The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-05-21
| ANOTHER VENIRE
IS NECESSARY FOR
HAYWOOD JURY
Many TaIesmen Examined but Al
most Everyone Shows Preiu.
dice..WiII be Another Week
Before Trial Can Begin

BOISE, Idaho, May 2O.--It seems in
evitable that the Steunenberg murder
trial must be halted again tomorrow to
permit the gathering of another spe-
cial venire of talesmen. When the ses-
sion of today ended only eleven out of
twenty peremptory challenges had
been used and but ninety of the 100
veniremen gathered week ago re-
main uncalled. The remaining nine
will hardly furnish enough for days
work and for some time tomorrow will
probably adjourn the trial for at least
a full day and send Sheriff Shad Hod-
gin forth in quest of additional tales
men. The vacancy created by the
ninth challenge. made on Saturday, was
open when the trial was resumed this
morning. the vacancy created by the
eleventh challenge was open when
court adjourned this afternoon. and
the difference between the two sums
up the little stride forward of today
Joseph chinn of chair No. s. challenged
by the defense. and William McGuffin
of chair g. challenged by the state
were the men of the old crowd who
went down today. George Powell and
Lee Scrivener We're the two men who
passed muster today. the first named
for the vacancy made by the ninth
challenge the last named the tenth
challenge. They are both farmers and
Mr.. Scrivener was formerly "a sheriff in
Kansas.
There We're 16 men examined and
excused for cause. Most of them had
deep-seated opinions as TO the guilt or
innocence of william ID. Haywood and
went down for bias challenges from
the state. Two of the 16 had scruples
about capital punishment and two 9th
ers had scruples about hanging II mur-
derer' on crcumstantial evidence.
The examination wearily droned its
way over the same old ground. al
though the defense has narrowed its
range of questioning. 1t asked moth
ing today about President Roosevelt's
letters and the Taft speeches, but de-
voted much attention to possible local
prejudices and the existence of general
prejudice against socialists
Good humor has come back to coun-
sci and they joked and played back
and forth all day and the laughter of
,an easily pleased crowd frequently
sounded through the room. Once was
the easy swing of the day broken. The
defense returned to Juror Fisher and
questioned him as to a conversation
with c. p. Allen, a local socialist. In
October last. Mr.. Fisher was at first
certain that he had not talked with Mr..
Allen, but when Mr.. Allen came for
ward the juror said he recognized him.
Mr.. Allen was sworn and testified that
Mr. Fisher has said that he knew of
the acts of the accused in Colorado and
that they should have been strung up
before they We're brought to Idaho. Mr..
anything of the kind, but thought he
might have said that if the accused
were guilty of the things done in Colo
RADIO they should have been strung up.
James II. Hawley, leading counsel for
the state, questioned Mr.. Allen at
length and brought from him the state
ment that he was employed by the de-
fense to poll his precinct, that he was
paid $3.50 per day when he worked
and that he was under pay today
Judge Wood failed to sustain the chal-
lenge of Mr.. Fisher and he remains in
the jury box for the time being
r. D. Cahlen an attorney of Boise
Joined the defense as assistant counsel
today He makes the eighth of coun-
sci for the defense participating in the
trial.
The trial goes on at $3.50 in the morn
ing. and in the future that will be the
hour of convening and adjournment
will be at 4 o'clock.