Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-18
Peremptory allenges, How.
ever, May Result in
the Dismissal Of
Two Of Men in
Box
2 UNION MEN CHOSEN;
FARMERS PREDOMINANT
Court Holds no Session
This Morning Out Of Re
spect to Memory Of
Former Judge Who
Died Yesterday

Boise, Idaho. May 16.-Out of respect
for the memory of Edward Nugent,
first judge of the Ada county district
court, the court over which ne pre-
sided as one of the predecessors of
Judge Wood will not proceed with the
preliminary stages of the trial of VIM.
D. Haywood until 2 o'clock this after
noon. Judge Nugent was the father Of
John F. Nugent, one of the counsel for
Haywood
Twelve men who have been examin-
ed, cross examined, prodded, catechis.
ed qualified as jurors in the case Of
William D. Haywood charged with
murder. The state has used one of its
peremptory challenges and will prob
ably use more.
The defense has decided to peremp-
torily dismiss two and probably three
of the men who have replied to the
statutory questions with such appar-
ent frmness they cannot be dismissed
for cause. :,
The following jurors are in the box
today: A. L. Ewing, carpenter; Geo.
F. Nav, farmer; Samuel D. Gilman,
farmer; Walter Shaw, farmer; Allen
Pride, farmer; William McGuff1n, coal
and feed dealer; orie Cole, farmer; q.
H. Mcintyre, farmer; w. H. Bisby,
farmer; A. P. Burnes, farmer; w. M.
Ridge, farmer; Samuel F. Russell,
farmer.
AS days pass Jurors are not qualify
ing very rapidly and by the time per-
entories are used several days at
j least will probably elapse before the
witnesses are called to tell what they
know about the assassination Of Frank
steunenberg the alleged conspiracy in
the Western Federation of Miners and
the connection of Haywood, Meyer and
Pettbone with the crime.
Republican Majority.
Extraordinary features attend the
drawing of this jury in this far west
ern community. More than sixty men
have been interrogated upon every i'm
aginable subject and the court reports
transcript shows that all but three Of
these number are republicans. One
democrat was dismissed at the In
stance of the Defense because he had
uttered opinions touching the guilt of
i Haywood.
! A witness was called to prove that
! juror Henry, a carpenter, believed, I'M
til he was examined in court, that the
miners union officials could not have
been arrested and brought from Colo
RADIO if they were not guilty.
George F. May, the last man drawn,
is liable to peremptory challenge by
the defense because he was condition
ally passed last night. He has fixed
and increasing prejudice toward labor
unions generally and to the Western
Federation of Miners particularly.
This antipathy is based solely upon
newspaper reading. Nav is twenty
eight years of age and says that his
opposition to unionism becomes more
emphatic as he grows older. In all
other things he answered straight. ap-
pears to be a fine. self-reliant, indie
pendent citizen. His declaration that
he would not be biased against Hay
wood or any one else because his men,
bership in union rang true despite
his anti-union sentiments.
"Blg Church" Popular.
But two men who ever belonged to a
labor union have been found in this
4 yenire. They severed membership
years ago. They are both on the jury
and unless peremptorily dismissed by
i the state they remain. Only one citi
! zen of the twelve is church 'commun.
] icant. He is Russell the prohibition
list and he attends the Congregational
Il church. All the others belong to the
j "big church." as the non.church goers
} are called here.
4 Senator Borah for the state, exam
;. ined the first peremptory. and he ex
], cused William Van Arsdale, a grocer
1 Under the practice here the pane
must be filled all the time and an
A other juror was drawn to take Var
. Arsdale's place. When the next MAJ
| is accepted for cause the defense will
make its first peremptory challenge
Two that are sure to go are Farmer
Allen Pride and Walter Shaw, the
brother of State Senator Shaw.