Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-05-25
PROSPECTIVE
JURORS FAIL
To QUALIFY
DAY BARREN OF RESULTS
IN HAYWOOD TRIAL
Farmer Summoned Agrees
With President That Accused
Miners Are Undesirable Citi-
zenSi This Lets Him Out,
lBy Morning JOurnas Special Leased Wire

lBy Morning JOuFnas Special Leased Wire
Boise Idaho, May 24.-The second
special Venire of talesmen i'm the
Steunenberg murder case is proving
barren Of men qualified to act as iu-
rors, and unless the form shown by
the first half Of them is completely
reversed in the second half there
must be another special venire sum
moned. The first half of this venire
has yielded only one man who ac-
tually qualified, and only one more
man who may qualify the rest went
down IN succession of fixed opinion or
blas or various forms. only twenty
SIX or these Veniremen remain to be
examined, and on the assumption
that all peremptory challenges will be
used, seven more jurors must be
found
In the procession of the disquali-
fled that passed through Judge
Wood court came the first man
since the trial began who unquali-
tiedly stands by President Roosevelt
and his utterances as to Messrs Moy-
er, Haywood and Pettibone He is
w. b Teeter a farmer and long ago
% member of the Knights of Labor.
He came to the stand late in the aft
~ noun anu liit Sldlt examination
barely qualified him because he had
certain amount Of prejudice against
labor unions or any kind of combina-
tions designed to fix prices. was un-
friendly 10 the Western Federation of
Miners and against socialism He
made a distinction between the fed
Grafton and members Of the fedora
tion and between socialism and So
cialists, however, and finally the state
passed him
At several points in the examina-
tion by the defense there We're indica-
tions that Teeter'S answers would give
cause for challenge. but he crossed all
the thin ice down to the question of
the letters Of President Roosevelt
In answer to a question from r. r.
Richardena he said that he eaEay ,ol
the letter of President Roosevelt In
which the prisoner was characterized |
as an undesirable citizen.
Mr. Richardson snapped in a queS- |
tiOn about the Gar of Russia approx /
ing the attitude Of President Roose- /
Welt but the state excluded it with |
an objection Mr. Richardson then I
asked the talesman directly if he !
thought the prisoners had been guilty /
Of melting riot and was an undesir
able citizen, and got an affirmative
answer.
The court sustained the challenge
Of the defense. and Mr.. Teeter walked
the plank for bias.
Early i'm the morning Talesman |
Henry Curtis qualified for the vacant
seat of Juror Orric Cole, and the de-
fense examined and finally passed
Juror John Whitlock, That opened
the way for peremptories again. The
state challenged Juror Isaac Bedel OF
seat No. ., and there the proceedings
halted all day. Nineteen talesmen
occupied the chair during the day
and the only person who may occupy
Il is Finley Mclean the last man to
reach il late this afternoon. He sat
sfied the state that he is qualified Z
act, and just as adjournment was
iered passed to the hands of the
Tense He is a Scotchman by biz I
md seems to be open-minded on e
quilt or innocense of William Ha.
wood.
Counsel for the state today ind
,ated a desire to limit the breadth OF
ne defense and examination, but the
court kept to its early purpose to al
ow all possible latitude and oVerruled
an objections aimed at limitation
More women came into the court
.oom than on any other day. and AT
one time there were more than TWEEN
~ Of them i'm the court room. Bul I
he room was not crowded, and ne
.itv OF Boise still maintains its attl-
ude Of aloofness.
The trial will be resumed tomorrow
1t $3.50 a. m.