The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-10-25
SLOW
IN M'NAMARA CASE
GAS EXPLOSION is THEORY ON
WHICH DEFENSE Is BUILDING
THE CASE.

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 2i-A chance
street conversation started by B. w.
Clark, a venireman in the Mcnamara
murder case, with Harry Chandler,
vice president and assistant general
manager OF the Times Mirror company
and son-in-law of General Harrison
Gray Otis, publisher of the Los An
gcles Times, brought Ciark's services
as a prospective juror to an abrupt
end when he told about 1t In court
late today. The talesman was censur-
ed by judge Walter Bordwell for care
lessness and promptly excused on
challenge by the defense, suggested
by the court.
Chandler, according to Clark, had
qualify as a Juror. 1t was said tonight
that Chandler was held responsible
for the occurrence so far as the court
was concerned.
In the course of his examination
! Clark gave the defense clew to a
new witness, who. it is said, will be
summoned. His son, he said, had told
him the explosion unquestionably was
one OF gas, he having smelled the gas
block away.
1t was stated today that fourteen
men would hear the Mcnamara case
as jurors. This is possible under Cal
ifornia laws, which provide in addition
to the regular jury that two additional
jurors may be qualified in cases where
the trial is likely to be of great i'm
portance and duration. These two
must be kept with the other twelve,
having equal opportunity to hear the
evidence, and in case any regular iu-
ror is disqualified. through illness or
death, the name of one of the two
extra jurors is to be drawn from
box and he thereupon replaces the
disabled one.
None of the fourteen seemed in
sight tonight. Six jurors temporarily
accepted by both sides were in the
box but all are subject and liable to
peremDtory challenge.
Court adjourned at O'Clock with !
Talesman A. c. Winter, a contractor, |
on the stand
When court opened Clerk George |
Monroe called veniremen to fill three |
vacant seats, leaving only seven We
niremen outside the rail. Ordinarily |
when n venire is reduced to ten men,
a new one is called In this instance .
this is unnecessary at present. be-
cause parts of two other venires are
waiting IN the other eleven branches
of the superior court of Los Angeles
county. and these. according to Dis
trict Attorney Fredericks. may be
used in the Mcnamara case.
Aside from veniremen already in
there are about 1900 remain
ing from last January's drawing. Or
dinarily about one in three Is avail
able for Jury duty. so that approx
mately 500 still are available from
which a jury is TO be selected If pos
sible.
4 new method of examining tales
men which may shorten the service
Of those not permanetly retained. was
by Attorney Joseph Scott of
counsel for the defense and may be
Instea1 of adhering TO the
California custom of having one side
fill IN the jury box before the state
begins examination. Attorney Scott
that as fast as the defense
passed" n man the state should ex-
anime him. so that If subject to chal-
lenge for cause he would not have
to wait several days before being
excused.
Occasionally the long hours of sep
lration from outside Interests con-
fuse the veniremen.
How many DAYS were you in the 4
box?" one was asked.
He scratched his head. Il don't