The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-27
Haworth Case Before Judge
ROlapp at Pennington.
NO CHANGE OF VENUE
COURT OVERRULES MOTION GF
THE DEFENSE.
Af1davits Were Presented by Both
sides-Proceedings Indicate That
the Defense VIII be Insanity or an
Alibi-Ten Jurors Examined, But
None Accepted.
Especial to The Herald.)


Pennington, May 26.-Nathan Fisher
Haworth was placed on trial for his life
today in the Second district court for
the murder Of Thomas Sandal of Layton,
who wa found dead near his cot in the
Farmers Union store, where he was
employed as night Waterman, on the
morning of March %, 1899.
Judge Polal,p denied a motion for a
change of venue made by Attorney n ].
Weber of counsel for the defense, and
the work of impaneling jury was com
menced at 1 clock this afternoon. Wnen
an adjournment was taken at 5:40 ten
men had been examined on their voir dlre
by the defense, three OF whom were chal-
lenged and excused. The other two Will
be examined on Monday morning by the
I defense and then the prosecution VIII
take a hand. 1t will probably be late on
Monday before the first juror IS accepted
and sworn. When the Danal will be
completed is purely a matter of conlec-
ture though it will almost certainly not
be before Thursday.
The prisoner was brought .ntO court at
$50 by Sheriff Abbott. He occupied seat
within a few feet of the jury box, ana
near his attorneys, a. J. Weber and j.
/ NJ Hamilton. Throughout the proceed
4 ings he sat calmiy listening TO the argu-
/ nents and questions put to the jurors,
and no evidence of emotion or eXcltelnent
was visible in his countenance or IN ms
/ manner. He seemed no more Interested
/ in what was happening than were scores
] of the spectators who sat outside OF the
Mrs. Sandal, the widow of the muir
dered man, and members OF the
were present and occupied seats near the
attorneys for the prosecution, W. II.
/ Streeper, jr., county attorney, and T. M
/ Alison 1r., OF ogden
No Change Of Venue.
Attorney A. J. Weber, counsel for the
] defendant. made formal motion Tor
change of venue, supporting the motlon
! vi. q statement tfaI he had aftdaVltS
/ from people inside and outside or the
county alleging that bitter and intense
/ hatred against the defendant exists
! among the people of Davis county, Whlch
| would prevent the defendant from recelV-
ing a fair and impartial trial he tiei
read the affidavits
l ATTORNEY Weber then read several arti-
cles that appeared IN the salt Lake pa
pers regarding the arrest ana prell illid y
hearing of HaWOrth, and from them ne
/ deduced the theory that the pubic miho
was infiamed to an extent that maze II
impossible for justice to be done to the
defendant if the case was tried before
SonntV Aft6rney Streeper offered q
number of counter affidavits, the purpor1
of which was that there IS not any Ieel.
the defendant. These afhdaYlts Were
signed by Sheriff Abbott and Other prom
inent citizens.
me motion for a change OF venue was
argued at length. At the conclusion O.
the arguments, Judge Rolapp prompts
denied the motion and ordered that th'
A. his MONT Attorney J. NJ. Hamilton
of Salt Lake who had been recently en-
gagged to assist in the defense, asked ina
he be given time to consult with ms Gu
ent and Mr.. Weber, as consulate
might SHORTEN the examination OF thi
jurors and thus save time. Al LILO coui
adjourned until 12:45.
Jurors Examined.
At the afternoon session the first pane
called consisted of A j. Egbert, James 1
Walker, Jonathan Hughes, Joseph PaI
ker. William J. Parkin, Jr, o. w. WATT
/ Willis Perkins, George $ Rogers, AlpeT
II. Smith, joseph Sandal, Jonn duncan
Willard call and T. II. Robins.
Joseph Sandal, one of those called INT
| the box. is d brother of the niShtwatch
man for whose death HaNOrth IS %
! trial Judge ROlapp excused MI. SaIlodi
II The examination of the jurors by Attor
ney Weber covered a wide range, feld
lions of the juror with +. L. Ellison. til
complainant, with the witnesses ana WI
the attorneys for the prosecutor 4 n
question of whether the juror had read !
, the papers the reports OF the murder an
of the arrest and examination or the oe
: PENDANT was closely inquired into.
I
| The line of defense that will probabl
! be followed was revealed, in part at ieasi
by the form Of questioning as TO the ere
! dence the juror would place on a de
! tense of insanity, as to whether tner
: was any prejudice against such IN
l of defense. Each juror was also dshe
1 if he had any prejudice against the prov
ing of an ahbl -, A.
The examination commenced with An
drew J. Egbert of Layton, VINO was cnal
Ienged on account Of implied bias, OWN
> to close business relations with Il. Z. III
| lis0n. the complainant lie was excuse
for the term. -
: cJsed on account of actual bias.
The next two that were examined, jon
athan Hughes of Pennington ana WI
| liam J. parkin, Jr., OF " OO0 cross, Nei
passed by the defense.
G. w. Watt of Layton was cnallenge
= for cause on the ground OF actuaI an
implied bias, no objection being made
the prosecution.
5 Parker of Roy, George s. Rogers g
Pennington Albert T Smith OF kaysVill
, | and John Duncan of CenterVliie Wef
} | passed by the defense.
AT This point court adjourned unit
a., Monday morning at 0 clock
AS Haworth left the court house Wit
Sheriff Abbott he seemed cheerful an
E composed He stopped and shook hano
{ and spoke with some Of his acquaintance
., ! in the corridor
on motion of Attorney Weber, mad
~ inst before adjournment, an order wa
Z entered directing the sheriff to subpoen
/ I, IT Reavis, who is now in Jail in Sa
Lake. as a witness for the defense.
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