The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-07
ANACONDA News.
MORE JURORS
Clinton Dotson Murder Case Uses
Them All Up.
ANOTHER SPECIAL VENIRE
/ Fifty More Citizens Called For TO Appear
in Court To-Day-Special Venire
OF One Hundred Ez-
hausted Quickly.

uduSI6U quickly.
II Still no jury has been secured in the
sClinton Dotson murder case More than
goo prospective jurors were examined
syesterday. Of them some were passed
some were peremptorily challenged allt
Smost were excused for cause.
At $3.50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
sthe special venire issued the afternoon
sbefore had been exhausted AccordlnsiS
"a new special verire of so names was
#issued, returnable at o'clock thls ait
#ernoon These 20 roma fro, the body
sof the county, a number being from
aoutside of the city. Last evening lhe
ssheriffs officers We're hard at work
Serving the men named in the venlre;
or the 100 jurors summoned Wy we
especial venire issued Thursday Tue
sheriff returned 81 in court, the remain
ling As having removed from the county
sor being beyond the reach of the OH
scerS.
The examination of jurors beglns 10
Bgrow monotonous. When a man Is call
Jed to the box he is first questioned by
Prosecuting Attorney Duffy as 70 MS
knowledge of the case, as to whether
jished at the time of the preliminary
hearing; if he has. whether or not ne
has formed an opinion on thai lesti-
smony; whether or not he kne" the
murdered man or knows the delenuant'
and finally, whether or not ne Is op-
posed to capital punishment. II ne mas
IAN opinion, if he thinks he CANNOT Try
sthe case fairly and IL he is opposed to
kcapital punishment he is excused: II
che proves satisfactory 70 the sta'e lie ls
spaSsed.
Attorney Trippet then takes the man
gin hand and goes further into the ques-
gtion Of opinion or prejudice. il ne mas
read any of the testimony at Inc pre-
aiminary examination or is familiar WIN
ANY of the evidence to be presented ne
fis persona non grata to the defense ana
us challenged for cause. In Two IN
stances the court has overruied the
challenges of the defense for cause.
q Late yesterday afternoon the attor-
sneys entered upon the use of their per
Eemptory challenges. The state, when is
senttled to five, used three, ana thG
defense, which is entitled to ten useo
six
AT this rate it is possible that a jury
may be secured by this evening and
that Monday morning the actual trlal
may begin.
Il When court adjourned last evening
the following II men We're in Inc ooN
land We're kept together all night. "A. y.
7SchWend of Anaconda. Andrew refer
son of Warm Springs, l., Scott OF Deer
Lodge, John Sanders of Gable, "A. X.
kleist of Anaconda. William Dengler.
ST., of Anaconda, Fred Zimmerman OF
Anaconda, Frank Christofferson OF Deer
Lodge. ]. NJ Emmons of Carroll, George
l. Callahan of Anaconda and Henry
Williams of Anaconda
When court convened at o'clock yes
terday afternoon the names oI the
Jurors secured on the special Venlre
were called, and as the men answered
they advanced inside the bar Inose
present were sworn and to them Juoge
Napton began to read the qualifications
of juror. Several times he had TO stop
and go back, as new jurors came IN.
Finally. when he was all through Juror
L. A. King came in, rotund ana cneer-
sul, was called up to bench ana, ike
9 small boy receiving a lecture from MS
teacher, hung on to the edge ns OF At 1ne
bench and heard the instructions. AFTER
Rll 1t was a waste OF time, for "nen
Mr. King finally was called to the box
he announced he had formed an OPINION
ON the case and was excused promptly
A number of jurors from Deer Lodge
were on a delayed train and nao not
arrived. When they came in later they
were sworn and instructed.
When the Jurors had been instructed
those who had excuses to MAKE came
forward. Those who managed 10 get
excused for various causes were H. >.
Tolan A. P. Cloutier, John J. Mean
hrews, L. ]. Baker G. w. Sjnez. Fat
MCGEE. B. A. Young, Pat Lacey Ward
Finn. John Noonan, Hugh MCGOWAN,
Samuel Scott and Henry P. Shultz.
Then came the long and tiresohe Joo
Of questioning jurors. The bad accous,
tic properties of the room made ~ marc
to hear, and when, added to that was
cussedness of jurors and occaslonaliS
attorneys, that led them to TAX IN
tones inaudible five feet away, the pa
thence of the judge and others was al
most exhausted Some of the Jurors
seemed frightened into comparative
dumbness
Proceedings in Detail.
Steve Hobarth of Anaconda was the
FIRST juror called from the special Venlre.
Examined by Prosecuting attorney
Duffy, he swore that he had not heard
anything of the Cullinane murder. MI
Hobarth said he had formed no OPINION
In the case and that he had no con-
scientious scruples against capltal pun
ishment. He was passed by the state
for cause. Examined by Attorney lrlp-
pet for the defense, Mr.. Hobarth sald
he took the Standard for the use OF MS
family but, working on night shllt' ne
had no opportunity to read it hliiiseh'
He was positive he had talked with no
one about the case.
John Sanders of Gable and GEORGE
town, who was already in the p3H' was
examined by Attorney, Trippet. ne per
sisted in the declarations made me oav
before that he had neither feau nor
heard talk of the case.
Frank Christofferson of pear Deer
Lodge, examined by Attorney illppe''
said he had read an article IN me oil
yer State regarding the Cullinahe inu'-
der He identified the article. 49,.
From what you read did you ioirl
He Fooled the Surgeons.