Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-08-01
JURY IN|PANELED To
PROBE ! MAclL Case
MANY WITNESSES GATHERED
AND SPECIAL BODY BEGINS
HEARING TESTIMONY.
MURDER INDICTMENTS
GENERALLY PREDICTED
Ex-Banker and Wife, Accused Of Caus.
ing Death Of Former's First Spouse,
Arrive at Clinton, and Are Imme-
diateIy Locked Up.

| OIdkSly AOCNeO W.
Clinton, Ill.,, July 30.-Lot R. Her.
rick special assistant states attorney,
announced Monday that 70 witnesses
have been gathered by the state who
will testify in the case of Fred Magill
and Faye Graham Magill accused of
| murder in connection with the death
! of Magill's first wife, Mrs. Pet Magill
They are expected to appear before
the special grand jury which was i'm
| paneled shortly before II a. M by
Judge w. G. Cochrane and which at
once began hearing testimony.
| There was considerable delay in get,
ting the jury because Of illness in the
| families Of two men summoned, C. J.
! R1delle, a farmer, whose father is on
his deathbed, failed to appear and
Ezra Craig, another farmer, was ex-
! cused from service because of the ILL
ness of his wife. Two other men had
to be substituted in their place.
Farmers on the Jury.
The grand jury is composed OF farm
ers. chosen from the 13 townships
which compose Dewitt county. In his
charge to the jury, Judge Cochrane ex.
planned the law upon which an indict.
ment may be found.
Before you return an Indictment,
you must be satisfied first that crime
has been committed and, second, that
it is probably true that the person
charged with the crime is guilty." said
the court. you have nothing to do
with the defense. You must do your
duty and act according to the evidence,
regardless of public clamor or public
demand"
He enjoined secrecy upon the in
Quisitors and warned its members that
he would impose the $500 limit fine
prescribed by the statutes should any
Of the jurors reveal any of the proceed
ings. The same punishment, the court
said, would be inflicted on any person
who sought to obtain information from
any of the jurors. 1t was learned that
operatives of Chicago detective bu-
reau arrived in Clinton Sunday night
and started to work up evidence in be.
half of the state.
Witnesses Are Called.
w. F. German, member of the cor.
! oner's jury which returned verdict
of suicide, was the first witness before
the grand jury. He testified as to the
position in which Mrs. Magills body
was found when he reached the Ma.
| gill home on the morning of May 81,
He was followed by c. w. Williamson
and Henry Hensley, druggists, and E.
l.. Freudenstein, owner of clothing
| store. Freudenstein is the man who
| was summoned to the Magill home by
| Mrs. Pet Magill several days before
her death and who declares she spoke
of being tired of life. 1t is said all of
| the druggists in the town will be ques.
! toned as to whether or not any mem.
Der of the Magill household bought
chloroform, strychnine or other deadly
drugs.
The general prediction is that the
jury will vote indictments for murder
,.agiiI's lawyers say that the charac,
ter OF the first four witnesses indicates
IAoI IA1 StoIC Is SILL EIOpluS III Zig
dark and is fishing for tangible evi,
dence.
Pair Struggled Into Jail.
Fred H. Magill and Faye Graham
Magil) were struggled into the Clinton
| Jail at two a. m. Sunday under cover of
darkness.
They we're placed in separate cells
on the second floor. of the jail, with no
other prisoners near them, practically
in solitary confinement This may be
the means by which the authorities
hope to secure a confession from the
man and woman who, since their ar,
rest, have not spoken a single word
or made single admission that could
| be construed as bearing on their case.
"Whatever you do, don't talk" was
| the warning given to the Magi]ls by
Attorney Daney, in San Diego, in the
presence of Sheriff Campbell. He re-,
peated it three times, and his clients
strictly adhered to it.