Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-27

,.,..o,b Juror was accepted and
The e', ,be Mortensen-Hay MURDER
"''n - ,,.lo a. m. today. He was Alma
o's ~ an East Jordan farmer aho
b nU, ", The selection of Mr. KOCH
bat one more juror to be chose''
f','' V !, was thought quite probable
/ -ana " ,gslftb and last man would be
ih'' w ,on,gbt. but at $3.50 this after
F'u'1 .r, adjourned until tomorrow at
i'0' w ,ho last name having been ex-
y, An open venlre for SO more
'''" go. issued and made return
,S 1.,, tomorrow at that hour.
/ II JURORS WANT BETTER FARE
d u.,o,y after the adjournment
A lmIeu' wv Jurors chosen prior 10 TO-
Il o. cOul :" ylgorous complaint 10 inc
Gay '"a asoinst the kind Of fare they
s ou,' baen compelled 10 I'VE upon AZ ~ eao
9 Tn,on ear cafe, where iney nave 't ~
L uiVp their meals. They say ths
4 fsIuns ~, these is IS cents each, ana
II tAast 49, have been worse than they
y tha, 'n. c, AZ l5-cent chop house
4 tcgId KY 49, sympathlzed with them
y 'Hiss "a ~ ,bev could hunt another
harding house 80 .,,,oworn OK.
yorte0sen had the same coreworn en- :,
,.lon today that he wore yesterday,
4 Y,Jit was evident that he realizes most
sul .i ~ The fact that by tomorrow OF
i..ayS sv az during the week at latest
t sa, S S no will be put In the balance
Il wa NE avn safety depends entirely
s s,ao the ability OF his attorneys 10
n resent his case before me jury, ~ ~. Is
Y E,owo that he views with trepluatloh
,rS slarm the approach Of the struggle
aI viii come when witnesses are put
y. S' me- stand TO testify as to his gullt'
\ y, course ~1 he maintains that he VIII be
Il NJ IN move his innocence while the
s,ote il absolutely certain OF securing
4 conviction Of murder IN 'he i's' oe-
gree 81, Tho Nor
Jensen trial closed at 4 o'clock yester-
Jor afternoon. there were "a jurors ex-
Gsej for implied bias and other rea-
sons. l..
s q. Spencer was in fair way 10 be
F,ecen,ed both By the state and defense
until Barnard Stewart brought out the
fact that Mr.. Spencer, who resides al
Pleasant Green, was justice OF the
peace and under the law was exempt
from fury service. Mr. Spencer was
quick to take advantage of the situa-
ton. and expressing profound gratitude
70 Mr.. Stewart for the valuable infor-
4 nation received, left the box.
. Charles Larson OF Sandy was also n
r favored candidate for jury honors but
81 there vas a doubt In his mind as to
Il whether he would find q man guilty OF
4 murder IN the first degree where the
death penalty was attached on wholly
circpnaaniIal evidence, This doubt
proved bis unGoIng, for Mr.. Eichnor ex-
ercIsed the states eighih peremptory
challenge and excused Mr.. Larson.
The other Jurors excused were: w.
J. Bateman, Albert /. Walker, S, r.
Wooton, Joseph w. Fairbourn, r. L.
Booth, @. II. Adamson, James Chris
Jensen, friedrich Coon. Orson Andrus,
' X Moesseer Matthew Gibbs. n. c.
Anderson David w. Moffat. II. f.
PEARSON Charles |. Olson, James II.
bfch silas S. Jones. Theo. Mexican,
7 $ Witcher James II. Stenmark.
lohn Sutherland P. j. Saunders, John
holnberg Jr Heber c. Cook. ]. A.
sadsen. Levi O. Olson, Hyrum II. Glib.
M Reynolds Cahoon. ]. NJ. jenkins
end James W. Cahoon.
\ h. Rock was the last name 10 be
oaVh from the box, and his examina.
u,l was continued until this morning.
having failed to accomplish any
Yang with Jurors summoned from the |
Vln'fy' the sheriff decided last night |
70 We what could be done with a mix |
,Ie mat Is 30 were summoned from
IN 'lly and 20 from the country. They
were examined on their volr dire this |
lluolnlhg that proceeding requiring one |
Dyur 80 mat II was II o'clock before
10y ueiehse got down TO business and
he box. ="
Inefe was rather an unusual occur
'nse ms morning when the name OF
NV ,l-.en thomson was called. Mr.
. 'aI,n was summoned last week. and
4. 81 IN again last evening. Upon
~ nfsl summons he was excused be-
y. aa's iis name was improperly spelled,
" ~ ne could not escape the omen
,,uue system, his name was duly
'Seel ipon the list.
. iue eiendant. Peter Mortensen. an
NV, as he did Yesterday. with dark
Wv. .q.as uhaer his eyes and a deeply con-
I,u.l expression His father. NJ +.
O,ltlisen, and the two brothers. Hen.
anu Jesse, were present and took
n, usual seats near the accused man.
,,sr-' sO ialtsmen corraled by the
' ,.,. afog-net 10 were excused on
=. ,eln, Oh me prosperity Of their bust
5a,, ,pllgslcal Ills and other good and
,..aent reasons
nv. M. VINO We're excused are: Albert
~lse William Martin. Joseph r.
,'VE, John Johnson, William p. Tur-
D 'yhn NJ. Graham, J. T. Badger
40, :, AeLtllroy j. G. Williams. Ralph
aus aus W d, bingham. Richard r.
i - W, j. Lewis. William II. Root
i l9a Fetlit Joseph S. Groesbeck and
liam /. Price '''N
,". y. who passed the examination.
! ing names were placed I'm the
~. Z. Han Henry Simon, william H.
~, au, teo' A. Spiers. Andrew n.
~ NJ ,ueofge Rose, Andrew Thomson.
\, ny = j. GALLAGHER. James II. paw Jo-
~ '. SIMMONS, G, w. Rayburn. John
h y ~ James Hobley. z. II. Rich
4 T. L. Harmon, w. NJ. Bean. Ar
n, n. Morris James T.. Moss James
;, 'p.,achef. Joseph Christensen Her.
''sinofQke, Evan Arthur. Charles
, rI inns Hyrum stoffer. J. II. Jack
-,,' award +. Howe r.. Rasmussen.
,r',l beniamlne. John Wood NJ n
use. G, r. Wright
THE ELEVENTH JUROR
po \" o'clock this morning. Alma
ny. m a farmer OF East Jordan. was
4, nv ana accepted as the eleventh
a ~ \. NY the case. Mr.. Rock has re-
,5di M 'nls county for 20 years. and
''n 70 being q farmer. runs a