The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-12-24
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from thursdays Daily.


o'clock this morning, and the work of
attempting to secure a jury proceeded
after a few preliminaries. Sheriff
Donahue filled out the venire yester-
day, getting most of the men in tins
city. The following is the list re-
turned into court this morning:
Joe Hottinger, Adolph Lille, Henry
Madison, August Renstrom, c. H..
Saulpaugh, R. W. Foster, Louis Silkey,
Christ Burmeister, Lawrence Mayer,
Gust Eichstaedt, George Simmonds,
Miles Chenoweth. Dominick 0ster, w.
". Paddock, Max Siebert. w. f, Pol
zine Swan Swanson, Olaf Lundberg,
W. A. Just, Peter Griffith, William
Wittrock, Ed. Krieg, Charles Polei,
Fred Guenzel, j. p Theissen, H. Him.
melman Jr., Charles Olson, Richard
Hughes, F. P. Fairchild, o. Andengaard,
James Enfield, C. F. Gunstrom, j. G..
Gerlick, w. II. Gary, James H. Spen-
Ger, Ed. Nyquist, I. j. McGovern
Henry Wiltgen, John +. Mullen, Orange
Little, George H. Hoerr, w. f. Harlan,
J. A. Lulsdorff, Frank Graves, Henry
Jacoby, John Gaclse, George c. Per
kins. Jacob Wagon, William Polcnow,
NJ F. Sullivan.
w. R. Geddes received long dis
lance message late this forenoon,
from Mr.. Peterson, saying that he
would arrive as soon as the jury was
drawn.
Some Offered Excuses.
Mr.. Perkins was sick and could
not come. Mr.. Lulsdorff said that he had
a fixed opinion and belonged to the
fire department He was excused on
the latter ground. Messrs. McGovern
and Gunstrom were excused because
they are firemen. Ed. Krieg wished
TO bet let off because he was not feel
ing well, feeling grip symptoms COM
ing on. He was asked to remain.
Gus Renstrom said that he did not
serve because he had an opinion and
could not lose his Job.
"What is your job?" asked the
court.
81 am a bar TENDER" replied the
Juror.
Il guess you had better remain, now
that you are here" answered the
court.
Later, Renstram was excused by
consent.
Henry Madison claimed exemption
from service because of having served
FIVE years continuously in the National
Guard. The court looked up the law
and excused him.
First Juror Sworn.
Charles Pollei, the first man called,
was accepted by both sides after a
careful examination, particularly by
the state. He said that he is lime
burner for Fowler & Pay and has re-
sided in Mankato for seventeen years.
He was a subscriber of The Daily
Free Press, and was at LeRay, Mimi,
from Sept. 80 until night before last.
Re had read considerable about the
case. but had formed no opinion in
regard to the guilt or innocence OF
the defendant. He had no conscien
tious scruples against capital punish
ment, even if the evience was largely
circumstantial.
John Cache, local barber, was
not challenged by the defense. To the
state he said that he had no scruples
against capital punishment. He was a
subscriber to The Daily Free Press,
and had formed an opinion that it
would take whole lot of evidence
to remove. The defense admitted a
challenge by the state for actual
bias.
j. p Theissen, local painter, said
that he is reader of The Daily Free
Press. He had formed and expressed
an opinion, and it might take some
evidence to remove it, but he thought
that he could try the case fairly and
impartially. The triers found the
challenge by the defense for actual
bias true.
Served at Koch Trial.
Olaf Lundberg was accepted as the
second juror. The defense had no chal-
lenge. The juror told the state that
he had no conscientious scruples
against capital punishment and knew
of no reason why he could not try
the case impartially. He took The
Free Press. Before he was sworn,
after being accepted, he stood up and
said: Il served a murder case once
before" The court held that this did
not disqualify him, and the juror was
sworn. He then remarked that he
would take his old chair back, and
took the one that he occupied as a
Juror in the Koch case.
Richard Hughes said that he takes
The Daily Free Press. He did not
believe all that he read in the papers,
but had some opinion in the case, and
he would retain it until he heard evil
dence to the contrary to satisfy him
that he was wrong. He would try
the case fairly, he thought. The triers
found challenge by the defense for
actual bias true.
George H. Hoerr said that he used
to know the late HI. j. Ledbeter. The
defense had no challenge. The state