The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-10-21
SECURING JURY
TOHOLD BOARDS
FOR LONG TIME
COURT MAKES DEFINITE PROG
REss. THOUGH, TOWARD DE-
Filming IMPORTANT ISSUES.
Determined to Fight Selection of the
Jurors Who Are Prejudiced Against
Unions or Believe Dynamite Theory
Defense is Quite Wary.

Los Angeles, Oct 20.-The state
challenged Talesman T. w. Adams at
the opening of the Mcnamara murder
trial on account of bias.
The challenge was based on Adams
opposition to the death penalty, and
also what California criminal code de-
fines as actual bias"
8 There is no section of the criminal
code covering circumstantial evidenc
and for this reason it was necessary
to construe Adams attitude on this
question on bias toward the prisoner
Adams is a, socialist and a portion
of his examination was taken up in
securing his theoretical political be-
liefs and his personal attitude toward
the prisoner. r.
The defense, under Attorney Oar
row, resisted the challenge.
Darrow's examination was by way
of, attempted demonstration that a
man who believes that gas destroyed
the Los Angeles Times building still
might be unprejudiced as to whether
or not James b. Mcnamara was guilty
of causing the death of Charles ]
Haggerty.
a few minutes later the state chal-
lenged Talesman A. r. Mcintosh te-
cause of his objection to the cath
penalty on circumstantial evidence.
This challenge also was resisted by
the defense.
:, Probably Matter of Weeks.
Though the empanelling of a jury
to try the case of James B. Mcnamara,
indicted for the murder OF Charles
Haggerty, resulting from the explo-
sion of The Times building, still Is
a matter of weeks, definite progress
had been made when court convened
today toward defining the issues, rrip.
.cipal and collateral, along which the
battle will be fought.
After having concluded it's examtn,.
tion for cause among eleven OF the
twelve talesmen in the box, rese:viag
still, with the courts permission. .he
right to interrogate further H. y
Quackenbush "about matters yet be-
ing investigated" the defense had
emphasized by three challenges for
cause that it would consider as hos
tile talesmen who not only were pre-
JUDGED against labor unions and their
methods of operation, but those who
firmly believed dynamite destroyed
The Times building.
Court Reserves Decision.
The court is not expected to render
it's decision on these challenges until
the state has had it's opportuni TO
examine talesmen for cause. The
86secution, therefore, continued To-
day its examination of r. w Adams,
and it was apparent by the line of
questions, too, that the state deemed
it essential that no talesmen should
serve who said gas explosion caused
the disaster. The state furthermore
in it's examination of Adams, has re
vealed that it will consider as accept
able those talesmen in whose minds
socialistic views are imbedded.
That anyone who attended the Joint
funeral of The Times victims, whe~9
sixteen coffins lay across the stage
of a local theater and heard the ora
ton made on that occasion by Rev.
John P (Bob) Burdette, pastor emeri-
tbs of the Temple Baptist church, can.
not serve on the jury, was the posi-
ton taken today by counsel for the
defense. 1t is said to be unique.