Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-15

this writing. Outside of the Jurors
summoned on the case for today there
We're probably not more than half 0
dozen spectators in court. Mortensen's
father and brother Jesse were the only
relatives Of the defendant present, and
James Sharp was absent The defend,
ant had long and earnest converse
| tion with his father, but stopped talk.
Ing when the examination Of the yenirC
men began.
moned on Tuesday evening, was asked
by Judge Morse why he was not In
court yesterday,
Il was here" he replied land an
swered to my name yesterday morning
and was examined"
why were you not here In the ef-
ternoon?"
Il was here until o'clock. / left then
because thought court adjourned al
that hour"
The court then stated that the bust
ness could not be conducted when fur
ors were absent and instructed the
clerk to assess Mr. Newton the costs OF
serving the summons This was the
only incident OF note. The following
yenlremen were examined on their voir
dire and accepted: NJ. X. Parsons, Geo.
w. Tlmpson, j. NJ. Knuckey, Charles II.
Harper Ruben Gardner, J. A. Goodaue,
w. A. Hilton, John T. Lithgo. A. Il.
Braby. John Campbell, w. NJ. Staples,
Myron Whitaker, X. W. Palmer. II.
~ Cornforth, T. X, Ellerbeck, ]. 4.
Buckle, Arthur Parsons, u. d. McCune,
Richard Trezlse, George c. Lambert.
w. A, Cowan, w. w. Calder
George c, Vincent, Arthur Smith and
w. j. Castleton were excused on ac-
count OF defective hearing Elisha
Hawxhurst and Edward A. Attmood
were let off because their names were
not spelled right T. II. Dansle. w. j.
Butte and j. c. Bertoch We're excused
on lhelr own motion, and John Bryant
was given fresh air because he said
i had my scalp all busted awhile ago. F."
Harry $. Joseph, David A. Proctor,
!. L. Con, John Strlckey, +. T.. schop-
pc ), II. Vowles, Fred c. Lynberg and
Nephi w, Clayton composed the next
bunch examined. l. Frank Goff S. III.
Vowles and Fred c. Lynberg were ex-
cused on account Of discrepancies in the
matter OF spelling their names Harry
). Joseph was excused upon his own
request because Of an accident at his
mine which required his immediate at
tention.
VIM b. Lister, Il. II Wiseman ]. r.
Alexander j. H. Hamlin. Daniel Par
ker, j. l.. Durgin, c. j Dangerfield
and j, y. Edwards were called and exn
amined. Mr., Wiseman and Mr.. Parker
were both excused on their own request
because they held positions In the citys
waterworks department which required
their personal attention. William b.
Lister was not a taxpayer, hence was
disqualified j. III Hamlin, the painter,
stated that the rush OF work in his bus
mess required bis personal attention
and he was excused.
r. IT, Rushton. John Connolly. ]. A.
Wright. ID. r, Lyon, S. f. Warburton,
NJ. II. Blair. T. r. Horne. and A. s
White all passed fire. but Mr.. White
was excused because he had no one to
attend to his work on the farm.
John h. Gibbs. r. D. Castro, Charles
Sharp, II. b. Aldous, s. +. Lake and
A. NJ, Palmer, Jr, were the last OF the
special venire to be examined. They
all passed and their names were placed
In the Jury box
jury box were Charles Sharp, Fred G..
Schoppe, Robert d Caste and Myron
Whitaker. They were all excused on
the ground OF implied bias. Caste de-
clared that he had never formed an
opinion and Attorney G. u. Stewart
wrestled with him f0f some time in try
ing 10 flnd an excuse to get him on the
Jury. Casio said he even did not know
how Hay was killed. Finally he adj
mitted that he did not believe there
was sufficient evidence to warrant n
conviction and the defense Immediate
ly challenged him Mr. Elchnor was
Quick TO state that he dld not resist the
challenge for he was not at all anx-
Ious to accept the young man. Casio
was ordered 10 stand aside.
Another person who declared he had
not formed an opinion IN the case was
found IN the person Of w. r. Palmer.
farmer OF West Jordan. Although
the attorney for the defense questioned
him very closely the juror could not be
found to have an opinion. He said the
only impression made unon him IN
reading the case was that II MOrtensen
was out on the night OF the murder.
then he might be the guilty party or
might know something about the case
The juror appcared to be very inteli-
gent ana answered the questions with
out hesitation. There g. possible
chance that he win PASS the defense for
cause this afternoon.
For sore reason neither the state
nor the defense wanted Mr.. Palmer
the man who n was thought this
would successfully pass the
examination Of the 5etersn. Mr.. Stew.
art asked the Juror TO state some OF
the theories that had made impress
slons on his mind. lie said that he
would require the defense ~ nut on
evidence 10 show where Mortensen was
IN tho -i~ht ~ ne murder. otherwise
he would have the impression that the
defendant knew something about the
crime
Challenged for implied bias. and the
state not resisting he was promptly |
excused
The next juror John T. Alexander, a
sheepman Of Hunter, Salt Lake coun-
~ proved himself up 10 this writing. |
rs being an ideal juror He has been |
out With his sheep for some time and |
knew but very little about |
The case. He Is apparently a man OF