Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-21
ANOTHER VENlRE NEEDED
only Nine Of Hundred Men Called at Boise
Last wssh Remain UnsIamiusd.
ONE PtRtwPTom CHALLENGES UNUSED
wi,nrss GATED Co Combat stoTy oi
TaIesmen Admtts u- ts in ray
OF Defense rsIiinH uis
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uOtgA idaho. May ~ II seems insvitns
bile ~, ~ steunenb~rg murder trial must
e ~ again tomorrow To- permit tho
~ hE of another special venire Or
amcn when the session today ended
only elcvcn out OF twenty poremptorv chNl-
lrnEcH had been used and bat nine ot tho
hundred vcnircmon geathorcd week nao
remained uuculled. Tho remaining nine Will
hardly furnish grist for n dHv's work ~
some time tomorrow Judge wood will prob
ably adjourn the trial for ut least n fun
day and send Sheriff ShNd iiodEln forth In
quest Of nfty additional tplcHmen.
rho vacancy created by the ninth chal-
lopEc made on Saturday. WIS open when
the trial was resumed this morning: the
vacancy created by the eleventh challenge
was open when court adjourned this after
noon. and the difference between the two
sums up tho little stride forward " today.
Joseph Chlnn OF chair No 3. challenged
by the dofonse and william McGufiin Of
chair No. G. challenged by the state. were
the men of the old crowd who went down
today George Powell and Ice scrvenrr
were the two men who passed muster to-
day, the first named for the vacancy madc
by the ninth challenge the last named the
tenth challenge. They arc both farmerH
and Mr Scrivener was formerl ya sheriff
In Kansas.
sixteen Men Examined.
Sixteen men were examined and excused
for cause Most OF them had dcep-seated
opinions as to the guilt or innocence OF
William u. Haywood and went down FOR
bias challenges from the state. Two Of
the sixteen had scruplcs against capital
punishment and two had scruples abou,
hanging murderer on circumstantial evil
dence.
The examination wearily droned its way
over the same old ground. although tho
defense has narrowed its range Of ques
tioning. It asked nothing today abou
the Roosevelt letters and the Taft speeches
but devoted much attention to possible
local prejudices and tht existence Of gen
eral prejudice against socialists.
Good humor has come to counsel ant
they joked and played back and forth al
day, and the laughter of an easily pleased
crowd frequently sounded through tn
rooms Once only was the easy swing o
the day broken when the defense returne'
to Juror Fisher and questioned him as t
a conversation with C. p. Allen, a loca
socialist, in October last. Mr.. Fisher wa
at first certain that he had not talke
with Mr.. Alien, DuI Wnen MT. Alien cam
forward the juror said he recognized him
| Mr.. Allen was sworn and testified tina
| Mr.. Fisher had said that he knew OF tn
acts of the accused in Colorado and tina
I they should have been strung up befor
tey were brought to Idaho. Mr.. Ffshe
maintained that he did not say anythin
of the kind, but thought he might hav
said that IL the accused were guilty o
the things done in Colorado they shoul
have been strung up. James H. HawleS
leading counsel for the state, questione
Mr.. Allen at length and brought out tn
statement that he was employed by tn
defense to poll his. precinct: that ne wa
paid $3.50 per day when ne worked an
that he was under pay today. Judge Woo
failed to sustain the objection agains
Fisher and he remains in the jury box 70
the time being.
r. d. Catalan, an attorney Of Bois'
Joined the defense as associate counsel &c
day. He makes the eighth of counsel 70
the defense participating in the trial
The trial goes on at $50 in the morning
and in the future that will be the hou
Of convening and adjourning will be at
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