawful connection with the rob
bling of the bank, United States Distr.ct
Attorney VandegTift called on Jury
Commissioner Alexander b. Cooper, a
distant relation Of Colonel Cooper, and
told him that he heard some criticism
! from outside sources concerning his
acting as jury commissioner with his
kinsman on trial. Mr.. Cooper went TO
see Judge Bradford. failed to do so, and
| left a written resignation Of the office
during the pendency of the Cooper
trial. Judge Bradford accepted IL and
/ appointed ]. Harvey Whiteman in his
/ stead.
"On June 2, 1897, Jury Commissioners
| S. Redmond Smith and Alexander B.
/ AOODtI lAltu llI lNt july MnNNAs AAltAN
was long before the Cooper case or any
/ Of these other cases were dreamed Of.
/ The law provides that there shall be
not less than 800 names OF capable men
in the wheel. AT the time Of the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Whiteman there We're
305 names in the wheel. or a number
sufficient under the law to try the case
/ Of Colonel Cooper. Notwithstanding
this Mr.. Smith put in fifty names and
| Mr.. Whiteman put in a like number,
raising the number in the wheel to 4O5.
| There were twenty-four grand jurors
| drawn out of this number and a panel
cf thirty-six petit Jurors, leaving 345
| names still in the wheel, or fOrty-hve
| more than were necessary under the
law. After the Cooper trial Messrs
Smith and Whiteman cleaned out the
wheel entirely, and each put in about
10 names, or $40 in all. The COnsti-
tuition of the United States guaantees
10 every man the right OF trial by q
fair and impartial jury, and yet II You
VIII 20 up to the Federal building, and
I look over the $40 names inscribed In
the book. YOU will find that many OF
those put in were bank officers anl
directors whose minds would be quite
| naturally prejudiced against the ac
cused by reason Of association wifi
banking institutions. What | cannc
understand is why the names whicl
Commissioner Smith put in the boz
last June should be taken out at thil
particular time. II the men were gOoi
A enough to serve as jurors then they ar
certainly good enough to serve now
None OF them has died or been foun'
guilty Of crime. Not only that. no sen
sible man would contend that Jur,
Commissioner Cooper would, unde
any circumstances, endeavOr to use hi
, l0ffice fer improper purposes, and if an
! were so mean as to entertain such
! suspicion they could have no fOunda
7 ! lion for 10 because the names were pu
b in tie wheel a few days after Bogs
, 4 took his sudden departure from Dove
} I and before the names OF any Of the 30
cusCd men were associated with hi
J lame in the slightest particular.
There is another point well wort
considering, and that is that the wha e
vas cleaned out without any orde
from the court. After Judge Vale.
leath, when the commissioners though
it wise to clean out the wheel, til
names in which had been there fo
many years, an order was obtaine
from Judge Bradford, and II is mat
ter Of record This time the commits
sioners acted without orders"