The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-11-15
Rapid Headway is Being
Made in the McNamara
Case.
JURY BOX ALMOST FILLED
Second Exercising of Per
emptories Expected to
Begin Today.
Four Permanent Jurors
Will Be Added to Three
Accepted.

Los Angeles Calf, Nov. 15.-Wttb
the second peremptory challenge goal
only one jury scat away, the state
i'm the Mcnamara case today renewed
it's efforts to eliminate for cause Tai
csman Michael w. Corocan, the twel-
fth man in the box, who had been
passed for cause by the defense.
Deputy District Attorney Vegrnila
subjected Corcoran, who is relative
of the famous war colonel of the Six
ty-Ninth New York regiment, to
strenuous grilling, cndeavoring to lay
the foundation for challenge on tho
q ounds that he is too old to serve.
Corcoran, Irish by birth, although
resident of the west since 1859, neld
his own for the most part with the
skilled counsel, insisting time and
again that he knew little about the
McNamnra case and cared less and
positively had no opinion. Corcoran
is sixty-eight, retired mining engi-
reer and former steamboat man. He
lead an adventurous life In Nevada
and Idaho before settling down at
ocean Park as farmer
As soon as the scat occupied by
Corcoran Is filled by man passed by
both sides, the exercising of peremp-
t,ry challenges will beein. OF the two
men secured yesterday, the defense
Is certain to challenge both unless
| barrow changes his mind when the
reports of his investigators are re-
ceived ...-.
| G. II. Elliott is slXty-fve. and holds
a positive belief that the Times was
destroyed by dynamite and that Nc
Namraa is probably guilty, but he said
he could put his opinion aside aqf
| Judge Bordwell seated him.
| william j. Andre declared he has
no opinion In the case lut the defense
attorneys say he acted as a strikes
breaker in carpenters strikes and that
he holds anti-union views. N
It is considered certain that four
permanent Jurors viii be added to the
three now in the box as soon as perez
mptory challenges are exercised. AS
a result, both sides are now certain
that the actual trial will open not
LATER than December l.
Only quick action by Judge Bord-
well prevented one of the leading
members Of the Merchants & Manu-
! lacturers' assoglatio being seated in
the box, He Is Berton V. Collins, a
marble tile manufactures, and cou-'
sin of Cornelius V. Collins, former
state superintendent of prisons In
| New York. who managed Roosevet's
anti-machine fight at Saratoga a year
ago last August. He told Atty Dar-
row he contributed to the fund raised
| ~ the Merchants 81 Manufacturers
association to fight tie unions at
tempt to make Los Angeles a closed
town, and also to the fund to hire
Detective Burns to investigate the
present case.
| When Attorney Darrow challenged
for cause, Deputy District Attorney
Horton tried to qualify Collins. He
got him to declare he could and would
lay aside all prejudices and try Me-
| Namara solely on the law and evil
dence, thus making him qualify as
juror under the California code.
Judge Bordwell, however, by adrotly
framed questions succeeded in get
ting Collins to say he had a confirm
cd opinion that the Times was dyn-
omited The court then promptedly
sustained the defense's challenge.