The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-07-21
From FRIDAYS Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
There were seventyfive men in the
court room this morning when the
Koch trial was resumed who We're
warm under their collars not only from
the heat of the day, but from their
agitated feelings. They gazed at the
bright sunhsine out of the windows and
thought of their hay fields, with the
time for cutting past due, and of their
corn fields, where the weeds were
vieing with Mondamin, and their wrath
waxed stronger. They thought of their
bodily Affections, if they had any, and
of the illness of relatives, if any were
ill, with more pleasure than they had
ever before thought possible. They
were sure that they had strong opin-
ions and that they We're opposed to
capital punishment. Notwithstanding
their regret at being called away from
their work in SO summary a fashion,
they were a fine appearing body of
men.
Here are the names of the 1surors
summoned on the special venire: Will
liam Kleinholz, E. p. Wilder, j. A.
Slater +. Fl. johnson, L. G. krentz,
Oscar Robinson, Jesse Cornish, E. A.
Tiffany, f. A. Cornell, George Smith,
A. n. Eells, Fred Mead, Ray Parks,
Charles Thompson, r. f. Salisbury, A.
A. Leavitt, X. S. Halvaldson, G. ID. Sc
crest, NJ S. Olson, F. w. White, p II.
Johnson, j. w. Olson, Nathaniel Stew
ems, Easton Rue, F. NJ. Schwarz, w. H.
Huber, n. E. Fuller, o. B. Peterson, H.
f. Day, Lucius Reed, Grant Hazel, c..
NJ. Quiggle, August Hensline, S. NJ.
Salisbury, Benjamin Fisk, Fred j. Clark,
C. r. Thompson, Ora E. Warren, f. NJ
Selsby. l.. w. Hanson, Fred c.. WILDER,
Jacob Nelson, F. l.. Hemingway, d. E.
Carpenter, Lee Champlin, George r.
Gray, Fred Mertisdorf, Milton Porter
Carl III. Halverson, Charles /. Force,
w. X. Young, Adam kellar, H. A. Hub
ner, F. F. Cords, Fred Hoff, Judd Cor
nell, w. r. Everett, c. E. Kreinbold,
James H. Cornell, William Morrow, c.
Reimaun, y. Darroch, J. l.. Stevens,
B. Taylor, Oscar Healey, Hiram Golf,
Emery Healey, William NJ. Carey, Asa
Treanor, A. G. Knight, John Raven
horst, William Buelow, Fred Cramer,
Amri C. Treanor and Fayette Wilder.
The talesmen were summoned out
from Vernon Center by Coroner Ken
nedy, out from Mapleton by Deputy
Coroner Fowler, and out from Amboy
by Deputy Coroner Kenney.
Everybody Had An Excuse.
When Judge Cray announced that he
would hear requests for excuses, it
seemed as though so many wanted to
get off that few would be left 1t would
have gone hard with Amboy if fire had
broken out there, to Judge from the
number of members of it's fire company
on the venire. William Keinholz, Os-
car Robinson, F. Nj. Schwarz, X. S.
Halvaldson, p. II. Johnson and Fred
Mead were excused because they were
active members of the company. Benja-
min Fisk was excused because his wife
is ill; C. M. Quiggle because of complete
deafness in one ear; Adam Kellar be-
cause he is subject to pain in his breast
and head; H. F. Day because his eyes
are weak, especially in July, and he is
treating them; Ray Parks because he is
deputy postmaster; F.. Nj. Shelby be-
cause of heart and stomach trouble
Fred Cramer because he is past sixty
years; Lucius Reed because of sick
headaches recurring once week or two
August Hensline because of asthma; l.
w. Hanson because of chronic appen
dicitis; Jacob Nelson because of catarrh
+. w. White because his father, ageC
eiyhty-two, fell last Saturday and hurt
his back and has to be treated con
stantly; H. A. Hubner because OF
pleurisy; F. F. Cords because of appen
dicitis; A. G. Knight because of asth
ma; and John Rabenhorst because Of
illness for which he is receiving treat
ment but the nature of which he die
not know.
George Secrist desired to be excused
because he is very busy with his nipple
ment business, and +. H. Johnson be
cause of rheumatism. They were no
excused.
Everyone of the seventy five talesmel
were in court at a. m. or soon after
wards. Twenty two in all were excused
Z. G. Koch was not in court today
having returned to his home yesterday
n. E. Fuller of Amboy was the frs
talesman called He said that the evi
dence would have to be great dea
different from what it was before if h
was to change his mind
challenge by the defense was ad
mitted by the state.
Armi c.. Trenor of Decoria was no
challenged by the defense. He sal
that he favored capital punishment an
could vote to convict on circumstantia
evidence. A challenge by the state fo
actrIa1 hiae ,yaS found truo