The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-04

but at one time farmed in the Boise
valley, He is 30 vars old and Repub-
hcan. Some years ago he engaged in
the grocery business. He belonged 10
the carpenters union and is the only
member OF the jury who was connect ed
with labor union.
s. z. Russell, who was the first of
The twelve jurymen selected and who
has gone under the fire Of twenty per-
emptory challenges unscathed, is long
bearded man of imposing appearance,
and rancher of prominence in the coun-
ty. Politically he is opposed to Senator
Borah and so confessed himself, He
also said that he is now n prohibition
isS. He was born in Illinois siXty.eight
years ago. Russell was at one time a
Justice Of the peace in this county, and
is evidently n man in whom the people
place considerable confidence.
In a joint interview with Mr., Darrow
and Mr.. Richardson, after the empanel-
ling of the jury today, the following
statement WAS made by them.
WHAT the Defense Says.
''The Haywood Jury is made up of
eight Republicans. three Democrats and
one Prohibitionist. 1t consists of nine
farmers. one real estate agent. one
building contractor and one foreman of
ltllSt COILS lIugllOu on Il IallTpdt. mere
is no man on the jury who works for
wages or who has ever belonged To a
labor organization, excepting Burns,
who was member of a carpenters
union fourteen years ago. or who has
ever been n student of trades unionism
or the labor question. In the two hum
dred odd Jurors drawn not more than
three trades unionists were placed in
the panel. and these were excused for
conscientious objections TO capital pun
ishmcnt and fixed opinions. The Jurors
drawn have been mainly farmers, inter
spersed with large number of bankers
and some business men.
Sees Glass Prejudice.
"The jurors appear to be men Of
honest purposes, determined to give the
defendant fair trial, hut it is uni
formiy made up Of n class to which
none Of the defendants has ever be.
longed and who have no natural kim
ship 10 labor organizations. In addi-
tion to this, they are drawn from a
small county almost wholly agricultural,
and each member for a wear and Il half
has read little about the case except
what has been contained in the Boise
daily papers, and this has been uniform
lv hostile 10 the defendants Nearly
all Of them admitted that they had
A'A fit' OIibl'hS dlll 'lbNSlpuS Ilpm
what they read, and necessarily these
must have been against the defend
ant.
Commenting on the jury, James "A.
Hawley, leading counsel for The State,
said:
State Is Satisfied.
we are thoroughly satisfied with
the Jury. We have twelve fair minded
men who viii do even Justice between
the State and the defendant They are
all good citizens of Ada county and the
State of Idaho. They arc men, be-
lieve, without the slightest prejudice,
and we are willing to await their yer,
dict in confidence after the evidence is
all in -
Messrs. Darrow and Richardson is
sued A Joint statement today asserting
that at no time has there been any dis
agreement between them on any point
in the case. The former announced in
court this afternoon that Peter 'Breen,
an attorney of Butte. had joined the
defense, and Judge Wood directed that
he be formally enrolled.