The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-06-26

time he committed The deed for
which he g. now bsinr tflsdTt
Large Crowd Present.
The crowd q spectators at the
TRIAL Was even larRer This morning
than yesterday. and had even more
than yesterday the appearance 81 a
I convention or reunion " some tribe
/ ~ moral political ami religious free
I thinkers The crowd for the most
part Is made up OF long haired and
bafd headed men. men with unusual
chronological bumps prominent IN
their features. men 81 abnormal
mental development or incllnations.
. Ut the l5a or more persons IN at
tendance, Of whom some 20 Wers
T women, there were a. least 30 bald
headed men. One spectator - 10
completely bald and has such 4
striking resemblance 10 pictures and
cartoons Of John %. x iekefeiier that
lt Has the cause Of mueh remark ia
the court room. Another spectator
was adorned with Eibeft Hubbard
hat and hair. while there was gem
sral tendency on the part 81 the
G
HIaxellnesa in dress whirh - many
persons appear 20 associate with
habits u plain living and high
thinking
Womsn Lees kotiesssi..
The women for the most rsrt are
iean noticeable for Individual char
aeteristics than the men. though
there uera several anong them who
were marked - some ~ the same
/ striking general eharaeterisfies.
Some diversion was caused Ia fhs
court room over the cross eaanlIna-
ton OF q. IS. French. "a Enumeiaw
daifgtnan. by the replies ~ the 5u-
ror with reference o. his own work
and habits Of life. French testified
That newspapers containing ac-
counts ~ the killing Wsre received
at his home. bat that he did not
read fhe accounts closely because
be was 10 busy lie has been en-
gagged az clearing land. at which
be works from 80 20 ~ hours a day.
Ia the morning and again IN the
evening be miikK 20 cows and has
other chores 20 attend 10 which
!
days work g. done his wife reads
the papers. bul he does not. as a
rule. give her reading a great deal
% attention.
Read Account 81 Killing.
While she read the accounts Of
the cfefneid kililuK IA his pres
cnee they aid not discuss 1t at all.
and there was 40 exchange Of opin-
ions between them regarding It.
At the orening Of court this norm
ing Judge Frazier dismissed AL Of
The Witnesses for the prosecution
until Thursday morning, and all OF
those Tor the defense until Friday
morning. II even sppears ilnprob-
able that the jury vii be procured
before Thursday afternoon or later.
Read the Newspaper.
A striking feature Of the exam
inaiion OF yeulrcmen In the Mitch
leil murder ease yesterday aud this
morning was the Indication OF the
v iae spread interest In and knowl-
edge of the case. as shown by the
fact that all the men examined had
Il
the newspapers and had. almost
without exception. discussed Il with
Others and formed opinions as 20
the goilt or innocence OF the 40.
cused.
/ Ordinarily. on such criminal
trials there are few iurymen call.
ed who have never heard OF the
case. 1r az least who have taken 50
little interest Ia Il that they have
never discussed Il or formed any
Ioplaions regarding t. In this case
al the prospective iurymen have
done 80.
Justihsble Homicide.
Another feature which renders Il
more than ordinarily difficult TO
get a jury is the fact that 80 many
men believe that circumstances can
arise IN which a man Is justified
In taking the Law into his own
hands An men who express. or in
any way display such belief in
the course OF the examination. are
scrupulously exclude by the at
torneys for the prosecution
Religious Features Omitted.
As yet the religious element in
the case has hardly been referred
20. the only references to It in the
examination being an occasional
question by the attorneys for tho
defense whether iurymen under ex-
animation would be prejudieed
against the defendant on account
Of the fact that the man he killed
Is a religious teacher and proiessed
Z to be a second Christ