The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-14
LOVING CASE IS
NOW ON TRIAL
JURY SECURED AFTER CONSIDER.
ABLE TROUBLESOME HUN
DRIED MEN sUsPoENAED.
REPRESENTATIVE MEN
Dispute Which Led to Murder Arose
Over Disposition OF Car Lad
of Lumber IN Cairo
Yards.

The second trial of the Loving kill.
Ing case is before the McCracken
county circuit court at Paducah 1t
was begun "Wednesday forenoon and
during the afternoon jury was Sc
cured. Yesterday morning at Q O'Clock
the taking OF evidence was begun As
! there are something like thirty wit
nesses In the ease and all testimony
| Is going to be well sifted. the trial
lis likely to last the balance of the
week
In the prosecution the state is rep
resented by Commonwealth's Attor,
ney John G. Loyett, County Attorney
A. w. Barltley and Judge r. T.
Lightfoot The attorneys for the de-
Tense are Hons. Hal Corbett. Camp.
bell Flournoy, Thomas Harrison and
| Cecil Reed OF Paducah, and Hon. Sam
Grassland. OF Mayfield, the latter com
ing into The case instead of Congress
man Ollie NJ James. of Marion, who
was in the first trial
In selecting the jury which is to
hear the evidence and decide the case
the regular panel was exhausted with.
our the selection OF only three jury
man. Judge Reed recognized at the
outset that trouble was TO proceed the
choosing of the jury and gave the
sheriff instructions to subpoena one
hundred iurymen for 2 O'Clock and the
order was obeyed. When court con
yened In the afternoon the court room
was crowded with attorneys, wit
ne sses and jurors. and the excellent
work of the sheriff and his deputie.
was manifested in the character of
the special yenire present. The work
OF choosing the needed jury was be
gun with little delay and two hour
and a half were spent ere the body
was declared complete. OF the regular
panel and the special venire tiftysiX
men were found incompetent or eX
eused IN selecting the jury. and
though many were dismissed because
Of expressed opinions or acquaintance
with the evidence. the state and the
,sfense exhausted their prerogatiyes
in the matter The body finally chosen
and accepted i composed of he fol-
lowing gentlemena very represents
tive body of men: j. NJ. Mckinney +.
b. Chies. J. r. Pierce, ). L. Ward, A.
Rosenthal. j. w Leigh. Il. C. Beasley
j. C. Butler, T. c. Walker, D. NJ. Potts
t. ID. Smedley and w l.. Sullivant
The jury wa not sworn when its
selection was completed as shis would
have made il compulsory for the &C
cused, Mr. Loving. so nave gone 10
jail for he night. but the oath was
yesterday morning at
the assembling OF court The body
was, however, instructed as to its
duty in the case and placed in charge |
of Deputy Sheriff Clark Fortson for
the night
About 10 o'clock the forenoon of !
August 3, 1906, The accrued. II. II, |
Loving. shot and killed Herbert A. |
Rose. The shooting occurred in the |
office of the Kentucky Mil and Lum-
Der company, In the Fraternity build |
ing. and was the result of busin -
difference and quarrel and probable |
attack upon Loving ny Rose. There
were no eye witnesses to the shoot |
ing bur several parties were near 10y |
and these have become important wit
nes.e, both for the state and the d.
Tense.
The trouble between the two men !
originated over the aisposit on of a
car load of lumber in the Cairo yards |
of the company. Loving having ac
cused Rose of dishonesty.
The first dispute over the matter |
took place in this city and wa fol
low I'd by the tragedy al Paducah