The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-03-05

fSTdlctS Dy good lufles III tnls com
munity: but such yerdicts wer,
forced from such juries by cleyerll
constructed artificial case, basec
upon lying testimony, and placed be
fore the jury in such way and
with such a network of legal forms
and phrases that any other verdict
was not to be thought of
But it is not always possible or
easy to procure witnesses Who can
lie conyincngly; il is much easier
as a rule, to pack the jury-much
cheaper also. And, besides, it is we'll
to vary the program To present the
same kind of show, in the same
manner. before the same audience
with but little intermission and with
not much variation in the east. is
So unlnteresting. Only a few months
/ those performances where falseh0od
posed in the mask of truth, and made
Justice hide her face in shame.
The managers of the Davidge farce
We're considerate enough of the pub
lies taste and mental comfort to
change the program and give them
the packed jury as the main fea-
ture OF the plot, with a perjurel wit
nes or two as specialties between
acts for good measure"
And here's how the thing was
pulled Off: The regular panel Of
twenty four men yielded only two or
three jurors This regular panel is
made up OF men whose names are
drawn from a lot placed IN a box by
the board of county commissioners.
These names are largely these Of
citizens OF the city and county who
have no business Oh iuries in muir
Ter trials aud very little in any
kind OF trials in the courts Of this
county Why the county commits
sinners select them is not generally
known, the reasons may not always
be 1T Tor publication from the
point of view of the commissioners, !
The regular panel being exhausted,
a special yenire' is issued BY JUDGE
Butler calling for thirty men from
the remote parts of the county
This "yenire" is sent by Sheriff Davis (
to Deputy Sheriff Sans in Mcclure /
precinct M. Davis is honest in his /
desire to cat the right kind of men |
and he directs his deputy TO get half
a dozen from enc place, half a dozen
from another, and so on-the purpose
being to get the m5n from as wide a
range of territory as possible to pre-
vent collision and for other good
reasons. But the sheriff's deputy is
tired or lazy or something else ANY 4
way. he calls at the two saloons n =
Mcclure. picks up the ritT-raff that
lounges around there, and ships them
to Cairo TO draw two dollars per day
fran the people, aud whatever else
may happen to come their way from
Gth1r sources The thirty men are
lne; at the trains and on the
highways by friends or relatives
nj the murderer AMI most of them ara
roaXed anil coached" and grilled
and drilled and "beerel" AMI
smeared" aud when these appear
IN court they are all able to qualify
lnder the law as she" is eXpOuadcd
ipd -eeHtetH+ler4 by able ttt,ttt-- W
they are all the prisoners peers"
md nearly all his pledged friends
lhe states attorney knows the arr
tot the men he wants. but they
qualify" and be must make liberal
Use Of his privilege of peremptory
'halltnge to get rid of them. An
jther lot of the, same brand of "cat-
IT, is rnn IN from the purlieus on
mother special yenire, aud again
he states attorney Is forced to us
lis peremptory challenges. lie has
'nly twenty such challenges in the
Inst place. and tie has by this time
scd sixteen or eighteen while the "
license, generally satisfied with the q
lass OF raScals thus far presented y
Ias used only three or four. or half a
la1en at most, using these to get ril b
4 the few respectable men who hap q
zen to - caught accidentally aud IA I
" idably in the deputy sherins n
lrag net The prosecution has had !
10 nurse" its challenges as much
IS possible to make them available
against what must come before the =,
Ury hoX is finally fun. Like a drown :.
NJ man grasping at straWs. it -
eaii2es that it IS fighting a desperate
iGht, and. tn save It's challenge"
{ ?ccepts some candilates who are
lpuhtfui taking chances" on their i
eng al right. IA
And now is the time when the \
chemers decide some little show Of ,
lftue is advisable. to throw the sus y
'eetins watchers of the track. An
'ther special venire is issued calling
CT another batch Of candidates. SIX {
r eight men have been accepted by !
10Th sides, the prosecuting attorney j
las three peremptory challenges 2
eft: the attorney for the defense has
niftecn or more. The deputy
heriffs make splendid haul: they q
ring in q lot of excellent men. citi- Z
ems Of high standing in the com
nunity with only here and There a
'heep with smut on its nose. The
'nlookor who had grown suspicious q