Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-10
Junior Laws at Iowa City Will
Prosecute the Melancholy
Dane
MURDER OF DENMARks KING
The Princes Counsel Enter Plea of
Not Guilty for Their Client, and it
Is Expected That They Will Plead
The Much Mooted Insanity Dodge"
to Save Him.

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Iowa City, March 10.-"Hear ye!
Hear We! Hear We! The honorable
junior law court of the University of
Iowa is now in session." shouted Col.
George r. Burnett. the sheriff of Judge
Deemer's junior law court which is
trying Hamlet for murder, in opening
| the first day of the case today.
Produce the body of Hamlet, Prince
of Denmark, who is charged with muir
der in the case of the state Of Iowa
against Hamlet, before the court"
commanded Judge Deemer to Sheriff
Burnett.
BY a crook of the finger, Sheriff Bur-
nett produced the prisoner for the pur-
pose of the trial, r. A. Cook. of Inde-
pendence, who represented the Prince
of Denmark by procuration, on the
theory that it was the custom for royal
personages of Hamlets time to be mar
ried by procuration. they can certainly
be tried by the same process.
You are accused of the crime of
murder in the first degree" said Judge
Deemer to the defendant. 1.-The county
attorney will read the Indictment"
States Attorney Merritt Bracket, of
Iowa City, then read the indictment.
charging Hamlet with the crime of
murder. committed premeditatedly and
of malice aforethought, by stabbing
Cladius, King of Denmark, with a ra-
pier, so that he died.
What answer do you make?" asked
Judge Deemer.
The prisoner refused to plead but
answered that he was indicted by his
true name.
Have you any attorneys" asked
the court.
The attorneys came forth and de-
inande,l their tsatutory time to plead,
one day, and three days time after
that to prepare their case. The court
allowed their one days time to plead
and said he would suppose the time had
elapsed. Whereupon the attorneys
plead mot guilty. and the venire was
called by the clerk.
The first twelve men called by the
court we're ]. l.. Norton, of Des Moines;
IL NJ. Mercer, of Burlington; j.. L. Nei-
CHEN, of Newell; c. r. Sutherland, of
Center Junction: T. Spurgeon, of Iowa
City; Il. E. Bergman, of Newton; III.
f. Klise, of Baxter; e. K. Brown, of
Scion; r. c. Gray, of Rockwell City:
!. T. Vaughn, of Fort Dodge; w. e.
kahler, OF Traer, and Jas. Willett, of
Tama.
The questions Of the states attor-
reys developed the fact that they hoped
TO secure a death penalty from the
Jury ard that the defense of insanity
was expected from the defense. Five
veniremen, Winett, Gray, Bergman,
Neighen, and Sturgeon, answered In
low tones that their age was 20, a cause
for dismissal overlooked by States At
torney Herrick. The defense refused
to challenge them for this reason, ex-
pecting to secure ground for reversal
by acceptance of minors on the jury.
The first days session adjourned at
the conclusion of the states examtna-
ton of the venire.
The interest taken in the trial is
very great. Baliffs are stationed at the
door with instructions to refuse admis-
sion to all save members of the Junior
law class and law professors. Applica-
tions for copies of the university news
paper during the trial arc being receiv-
ed from Shakespeare clubs In Illinois.
Iowa and Nebraska.