The Lamar register., 1907-06-26
JURORS FAILING
STRAIN ON MEN IN HAYWOOD
CASE CAUSES ALARM.
TRIAL MAY LAST TO AUGUST I,
Weather is Growing Hot in Boise an :.
Thermometer is Gradually
Crawling Up.

Boise-Will the Haywood jury hold
out through the oppressive heat of
June and the overpowering sultriness
of July?
Counsel on both sides place August
list as the earliest date to look for the
conclusion of the great conspiracy
trial, and that means six weeks of !.
sitting purgatory that will tax the
strength of vigorous man.
Already some of the jurors are show
ing effects of the confinement. Not
man among the twelve but has sut
fered and shows the traces, some more
than others.
In No. 12, Samuel Russell, the gray
bearded patriarch, lacking one year on
the three score and ten. betrays in his
appearance and in his every movement
that the strain is telling on him. The
large, high-backed armchair which he
fills offers nothing of rest to his aged
limbs. 1t has been necessary to sup
ply him plentifully with soft pillows, and
the efficacy of these aids to age and en-
croaching infirmity is of doubtful dura-
ton.
Samuel Gilman, in No. 3. is also the
object of solicitous glances from attor-
neys and court officials. His chair. like
Juror Russell's, is padded with large
pillows. His step lacks spring and his
cheek is pale and haggard.
The most surprising change in any of
the lot is noticed in Juror o. v. Sebern.
the man from Wyoming, who was on
the Tom Horn jury. When Sebern
first presented himself he was good to
look upon. His was the appearance of
the typical man of the plains, trained
to the hour, clean limbed and tanned
and bronzed by life in the open air.
He looked good for any hardship the
Jury service might impose.
Shadow of Former Self.
The three weeks that he has been
confined in the court room and held in
restraint of bailiffs have worked
transformation in his appearance. Sc
bern is about six feet in height, or was
The day he first appeared as prospec-
live actor in this show. Straight he
was as an Indian and 1.-the. but now he
stoops, the bronze has gone from his
cheeks and deep lines have worn
their way from brow to jawbone.
Sebern's eyes also have begun to
give him trouble. and the past week he
has appeared wearing glasses. an in.
strument of higher civilization which
plainly annoys and disgusts the COW
man.
The arrangement of Judge Woods
court room is about as awkward as
could well be. The jurors are seated
on a slightly raised platform and face
squarely the south wall of the building.
which is cut with four windows.
Through these windows the light
streams and makes glare that daz-
zles the eyes of the jurors. 1t was this
dazzling light that annoyed Sebern and
compelled the use of glasses. He stood
II for about two weeks and then COM
planned. and since then Judge Wood
has ordered that the shutters be closed
throughout the entire court day.
While this arrangement keeps out
the offending light 1t also prevents the
entrance Of fresh air from that quar-
short time becomes filled with foul air,
that is not perceptibly disturbed by the
neutrality-suspicious. electric fan.
And it is growing hot in Boise. The
last few days the thermometer ranged
up about ninety degrees and the old
timer here promises yet hotter days
for this month and next.
The jurors have been drawn from the
farms and the countryside. Every man
of the twelve has been used to outdoor
life, indeed most of them have been
farmers all their lives and the confine.
ment is new and strange experience
to them. II is unavoidable that they
should fret under the restraint imposed
upon them and 1t is easily accountable
that imaginary ills may develop into
real ones.
Under the instructions of the court,
the jurors are taken for short walks
about the secluded streets of the town
in company with the bailiffs. but such
exercise hardly sufices for the lack OF
daily work which has hitherto been their
portion.
Judge Wood has also provided that
whenever the humor seizes them. a
trolley ride may be had and such an
excursion was taken several days ago.
The house in which the jurors are
lodged is fairly comfortable habita-
tion, but the sleeping quarters are not
of the best.