Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-27
Work Of EmpaneIIiug Jury Con-
sumes Much Time.
SIX HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.
Al the Juror. Examined Have Head
About the STOUT shooting Case
Pew Formed Opinions.

The trial Of a. u. Jones on the charge
OF assault. with intent 10 commit MUIR
dcr,upon the person VI Joseph M.stoutt.
In this city. ON the evening u Dccem-
Der .. 1925. commenced In the criminal
branch Of the THIRD district court to-
day.
County Attorney putnam has fully
recovered from his recent spell OF
sickness. and IL bclng assisted In the
prosecution by his nrst assistant Ray
Van Colt The defendant Ia repre-
scented by ex-senator Brown and Judge
Henderson.
The court room has been crowded to.
day. with spectators. and the great
amount of Interest In the case contin-
TICS undated.
Mr. Stout occupied seat In close
proximity TO the defendant, but with
his back turned. however. Up to n
late hour this afternoon jury had not
been cmpancllcd. and the probabilities
are II VIII take until tomorrow before
one IL sworn to try the case.
Among the questions propounded by
Sir. Putnam was Are you a chris.
tian SclcntistT" In one or two In
stances Mr. Putnam neglected to ask
the question. when Mir. brown would
inquire for him. one Of Mr.. Browns
questions was ."IIayc you ever played
cards with Mr.. Stout at the Alta
clubg'
The proceedings opened promptly at
..f.NAaL la..fIastHfWaa Aa tNla.
Of the frat clgh, Jurors who were
sworn ..,d examined. d. u. Rails.
Joseph Hull. Jr., J. q. Casper Joseph
Buil ST.. Christian Stephenson. orron
Hyde. ". n. nathbonc, samuel ID.
Wallace. All had heard or read SOME
thlna about The ease. Juror Wallace.
when asked by Mr. Brown n he knew
the defendant. created a laugh by ro-
plying that until now lac had laborcd
under the belief that II was iianker
r. II. Jones who did the shooting aud
confcrned surprise when he discovered
his mistake. lilo was not acquainted
with a. H. Jones.
Juror Hyde was a little hard of hear
Inn md was excused ON that account.
Mr. Brown got In a thrust at one OF tho
police officers BY onquiring OF Mr.. Hyde
N he was acquainted with George A.
sheets. tho so-callcd detective"
Juror RAthhonc. la anawcr 20 Mr.
Brown. said that he was agent for the
liankcrn' Lifc Insurance company. and
had insured MIR. Stout for $4,000. That
was about two years aso. Mr.. Rath-
bone was excused on motion OF Mr.
brown, who stated the defense intend
cd using him AZ "a wltnena.
Juror Casper had read the newrpa-
per accounts of the shooting and had
formed an opinion OF the ease. which
81 .a..s.alN.sa.l.la a..
remove. Sir. Brown challenged the
juror In answer to Mt. Putnam, Cas-
pct said that Notwithstanding the fact
be had formed an opinion he could rcn.
der verdict according 10 the evidence
submitted. Sir. Putnam resisted tho
challenge. Mr.. brown said that Cas-
pcr'a statement that he would BE- gov.
crrnd by the evidence counted for
naught. Any honest man would give
that kind Of an answer 10 a question
In the form put by Mt. Putnam. The
juror admitted he had formed a definite
opinion and that should excuse him
from trying the case. The challenge
wna denied.
The defense exercised pcrcmp,ory
challenges against the Meusrs. Bull.
and both were accordingly cs-
cuncd. This loft the box with Jurors
u. u. Rails. =, u. Casper, Christian
Stephenson and samuel u. Wallace oc-
challenges the four were accepted and
sworn.
The names OF q. l.. Gift. Edward II.
Davis, ". NJ. Sheets and John Wilson
were then called. Both Mr.. cllft and
Mr. Wilson had formed decided opin-
Ions and were challenged for cause and
excused. McaHra, DAVIS and sheets
proved satisfactory "a both sides ana
were sworn. This made six jurors. with
only two more 10 be chosen.
William j. Newman and Thomas ".
Mott were next called 10 the box. These
gentlemen were being examined when
the 'sNeWs'' report closed