Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-10
MILLIONAIRES MAY
SERVE As JURORS
ANOTHER VENIRE ORDERED IN
sTACKP0LE CASE
Deputy Declares He viii Camp on
Orange Grove Avenue In Pasa-
dena-six Men Thus Far
Are Chosen

BY order of Judge William James In
department of the superior court late
yesterday afternoon q second special
venre to select the jurors for the trial
of Eugene @. Stackpole was ordered
and twenty-five blank orders were
handed Deputy Sheriff Hutchinson to
serve on property owners Of Pasadena.
The mere fact that but six unpre1u-
diced men have been secured from the
seventy already examined is an ex-
ample of the sentiment against Stack
pole, and yesterday the chief cause for
peremptory challenges by the defense
was the decided liking for the death
penalty in murder cases shown by the
jurors.
Six Jurors Chosen
AS the case now stands seventy men
have been examined. out of that num-
Der six have been selected, examined
and sworn in as jurors to try the case.
Those selected are:
C. L. Hart, real estate dealer, Fifth
and Chicago streets, Los Angeles.
II. w. Dawson, Long Beach.
M. V. Fisher, Redondo
Elmer Thompson, orange grower,
Azusa.
j. X. Brenizer, retired merchant, 1879
Berendo street, Los Angeles.
Charles II. K. Leech, grocery clerk,
Pasadena.
In the case. according to law, each
side is entitled to challenge or dismiss
a juror without cause, simply because
they do not like the mans appearance,
UP to the number of twenty each.
Thus far sixteen men have been chal-
lenged by the defense, leaving them
four more challenges, while the prose-
cution has exhausted all but five. AS
result a third venre, an almost un-
heard of condition in the history Of
local courts, has been called, and to-
morrow morning it will be reported,
Mrs. Scheck to Appear Monday
1t is therefore agreed by attorneys in
the case that a full jury will have been
selected to try the case before the days
session closes, and thereafter the prose-
cution will open the case. Saturday be-
ing half holiday it is stated that Mrs.
Aurelia Scheck, the chief witness In
the case will not take the stand until
some time Monday when she will be
called upon to tell her story.
Yesterday morning the examination
of the officers who called the first spe-
cial venire was taken up. All proved
that they had nothing to do with the
case other than securing an ordinary
list of jurors. None showed any preJu-
dice, ana IHey were ulSlniSSSu Wy 'ie
court.
But no chances are to be taken of
second delay. and yesterday all the
subpoenas were given to Deputy
Hutchinson and all will be served by
him.
MiIlionaires as Jurors
| When the big deputy left he an
ncunced his intention of securing an
intelligent jury by camping on Orange
Grove avenue, the home of the Pasa-
| dena millionaires, and there naDplng
up the unsuspecting victims and haling
them before court to serve as trial
! jurors.
Yesterday Stackpole seemed to be
bored with the proceedings. He sneered
when told that Sergt. Janney, his
former guard in the Utah penitentiary,
was in town.
During the greater part of the morn
| ing he chatted and laughed with his
attorneys and seemed to take interest
| in the many spectators who were lean
| ing far over the railing to get glimpse
of him.
Following that, he contented himself
by making remarks about the jurors,
and when he was led back to jail there
was look of contentment on his face.
Stackpole, according to the state
ments of those who have known him,
is a smooth criminal and will put up a
desperate defense.
To Save Her Own Life
| While the Stackpoe case is proceed
ing Mrs. Aurelia Scheck is awaiting the
hour when she will be called to the wit
ness stand to face not only the man
whose slave she was but also the
scornful looks of the many women who
will be in court.
| Since her incarceration Mrs. Scheck
has become fully convinced that she
had no bad motive in assisting at her
husbands murder.
1t is rumored that when she takes the
stand she will testify that she ad-
mitted Stackpole to her home on the
night of the murder under the fear that
IL she refused she would be killed. 1t is
alleged that Stackpole told her if she
did not follow his Instructions to the
letter there would be double tragedy
and she would be the second victim.
How strong a witness the woman will
make is yet to be learned, but the
prosecution is confident that their
oceans of circumstantlal and real evil
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