The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
Expected That the Jury Will Be
Completed From Special
Venire To-Day.
STATE CHALLENGED BRADLEY.
Charged That He Held Conferences
With the Prisoner at the Jail
Cantrill's Address to
Reporters.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

| REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Georgetown. KY. July 12-Another day
| was devoted to the work OF obtaining
| jury IN the case of Caleb Powers. Consid-
| erable progress was made. but the work
will not De completed till tomorrow. Mean
| time the defense Is busy serving subpoenas
| on the witnesses who failed to answer
when the case was called.
When court adjourned at $50 o'clock to-
day. eleven Jurors had been passed. only
three of whom are subject to peremptory
challenge. \ second special venire OF forty
men has been ordered to report tomorrow
morning. The eight jurors not subject to
. challenge are:
W. q. finder. farmer: J. G. Stone. farm
! er: A ". Craig. shoe dealer: W. T. Mum
son. farmer; George Murphy. farmer: W.
H. Oldham, lumber dealer: Alonzo Kemper.
farmer; J. c. Porter. farmer.
All gave one are said TO bs Democrats.
The three subject to challenge are c. b.
Ewing, Il. f. Ford and Erasmus Ware, all
farmers. The Commonwealth still has one
peremptcry challenge and the defense four.
The jury will be completed by noon to-
morrow.
The Sherif's deputies had ridden through
the country summonins the special venira
of 100 men ordered by the Court yesterday,
and nearly half this number reported,
though an even hundred had been sum
moned. Among those who did report there
was great anxiety to be excused from the
siege before them.
A n. Bradley, a Republican, was chal-
lenged by the Commonwealth because he
had visited Powers at the Jail and had held
conferences with him there. The defense
asked that the record show that Bradley
had been sworn as Juror. Judge Cantriii
refused on the ground that the Common
wealth was entitled to five challenges at
any time before the jury was sworn.
After the call of Jurors Judge Cantril
summoned all the newspaper correspond
ents before him and admonished the cor
respondents as follows:
Gentlemen, l have called you In here
this morning TO caution you about some
matters which 1 regard as very important.
j want during this trial to make every pro-
vision for your comfort and to enable you
to report the case as fully as you may de-
sire
.As reporters It is your privilege to write
everything that transpires in the trial. and
in some cases TO make whatever comment
upon IL that you please. But l find In
glancing over the papers that sumo of you
are exceeding this privilege and sending cut
stories which seem to anticipate evidence
and other matters which may seriously en-
barrass The Court and the different sides.
such a story that ought not be pub
lished. You are here as reporters OF this
trial ami so far as i am concerned you
must not hunt up and anticipate evidence
Of any kind which may interfere with the
work of either side. l make this as re-
quest of you and L believe you Will abide
by it. 1 must say. however, that IL find
any more violation of this rule 1 shall
declare vacant the seat of the offending re-
porter and he VIII be denied all the prtyt-
legeS TO which you are now entitled"