Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-16

proqress in the examination OF tales
IN the Mortensen case has peeh
S ,,w today so far rs net results are
' 'oncoroed though good many men
,.so been put through the customary
' Da,echlzation. The prospects are now
. .S.t there viii be no session OF !h'
nr, tomorrow and that the twelye
cur n,ho are to try the prisoner WI
Nyi ,o secured before Tuesday or Weu-
resday next
LAST OF SIS NAMES
A., 5l5 Yesterday afternoon, the last
~ n the fury BOX was called w
n'',w dime 615 Jurors have hen sum
W Wa ar rather summons have been
nlU,',S' eor that number. some OF
i IS", a. course, could not be round
Others failed to put IN an appeo' .nnir
mile many were excused on ~
o "w" motion. But including the il ihe
;nyors already sworn to Try retea
,orisnsen for the murder OF james
~ Nav exactly 26S talesmen have reeh
h.,I4ed as 10 their competency W
. .l, be case and 25S have been ex-
W. for implied bias, pre)udice
- e,ios, capital punishment and CIR
usas,antial evidence, and also on per-
..,n,ov challenges. SO that up 10 last
elhptD'! ont of summons Issued Tor
q s 81, ,nrors only 26s have been In me
Il s,,,, hov under the hot cross hre OF lhe
Il .,,Srnsvs and only nine have success
4 S SJ,y cone through the ordeal
Il LAMBERT QUESTIONED CLOSELY
4 one Of the harvest jurors the defense
4 has bumped up against up 70 iaS,
HI evening was George Z. LampiI| ~
& MAS hard struggle from start 70
n srlsh and In vain did {. IS stewart
n ,obor With the Juror to arrive at the
Dond,tion OF his mind Mr.. Lamtert
s5,nlttpd that he had no opinion ana
i Ssid hat possibly II might influence
n bIm in rendering his verdict. although
N ne woulA endeaVor not TO allow thal
onlnlon or impression to influence him.
q The attorney tried and tried again 70
II ,ndpce Mr.. Lambert to answer WI IN
or II would or not by yes or no, but
the Juror stin said, possibly
81 The attorneys for the defense eVan~
81 Oh The question Of revelation as ltng
as they could but finally had TO get
~ down 10 H." Mr. Lambert said he had
no belief or disbelief on that question
No thought God might possibly have
,# revealed the guilt Of Mortensen 70 MI
'H Sharp but he had no means OF Know
'@ ing The most he would say was tnat
.N he had no belief Attorney stewart
|s& demanded a direct answer but the jur-
III or refused to give Il. This sort OF
}H thing continued for about an hour
XII when the juror was challenged for inn
81 Piled bias. District Attorney Elchnor
al objected strongly but the court sus-
~ tained the challenge and ordered "the
IA paper man 10 stand aside.
IA The other Jurors who were excused
M on the same ground follow. Mr.. Eich.
81 nor and Mn Stewart entered into a
# Conspiracy 10 exhaust the box be-
'# fore adjournment and the jurors were
81 examined, challenged and excused In
IA lunches, and with such rapidly that
~ the reporters heads were I'm a whir.
6 Charles A. Harper Samuel S. New
4 ton W. A. Hilton, r.. T. Rushton, G
M J. Dangerhed. A. II. Brady Arthur
Parsons W A. Cowan, Thomas X
III Horne $. T. Lake W. s. Barnes. John
+ Gibbs T. r Ellerbeck, John Camp
a. bell John Strickley Geo w. Timpson
~ A. W. Palmer, Jos, r. Edwards, W. w
Calder D. A. Proctor, William A
"a Staples, Henry H. Cornforth. John 7
H Lithgoe, James NJ. Knuckey j, A
Goodaue A. r. Buckle. VI. II, Blair
4 John Connolly, Reuben Gardner ant
~ Joseph A. Wright