Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-04
ELEVEN men
INJURY BOXAT
Los. ANGELES
Only One More to be Sc
cured When Both Sides
Will Begin Exercising
Peremptory Challenges.

Peremptory Challenges.
Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 3.-With one
more Juror accepted as to cause by
both sides soon after court opened to-
day In the Mcnamara trial, prospects
for full jury box before close OF
court appeared excellent. Byron
Liske, Pasadena mill owner, was the
eleventh man chosen. as.f
H. v. Blenkiron, a real estate dealer,
the only other talesman in the jury
box not yet accepted, was then ex'
amined. ..-
Venireman w. D. Andrews remained
outside the box. and it was expected
that II neither Andrews nor Blenkiron
was accepted court proceedings might
be suspended until more talesman
could be secured. ~,
Blenkiron was accepted by the de-
fense after less than five minutes ex-
animation by Attorney Clarence S.
Darrow, chief of counsel for the de-
tense.
Both sides came into court prepar-
ed to exercise peremptory challenges
against jurors accepted as to cause
whom they believe would not make
fair jurors.
(. 1t is expected that not more than
three or four Jurors at the outside
would be left at the conclusion of this
process. ~H M
Two talesmen, George Mckee and
F. D. Green, we're Ill and received
medical treatment last night but We're
renorted aS recovered tOdAy. '
In the fourth panel summoned to-
morrow, is the name Of Harry Chand-
Ter, son-in-law Of HI. G. Otis, publisher
of the Times and himself vice presi-
dent of the Times-M Mirror Co.
2 Judge Bordwell had a new venire
empaneled today, as when court open
ed only one venireman remained from
the venires thus far used. 49,
IL It was expected that today's pro-
csedings would be cut short by the
exhaustion Of veniremen withSwhom to
,fill the box.
IN the jury were the following when
the session began: w. N. Frampton,
G. w. Mckee, Frank F'rankes, Sam
Mendenhall, G. w. johnson, Robert F.
Balm, seaborn Manning, F. D. Green,
w. l.. McNeely and A. C. Winter, all
OF whom have been examined by both
sides for cause and are ready for the
peremptory challenge process, and
Byron Liske and H. v. Blenkiron, the
examination of whom was to be con-
cluded today. w. D. Andrews was the
only venireman \ available in case
Liske or Blenkiron were disqualified,
and it was apparent that unless the
interrogation Of these two talesmen
precipitated something unusual in the
session would not be long one. The
sheriff hardly was expected to gather
the new veniremen in time, for ex-
animation today and it was thought an
early adjournment until Monday might
be taken. ! #
II Hyde Trial Moves Slowly.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 3.-Pros-
poets for obtaining a jury to try the
DR.. B. Clarke Hyde murder case be-
fore the end of next week appear
poor. The trial entered upon it's
eleventh day today with only twenty
of the forty-seven temporary jurymen
who must be obtained in the box. The
work of qualifying men Is moving
slower now than it has at any stage
of the proceedings, only one talesman
being obtained yesterday. A new
panel of forty men was summoned to
appear today, and so rapidly have
veniremen been disqualified that It
was expected at the opening of court
today that another panel would have
to be drawn tonight.
James Marsh of Kansas City and s.
S. Embrey of Grain Valley, Mo-, were
accepted as talesmen today.
Although he had been living in this
city seven years Marsh said he had
never heard Of the Hyde case until
last night when he was summoned as
venireman. After he received the
subpoena he said he had read some.
thing about the case to learn what it
was all about" Marsh was accepted
by both sides at once.
A temporary juryman approached
Juryman Porterfeld today and con-
fessed that he had been convicted and
served a prison term for man
slaughter twenty. years ago. The
statutes provide that no one who
has been convicted of q felony can
serve as a juryman. This was made
plain to the talesman at the time OF
his examination but he was too proud
to make the confession in the crowded
court room. The matter has since
weighed heavily on his conscience.
DAVENPORT HAS
WINDOW GLASS THIEF
Davenport, Nov. 3.-In full view of
the proprietor Of the shop thief
smashed the plate glass window in
front of the j. NJ. Siegel jewelry store
here early last evening. grabbed a
diamond ring and broach valued at