Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-25
Jury SECURED
FOR IMPERIAL
VALLEY CASES
DEFENSE REvERSES TACTICS
SUDDENLY
20 pEREMPToRY CHALLENGES
ARE DEMANDED
Attorneys Ask Three for Each OF the
Four Accused Men, but Quickly
Accept the Remaining
TaIesmen

Men who viii Try Ill '
land fraud cases:
n dalton, Norman ID. Bishop o'1Y ~
stas.forth, Justin b. Rowe haipu h.Is. Robert
bard. w, IL. ROrick, Frank =. " Nos,., saar,sn II,
Henry Brown, George T. Conaut' r. Inn
Judson, Fred w. Beau uo -"i''
stead. 4,,,,, was
.S,.sa aod sworn to Try the case - -
81 TGnited. States district coutE co,,r1
-, - uranlx N and David Cnap Cp apIi1i
W. mali- NTcPberrin and Arthur heinp
ars charged with conspiracy 10 uSA ls 80
tba government in the mater u nv
erf lands in the Imperial Naley1 455,,- A, =,
s,,aden termination of the L'-,..-. mo.1.-s
suouon s, Sa+1vaen the opposing lawyers
ss,sr T;ne points of law and lhe -.
SSstsd denouement that came "loH "';
- Government accepted the jury 60 60
- sSsfense challenged but Two Iileh
S1s,,,,I1ntorily. quickly filing LnEN
Giafas probably was duo ~ t 80
s,aDfjonaI character OF men oI
.S~>e and to the evident det1E E!tl1il-- a
NeiaAi@ - 81 o.ornSeI and Federal Judge
oSso yS7allhorn to avoid any sof % %
,,s.,,.s.rsSSsry delay in u4s prOSse ALo-8 ,
~ - case Considering LIaeR@ a
se,,sn or eight attorneys in Inc us
SssSsss II Is noteworthy that there EaS
nor more complexity in the eA-Ai1AiAiN
ton. 4.,,o,.+ance in
The single incident of importance 441n,, ~, ~,
faoonofa Davis of the defense TO JUS
fifv his demand for three perenpIoly
@sss1ia1ges for each of the four ue-
srdn1fs which would have MACS
twelve In all. The statute pIoNluoa
for but three IN any h4Suetli0 el,,-,
case. and 1t was shown these t. tpo.
men are charged with one oIlelIse, -
= xzrfth pOnSDlrlllR To-
gether and that there Is puI oHe IA
aistRent.
Rules Against Defense
Judge Wellborn ruled against tne tba 1o
@ense and after two consultations 1Le
aell|e lsds,5a5 aslxed for the peremptory DIS
,-ofssaI of two men, A. j. Copp' an aL-
+n-nev and Wilbur Q. Dow, prokeF'
IT, js understood Mr.. Copp's long ae-
,,,ojn+ance with United States ASSIST
NJ Attorney General Lawler and the
fact that he is himself lawyer "a
renI1te formed the basis for the ooJec
tion to his service. MI DOW va" ~
s-oaohed elon bv a relative of one of the
SEbanIins at the first days sessions
aud although he was cleared py AZ
tornev Davis in open court, ne aoIhtI-
tod tSesterday he harbored a Sllghl
fee1ing of resentment that his proplty
and yeracity had been attacked II 10
considered probable this ADMISSION u
feeling accounted for his dlsnllssdl. -
effort made to secure even more ciIaI- ciI1
1enges than are usually allowed (Mr.
Davis having also Tentatively suS-
oasted TO Mr.. Iawler that as com
promise one challenge be allowed Tor
each of the four defendants, making
four instead of three) 1t was supposed
the third allowed by law would oe
T4Tif
the defense suddenly accepted the jury
and the members were sworn.
Warned Not to Read Herald
At the request of the attorneys Judge
Wellborn instructed the jurymen they
are not to read any articles IN Inc
Herald. either those published in the
mast or those that may be published
in the future, regarding this case or
the personalities involved therein. Sew
eral times The Herald was brought
into the case by the defense, as the
men interested assert that too much
publicity has been given their side or
the matter in this newspaper. In an
exclusive interview with Oscar Law
Ter, published in Mondays Herald, the
government attorney stated his posi-
tive conviction of the guilt of the de-
PENDANTS, and this interview is one of
the articles it is desired to keep out
of the hands of the jurymen.
The case win be resumed Monday
morning at 1890 o'clock, when the gov
ernment will present the indictment to
the jury, outline its case and place
the first witness on the stand. There
are a large number of Imperial valley
residents and land owners among
those called to testify, and it is prob
able one of these will be the first man
sworn. The case is expected to con-
sumo no less than three weeks for the
hearing CT testimony alone.