Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-15
WETMORE JURY TOCET TREAT
Twelve Men Now Secured to Try
Alleged Briber.
HECTIC HUE ExHnARATEs TRIAL
I%nterest of Case Does Not Subside
with County Attorneys Charge
of Jury Panel FfxinE and
Court Is ThronEed.

A jury was secured yesterday after
noon to try ]. ]. Wetmore, former de-
tective for the Civic Federation, on the
charge OF attempting TO bride City Pros
ecutor Daniel. One result of the SEN
s~aticnal charge by County Attorney Eng
1ish that the panel had been fixed in
advance IL that the jury represents a
slightly higher level of intelligence than
is usual. The twelve men who have been
sworn In will have q more interesting
time OF IL thar often. II the case con-
tinues as lively as 1t has been. The
jury secured lie as follows:
salesman; James jameson, salesman; F.
Oleson. former collector OF the county
treasury; ]. ]. Blake, order clerk McCord-
for Hayden BROS; II. L. Snyder, market
gardener; T. H Faley, salesman, presher
BROS: b ". HaigSt. ssissman; a. V.
SHIRLEY, farmer; q. q. Seey, former clerk
of the district court.
At 3 o'clock the state began to intro
ducs evidence, City Prosecutor Daniel
taking the stand and remaining there un-
til court was dismissed at 5.
Verbal Battle ExhtIarates.
There was a hectic tinse to the pro-
ceedings in the court room at several diff
ferent times ThuEsdsy, and County At
torney English ana W. j. Connel for the
defense had a verbal encounter, which
was e~xhilarating to the auditors.
THE conduct Of counsel is highly i'm
proper and insulting" declared English
and the retort from Cornell brought a re-
proof from the bench.
The panel Of twenty-four Jurors which
had been selected by The sheriff in the tria'
was seated Thursday morning in district
court for the selection Of a jury at $50
Sheriff Bradley took precautions in the Sc
lection of these men, getting business mer
OF reputation and not men that wanted the
job, like the four in the panel discharged
Wednesday when County Attorney English
said the panel had been fixed.
The court room was well filled and among
the spectators were Very Rev. G. A
Beecher, dean OF Trinity cathedral; Rev
r. B. II. Bell, canon In the Episcopa
church; T. w. Hazen, foreman of a recep'
grand Jury. The two clergymen are alsc
witnesses for the state.
several Are Excused.
Among the first panel Of jurors severa
men were excused and dismissed for giving
sufficient cause. 8. A. Dempsey of tn,
Bennett company claimed he had formeC
an opinion on the case and that he woult
very likely be prejudiced. A. d. Tou1aliI
of the c. B. Havens company said HI
know NJ. NJ. Martin and that Martin wa
a patron at his place of business. A. r
Harvey thought that he would be preju
diced on account of being acquainted witt
Wetmore.
Az 11:0o County Attorney English callec
the jury for examination and proceeded.
w. j. Connell, for the defendant in ex
aiming Juror Blake asked him II he wa
acquainted with Dean Beecher.
Are you acquainted with Canon Be
and are you acquainted with tho gentle
man with whom they have just been Il
conference. Mr.. Thomas. HaFen. fcremal
OF the grand juryT =,
English objected to this Gross-examina
tfon, saying Attorney Connell.s n
was "highly improper and insulting" Con
nell rejoined that it could not be insulting
in mentioning HaEen's name in oonnec
ton with the two preachers"
At this point Judge Sears warned Con
nell that he should not repeat this sug
gestion and that these gentlemen, as we
as any other gentlemen, might be inter
ested in this case"