The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-14
ONE TALESMAN
ADDED To JURY
Little Progress Made in SeCur-
ing Twelve Men to Try
William Haywood.
EXCUSE TWENTY-F0UR MEN
COURT ROOM CROWDED FOR
FIRST TIME.
EXCUSE TWENTY-F0UR MEN

Boise. Ida. May 1s-Only fragment
OF today was given over to the actual
work in the Haywood trial, and the one
step forward was the qualification of a
single talesman who seems marked for
peremptory challenge later. The rest of
the time went to the taiesmen of the spe-
oial venire and the reasons that made 1t
impossible for them to serve the state at
this time Judge Wood called the case at
O'Clock and at once gave attention to
the 100 men summoned by Sheriff Hodgin
IN the special venire issued on Thursday
last The court asked those who had
special excuses 10 offer TO come forward
and up surged little mob of thirty-five.
They swarmed around the clerks desk
ana choked up the left approach to the
bench.
Some Were Federal Grand Jurors.
Seven of them were sick and five of
them were the husbands of sick wives.
Some presented crisp-lOoking certificates
from doctors. Others offered their quak-
ing bodies as visual evidence, the rest
pleaded earnestly. Then there were ditch
riders who must ride hard and constantly
these days in this land of irrigation where
water is a community concern. Next
there was a batch of federal grand jurors
VINO are under call TO meet on June 10,
q date that will surely conflict with this
trial. and after them trOOped little col
lumn OF county officials great and small.
Then there were administrators of estates
with heirs who may suffer by their en-
forced absence, and two bankers who
JioDal banks
In age they range from gray-haired old
chaps. quivering under their years to
husky youngsters in early citizenship and
in appearance from the weather. marked.
1nuScle-gnarled of the farm to we'll !
dressed comfortable burghers.
Patience of the Court.
With tact and patience Judge Wood
heard them through and the thirty-fiVe /
tales were not all told until 800 by the /
clock TwentN-rour of the pleadeTs were /
excused and the other eleven returned to |
the panel, either temporarily perma- |
nentiy. leaving a total of sevcnty-six.
In the hour devoted to counsels' exam |
1natIon of talesmen, Ellsworth Lister. 2 /
young farmer. who had vainly striven to |
be excused. went down before an objec- |
ton from the prosecution for Implied bias /
and gave way to Walter Shaw, % years /
old. a brother of a present member Of /
Formerly meat cutter Of Seattle and /
Everett, Wash. Shaw qualified after an /
extended examination that filled the time /
down to adjournment, but he was indef- /
mite in many of his answers and seemed |
uniformed upon many matters essential |
3n the standard grade Of jurors. Shaw is /
generally labeled for peremptory chal-
Questions of Counsel.
The examination by James II. Hawley. /
leading counsel for the state, was again |
brief. that of e +. Richardson again long /
and searching. Hawley chiefly directed /
himself TO the question of attitude toward /
circumstantiai evidence. capital punish 1
ment and the absence of the prisoner /
from Idaho when the crime was commit |
ted. He also sought for possible feeling /
to former Governor Steunenberg per- |
sonslly, and carefully questioned the |
talesman as TO formed and expressed opin- |
IONS and the possibility Of their removal /
by competent evidence.
Hawley's direct challenge - Lister in
the only talesman examined by Richard
son.
Looking for Prejudice.
Once again he asked to the effect of |
the letter of President Roosevelt designat-
ing Haywood and his associates as 'un-
desirable citizens the speeches OF Sec
rotary Taft and the acts of Governor
Gooding and the Idaho legislature He /
again carefully sought for prejudice /
against Socialists and members of the |
Western Federation of Miners. possible /
orally. He also covered the line of SYM
{pathy with or interest in the organization
\of mine owners and the Citizens ALI 1
Ance and possible local alliances in the /
Talesman Shaw said that after he had /
been summoned on Saturday last, he /
talked the fact over with IT, members of /
his family and this led Judge Wood to /
pointedly admonish the other tslesmen to |
refrain from discussing the case with any
one under any circumstances. He asked |
person or persons who attempted after |
warning to talk 10 them about the case.
Young steunenberg in Court.
To the court this afternoon came julius /
Steunenberg. son of the murdered gov
ern0r. a tall. sturdy youth stTiRngly like /
bis father in face and figure. For two /
hours he sat with the members of the |
Boise bar. ten feet from the chair of the /
prisoner. William Haywood. He spoke to
no ore and remained a quiet and unob-
trusiVe spectator. He is here under sub
poena as a witness. and ii is expected will
be among the first called
The Haywood group was the sd me as on
last THURSDAY The prisoner sat at the
Inner end OF the line of chairs in the rear
his youngest daughter and at her side the
nurse. Next I'm line Was the invalid wife
and mother and al her right the comelv
elder daughter. They too were Quiet and
Tnobtrusive spectators to. the proceedings.
Court Room Crowded.
The courtroom was crowded for the first
lime but that was because of the presence
Of the summoned hundred Jurors An
hour after the session began Sheriff
Hodgin ordered the doors closed and for
the rest Of the afternoon admission was
denied the few stragglers who came
along
There are now twelve men occupying
jury box and jury house or the num-
her four have been examined and tenn
poFariiy passed by both Sides eight re-
main TO be questioned by the defense In
future the court is to sit from 10 TO 10
in the morning and from to 4:3G in the
afternoon unless otherwise ordered BIZ
Judge Wood.
Haywood was brought in while the clerk
Of the court was reading the minutes of
last Thursdays session The reading of