Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-08
START ON THE GROVE CASE
Pirst Step Of Getting Jury Proves to
Be Long One.
COURT ROOM FILLED WITH SPECTATORS
Notopio1r Pat smiles when charge
of RobbinR Edward A. Cudnhy
Of Twenty-Five Thous-
and Dollars Is Read.

In a court uncomfortable crowded with
curious. spectators the. attempt to secure
jury Of twelve unpreJudiced men I'm the
Cudahy robbery case against Pat Grove
began Wednesday morning before Judge
sutton The proceedings during the fore
noon We're OF a formal nature and devoid
Of spectacular features yet standing room
was at premium and before the session
was fairly begun the seats were filled
aud many werr pccupying inprovised rest
ing places on b4,wtndow sls.
BY the noon adjournment County At
torney stabauglI had examined the first
twelve OF the Jury panel whose names
had been drawn from the box, and At
torney English for the defendant had just
begun his examination. The attorneys in
terest6d have no hopes of securing a jury
before some time Thursday at the earliest.
Court was called to order at $3.50 and
the defendant was already In consultation
with his lawyers, ]. p, English and A. s.
Rtchie. He was in charge of Deputy
Sheriff Haze He was neatly dressed and
appeared TO be in the best of spirits. Dur
ing the brief statement of the case by
County attorney Sabaugh before the ex-
animation of jurors began, he listened at
tentively with a smile when the charge
was mentioned. During the examination of
prospective Jurors he gave close attention
and was in frequent consultation with
his lawyers ...t...
Mrs. Olcson on Hand.
One or the interested spectators was Mrs.
Rachel Oleson of Minneapolis, who came
to Omaha with 'the declared intention of
throwing some new light on the case. She
is said to be demented.
In his examination of jurors Mr.. Sla-
baugh laid considerable stress on the fact
that the charge In this case was robbery
and not kidnapping He also asked for a
statement from each as to whether or not
tho fact that Mr.. Cudahy reputed to
be very wealthy would have any influence
in the final judgment of the case OF the
Jurors examined only two had known the
defendant and one or two more we're &C.
quainted with one or more of his relatives.
These are the men first called to the jury
box and their occupations:
August Carlson, 2S17 South Twentieth
street, grocer.
c. S. Hayward, 1917 South Thirty-first
street. wholesale shoes.
John r. David, 140S William street. dry
goods merchant.
George II. Deveraux, SIG South Twenty
NTH avenue, superintendent New York
Life building.
John J. Daley, Twenty-eighth and Madi-
avenue. South Omaha butcher
r. c. Craig, 47S6 North Thirty-ninth
street, clerk, Union Pacific.
w. Rosenbaum, 1902 Bancroft street. sign
painter.
II. L. Gibbs. 172i Van Camp avenue, real
estate.
A. J. Harder. 1857 Q street, South Omaha
packing house employe.
r. E. Sunderland, 1877 South Thirty-nrst
street. coal dealer
L. d. Goodchild. 20l4 Clark street. barber.
ID. A. Cozzens, 245l South Seventeenth
street, travelling freight agent
Crowd stiII Larger.
When court convened at o'clock for the
AFTERNOON session the crowd in the room
was larger than at the morning session
Many spectators stood up during the en-
tire afternoon. though nothing occurred TO
break the monotony of the examination OF
jurors. The court announced the state
would be allowed three peremptory chal-
lenges and the defense eight At the
close OF the session the defense had used
four of these and the state one Three
other Jurors were excused for cause. one
on account OF health. one because OF ad-
mitted prejudice and one because he is a
defendant in the printers Injunction case
which renders him ineligible Twenty-Five
of the panel had been examined
Before Diminishing the Jurors Judge SUIT
ton cautioned them against talking TO
anyone about the case or allowing any
person to approach them on the subject
1t is probable County Attorney slabaugh
VIII ask the jury be isolated between
sessions of the court during the trial. He
predicted the hearing would last at least
ter days
The work OF selecting the jury will begin
again this morning at $3.50 and probably
Will take up the entire day.