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

cial venire for twenty talesmen, re-
turnable at two o'clock this afternoon,
and it was thought that the jury would
be completed this afternoon and posi-
| bly, the case opened to the jury on
behalf of the state, so that the taking
of evidence could begin tomorrow morn
! ing. Of course, everything depends
upon how soon the twelfth juror is Sc
cured
The jury, so far as it has been COM
pleted is composed of very fair men,
| it is thought, and both sides are salts
fed. The state exhausted its pcremp-
tory challenges Saturday afternoon,
and to a certain extent became at the
mercy of the defense and the Jurors
summoned. If a man accepted by the
defense answered the questions salts
factorily, the state had no way of dis
lodging him, no matter how unde-
sirable he might be to it.
\ number of talesmen were examined
Saturday, after this paper went to
press.
j. P. Starkey of Mapleton had such
an opinion as he could not see how he
could lay aside if called as a juror.
He takes The Free Press. The state
admitted challenge by the defense for
actual bias.
w. G. Kreugel of Mapleton was chal
llenged by the defense for actual bias
and said that he had no opinion now
although he had made up his mind
ho he;
petition. When shown the petition and
asked whether certain name on it
was in his handwriting he said that
was not his, and that he did not
know whose it was. The triers found
the challenge true.
Didn't Know Lavendoski.
F. w. White of Amboy, takes The
Free Press. The defense challenged for
actual bias. The juror had read of the
case.
Did you read of the trial of Laven-
doski?" asked the defense.
"Who?" asked the court
"Lavendoski."
Il don't know any such person"
"Why, Your honor, Lavendoski,
known as Smith,
! 'Well, l don't know of Lavendoski"
'You will learn more about him later
on, your HONOR said the attorney sml-
ing.
The juror had so firm an opinion that
the state admitted the challenge.
Anton Oberle of Mapleton had an
opinion that he could not completely
lay aside, even in the jury box, and
the state admitted a challenge for ac-
tual bias by the defense.
Accepted as a Juror.
William Dennison, a clean cut young
! farmer of Shelby township, was ac-
I cepted by both sides as the sixth
Juror. He said that he had no con.
| scientious scruples against the death
5 penalty, and that he knew of no reason
! why he could not try the case fairly
and impartially.
, j. Stencil, a carpenter of Napoleon,
was excused by the triers on a chal-
r lenge by the defense for actual bias.
| His answers varied according to which
side was questioning him.
Joseph Rask, a carpenter of Amboy,
was the seventh juror accepted. Meth
;, ed side had any challenge to offer. Mr..
Rask said that he had no conscientious
scruples against capital punishment, and
E try the case fairly and impartially.
His age is thirty years.
7 Ed. rlynn of Good Thunder was
} challenged by the defense for actual
bias, and the triers found it true, be-
cause of the extent of his opinion.
Frank Weir of Good Thunder got
off quickly on a challenge by the de-
Tense for actual bias, admitted by the
state
L. F. Sorrell, night Waterman for the
Omaha road at South Bend, and q
resident of the county for eighteen years
was sworn as the eighth juror. He
was passed without challenge by the
defense. Answering the state, ne said
, that ne had no conscientious scruples
against capital punishment. The state
challenged for actual bias, and the
juror said that he had no opinion in
the case now, relative to the defendants
guilt or innocence. He had had an i'm
preston up to few days ago, when
the trial of Frank Smith caused his
mind to become clear again. A person
lad spoken to him about the case that
day, hit the party was in such condi-
ton that he had paid no attention to
what ne had said. The trers found
the challenge not true. The juror said
that he knew of no reason why he could
not try the case fairly, even though
the defendant was a woman. The state
considered during the afternoon recess
whether it wished to use its last per-
emptory challenge, but it finally decided
that it did not.
, Fred Dobberphul, reader of The
Free Press, was challenged by the de-
Tense for general disqualification, and
i. the state admitted it.
E. J. Church of Mapleton had some
impression that he could not lay aside,
until Inc had evidence to disprove it, He
reads The Free Press. The defense chal-
Ilenged for actual bias, and the tmers
found the challenge true.