The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-26
WINNER TRIAL BEGINS
ALLEGED MURDERER OF WILLIAM
LEONARD is BROUGHT INTO
COURT
DAY SPENT SECURING JURY
Imposing Array of Legal Talent Has
Been Secured for the Defense
Judge Elliott Will
m l Preside.
..ssFx.sssN1s -,

GRANITE FALLS, Mimi, June 25.-
(Special)-The trial of DR.. Wintner for
the alleged murder Of William Leonard
otherwise Society Red" and various
other titles, was begun this morning
Judge Charles G.. Elliott, of the Henne-
pin bench, presided, with Frank Nye. also
OF Minneapolis, as the leading attorney
for the defendant, assisted by l.. H.
= Schellbach,' Ole Hartwick and D. A
'McLarty, all of this place A. J. Vol
stead, assisted by Hon. c. A. Fosnes, of
Montevideo, appears for the state. After
the ordinary preliminaries the regular
r panel for the June term of this court
were examined and excused i'll a one.
Two, three order, that exhausted the en-
tire number in an hour. Only one young
man was found satisfactory-Hans Ha-
gen, living about ten miles west of
Granite, and apparently an ideal man for
the place. The special venire of forty
jurors was then called, but were rapidly
excused, generally for actual bias" In
ract, it seemed as though many if not
all, had very decided opinions that it
would take quite strong evidence to re-
move. Chris Franzen a German, from
Inc western part of the county was the
nrst exception. He had read something
of the case but didn't know anything
b about the matter" and was accepted as
satisfactory to both parties Ole O.
I@OEAtASI was dCC6pIaDle 10 the QefGnS6,
but was peremptorily challenged by the
state. 1t was noticeable that nearly
every man on this special venire so far
examined was young and unmarried
Line TACT IS creating some comment. But
one juror was secured during the morn
= ing session from this special venire.
Lieut.. Gov. Lyndon A Smith appeared
as associate counsel on the side of the
d, defense when court reconvened at 2
O'Clock this afternoon and the examina-
ton of prospective jurors went rapidly
forward and with more satisfactory re-
suits until eight were secured. Then At
iforney Nye made objection to the first
juror, Hans Hagen, on the ground that
at divers times and places he had en-
phatically expressed his opinion with
reference to this case and adversely to
the defendant. Attorney Volstead, for
the state, consented that the juror be
excused and the court so ordered The
special Venire was exhausted when only
nine jurors had been secured and Judge
Elliott ordered another issued for TWEEN
ty-tive more, returnable at 10 o'clock to-
morrow. The heat was so great that
Senator Schellbach was practically I'M
able to nelp during the afternoon
DR.. Wintner bore himself in a manner
70 convince even his bitterest enemy that
ne fully realizes the position he is in and
regrets the occurrence. His father, the
Rabbi Wintner, from Brooklyn N Y is
here, together with his daughter Both
have been in the court room all day
anXiously watching proceedings. The
young woman to whom DR.. Wintner is
engaged is also here, the guest Of At
torney Schellbach. she is from Sioux
Falls, and was employed as a teacher In
the schools here a year ago, when she
became acquainted with the prisoner 4
The taking of evidence will probably be-
gin Wednesday afternoon.