Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-05
DotS0l is Being Tried For the
Cullinane Murder.
EXAMINING THE JURORS
Several of Those Called Had Formed
Opini0ns--WitnesseS For The
State and Defense.

The murder case of Clinton Dotson,
charged with being one OF The three per-
sons who took the life of Eugene GULL
name at American gulch, in the northeast
end of the county on or about August .,
1883. was called in the district court this
morning at $3.50 o'clock. The prosecution
Is being conducted by County Attorney j.
H. Duffy and Deputy John T. Casey.
Attorneys William H. Trippet. ex-
county attorney. and James NJ. Self, ex-
deputy county attorney. are counse for
the defendant. Clinton Dotson, who oc-
cupied a position at 2 desk between MS
counsel. He was dressed IN a neat suit
of brown checked goods. striped shirt,
white collar and black bow tie. He was
cleanly shaven, with his hair we'll combed
and his gray mustacle was considerably
larger shan at the time he was arrested.
He watched every movement very
closely and during the time the jurors
We're being examined as to their qualiti-
cations his eyes never left them.
The first twelve trial jurors called
were: B. +. Dean, John Hayden, A. r.
Kliest, John L%indquist, Fred zimmerman,
NJ. S. Mclaughlin. G. H. Brakeman. A.
w. COryell. Frank Ch~riStaffersOn Joseph
p. Bennett. l.. Scott and A. Mundinger.
When the jurors filed in the box and
Clerk McGuinneSS was about to swear
them he found thirteen jurors present.
He called the names once more and found
p. Bader of Deer Lodge had crept in
through mistake and he was excused
and the other twelve sworn for examina-
ton.
Juror Coryell was excused by Counsel
Duffy and W. c. Haynes was called.
Mr.. Haynes was excused and John San
derS was called.
MI. Brakeman was excused because he
had formed an opinion which could not
be removed.
George D. Callahan was called. He
had not read the report of the evidence
as published in the newspapers. or the
alleged confession of Olive Benson. He
was opposed to capital punishment on
circumstantial evidence.
The examination by the defense was
then taken UP.
ined by Counsel Trippet. He had talked
about the case in Deer Lodge. where he
resides. He had read heads of the arti-
cles in the Silver State, but did not read
the articles. He could not tell who
buried Eugene C~ullinane, the murdered
man, although he was in Deer Lodge at
the time of the burial and although there
is only one undertaken in that city. The
head Of the article in the Silver State
was taken down by the ~stenosrapher.
He was then excused.
H. G. Coy was called. After reading
the Anaconda Standard of August 30,
containing the account of the alleged
confession of Oliver Benson. and an
other account in the same paper of Oc-
tOber .. containing a review of the case.
he had formed a qualified opinion. The
articles were introduced in evidence and
the juror was excused.
George Morris was called. Three news
pape articles which the juror had read
were introduced in evidence and the
juror was excused.
H. R.. Burg was next called.
A recess was then taken fO- Is minute
After recess Juror Burg was questioned
by Counse Duffy. He had read all Of
the accounts in the but had
not read any accounts since September s,
at the time he was as a trial
juror. He had formed an opinion n
was excused.
p. Bader was the same as Mr.. Burg
and was excused.
j. Krogstadt had read the accounts in
the Inter Mountain. His mind was now