Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-13
Eleven Men in The Box When
Court Opened But Not
One Accepted.
SHERIFF HAS HAD BUSY TIME.
New Panel Comes Mostly From
The Country Immediately
Surrounding Boise.


Boise Ida. May lS.--The task of 60
Letting a jury, resumed today in the
case ot William p. Haywood secretary
and treasurer of the Western Fedora
ton OF Miners charged with completely
in tho assassination of former GOV
Steuuenberg. may be completed within
the next four or FIVE days, according to
the Judgment Of opposing counsel
Eleven men will be I'm the box today
when court opens at . p. M. None have
been finally accepted by both sides.
however. although three have so far
qualified themselves to serve that only
peremptory challenges. OF which each
side has 10. can remove them. When
the regular term panel was exhausted
last Thursday afternoon with one seat
vacant. there was nothing Judge Wool
could do but adjourn court to allow
Sheriff Hodgin and his deputies time to
summon a special Venire of 100 men.
The bulk OF the jurors are expected 10
come from this installmeut OF eligible
material largely made up OF farmers
from the country surrounding Boise.
NEW VENIRE
The new venire shows Go farmers or
ranCbmeu, the remainder being people
OF business, many of them prominent
business men, who have been confined
! In the jury house" under the care of
| four deputy sheriffs since last Thursday
| afternoon. and who took their places in
| the Jury box today, We're No /, A. J..
| Ewing, carpenter; No . William Van
| Otsdale, grocer; No. ., Samuel d. Gil
| man. farmer. No. ., ], l.. WaggOner
| farmer; No. &, George Walker, butcher:
| y. 1 ~
| y. w. y. Ridge, farmer, No. 3, Orric
! Cole miner" No, TO- w. w. Bisby, real
| estate No H. Samuel Wingate, rriga-
| ton cmplOye, No. r. Samuel +. Russell
farmer OF these the first three, Ewing.
| Van Olsdale and Gilman, came through
| tho examination of opposing counsel
last Thursday without disqralifying
| themselves.
SEAT no. 4.
Several men were called into seat No.
| Z, but one after another they were dis
| qualified under the questioning of tina
| attorneys Tor the defense. II was the
| inability 10 ind a suitable Juror at No
! that caused exhaustion of the regular
| panel
II was said at the beginning
| Of tadays proceedings that not more
| than two of the II men neld under lock
| and key since last Thursday VIII be
members of the trial panel. The resi-
| dents of the country districts, exam
| lned last Thursday, said they read OF
| Gov. SJeunenberg's death and talked
about 1t casually with their families
and friends Tor a time but that discus
sion of the matter ceased many months
ago. They had all read President
Roosevelt's undesirable citizens let
tiers, but I'm no instance did a prospect
i've juror say that the letters had lnnu-
enced his Judgment or prejudiced him
in amy way against tho prisoners. An
other significant feature Of the first
examination of talesmon was the facr
thar the attorneys for the defense We're
unable 10 unearth here any feeling
among the country folk against any
particular labor nnion or against trades
unionism in general.
FARMERS SURPRISED.
Most OF the farmers visited by the
sheriff IN summoning the new Venire
were taken completely by surprise.
Those who had taken any interest
whatsoever In the case had been conf
dent that the jury would be selected
from the men already summoned for
the April term of court which still con
tinues II other iurymen we're neces-
sary. Il was tho belief IN the country
districts that the sheriff would sum
mon men OF tie city 20 complete tbs
panel
GROWING IMPATIENT,
There is growing inpatience amous
those called here TO attend tho trial 10
hear the opening address OF the prosc
cutlon which probably will be dellvers J
by James II. HaWlcy. leading counsai
Tor Tho prosecution. lust how far tho
states attorneys VIII 20 IN outlining The
case they hope 10 prove aEnibst Hay
wood is Prpbloinaucal. They may
choose to state their case ia a most
general way. giving no actual hint o'
tho testimony they claim to have, o-
on the other hand. tho opening address
may ho "a proposition as broad as the
attorneys expect 80 prove under the
most favorable rulings of the court
TWO HUNDRED WITNESSES.
II ls certain Thar no testimony tend
Ing 10 luy the broad foundation fyr the
alleged conspiracy of which Haywood,
Meyer and Pctllboue are said to have
been u part, viii De- Introduced without
a stubborn and prolonged night on the
part ur ihc defendants counsel. Moro
Than 200 witnesses are under subpoena
an the Haywood case alone II ia
doubtful however, If anything Ike thnt
number wilI be heard on even called
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