The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-14
THE KOCH JURORS.

William Schaefer, Farmer. .Limetown
Henry Heinzeman, Dairyman Limetown
Burt Fuller, Farmer Limetown
Fred Boesch. Retired Farmer Amboy
L. w. Wells. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES mboy
Edison Van Buren,, Farmer -
........ Mankato Township
Benjamin McGregor, Banker Mapleton
From Fridays Daily.
The work of securing a jury in the
Koch case was resumed at two O'Clock
this afternoon Coroner Kennedy and
Deputy Coroners Rutan and Kenney.
the latter of Amboy, served the special
venire issued yesterday by Judge Cray,
Some were gotten in Manl,ato city and
township and the balance in Rapidan,
Garden City, LeRay, Lime, Mcpherson
and Decoria
The following is the list of talesmen
secured on the special venire: George
Norman, George Hodapp, Henry Heinze
man, Charles Guentzel. Jacob Morey,
William Wandersee, Louis P. Mueller.
Jocob Klein. William Schweim, John
Ficks, John Duane, George HI. Hoerr,
James H. Spencer, w. L. Hixon, Dyer
E. Walker, Harry Nixon, Anton Cob
Julius Griebel, Charles NJ. Fiero, John
Batto, John H. McMichael Frank l..
McLauren, Fred Aldrich Frank Fuchs,
John Magley, August Wenner, George
and Henry Westpahl, Jacob Fuchs, Al
bert Buskey, John c.. Casper, August
Borneke, Frank Stagmeier, Michael
Matterer, Elmer Casper, Herman Gle
mons, Nicholas Fredericks, Frank
Hoehn, Fredericks, Erve Buskey. JOS
eph Fredericks, Henry Potts, Charles
n. Johnson, Lester H. Fish, George T.
Swearingen, Henry ]. Rock, William
John, Lawrence H. Olinger, Lester
Duffy, Warren B. Kidder, Sven Olof
Erickson, Adelbert Veigel, Charles
Schwan, Fraugott Kastner, George
Macomber, Daniel Bosin, Frank Schwan,
August Missing, August Kunkel, Oscar
NJ Reynolds, Andrew T. Johnson, Rob
ert Hale, Gustavus Michael, John Ha-
ger, Philip ]. Putrah, Clarence NJ Van
Sickle, Carl Larvick, Melvin F. Crane,
w T. Sherman, Robert H. Norton, Ed
die Rev.
Every one of the above was in the
lowing were excused from serving: Mr..
Schwan, wife sick abed; Mr.. Kastner,
has headaches; Mr.. Larvick, wife sick
c. Guentzel, wife sick; William Hall,
wife sick; Mr.. Morey, parents need his
services; Mr.. Missling, has rheumatism
badly; Mr.. Mueller, can't stand con-
fnement Mr.. Walker, served five years
in the state militia and honorably dis
charged: Mr.. Gabbler. not well: Mr..
McMichael, resident of Hennepin coun-
ty; William Buskey, not citizen; Mr..
Erickson, cannot understand English
Messrs. Hixon, Nixon and Spencer,
clients of Mr.. Clark.
The defense yesterday took excep-
tions to the ruling of Judge Cray in
refusing to allow it to withdraw the
affidavit of prejudice against Sheriff
Williams One of the attorneys for
the defense stated today that in case
the defendant should be convicted the
defense would expect to get the YER
dict set aside on this point.
Frank Stagmeier was the first juror
called. Challenge by the defense was
admitted.
John Duane was on the stand some
time, being questioned by County At
torney Wilson regarding the articles in
the Weekly Ledger referring to the
Koch case. Mr.. Duane said that he had
no opinion In the case, and did not
think that he had expressed one in his
paper.
Mr.. Duane said that he had only read
couple of columns in all about the
case Mr.. Wilson produced copies of
the Ledger of May 81 and June IL and
offered them in evidence. The triers
read the articles and found the chal-
lenges of the state for actual bias true
Nearly an hour was consumed with Mr.
Duane.
Mr.. Malterer was excused by the
court as he does not understand English
well.
Nicholas Fredericks of Madison Lake
was challenged by the defense for act
ual bias. He thought he could nPt lay