The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-10

| ital punishment.
I'VE challenge for the, state" said
| Senator Borah.
eve have-no objection" said Mr.
| Richardson for the defense.
Cathcart was excused and j. 7. Wag-
/ goner, the panel man. who 1t has been
| charged was approached by a man
| named Yost some time ago, was inter
| rogated as to his feeling in the matter
| of the accused miners. Yost was ar
rested and held under bond at hear
ing in this city last week. Waggoner
appearing against him.
Under examination by Mr.. Hawley.
Waggoner said today that he had no
feeling against the prisoner and knew
| of no reason why he should not serve
| With the completion of Waggoner's
examination, the prosecution had can
vassed all twelve men in the jury box
| and passed them without challenge for
cause. The attorneys for the defense
then took up close cross examination
of each one of the men.
Defense Cross Questions
Mr.. Richardson began with Mr..
| Ewing in seat number one. He asked
the proposed juror as to the extent OF
his acquaintance with the attorneys for
the state. He declared he had never
had any business relations with them.
DO you beyond to any 1odge?" asked
+ Mr.. Richardson.
"Only the Grand Army" responded
1 Ewing.
Belong to any church,"
Yes sir.
Which one?'
Baptist"
Are any of the attorneys for the
State brothers of your church,"
mo. sir"
There was general laughter In the
court room and this led Mr.. Richardson
to remark that If the lawyers belonged
to the church they certainly were not
! Baptists.
What political party do you belong
to?" asked the attorney.
1--WE been Republican almost al
ways" said EWING :.
What paper do you read?"
The juror gave the name of a local
| afternoon daily
What other paper do you read?" per-
| sisted the lawyer.
THE Ladies Home Journal" replied
Ewing as a gale of laughter swept the
| room.
Judge Wood had finally to rap fol
order.
Mr.. Richardson examined the tales
man carefully as to his views on labor
questions. Ewing said that. though he
was living here at the time of the
troubles in Idaho in 1892 and 1899. he
had formed no opinion against unior
labor or against the Western Fedora
ton of Miners as an organization OF
against the defendant as an official OF
the Western Federation of Miners
Ewing said that he was not a men,
Der of any organization opposed 70
union labor and that he believed ne
could give an accused man a fair and
impartial hearing whether he was Bap-
tist, Methodist. Republican or Demo
Graf.
Asked If he had any prejudice
against socialism. Ewing said he did
not know much about It. He felt that
a Socialist was entitled to as fair a
trial as any other citizen.
Mr. Richardson asked the juror IL ne
had ever done any detective work. or
been a member of a detective agency.
Ewing said he had never engaged in
any such work and that in consider
ing testimony given by detectives, he
would consider the reliability of the
individual.
Had Heard Taft.
Ewing was asked IL he had ever been
a member of the mine owners asso-
citation. He replied in the negative
and said he had never contributed TO
any fund for the purpose of combating
unionism.
DIu you near an auuTesS by OeCEe-
tary Taft at Pocatello last fall?" asked
Mr.. Richardson.
II heard him in Boise" seid Ewing.
He made some reference to the de-
PENDANT, did he not?"
Il don't remember. 1t did not leave
any impression If he did"
Did Secretary Taft urge the re-
election of Governor Cooling because
of what he had done in this case?"
81 was far back in the crowd that
day. and did not hear very we'll"
Were you influenced by the Cover
nor's message to the Legislature; do
you know what the Governors views
are in this matter?"
well that is hard one" sighed the
juror, after a pause. He added that
he would not be Influenced by what the
Governor thought and was prepared
to give the accused man the benefit of
every reasonable doubt.
Sympathy with the "Undcr Dog"
Did you read communication from
the President of the United States dis
cussing this matter?"
Yes"
did 1t have any effect upon your"
The juror hesitated, squirmed a lit
tie and then said:
well, my sympathy is always with
the under dog in the fight"
Again the court room was conVulsed
with laughter.
you were not influenced against the
prisoner"
Not at all :"
And you are prepared to give a per-
fectly fair trial?'
Yes sir"
The attorneys for the defense SEEM
ed satisfied and turned to William Van
Orsdale In seat No. ..
The examination of Van Orsdale fol-
lowed the lines laid down in the ques-
tioning Of Ewing. At the close. At
torney barrow whispered to Mr.. Rich
ardson and the latter put this ques-
ton:
IF the President shall write any
more letters on this subject as my CO.
counsel suggests. would they influence
your"
Il would not get a chance to see
them, replied the juror amid laugh
ter.
In this state juries in murder trials
are kept under lock and key and are
not allowed to see any newspapers
Mr. Richardson turned next to Al