The daily sentinel., 1902-10-15
TRIAL ATTRACTING
LARGE CROWDS DAILY.

has come to be known, today. The
jury was not secured yesterday from
the special venire of thirty and an
other for twelve was issued by the
court.
This morning near ten thirty
O'Clock jury was secured, Tall the
challenges of the state and the defense
having been exhausted before a jury
was secured. The jury which will
try the case is composed of the follow
ing persons, J. N. Carr, H. H. Tyler.
J. NJ Griffith, T. G.. Hickman, +.
o. DeLaMatyr, J. @. Stubbins, j.
B. Hunter, Martin Woodring, ]. B.
Brown and A. Simonson.
Immediately following the selection
of the jury. District Attorney Nc
Mullin for the state made an exhaus
tive statement of what the prosecu
tion would attempt to prove in the
trial. He gave in detail the history
of the shooting, as the testimony was
shown at the time of the preliminary
hearing. A surveyed map showing
the various locations was before the
jury, showing in the completest de-
tail the situation of the men who are
the principal witnesses for the state.
Mr.. McMullin stated to the jury
that the testimony would prove that
there was conspiracy on foot of
which the killing was the result.
That Harris came to the home of
Frank Sleeper with deliberate attempt
in his mind to pick a quarrel and that
his going to the ranch upon that
morning was premeditated and part
of the plan for the undoing of Seiber.
the deceased cattleman.
The state stated further that the
evidence would show that Seiber had
no intent to commit an assault upon
| the person of Harris when he rode
toward him. gun in hand and that
the last words Seiber had said were.
that ''he would not harm him" re-
ferring to Harris). He insisted in
his statement that the evidence would
prove that Harris committed the deed
in cold blood that after it was over
he picked up the gun to follow up the
killing of Seiber, if any of the em-
ployes of Seiber should interfere with
his departure.
/ Immediately following the state
ment of District Attorney McMullin
for the prosecution, Frank g. Goudy
for the defense rose and taking posi-
tion before the jury began his state
ment. He said that it was the usual
custom for the defense to wait until
the close of the trial to make their
statement. but he would digress from
the usual procedure and make state
ment OF what the defense expected to
prove. He said that there was no
mystery about the case whatever,
that it was a case of pure self defense.
He then gave in detail the movements
of Harris from the time. a few days
before the killing, bringing his state
ment up to the actual occurrence.
This staement was evidently to
show that it was perfectly natural for
Harris to have been there at the Sci
i DtI AhO oooAyS q hAoAS OAVhAAS
of which can be given, shows that
Joe and John Harris had started to
drive some horses toward the Rico
country, as Mr. Goudy stated, toward
Durango. When he had assisted his
realtive to drive the horses across the
mountain and fairly we'll on the trail
toward Durango he started back and
reached the ranch of Henry Knowles
Here he inquired of Knowles whether
there were any cattle in his pasture
which belonged to him. being answer
ed by Knowles that he thought there
were. He and Knowles made exmin-
alton and found three or four head.
He then started to depart toward his
home saying that he would be back on
the next day to secure the cattle. He
went to the Sleeper ranch and when
he and Sleeper got to talking it was
told that he (Sleeper) and his mer
, had cut two head of cattle out of the
Seiber herd, which bore Harris
brand, the cattle being ~. H.-5".
This brand was on one side of the
cattle in the customary place, on the
other side, being late brand, tn,