The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-29

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suffer considerably, altho I am much
stronger than a few weeks ago. s
s This morning, however, the former
mayor looked refreshed and ready for the
fray and shows every evidence of
confidence in the ultimate outcome OF the
proceedings.
.ssf "A special venire OF seventy-f1ve was
drawn last evening, and the deputy sher-
iffs Immediately went to work serving
4 subpoenas, with the result that jurors In
plenty are now In court.
The Grind Begins.
The work of examining jurors was re-
sumed promptly upon the appearance OF
Judge Elliott
III Andrew Espy, a teannster Of wayzata,
was the first man called, and when chal-
1eneed for general disqualification, was
PROMPTLY excused upon the states admis-
sion.
n Louis H. Erickson. a salesman for the
Lyons Clothing company. admitted that
he had a preconceived opinion as to the
guilt or innocence of the defendant and
was promptly excused. I e5s /
Charles r. Vaughn. a contractor, was
found to have had business relations with
County Attorney Boardman and also ad-
mitted that he had opinions which would
prevent him from being an impartial juror.
"Could your opinion be changed by evi-
dence?" asked Mr.. Nye.
& Il think it could" -. .- -.. .t
why. thought you said you were from
Massachusetts?' ..r ...
= A ripple of n1erriment was occasioned
and the venireman was excused. .s... =.
Charles H. Van Buskirk, a carpenter,
20 years old, swore that evidence
would be required to change the opinion
4 he had previously formed and the de-
Sfense's challenge was found true by the
jtriers. 1.s
venireman apparently to the liking of
the defense was found In l.. l.. Humphrey
of Richf1eld. He was passed by Mr.. Erwin
and Mr.. Boardnan proceeded to institute
"a searching examination which resulted
in the discovery that the venireman had
a decided opinion. He was excused.
AZ Emil Fl. Bussee, a cigar dealer, was
passed by the defense but the states
? challenge was later admitted and the
man excused.
,a Charles o. Nelson was excused for i'm
piled bias. Samuel J. Austin was excused
(, after dozen questions.
= The Ninth Juror.
The ninth juror was Fred a. Cutler.
dealer in mortgage loans. and the method
of his election caused much amusement
to the attorneys and spectators, but evil
IDENTIFY was regarded with little favor by
the juror himself. After a few pre-
liminary questions Mr.. Cutler was passed
5 by the defense. A conference of the
: StdteS > lawyers 1OllOWeQ, dL LtlS emu OF
which Mr.. Boardman remarked: 1--WE
have no challenge, the juror is satisfac-
tory and the venireman was sworn
amid general laughter caused partially, at
least, by the jurynan's remark to the ef-
feet that he had had no run for his white
alley and he would have liked a chance to
tell Of his opinions.
Then came and were excused in rapid
succession. William Ray, Richfeld farm
er. Ernest S. Renshaw, John 6. Matsen,
James Newhouse and Charles S. SeWell.
- Crime OF Being Young. .
Charles E. Sampson of Excelsior was
next called. Hes a. young man. whis-
pered MIR. Nye to his colleague, and there
upon proceeded to put the young man
thru an examination which would have
ratified a less shrewd youth. His answers
were of such a. nature, however, that the
= defense relented and finally withdrew it's
challenge. Mr.. Boardman had no obiec-
tfons and Mr.. Sampson was sworn.
i The challenge Of George w. Curtiss of
Champlin, was found true by the triers.
Fred Enholz, a farmer of Maple Grove,
under quiz by Mr.. Boardman made
statements resulting in his being ex-
cused.
81 State Uses Peremptory.
3s Byron P. Jones, sworn and being passed
by the defense, stated, in reply to Mr..
sBoardman's questions, that he had had
some business dealings with Mrs. .nAmes
acting for her husband. but that he did
not think these dealings or his gprecon-
zceived opinions would affect him II
sworn as a, Juror. The states challenge
was submitted to the triers and found not
true The state thereupon used a. per-
femptory and Mr.. Jones withdrew.