The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-16

Under the Missouri law i Is necessary III
murder trials to select panel Of forty IAsr
from, among whom the Jury Of twelve Is
chosen.
shortly alter t.ao this afternoon he spe-
cial venire II sixty men. summoned yes
terday. was exhausted ana Judsn David
SON ordered another venire II forty VINO
are to report tomorrow morning at >
o'clock.
It is expected that the panel will II"
chosen tomorrow morning and that the
trial proper Will commence at the afternoon
session OF III" court
STATE HAS CALLED
MANY WITNESSES.
The State has summoned about thirty
witnesses. and although the deferse mas
not announced who will testify for them, it
is believed that several witnesses vii! be
introduced.
Under the most favorable circumstances
it is not believed that a verdict VIII be
reached before Saturday night.
The majority Of the veniremen were OK
cused because they are exposed to capital
having formed an opinion OF The case
which would require strong testimony TO
change. II was remarked that out Of the
eighty men examine! only four were sX-
cused because they are opposd to capital
punishment.
The attorneys for the defense. jesse II.
Schaper. w Leslie Cole and Jesse NJ owen
were exceptionally strict in the eXamina-
ton Of the venircmen.
Schaper directed the questioning and laid
especial stress upon the weight placed by
the ve:lircmen upon the reports Of the kill
ing published in the newspapers. Several
men were excused because they had formed
their opinions from these accounts.
Prosecuting Attorney o. \. Meyersieck IS
assisted by James Booth Of Pacific. Meyer
sleek and Booth examined the veniremen
Jointly and each man was closely ques-
toned IS to whether he had talked with
the witnesses regarding the case.
COLLINS ENTERS go
CHAINED TO DEPUTY.
Fred Collins. chained to Deputy Sheriff
yedder. was brought into court shortly aft
er IN o'clock this morning. As he entered
the door the handcuff was removed and
Collins was seated between Vedder and
Dousherty. assistant superintendent Of the
New York Pinkerton office who will be
witness for the State.
Collins appears slightly pale although he
has borne his four months Imprisonment
remarkably we'll He took a lively interest
in the proceedings and several times he
laughed at the replies OF the veniremen.
The venire of sixty was divided into
squads of twenty. Five men We're examined
and excused before G. W. Walters a farm
er. living near Labadie, was accepted as
the first panelmar.
Two more men were excused and then
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attorneys. OF this squad twelve men were
excused.
The court also announced that c. y. Cole.
who had been accepted yesterday. was eX-
cused. This left but seven men who had
qualified UP to last night.
The second squad of twenty wore OK
amined after the noon recess. Only five
men succeeded in satisfying the exactions
| Of tho attorneys. Many of the replies made
| by the venircmen were humorous and
| Sheriff B-uch was compelled to rap for or
| der several times during the day. The
| definition of opinion proved a stumbling
| block in the way Of several vcni-emen. and
| their replies evoked laughter.
MANY WOMEN
| PRESENT IN COURT.
With the exception OF the men who had
been summoned to act rs vcnremeu. there
were few spectators in the court. The space
reserved for ladies' however. was well pat
! rcnized. hut the women seemed more in
! tcrostcd in the occasional tits between the
! lawyers and the men they were question:
Ing than in Collins.
| During recess of. the court this after
neon Collins became communicative. He
t7lkcd and laughed with several newspaper
men. and tho fact that he is on trial for
murder seems To affect him only little.
| NO. | don't know where Bill is I cress
| h has reached the north polo by this time.
That lad won't he caught again. 1t will be
Il case OF toes IN for some one should the
| detectives succeed in cornerinG him. lie has
learned few things and the second time
he will not he found mapping. Sty, you
| have a bunch OF dub Jail guards in St.
| Louis. Ii is just like finding money from
| home to break that building Bill and l
| would have been together had they allowed
US liberty at the same time"
Collins is loyal to the core. and claims
that the men who started the fight whom
Rudolph was climbing to the beams were
ir earnest He also laughs at the assertion
that some of the guards were in Ruiolph's
confidence.
List of parelmen accepted to-day: G W.
Walters. farmer. Lahatie: T. c. Robinson
barber. Pacific: \. Il. Ieters, employc Pa
cifc Bank. Pacific; \. II. Brown. Pacific
=. ]. Muir. farmc~. Pacific; Edward PahiG
farmer. Sullivan: Il. +. Reed. farmer
Beaufort: Il F. Kniehans, merchant. Bcau-
fort: J. +. Wilmington. conductor. Pacific
Frederick Brock. clerk, Pacific: William
Jaeger. blacksmith. Jaegers Post Office
Henry SchneidskanP, farmer. Cedar Forks
Erwin Schultz, merchant. Washington: 7
W. Ramp. merchant. Washington: william
y Buhr merchant. Washington: Angus
rraurs merchant. Washington; Rcber
Cr,Iebbel. merchant. New Haven; J. ii
scnleef. hardware. New Haven: s. T
| srrineate. livery New Haven; f. W. Ehr
r,arn. blacksmith. New Haven.
| II ~ F.,