The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-06
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SECURE A JURY
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Dotson, Benson and Persinger pur-
chased horse on Aug. Z. Tom Murray.
| the man who originally owned the gold
| watch stolen from Cullinane and later
! found in the baggage of Dotson. Benson
and Persinger, and John Yund, the
Helena pawnbroker with whom Murray
had the watch pawned when Cullinane
redeemed it. are also here. MIR. and
Mrs. upgard of Helena. near whose
| home the three men camped, are also
among the witnesses present
The largest list of witnesses, however,
comes from Washington gulch, in
which vicinity the murder took place.
In the court room ,Dotson presented
vastly different appearance from that
he presented at the time of his arrest
and at the preliminary hearing. The
scrubby beard he Wore at that time had
been Clearly shaved away, and the mus
tache carefully trimmed He was at
tired in neat brown suit, clean linen
and a small blue bow tie, instead of the
rough clothes he formerly Wore He
was contained in der1,eanor, though a
trihe nervous, and chewed tobacco al
most constantly. His position in the
court room was behind that of his at
torneys, his back to the audience. The
prosecuting attorneys sat with their
backs to the rear wall on the opposite
side of the table, facing the audience.
Despite the effort Dotson has made to
| make good impression on the jury, he
is not pleasant man to look upon.
His features are coarse and the express
sion far from prepossessing.
When the case was called the follow
ing ~ trial jurors We're called to the
box: B. F. Dean of Deer Lodge: John
Hayden A. r. kleist of Anaconda,
John Linquist of Deer Lodge: Fred
Zimmerman of Deer Lodge: M. S. Nc
Laughlin, G. II. Brakeman. A. W. Cory
| ell, Frank Christofferson of Deer
Lodge: Joseph P. Bennett Of Deer
Lodge: L. Scott of Deer Lodge, and A.
Mudinger of Deer Lodge. At the noon
adjournment the men in the box
| had by the process of excusing for
cause been changed to the following:
l.. Scott. Joseph P. Bennett. John
| Sanders, Thomas Meikle. Albert r.
| Frank Christofferson, George D. Gala
| han, H. G. Coy, John Lindquist and
George Norris.
| Bennett was excused for cause by the
| defense and A. r. Caps called. He was
| excused for cause by the defense, thus
| exhausting the regular panel. Those
in the box, accordingly, are those
| named in the foregoing paragraph with
the exception of Bennett.
| Prosecuting Attorney Duffy began the
| examination of the jury in the morning
by questioning Juror CoryeT, who was
| at once excused for cause and w. G.
Haynes called in his place. Mr.. Haynes
| also was excused for cause by the state
i and John Sanders called.
| Z Juror Brakeman. on being questioned
admitted he had formed ar, opinion on
the case. He was excused and George
ID. Callahan called. He said he had
not read the newspaper reports. but as
serted he was opposed to capital pun
ishment on circumstantial evidence.
= fTrinnpt
ing of the jury with B. F.. Dean. vino
admitted he had talked about the case
in Deer Lodge and read the headings
of the article in the Silver State. He
denied any extensive knowledge of the
case and said he was unprecedented, but
the defense excused him for cause just
the same.
H. H. G. Coy who was called to take
his place, said that after reading two
articles in the Standard he had formed
a qualified opinion. He was excused
and the articles introduced in evidence.
George Morris succeeded him in the
box. He too had read Standard articles
which We're introduced and he was ex-
| cused
H. r. Burg was called. He had read
all the accounts of the case up to Sept.
8. when he was summoned as a juror
and ceased reading them. He admitted
having an opinion, so went the way of
the others.
P. RAIDER. who had been called was
excused for having an opinion. formed
from reading newspaper articles.
j. krogstadt took the, chair warmed
by so many who had preceded him. He
had read the Inter Mountain articles,
but declared he was unbiased. Never
theless, he was excused and the articles
placed in evidence.
John Lappin came next and was eX-
! cused for actual bias.
Thomas Meikle said he had not read
the papers and was not opposed to
capital punishment He was retained.
Then came the noon adjournment uli-
til 2 o'clock.
At o'clock the examination of jurors
by Judge Trippet for the defense was
resumed. Albert r. Kleist of Anaconda
said the only newspaper article he had
read about the case was the report in
the Standard of the arrest He de-
clared he had formed no opinion.
John Lindquist who said he lived six
miles west of Deer Lodge. said he had
read some newspaper reports about the
case, but had formed no opinion. He
declared he had no prejudice and could
remember none of the important facts
Fred Zimmerman. a butcher. VINO
works at the slaughter house near Ana
conda, said he knew absolutely nothing
Of the case-never had heard of IT,
do you read the papers?' asked At
torney Trippet
No" said the juror, Il haven't time
to read the papers,
A. Mudinger of Deer Lodge also had
a profound ignorance upon him in re-
gard to the case, saying he had merely
heard little street talk about it,
L. Scott of Deer Lodge also declared
himself to be non-reader of papers
and asserted that all his knowledge OF
the case, was from a little street rumol
! To whiEh he had aid no 9ttep
Joseph B. Bennett admitted that he
had read an article in the Silver State
regarding the"case, but had paid no at.
tention to it, as he declared he never
formed an opinion from newspaper re-
ports At length he admitted he may
have formed an opinion from reading
the Silver State article printed Aug. 30
He was challenged by the defense, anG
the challenge was not resisted. A copy
of the article was placed in evidence.