The Cairo bulletin., 1907-05-28
TRIAL HALTED TO
GET NEW vEN|RE
LAST MAN OF SECOND PANEL
DISQUALIFIED IN HAYWOOD
CASE.
NO UNION MEN CALLED
So Far to Serve on the Jury, the Ma
jority Being Farmers or Ranch
ers--Lawyers of Opposing
Sides Facs Battle.

Boise, Idaho, May 27.-The Steunen-
berg murder trial is again interrupted
by exhaustion of the jury panel. The
last man of the second special yenire
was disqualified early this afternoon
and Jrdge Wood postponed the trial
until Friday when the sheriff Is to
produce another special venire of 81
men. The work of jury filling is stop
ped at the vacancy created by the
$ venth peremptcry challenge so that
there remain three more perenptory
challenges. Besides that there is a
chance that Juror Tourtello ta, who
objected to inhiction of ath penalty
save in war or anarchy, be excused
when it somes time to finally soaring
In the jury and Juror A r. Burns Is
suffering from lumbago, These cir
cumstances leave the date Of the com
pletion of the jury in doubt
Two hundred and sixteen citizens
Of Ada county, Idaho, have come and
gone and barring the fifty who were
excused for legal of physical exemp-
ton. there has not been a single utter
ance on the part of one alesman that
indicated bias IN favor Of HAYWOOD.
who today entered the fourth week
Ct bis trial for the assassination Of ex-
Governor Steunenbers.
With the exception of half adozen
bankers and merchants. who were in
GUIDED in the one regular and two
special venires, the possible jurors
we're all ranchers. The defendants
attorneys are now pointing out that
ii is marked coincidence that only
one member of labor union and not
one Socialist, of which there are said
to be many in this section, has ap
peared in the jury box.
Boise a Union Town.
Boise Is a pretty well organized
union town There are about 500
members Of organized labor working
here and ca h local organization Is
affiliated with Tire American Fedora
tion of Labor. This is no, a mining
section ami consequently there is no
subordinate organization of the West
cfn Federation of Miners, of which
Moyer and Haywood We're president
and secretary, respectively. Nor Is
there a branch of the Industrial
Workers of the World here. Jurors
are drawn from the polling lists and
the only legal requirement is citizen
ship
While no charge Is made that union
men were designedly omitted from
the lists given to Sheriff Sam Hodgin,
Haywoods attorneys are incline1 TO
comment on the circumstance thaf
workingmen of Boise were overlooked
when Jurors were summoned. When
the iurv is completed. which will be
two or ihree days more probably, not
more than two of the men who are
to Judge Haywood viii have Other
vocation than farming.
Many farmeN who were examined
during the wearing days of the pasl
three weeks indicate mole or less
preindlce TO organized labor
That the irritating and exasperat
in. work of geing a jury is putting
a feather edge on the nerves OF tht
ccntending lawyers and the judge Is
more apparent each day. and by The
lime the first witness Is called tbs
advocates will he so touchy that th'
slightest cause will provoke an ora
cyclone.
Battle Of Lawyers.
Judge Wood has put up effective
wind breaks on one or two occasions
lately when Hawley and Richardson
or Darrow and Hawley raised thei
voices and let drive a few sarcasms
senator Borah and Richardson are II
a fair way to become lasting enemie
before this trial is ended. Borah ha
a nmble mind and never misses
chauc TO send a shaft at the tall Law
yer from Denver Richardson is er
dowed with brutal sarcasm and
heavy voice as well as a quick wit.
Borah's sympaihies run towards tn
eorporations and their Interests
Richaf dson has been the defender
the Colorado miners for years. ihes
cnficting sentiments. when the stat
H. attempting prove that the w !
" is ano her name for organized M
aTchy. are prophetic of seTiou
clashes that Judge Wood must IN
pire.
Darrow and Hawley have come e
eetber recently in the Steve Adam
trial at Wallace.
Hawley is typical and able ives
erp LAWYER whose experience IA
been with frontier courts and wheI
hs knew more about law than II
Judges on the bench. Hawley is a
old miner. free in his demesnor an
frrepress when he is mad. Da
low gets his antagonist angry an
uawler forgetting that the methot