The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-11
CAN'T GET A JURY.
Judge Dana Tries for Third Time in
Coronado Case

Trial OF the prosecution of Elmer
I Shoaf. E r. Barber and William JET
fries on the charges of violating the
prohibitOry law and selling liquor in
Z defiance OF IT and having maintained
a nuisance on the second floor of the
/ building at No SCI Kansas avenue
/ was resumed at o'clock in the dis
/ trict court this morning This trial
was started yesterday afternoon but
I the regular panel of jurors was ex-
I hausted before q jury was secured A
! special venire OF twenty-four men was
drawn To work on this morning This
was exhausted at II o'clock this
morning without a Jury having been
secured and another special venire of
fifteen men was drawn The work OF
completing the jury was continued
when the court recOnvened at 1870
O'Clock this afternoon
Because Of the fact that three de-
PENDANTS were being tried at the same
time the lawyers for the defense, Otis
Hunxate and W. 2. Shoch. had twelve
peremptory challenges and they had
only exercised seven Of them when
the special venire was exhausted this
morning J. J. Schenck, the county
attorney, has used both of the per-
emptOry challenges allowed the state
About as much interest centers in
this case from the standpoint of the
jOintists as there did in the one which
was tried last week against Tom
Mooney for his alleged proprietorship
case the jury disagreed The place
that ShOaf Barber and Williams are
charged with maintaining in violation
OF the law was known as the Coronado
club club, OF drinking resort OF
this same name and reputsd TO have
been run by the same people. flourish
ed for some time in the rear Of the
second floor Of the building at the
northeast corner Of Seventh street and
Kansas avenue When this property
49, h. Han tai
Trust company. this rendezvous for
the thirsty was forced TO suspend
operations This was around the first
OF the year Within n few DAYS the
Coronado club was opened on the sec
ond floor OF the building at No. sal
Kansas avenue. the annex to the Ma
tionaI hotel Its life was a short one
for IL was rafded and put out of bust
mass by the county officers on January
% The rooms of this resort were
furnished more deliberately than any
other place of its kind in the city.
Shoaf is charged with bang the
proprietor Of the place and Barber
and Williams are charged with having
sold liquor there in violation Of the
law There are fourteen counts
against each of the defendants Thfr-
teen Of them charge them with selling
LIQUOR in violation Of the law aud the
fourteenth accuses them of having
maintained 4 nuisance. If they are
convicted on all of these counts each
OF them i liable for a minimum SEN
tence Of fourteen months in Jail and a
fine Of S1.46O-
Among the witnesses for the prose-
cutton are a B Whiting Charles L
Wood Ralph Townsend, : w Nc
Knight c. A Huron w B. Kirkpat-
rick. William Jefries and N c.
Alden
The second special venire of fifteen
jurymen drawn this morning from
which 20 select a Jury to try E E
Shoaf F. R. Barber and William Ief-
ferries charged with being the proprfe-
tors Of the Coronado club was ex-
hausted this afternoon and adjourn
n1ent Of the case taken until 3.3O until
third special venire can be sum-