Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-10

Dor organizations ana whether they
could give them "A fair trial. He was.
also anxious to know IL they had any
professional, personal, fratetnal, res
liuious or political affiliations with any
of the counsel FOR the state. any con-
uectlun with detective agencies, any
experience nv the pursuit or proAecu-
ton OF criminals. or were members Of
the Mine Owners association. RiCh-
ardsOn also asked If they had contrib
uted to any fund for the prosecution w
the prisoners, " they We're members
OF the Citizens alliance. u they rcmcn-
bercd the old labor troubles IN Idaho,
and if they had taken sides IN the
labor troubles AT any time. y remark
able feature of this examination was
that all OF the talesmcn questioned by
the defense syvore that they had not
boon influenced by the letter OF Prest-
dent Roosevelt or the speeches Of other
officials of the national or state govern
Inents, and majority Of them said
they were Republicans.
The CHIEF concern of the counsel for
the state In the examination Of tales
men, az indicated by their questions.
was their attitude toward clrcumstar-
tial evidence, he absence of the aC-
Cuscd from the state when tho crime
was committed, the effect OF the man
nor IN which the prisoner and his COM
panions We're brought from Colorado.
Views OF the talesmen as 10 the death
penalty for murder IN the first degree
and union labor. They also questioned
each talcsman as TO his acquaintance
with the murdered governor. with a
view ia disclosing friendship or enmity
Their examination brought out the fact
that certain labor and Soclalistic papers
are being distributed free OF charge In
parts Of Ada county
The custom of the Idaho courts in Sc
10 mNaN.n anN...
call IL talesmen 10 the jury box and
10 Keep the box fun by Immediately
nllipg any vacancies that occur. The
state first conducts a complete exarnin-
alton, that continues until IL men have
been passed when the body Of talesmen
pass to the defense for examination.
The state passed ~ men early this af-
IS IN the hands of the defense OF the
II men remaining In the box at the close
of today's session, only three have
been passed by both sides. They have
not been finally accepted ind sworn.
and are still subject to peremptory
challenge.
They are A. T.. Ewing. n carpenter
and veteran of the civil war. William
Van Oredalc a grocer of Boise, and
Samuel ID. Gilman, a farmer. who lives
in the country, 10 miles fro nBolse. Gil
man served In the Philippines with the
luHno volunteers. Dnder the INV as
recently amended. each side has 10
challenges.
Judge Wood announced that he in
tended to give both sides a wide lati-
tude IN the examination of talesmsn.
He also showed n Willingness 20 grant
where there seemed any
objection to the attitude OF
the talesman, and In the one contest of
the day he ruled with the defense.
which had challenged the talesman.
and was resisted by the state
When Judge Wood directed the call
ing OF another talesman TO replace Mr.
Butts, the clerk of the court announced
that the panel had been exhausted
The defense had passed but three men
without challenge for cause up to this
time and neither side had exercised any
one OF the 10 peremptory challenges
allowed state ana defense, No Juror
had been finally sworn in for service.
There was a consultation Of opposing
counsel with Judge Wood rs to the
number of men to be called on the
ncw panel
When Judge Wood again took the
bench he announced that special
venire of 100 men would be summoned
by the sheriff for jury duty. An ad-
journment then was ordered until Mon
day morning. The IL men In the Jury
box awaiting disposition were ordered
locked up by Judge Wood.