The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-24
SLOW PROGRESS IN
BROWN WILL CASE
Procuring of Jury in Contest OF
Senator Browns VIII Prov
ing Herculean Task.
ANOTHER DAY PASSES
WITHOUT JUROR ACCEPTED
Now Looks Like Trial Proper
Will Not Be Reached Until
Friday Morning.

RIiC0lc : DIVISION oI luc 'h''' '
court i'm the Bradley Brown VIII contest
ease temporarily ended at CLOCK
Wednesday afternoon with not single
mror duly accepted, and there is some
douht now as TO whether Jury VIII
be procured before Saturday morning
Nl the conclusion Of Wednesday
session. Judge William II King, cnlci
counsel for ;hc defense, wllch seems
to be having more trouble man inc
pl3intiflTs i'm securing acceptable jurors,
conceded that IL will lake all ot toGIy,
at least. and maybe longer, 10 secure
:: iurv In this event, the trial proper
will moi start before saturday morning
and NAV 90 over until Monday. rs ordl-
nariv there is no court saturday al
rrnoon. and both sides mag object toI
beginning the Offering OF evidence Sat
urday morning with only tWo'hour
session IN front of them
Eleven men have been completely
and one man partially cXamlncd by the
petitioner : counsel while the defense
has partiaIly examined eleven men. Or
the eleven, five have been challenged
for cause and four have been rejected.
One was challenged by the plaintiffs and
he was rc elected The defcusc was sue
ccssful in three OF its challenges,
Talesmen Examined
The talcsmcu examined. either par
tally OF in full, are: IIampden :.
Beaie salesman for the i. 6. NJ. l.;
Christian Berger, farmer; William Il,
Ashby, drv goods dealer; David Arch !
bold. farmer; Joseph j.. Davis ice cream
dealer; Louis Bateman, plumber: Henry |
johnson. realty dealer; Josiah Burrows,
clothier;, Oliver Iiodgson, contractor:
.Iuslus .lungk. brick merchant; Edward
l.. Gray Of Gray Bros, clothlers, and
John $ Page. OF these all but johnson |
and Jungk were acceptable TO the plain |
IFS. but the defense objected 10 Bcr- |
ger. Boatie, AshbY and Gray and sue /
cccdcd in having excused all but Bcr. |
ger While the plaintiffs have passed
seven men for cause, the defense has
passed only two or three, aud there re-
, main the pcrcmptory challenges, three |
10 each side.
The new talesmeu examined Wednes
lay cIthcT in part or full. were Jungk,
cray and Page. Gray said that nc had
formed an opinion as 10 the merits OF
the ease from talk with Soren y. |
Christensen before Mr.. Christensen went /
10 Idaho with Mrs. Brown III pursuit |
Of Mrs. Bradley and Senator Brown,
and declared that If the viii appeared !
unjust he would pay little attention to
The instructions of the court rs TO the
law, but would vote To set the instru
ment aside. Judge King challenged
Gray aud the court sustained the chal
lcngc
Berger Challenged,
Berger, WHO was passed for cause by |
he plaintiffs Monday. was challenged /
by the defense Wednesday afternoon.
Berger said that he held fixed opinion
as To the paternity of The Children
gained from newspaper stories and COM
mon rumor but thought that he could
lay this opinion aside when he entered
upon the hearing of the testimony in The
case. Judge King, challenged him, but
the court denied the challenge.
Page who is 81 years old and has
two children, was being examined by
The plaintiffs when court adjourned at
} o clock Wednesday afternoon.
The securing of a satisfactory jury
promises 10 be hcrculcau task. The
relations of Mrs. Bradley with Senator
Brown attracted widespread attention
IS difficult TO find talesmen who have
not heard of the case and formed some
sort Of sn opinion To its merits
CARRIED in plain black, Airs. Bradley !
again appeared in court Wednesday. oc |
cuPylng her seat Of Monday close to
proceedings Wednesday was much live
iicr than at the preliminary session
Monday
Morning Session.
The morning session was practically |
barren Of results. Only two taesmeu
were examined. and one of these only |
partially. Mr. Beatie. salesman for
the Il. L. NJ. L.. said that he holds q |
liked opinion rs To the paternity Of the
Bradley children. such as would require
considerable evidence 10 remove, and |
WAS challenged for cause by Judge |
Ning., The challenge WAS sustained. !
Mr.. Jungk OF JunGk & Fabian devcl- |
oped case of bias in favor of legiti |
mate children as against illegitimate Q
children. and the plaintiffs challenged |
HIM. This challenge was sustained
Mr.. Beatie said that he got his set
tied opinion as 10 the paternity of the
children from newspaper stories and
common report, and although he does
not profess 10 believe everything he secs
IN newspaper, he admitted that, even
though 1T was not clearly shown III the
evidence that Senator Brown was tile
father Of the children. in the absence
OF proof that he was not the father he
wonld continue 10 believe and would
mold that they were the senator 8 chill
dren, on account Of newspaper accounts
ana common report of the relations of
Mrs Bradley 10 Senator Brown
MI Jnngk q so said that he had
formed an opinion, but declared that
he could lay this aside and not take il
into the trial with him, but it soou de.
vSeloped that he IS not in sympathy with
The law giving illegitimate children ac
knowledged by the parents the same
property rights as legitimate offspring
holds and that he would look with more
favor upon d suit by legitimate chill.
dren to set aside the will than upon an
actor. by lll"Gitmate offspring. This,
he sand, grew out Of convictions con
cerning the marital relation of long
standing.
To obViate tho possibility Of tales
men eXaggeratne the effect of Devspa
rer accounts and common report of Mrs
hradlsy relations with Senator Brown
IN efforts to evadc Jury duty. Judge
Rlt"hle issued 4 warning in the conrse
oil Inc examination Of Jungk.
Lame Shoulder
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