Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-21
ADDITIONAL
7 TALESMEN
ARE NEEDED
Steunenberg Murder
Trial Must Be
Halted
Another Special Venire
of Fifty Is to Be
Called Today
sixteen Prospective Jurors Examined
and Excused for Cause-NIne
para m NJ onu NkaIIou.
Sixteen Prospective Jurors Examined
and Excused for Cause-NIne
Peremptory Challenges
Remain
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
BOISE, Idaho, May 2O.-It seems in
eVitable that the Steunenberg murder
trlal must be halted again tomorrow to
permit the gathering of another special
venire of talesmen.
When the session of today ended only
eleven out of twenty peremptory chal-
Ienses mad been used and but nine of
the one hundred veniremen gathered a
week ago remained uncalled. The re-
manning nine will hardly furnish grist
1or days work. so sometime tomorrow
Judge wood will probably adjourn the
trlal Tor at least a full day and send
Sheriff Shad Hodgin forth in quest of
fifty additional talesmen.
Inc vacancy created by the ninth chal-
e lenge, made on Saturday, was open when
the trial was resumed this morning.
Inc vacancy created by the eleventh
chaIlenge was open when court ad-
Journed this afternoon, and the difference
between the two sums up the little stride
forward of today.
Joseph Chinn. in chair No. 8, chal-
lenged by the defense, and William Nc
Guffin, in chair No. 6, challenged by the
state, were the men of the old crowd
@ VINO went down today. George Powell
who passed muster today, the first
named for the vacancy made by the ninth
. challenge. They are both farmers and
Kansas. ---
There were sixteen men examined and
excused for cause. Most of them had
deep-seated opinions as to the guilt or
lnnocence of William D. Haywood and
went down for bias challenges from the
state Two of the sixteen had scruples
about capital punishment and two others
had scruples about hanging a murderer
on circumstantial evidence.
Roosevelt Not Mentioned
The examination wearily droned it's way
over the same old ground, although the
defense has narrowed it's range of oues-
tioning. 1t asked nothing today about
the Roosevelt letters and the Taft
speeches, but devoted much attention to
possible local prejudice and the existence
of general prejudice against Socialists.
Good humor has come back to counsel
and they joked and played, back and
forth all day and the laughter of an
through the room.
Only once was the easy swing of the
day broken. The defense returned to
Juror Fisher and questioned him as to
a conversation with c. F. Allen, local
Socialist, in October last. Mr.. Fisher
was at first certain that he had not
Allen came forward the juror said he
recognized him.
Mr.. Allen was sworn and testified that
Mr.. Fisher hadf said that he knew of
the acts of the accused in Colorado and
that they should have been strung up
before they were brought to Idaho. Mr..
Fisher maintained that he did not say
anything of the kind, but thought he
might have said that If the accused were
guilty of the things done in Colorado
they should have been strung up.
James H. Hawley, leading counsel for
the state, questioned Mr. Allen at length
and brought from him the statement that
he was employed by the defense to poll
his precinct, that he was paid $3.50 per
day when he worked, and that he was
under pay today.
Judge Wood failed to sustain the chal-
lenge of Mr.. Fisher and he remains in
the jury for the time being.
C. P. Catalan, an attorney of Boise,
Joined the defense as associate. counsel
today He makes the eighth of counsel
for the defense participating in the trial.
The trial goes on at $3.50 in me morning
and in the future that will be the hour
of convening, and adjournment will be
at o'clock.