Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-05
TWELVE MEN FOR GROVE JURY
anel Not Exhausted, Though Any Draw
ings Are Not Final.
THOSE SELECTED KEPT IN BODY At NIGH
Brother-in-Law of Omcer who was
shot IL In Panel, but De-
Tense Lets Him
Out.

When Judge Day adjourned court Mon
day evening, shortly after o'clock, twelve
men were in the box who may constitute
the jury to try Pat Grove. The state has
exercised two of its three challenges and
the defense has exercised seven of the
eight challenges to which it lie entitled.
the men who so far appear satisfactory
to both sides are:
l.. Z. Fox, 26S5 North Fifteenth,
+. +. Croetschel, l31 North Thirty-etghth.
WiIliam W. Long, 2922 Frederick.
II. Borsky, 1Sl2 North Nineteenth
Joe Doplta, ln2 South FIRST.
Jonn Sautter, 9O2 North Twenty-frst,
South Omaha.
w. C. Huber. 7O5 South Thirteenth.
Isaac Levi, Sl4 North Twenty sixth,
Joseph Woif, 1890 South Twelfth.
John Lewis, 45O2 Cunning.
Hugh Dougherty, oil south Thirty-third
Melchoir Leis, 1913 South Twentieth.
After a consultation with the attorneys,
Judge Day decided to keep the jurors to-
gether during the night. He also cautioned
them against talking of the case with out
siders and forbade them to read any papers
or to buy any except such might be
| furnished them by the bailiff who mas them
in charge.
Before the selection of the twelve men
now sequestered twenty-five men were ex-
amned OF those excused one could not
endure smoking. On his prejudice against
the weed being made known Judge Day
asked those on the panel who did not
smoke to stand up. AS only seven or
| eight of the 100 or more responded the
| court excused the juror. A second juror
was excused for deafness, three or four
| for set opinions as to guilt or innocence
and the balance on direct challenges or
| nv being NV ait har sid
Richie and English.
BY it's questions to jurors the defense
indicated little or nothing of what line
will be followed. Mr. English has asso-
ciated with him Attorney Richie, and the
only question they seemed to emphasize
| was:
Can you, IL chosen as a juror, carry
with you into the box and all through the
trial the presumption that the defendant
is innocent of the crime charged in the
indictment beyond reasonable doubt?"
Evidently the hour of the night, the un-
| certain knowledge of Groves personality
| possessed by the officers and any doubt
| as to identification are to be utilized to
discredit the testimony that may be given
to connect Grove with the shooting of
Officer Jackson on the night of September
6 last.
County Attorney Slabaugh directed his
principal questions to finding out if the
jurors knew Grove or Frank Murphy or
any other of the prisoners relatives and
as to whether they hold any prejudice
against policemen such.
Grove was an interested observer most
of the time and occasionally conferred with
either English or Richie about the man
under examination. but there were times
when he was plainly bored by the tedious
ness of the formal legal questions. The
court room was fairly we'll filed, but a
big majority of those in attendance were
citizens summoned on the jury panel Half
a dozen women were present at one time or
another. ., -.T,ar. 10 49,.
8. f. Knapp proved to be a brother.in-
law by marriage of Officer jackson, who
was shot. Mr. Knapp insisted that he
could be fair and impartial juror; that
he had formed no opinion as to guilt or
innocence from his talks with Jackson or
others. Mr.. English challenged for re-
lationship, but the county attorney objected
and the court overruled the challenge. The
authorities had only mention of an inhibi-
ton against relatives to the fifth degree.
and the state statutes were silent on the
point Knapp was afterward scratched by
the defense.
. English Goes After Chase.
Clement Chase. editor of the Excelsior.
was one of the citizens drawn on the Jury
panel. Mr.. Chase got himself excused being
too busy man to serve on a jury In this
connection County Attorney Slabaugh re-
called with some slight merriment the fact
that few weeks ago Mr.. Chase in his pa
per, gave vent to considerable indignation
over the slow progress of the preparations
to give Mr. Grove a trial. Mr.. Chase rather
gave the impression there was likely to be
a miscarriage of justice unless-"but
there, what's the use." said the county
! attorney. People on the outside always
know better than those handling ses Just
! what should be done. Still. we cannot yet
} resort to trial by newspaper" Z
Detective Mcdonald was drawn on the
E jury, too, but he was at once excused
: when he presented himself Eugene Duval
of the Milwaukee railroad is also on the
panel, as is Charley Townsend, the gun
{ man. Both will put up a strong fight for
! liberty, even against the warning of Judge
: Day that business excuses will not avail
/. except possibly for temporary leaves OF
absence.