Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-06-06
SOON HAVE A JURY
When Two More Places Are Filled
the Haywood Trial Can
Proceed.
BUT ONE CHALLENGE LEFT
Last Special venlro Proved Fruitful
And Hope 10 Expressed That One
More Day VIII Finish
Task.

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but two vacancies in the Jury tina
will try William D. Haywood for hli
life for alleged participation In the
assassination OF Frank steuenbere
and there is reason for hoping that
they will be filled by Saturday after
noon. AS fury selection narrows
down TO final chances, interest in the
case d being generated and in the
contest grows distinctly sharper
Both sides are eager and anxious and
they anxiously watch the last tales
men whose names are drawn from the
lottery box on the desk Of the clerk
Of the court.
The state has exhausted its arbi.
trary rights as to the personnel Of
the jury-it used It's tenth premptory
challenge Friday-and in all prob
ability the defense must use It's final
challenge Saturday. After that the
selection Of the twelfth Juror must be
left to fateful chance for the first
talesman who broadly comes within
the requirements OF legal qualifica-
ton must be chosen. There may still
be dismissal by mutual agreement but
4 IL unusual for contending counsel
TO agree upon tho disqualification Of
o Juror.
The new special venire Of 81 tales
men that presented itself whom the
trial was resumed Friday morning
proved very fruitful in men qualified
to act as Jurors. There were the
usual offering Of asserted excuses
but only five Of them moved the heart
Of the now stern court. Talesman ].
A. Robertson, the very first man call
Cd qualified In a oanteY for the va
cancy created by the 18th peremptory
challenge and the defense at once
challenged Juror Harmon Cox, the
veteran whom It tried so hard to dis
qualify on Monday last. This made
the ninth challenge used by the de-
Tense. After three failures H. p.
Messacar successfully withstood the
fire Of questions from both sides and
was accepted for the place.
Then the court finally dealt with |
Juror Tourtellotts who opposed capt.
tai punishment and whose manifest
has been running
through the trial for several days.
Judge Wood called the question up
md first both sides fenced on IL. FL
1ally the state challenged Tourtelotte
md the court excused him. The de-
ense reserved a point on the matter
because II may prove valuable fight
ng ground on appeal. Talesman Mel
ION Freeland qualified for Tourte-
OTIS old place but the state did not
are to have him on the fury and
ired its last challenge on him. Sen
tor Borah wanted to pass the states
asst challenge temporarily In order
0 get other vantage ground before t
sing IL but judge WOOD ruled tnat
passed II would be waived and lost. I
Here the pay streak Of qualification
i0hedAout and the vacancy was I'M
lied when the HOUR Of adjournment q
as reached. Alfred Eoff, a capitalist a
no is suspected Of disqualification .
as caught in the chair at the last O
loment before a SINCE question had n
zen asked, and to the amusement Of c
le crowd, was sent to the Jury house 8
be carefully locked up for the
ght. p
As the court rose Judge Wood sig n
remarked to counsel that A
70 length Of Saturdays session would II
'pend upon the celebrity with which u
q Jury is completed. II