Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-11-23
barrow Asks That Bob Rurdette be
Cited for Contempt Of
Court.
NO CATHOLIC ALLOWED
IN THE JURY BOX.
Men over Fifty and Belonging to
Church Favor the Death
Penalty.

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Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 22.-Clar-
ence barrow, chief attorney for the
MCNAMARA defense, wants Rev. Rob
ert j. Burdette, the humorist and
preacher, cited to appear in court and
explain why he persistently keeps up
line Of funeral sermons over the
graves of victims Of the Times fire
and works industrially to keep the
public mind inflamed against the Nc
Namara brothers.
Judge BordweIl refuses to have Bur-
dette subpoenaed and this brilliant
employee Of H. q. Otis will continue
his noble work Of clamoring for the
lives Of the kidnapped workers.
Burdette,s sermon over fourteen
collins, eight Of them empty was an
atrocity second only to that of the ex-
plosion due to the criminal neglect Of
the owner Of the Times building.
The preacher, who has long been on
1.-THE pay ron Of the Times, was form
eriy popular with all classes. has
virtually been dropped from the church
and his popularity has waned every
where. He has preached half dozen
Bsermons at various points mostly at
laying Of corner stones or dedication
Of monuments. These sermons are
bitter trades against organized labor
and workers in general.
These sermons ar played up in the
Times and sixs widespread circula-
zion. This tends TO keep fresh in the
minds of possible Jurors the falsehoods
Of former days and to keep the public
prejudieed against the defendants in
this case.
barrow makes it a rule to find out
if the jurors are friends Of the Bur-
dette family. Mrs. Burdette, wife OF
the preacher, is large stakeholder in
the Times company, and it is notorious
that otis passed all the losses OF the
frete the stockholders. !
This cuts down the income OF the
Burdettes who live on millionaires row
in Pasadena amid great luxury.
barrow has frequent clashes with
the Judge, whom he almost openly
charges with bias. At some OF the
stormy sessions the spectators wonder
how far barrow will carry things and
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how near he can get to the edge OF
Bordwell's temper.
Otherattorneys for the defense be-
come angered at the manifestly I'M
fair action of the district attorney and
his assistants, and the treatment the
defense receives at the hands OF the
court. on these occasions there are
outbursts which are alarming and
, they always bring sharp rebuke from
the Judge.
There are at present three peTman-
emit Jurors in the box and they bid fair
to be the only ones for a week. There
are in the box as tentative Jurors:
Alex Grioling, C. A. Heath, Clark Nc
Lain. j. H. Sexton. Brewster g. Ken
lsvon. d. II. Elliott, William ). Andre,
Willets Bruner. OF these at least five
must be removed BY preemptory chal-
lanees. This will reduce the chal-
lleuges Of the defense to ten and hasten
the day when the challenges shall be
Exhausted and men known to be biased
win Be admitted to the jury box and
1.-THE defense be helpless to prevent it.
Then viii the trial of ]. B. Nc
Namara begin with all Of the machin
cry Of the law against him, with 9
nroseuctor completely in the hands o.
! private detective agency working
for 4 big fee provided the Union man
lon trial can be convicted on the framed
up evidence prepared
The Jury viii. in all probability BIG
Il composed Of men over IS years OF age
Most Of them reactionaries and @sot'
il their ways and opinions. Many
Younger men have been subpoeaned
hut IS most Of they proved to be
nroDertyiess men, they were not al
| lowed to sit on the case. The prosecu
tors are doing all they can to get meT
I.of advanced years, and most Of then
I for whom the district attorney putt
M the strongest fight, are over g
vears Of are. These men are in mos
Instances retired men VII oare playing
or citrus growing or fancy ranching
Many Of them are readers Of th'
Times who say they are n sxmpatn'
Win that newspapers policy q bait
ing labor.
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