Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-05
THE MORRISON TRIAL
The Work OF Securing q Jury
Proving Difficult.
TIE DEFENDANT IS ON THE ALERT.
Venires Exhausted Withsnt Securing The
Requisite Panel.-Ths Sheriff Kept Busy
Serving SunmoAs.-Miss Morrison
Feeling the Strain OF the Trial

This afternoon inI the Morrison mur.
den case. AT o'clock, after a dozen
or more of the venire had been chal.
Denged and excused from service az
jurors, for cause, T. A. Kraner, Of
counsel for defense, asked to have the
jury taken out while he offered q
motion His request was granted.
When the jury had left, he asked per.
mission of the COURT to have E. D.
Holford of Augusta, now on the jury,
recalled for. further examination.
Holford was challenged Saturday by
Mr.. Kramer, for the case, burt the
court overruled the challenge. Mr..
Kramer explained that J. H. Dunn, q
reputa bic farmer of Leon, had told
him that Thomas Overstreet, "a neigh.
Dor of Mr.. Holford, had heard the lat.
ter express an opinion about the Nor.
rison case, which was prejudicial to
the defendant.
Mr.. KRAMER was sworn and testified
that he had secured subpoena for
Overstreet, which Sheriff TURNER had
placed in the hands off Deputy Artie
Heffly for service. He has ALSO sub.
poenaed Dunn. Sheriff Turner cor.
roborated this statement, and Judge
Shinn, placing the jury i'm charge Of
bailiffs, ad journed session until Heffly
returned with Overstreet and Dunn.
During the recess Mr.. Kramer said
chat he had also been informed by
Abe LindenfeIter, also a farmer, that
Charles Hnm had said that Holford
had talked ito him (Lynn) against the
Morrison woman, ait Leon after he had
been summoned as juror I'm the case
and THAT if he were chosen as a Juror
he would vote to convict her, as he
thought her guilty. Kramer staitea
thtat he had caused subpoenas ito be
issued for Lindenfelter and Lynn. Al.
though DndenfeGter WAS i'm the court
house during the brief recess, when
be talked with MIR. Kramer, he had
disappeared when Mr.. Kramer sue.
cseded in getting Judge SShinn back
On the bench.
Judge Shnn them said that he
would not keep the jury out Donger
and delay the case. When the jury
was called in Mr.. Kramer examined
Holford, who denied that he ever had
such conversation as allege@ with
Iyum or Overstreet, cor with "a
else on earth" said Mr.. HoFforu, with
. snar. Tie incident was thus closed
Hor the time being, Mr.. Kramer sbait.
ing he would have it up again when
his four witnesses came in court TO.
morrow.
The court exhausted the special ven
Ire OF 200 DRAWN Thursday, at 6
O'Clock tonight. and set at work AFTER
dark to draw a. new venire. The
drawing was I'm charge of County
Clerk n. A. J. Coppings and Justices
Of the Peace Afla bach and Avery. At
O'Clock 1S1 names all that the wheel
contained, had been taken out, and
Judge Shinn adjour,n'ed court until II
o'clock tomorrow. The work wan
done in open court by gas light, and
IN the presence of the court and Q
large number of spectators.
Half a dozen deputy sheriffs werN
Rdven the summonses for the venire
and by the time court convenes 10
morrow it is thought that all will have
been served.
When court convened today at 1:3e
oaclock there were yet remaimGn q
sixty. three names of the venire of 200
drawn Thursday. Out of this number
Judge Shinn excused three for casual
reasons. The remainder provided
Men were Called ito the box and then
dismissed in droves as they said they
could not alter the opinions they had
save through the brtroductfom OF evi.
densce. The state waived its peremp.
tory challenges today and has five vet,
NJ dismissed one juror Saturday. The
defense EXERCISED the right of peremp.
~ k@I
| excused one Juror Saturday, and now
has six more peremptory challenges.
Those excused by the defense tedAy
were: r. R. Davis, William Wmn,
Chester Nash. Thomas Pipes and ]. n.
| Burr. Thomas Mcknight was ex.
cused for cause by the de.
Sense. The only new names added
30 the list of jurors published Sunday
morning are those of John Gregory
Of Rock Creek and c. L. Briggs also
Of Rock Greek. Gregory is a young
marrded man with a young daughter,
while Briggs is elderly and has =
family. They are Farmers. Gregory
Rad mot heard of the case. save once
when his father had read the story 10
him from The Kansas City Times. One
Of the jurors excused by the defense
| today had. IT Us alleged, been heard to
remairk that he wanted TO sit on the
Jury for several reasons. He ex.
pressed freely the desire to do the
state fun Justice. The story of this
mans condition of mind was oarrted
70 Mr.. Kramer of the defense and hs
promptly challenged him.
| Miss Morrison looked haggard to-
day. At last the trial is beginning
70 show it's effect upon her There are
dark rings under her eyes and her
face is more sunken than ever, and
notwithstanding she entertained"
SumdaE in her cell- and had many
flowers and books given her, sne oooR
her seat in the court room. looking
badly. Miss Morrison was surround
ed by her relatives to-day. and beside
| her brother and father. Mrs. Lloyd
Bright aind Mrs. w. II. Ehlers. her
sisters. were in the room during the
entire session. They occupied chairs
c5ose to that of Mss Morrison, and
| Mrs. Ehlers CARRIED a pretty black
| eTed baby. There Is a sarneness
abert the expression of the face in
each of the family who have appeared
| - far IN court. The heavy black eyes,
0esp sce almost TO lusserle1, with the
] square jaw, faded complexion and
1Z10z1nG uDuth. are evident an tka
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