The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-25
BENBRO0K CASE DRAGS
No New Jurors Were Secured
Yesterday.
FRESH TENIRE ISSUED
7rrRv WILL BE COMPLETED To-
MORROW.
o.+ If the Eighty Men Who Have
Thus Far Been Summoned and Ex-
s7insd Only Ten Have Been Ae-
csDtsd By Both Sides.

--.-, were no jurors chosen in the
7..-..-a.z case yesterday. There We're
g.. .~au.Hed. which exhausted the
iii vanlre Of twenty, and a new
-+.-.rs r.4. issued. This work Of get
,.-. -r.rva men who haven't opinions
--4 rr.f.4lees to try John II. Ben
- has become a herculean task.
5.. f.. will IN all likelihood end on
Monday. 49,. .--,~-f,.5 ots,t+,-
--.,. e.r.a last Monday morning, and
en- rrau ten jurors have been Sc
- Two more are needed. It has
-. four days and a half TO ex-
.-.sra This number. Thursday. Wash
I-.-ar-- birthday. was a holiday, and
en- count worked only during yesterday
s.-.r41r. when the jury box was empty
and a ereciIe venire of fourteen was
issued ~
There have been few cases in this
-.rrtr when so many talesmen have
h.au examined, which IS due 10 the eN-
-r.r.. caution and care OF the atJOr-
nan. for the defense. They have done
an immense amount of work in look
.r~ un the men who have been sub
r.ar74I az Jurors for there have been
Cow men called whose politics, religion
ana whether or not he had expressed
ouinians on the case, were not known
IN fl7, attorneys for BenbrOOk. In sew
oral frefancr, Jurors who had forgotten
..ini0rs formerly expressed were sur
rrfeed 10 learn that the date and place
was known. and they admitted that
they had discussed the case.
Theirs are three Of the fourteen IN
the last venire who will not serve on
the Jury. The fourteen are as follows;
William c.. Boyd, +. q. Rognon'
Charles F. SuIlman, W j. Strlckley,
Herbert 4. White Joseph n Hicks,
Edward 5. Milford Robert NJ. Jones,
David T.. Brockbauk, Henry A Baker,
Paul G.. Howells, James W IRE, Fran
efz ". Quinn and G.. r. Potter
Leaves Only Eleven.
f. G.. Rognon is an attorney and eX-
empt by law. Robert N. Jones IS now
ar CANYON City. Colo. and David Il.
Brockbank. whose true name is Daniel
= BrOCkbauk. has removed TO san
Francisco. thus leaving eleven men
from whom TO select the two remain
iug jurors.
The state has left three Of its fifteen
aeremptOry challenges, and the defense
has five left. Thus it becomes possible
To cast out eight of these men without
apparent reason leaving three To De
CHALLENGED for cause. But it is likely
that the two jurors will be found
among the eleven who Will appear IN
answer to- their subpoenaS on the spe-
eiaI veuire. They viii report Monday
az 10 o'clock
There were examined yesterday
-
four. Tor one Of them was disqualified
Stephen Fuller. Chlion Miller, George
N. Cramer r. L. Downs and Thomas
j. Curtis.
OF these Stephen Fuller was the first
10 ba examined. He did not read the
newspapers as a general rule, and ht
didn't read much about worldly ar
fairs He read a church organ for the
church news He didn't read the edi-
ruriaIs because he didn't think they
were worth the time. He had a genera
knowledge of the Benbrook case, whicl
was quite fliusy i'm his mind. 1t ha'
impressed him as something like
prize fight between two men, and on
rr them got the worst of it. He ha
heard of Miss Leda StyOmberE, bu
was not acquainted with her. Thong
his answers seemed to him to be sat
iefactUry. he was challenged by the de
fansa for implied bias and was excuse
by Judge Hiles.
ChHlion Miller had lived in NIurra
for thirty years He was a sheep OWL
er ana dealer and had been challenge
when he was called some years ago O
uoIyEamy case. He had been eN
.us-i from service because he was
Mormon. The defense charged hiI
with implied bias in this case. and h
VAS likewise excused.
George NJ. Cramer was excused be
cause his name was spelled wrong.
should be Dreamer"
F. T.. Downs of Poplar Grove ha
originally came from Michigan, so ths
ne and Judge Powers were quite q
home. They found that they had mU
urT friends in Marshall Mich. r
was 90 native of Battle Creek.
Didn't Know Senator Brown.
"I.i you know Senator Brow
thor
What Didn't know Brown there
ESQ. T knew a race horse man b
the name of Brown"
"Nr... + -E-Ss he was a relative; II
rapid family" said the attorney fC
The fe.e.7.
The juror had been in Chicago an
in Colorado. He answered question
quite iu,a#-a1JIy and said that he ha
no opinion. But the defense didn
want him, and he was peremptorily es
uUseI
Thomas j. Curtis. the meat and gro
Gerry store man ON South State stree
who had been arrested on a benc
warrant Was quite surprised by the al
r0rneys for the defense. He said thl
he ditn remember having express5
an opinion.
"Dlou you express an opinion
Mrs. Brown and VIII Browne" aske
Attorney Erza-S.
Mr.. Curtis geuembcred that he ha
discussed the case. and ne was n,
satisfactory. SD he was excused.