Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-04
First Juror Called This Morning
Happened to be William {,
Lee, a MotOrman.
MURDERER'S FORMER RECORD.
Vas Known 10 Montana as Jack
Kane and Was Mixed Up 10
Other Robberics.

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James NJ. shockley, charged with muir
der In the first degree for the killing
| Of Amasa l.. Gleason and Thomas
Brighton, two street car men, on the
| night Of Jan. 6, 1904, In an attempt to
rob them was commenced In the Grim
lnal division Of the district court this
morning before Judge Morse Very lit
tie progress was made in the examina-
ton OF jurors, as out OF the first IL
Jurors called to the box, only six had
been examined for cause by the attor-
ney for the defense when the court ad-
| journed for the noon recess 1900. D..
| MOTORMAN CALLED.
Strange to say, the first Juror called
| to the box was a street car m0torman
by the name OF William O Lee, who
! had known the dead men and probably
worked with them for some time.
| Nevertheless II took the attorney for
| the defense about 90 minutes to find
| out that he was not acceptable as a
| Juror Shockley, though triile paler,
| looks about as usual. He was brought
| down to the building from the jail in a
| carriage by Deputy Cowan, The pris-
| oner was neatly dressed In dark suit.
| and had the appearance Of being any
! thing but a murderer. Before court
convened he spent the time talking to
| his attorney, II, A. Smith OF the firm
| OF Wilson x Smith, who are defending
him, Dist. Atty. Eichnor was present
and ready to look after the interests OF
| the state in the prosecution of the case.
FIRST TWELVE CALLED,
When the case was called Mr. Eich-
nor said that the attorney for the de-
PENDANT had expressed the desire to
proceed to trial on the information
charging the prisoner with the murder
OF Gleason, the motorman first. The
request of the defense In that respect
was compiled with The first - Jurors
called to the box are William c. Lee,
Thomas p. Page. William Redeker A.
Hanauer, Jr, George ID. Nebeker. Wal
ter l.. Price, s. w. Anderson, Frank G.
Howe, John H. Bowden. j. j. II. Iati-
mer Eli l.. Price and Ed z. Brooke.
LINE OF DEFENSE.
From the questions asked by defend
ants attorney in the examination OF the
jurors II Is evident that the defense
will be accidental shooting and self de-
tense. Atty. Smith made q brief state
ment OF the charges in the information
before he commenced the examination
Of the Jurors. Messrs Lee, Redeker
and Hanauer were challenged for cause
by the defense and were excused. Jur-
ors Jage and Nebeker were passed for
cause by the defense and the examina-
ton OF Juror Price was nearly COM
pleted when the court took its noon re-
cess. The chances are rather slim for
securing a juror at todays session OF
court,
NOT THE FIRST TIME.
According to a story printed In a re-
cent Issue of the Anaconda Standard, IL
seems that Shockley has been mixed up
In robberies committed In Mon
tana, where he was known as Jack
Kane. Following is the Standards
story
-, w. shockley, the man held in
Salt Lake for the murder OF Amasa l..
Gleason and Thomas Brighton, two
street car men who resisted when
Shockley tried to hold up and rob their
car one night last January, turns out
to be Jack Kane, a former inmate OF
the Silver Bow county jail and cell
mate Of James Martin, the executed
murderer.
THAT discovery was made by Sheriff
Quinn at Salt Lake while being shown
through the county jail there by the
sheriff Of Salt Lake. Sheriff Quinn was
casually looking at some OF the pris-
oners, when one man greeted him.
Hello QUINN he said,
Why hello responded the sheriff,
but unable TO recall the name Of the
prisoner.
81 guess you don't remember me-
said the prisoner
Yes, / do replied the sheriff You
were up at Virginia City, at Dillon and
Butte last fall
"'Yes, was, said shockley. 4 am
up against 1t good here
ARRESTED AT DILLON.
Nearly year ago Shockley was ar
rested at Dillon for highway robbery,
and as BeaveThead county at that time
had no jail, he with six other Beaver.
head prisoners was taken to Virginia
City for safe keeping. When court was
held at Dillon In the early part OF the
past winter Sheriff Quinn went to Wiz
ginia city to assist the Beaverhead
sheriff to bring the prisoners 20 Butte,
from which place they were taken to
Dillon as they were wanted for trial
Shockley then gave his name as Jack
Kane and during the three or four days
he spent In the Silver Bow Jail he was
cellmate OF and slept with James
Martin, the murderer who was executed
a short time ago,
Kane, or shockley was the only one
Of the eight prisoners taken TO Dillon
for trial who was acquitted and he
evidently went direct TO Utah, where
he resumed his business Of robbery
His right name Is James Mcpherson
shockley and his parents and other rel
etlves live at Belle, Mo He In young
and fine looking fellow and Sheriff
Quinn declares that the man looks like
anything but a criminal and would not
no gugpppipd bV nup In IA thauqa nd