Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-25
Idaho Man Has Very
Poor Opinion Of
Haywood
Prospective Juror Says
He Is Unfriendly to
Socialists
Work of Procuring Twelve Men Pro-
ceeds SIowIy---Now Thought An
other Special Venire VIII
Be Necessary
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho, May 24.-The second
special venire of talesmen in the Steun-
enberg murder case is proving barren
of men qualified to act as jurors and
unless the form shown by the first half
of them is completely reversed in the
second half there must be another spe-
cial venire summoned.
The first half Of this venire has
yielded only one man who actually
qualified and only one more man who
may qualify The rest went down in
succession of fixed opinion or bias there
in of various forms. Only twenty-six
of this venire remain to be examined
and on the assumption that all per-
emptory challenges will be used seven
more jurors must be found.
In the procession of the disqualified
that passed through Judge Woods court
today came the first man since the trial
began who unqualif1edly stands by
President Roosevelt and his utterances
as to Messrs. Meyer, Haywood and Pet
tibone.
He is w. B. Teeter, a farmer and long
ago a member of the knights of Labor.
He came to the stand late in the after
noon and the states examination barely
qualified him because he had a certain
amount Of prejudice against labor
unions or any kind of combinations de-
signed to fix prices, was unfriendly to
the Western Federation of Miners and
against Socialism.
He made a distinction between the
federation and members of the fedora
tion and between Socialism and Social
list, however, and finally the state
passed him.
At several points in the examination
by the defense there were indications
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.
Indorses Presidents Views
In answer to a question from E. F.
Richardson he said that he indorsed
the letter of President Roosevelt in
which the prisoner was characterized
as an undesirable citizen. Mr.. Rich
ardson snapped in question about the
czar Of Russia approving the attitude
of President Roosevelt, but the state
excluded 1t with an objection.
Mr.. Richardson then asked the tales
man directly If he thought the prisoner
had been guilty of melting riot and was
an undesirable citizen and got an affirm
ative answer.
The court sustained the challenge of
the defense and Mr.. Teeter walked the
plank of bias.
Early in the morning Talesman Hem
ry Curtis qualified for the vacant seat
of Juror Orric Cole and the defense ex-
amined and finally passed Juror John
Whitlock. That opened the way for
peremptories again.
The state challenged Juror Isaac Be-
dell of seat No. and there the pro-
ceedings halted all day. Nineteen
talesmen occupied the chair during the
day and the only person who may oc-
cupy it is Finley Mclean, the last man
to reach 1t late this afternoon. He sat
isfied the state that he is qualified to
act just as adjournment passed to the
hands of the Defense He is a Scotch
man by birth and seems to be open
minded on the guilt or innocence of
William Haywood.
Counsel for the state today indicated
a desire to limit the breadth of the
defense examination, but the court kept
to it's early purpose to allow all possi-
BILE latitude and overruled all objections
aimed at limitation.
More women came into the court room
than on any other day and at one time
there were more than twenty of them
in the court ROOM, But at no time was
the court room crowded. The city of
Boise still maintains it's attitude Of
aloofness.