The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
SERVING ON JURY
IS TO BE MADE COMFORTABLY BY
 CHICAGO.
VIII Achieve Distinctiou of Being the First to Treat Jurors
 Free Cit- fxcus

Chicago will soon achieve the dis tinction of being the pioneer city in the United States to adopt the plan of treating jurors as free citizens. enti- tied to comfortable quarters and clean, wholesome diet, instead of as prison- CTS. who sometimes receive worse pun ishment than the men they find guilty of crimes
 When the new jurors quarters, to be constructed on the sixth floor of the Criminal Court building, have been completed. 1t is believed that all cause for complaint against treatment in the way of sleeping accommodations and food will have been removed, and, as a result better class of jurors will be obtained.
 Plans for the new quarters, which were drawn by County Architect Harris w. Huehl, were completed yesterday and bids for the work of reconstruc- tion will be opened in a few weeks. When completed the top floor of the north side court building to all intents and purposes will be a first class ju- TOTS hotel.
 Quarters for Three Juries. Provision will be made for three suites of rooms for the accommodation of three juries at one time. There will be three separate dining rooms and a common gymnasium, to be used alternately by the different juries. A | general kitchen will be provided and i the food service will be equal to that of the best hotels
 i Work on the new quarters will be- 1 gin the moment the Probate Court. which now occupies the top floor of the building, has been removed to | rooms provided for 1t in the new coun- | ty building. The removal probably will take place some time next July or Au- 1 gust.
 No pains or expense will be spared by the county board in fitting up the new quarters, and upon their comple- ton Chicago will be in a position to boast of the finest jury rooms in the United States and probably the world. Each of the three suites of rooms will contain three dormitories for four beds each for jurors. and a bedroom containing two beds for the attending bailiffs. In each of the suites will be provided a large toilet room. contain ing tub and shower baths, lavatories and other toilet requisites There will also be large recreation room or parlor in connection with each suite, where jurors may lounge, smoke and read books. and a locker room with an individual metal locker for l each juror The finish and fittings will | be modern and first class in every par | ticular.
 Gymnasium to he Provided. Two of the suites will be located in the east end of the building and one | in the west end. A large corridor and | elevator approach will occupy the cen- ] ter of the structure The gymnasium, which will be equipped with all mod | ern apparatus for gymnastic exercise, will be located in the east end, be- tween two of the jurors suites. T,,eA fto e,Yst tn will be located the three dining rooms In direct connection with the general kitchen, storerooms. and cooks and servants quarters. It is planned to equip the kitchen with all modern con- veniences, including ranges. refriger- ator. linen closets, and all of the de- tailed arrangements of a first class culinary department
 All the suites will be so arranged as to preclude the possibility of com municating with jurors from the out side, either from the windows corri- dors In the building, or from the ser wants rooms.
 As a part of the recreation scheme, 1t is planned to provide a breathing spot" for the jurors on the roof of the building. High guard railings will be built around the cornice and accommodations will be provided for walking exercises. As the quarters will be on the top floor. access to the roof will be convenient.
 Complaints against the present method of housing and feeding jurors came to a climaxe during the trial of John A. Cooke. when an attempt was made to bribe a juror in that case. The Cooke jury was housed in the Revere house and Steve Grove, pro- prietor of the hotel, was indicted and tried on the charge of being the would be briber.
 Grove was acquitted of the charge. but public indignation was aroused over the fact that the method of housing juries In cheap hotels where jurors easily were accessible made bribery an easy possibility. For this reason, men with comfort able homes and accustomed to cleanly surroundings, and good, well cooked food, always have tried to evade jury service. They would rather lay them selves open to the charge of neglect Ing their public duty than to submit to what amounted to barbarous treat ment In the matter of food and sleep | ing accommodations.
 It Is to remedy these conditions. relic of the days when Chicago was A village, that the new quarters have been planned.