Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-10-25
JUROR DISCHARGED
FOR |ND|SCREET
!. CONVERSATION
SMALL SENSATION IS
SPRUNG IN M'NAMARA CASE
venireman Admits He Talked to
General Manager of Los An
geIes Times and is Repri-
manded and Disqualified,
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los Angeles, Cal. oct. PA
.honcs street conversation started by
W. Clark, a venireman in the Nc
1omara case. with Harry Chandler,
,,ca president and general manager
Of the Times Mirror company, and
.on.in.law of George Harrison Gray
0tis publisher Of the Los Angeles
T,mes brought Clark's services as q
nrospeetive juror to an abrupt end
when ne told about il in court late to-
dav The talesman was censured by
Indpe Walter Bordwell for careless
ness and promptly excused on
challenge by the defense. suggested
NV the court. Chandler, according to
clark. said he hoped the talesman
would qualify as juror.
1t was said tonight that Chandler
was held in no way responsible for
the occurrence so far as the court
was concerned.
Clark who deals in COAL had been
recounting he had gone to Chandler a
few days after the explosion attrib-
uted to James b. Mcnamara. which
wrecked the Times building and cost
twenty-one lives. Clark said he re-
uuested Chandler to be careful about
making hard and fast statements that
il was done by dynamite and by enc
mics, and Chandler gave him to
understand that they knew exactly
what they were doing"
Have you since talked with him p
asked Attorney Lecompte Davis OF
the defense. after a few intermediate
questions.
Yes, said Clark, Il do not re-
member whether 1t was yesterday or
the day before"
And what was the occasion? y
asked Attorney Davis.
Il passed him on the sidewalk"
Stopped and talked with him, did
you? Did you say anything about the
case at all?"
"Yes. | told him was on the jury,
or a prospective Juror"
What did he say to that?"
He said he hoped | would be quail
flied"
what did YOU say to that?"
The court-"Do you challenge this
juror
The juror--"I asked him what he
had against me-"
The court Wait minute-Do
you want to challenge this juror. Mr..
Davis"
Mr.. Darrow-"Let us hear the con-
versation first"
The COURT don't think 1t Is nee
essary. / am surprised, Mr.. Clark.
that you should have done such a
thlng-had any talk with Mr.. Chand-
Ter or anyone else with reference TO
this case.'
81 did not think l was talking
about the case"
You didn't?"
mo, sir"
when you told him you were
drawn as a juror on the case, you
didn't think you were talking to him
about the case?"
mo, | wasn't talking about the
case at all--didn't discuss the case.
Mr. Davis-'Well. we will chal-
lenge the juror for cause"
The juror is excused" said the
court Il don't think he ought to
sit In this case, or any other man
VINO Is drawn on the jury who is so
careless. You may be excused, Mr..
Clark"
In the course of his examination
Clark gave the defense a clue to a
new witness who, they said. would be
summoned. His son, he said. had
Told him the explosion unquestionab-
~ was one OF gas.
Did he give you any reason for
saving that 1t was a gas explosion"
asked Attorney Davis.
lie said he came past on a car and
smelled the gas as far as Spring
street"
The night before?"
Yes. sir"
ion?"
Yes"
IL was stated definitely today that
iourteen men would hear the Nc
Namara case as jurors. This is pos
slole under California law which
provides In addition to the regular
Jury, two additional Jurors may be
,uiusiltied in eases where the trial is
ikely to be of great importance and
uuratlon. These two must be kept
WIN the other twelve having equal
OPPORTUNITIES to hear the evidence
"lu ID case any regular juror is dis
uuaitied through Illness or death,
si sne name OF one of the two extra
yu'oIs Is to be drawn from a box and
one.
nome Of the fourteen seemed in|
sisnt tonight. Six jurors temporarily
accepted by both sides were in the
noA, put all are subject and liable TO
peremptory challenge. Court ad-
WI SVulheo at o'clock with Talesman
winter on the stand