The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-05
WOULD EXPIRE
IN JURY BOX
Not Of Old Age But From Tubercu-
losls, so venireman in Nc
-Namara Case viii be
Excused.
OTHER JURORS PROTEST
Judge eordwell. viii Turn the Man
Loose on Monday Which VIII
Make Two Va
cancies.
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OTHER JURORS PROTEST
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LGate City Leased Wire Seryiee.l
LOS ANGELES, Cal. Nov. 4.--That
the entire time SO far occupied in Sc
curing the jury to try James B. Nc
Namara for the murder of twenty-one
men killed by the destruction Of the
Times plant, thirteen months ago,
has practically been wasted, seems
certain tonight,
The only man secured through the
interrogation of 230 veniremen who
seemed certain to meet the demands
of both sides will be excused by con-
sent on Monday. He is Seaborn M.
Manning, an aged rancher, who had
no opinion regarding the merits of the
case and who was admittedly fair and
unbiased. But a committee of his
fellow jurors called on Judge Bordwell
today and demanded that he be ex-
cused. They declare that he has
tuberculosis, and that, to insist on
him remaining through months of
confinement would amount to signing
his death warrant Because of this
protest, and also because the health
of other jurors might suffer, Manning
will be excused by consent on Mon
day, making two vacancies in the jury
box.
/ After these are filled the pre-empt-
DRY challenges will be begun and it is
almost certain when both sides get
through there will be no one left in
4 the box. So the only result of near
Fly month of work seems tonight to
l,.1 that the number of pre-emptory
challenges held by both sides had
been reduced.
i The features of today's court SEES
sion was the refusal of Judge Bord-
we'll to excuse from the panel OF
veniremen who will report on Monday,
Harry Chandler, son-in-law of Gen
Otis, and assistant manager of the
Times, who is the real front of the
Mcnamara prosecution. The cour,
held that, despite the fact that Chand
Ter was under subpoena by the state
the court could not excuse him unless
he was willing to show good per
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ready to do. He was finally excused
until Wednesday morning on his as
sertion that he had planned TRIP
into Arizona and could not break the
engagement. At that time he is ex
pected to demand relief from jury
service because of business pressure
The state was much concerned to
night over the news from indianapolis
that the McNamara's had won in theil
fight to keep the books of the iron
workers union from the federal auth
critics, subterfuge by which 1t hac
been hoped to bring the documents
here to bolster up the prosecutions
case. District Attorney Fredericks
refused to comment on the action o.
the Indiana courts, but his assistants
admitted that it would be much hard
er to prove the states case.
Friends of the McNamaras' We're
elated and declared that the Indian
apolis decision means that the Nc
Namaras can be tried here only for the
Times disaster and that the dirty lin
en- of the National Erectors' Associa
ton growing out of its fight with thu
international Structural Iron Work
ers'' Union will not be washed here a
a side issue. The decision, they say
will shorten the present trial mater
tally and finally result In an acquit
tai as without the alleged evidenc
seized by Burns in indianapolis, TIL
McManigal story cannot be got befor
the jury.