Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-10-31
NO JURY YET IN 'NAMARA CASE JUDGE BORDWELL AND ATTOR-
 NEY DARROW UNABLE TO GET
 FRIENDLY IN MURDER TRIAL
WITNESS IS HEARD
Brought Into Court to Impeach Testi- mOny of Prospective Juror
 Johnson.

aid, the first witness ill the trial Of l J. B. McNamara, was called in court this afternoon The witness was summond by the defense to impreach statements by George w. Johnson a talesman who said he could not re- member having expressed an opinion Angeles Times. The testimony was introduced only after a struggle on the part of the State that was marked with the bitter feeling evident throughout the day.
 With the beginning of the session
 the clashes began Chief Counsel
 Clarence Darrow, of the McNamara
 forces, interrupted the reading of
 former ruling by Judge Bordwell on
 the cases of Talesman A. c. Winter
 and Walter F. Frampton, who were
 retained in the jury box over the sec-
 ond challenge by the defense. When
 in his ruling Judge Bordwell referr-
 ed to former challenge and his req sons for retaining the men at the
 time, Darrow objected to the courts i discussing matter not before the , court
 ! "I suppose there is no objection
 to giving the matter to newspapers
 at this time," said MT. Darrow.
 MT. Darrow," said Judge Bord-
 we'll i'll everything the objection "I
 do not want you to interrupt the court
 at this time"
 | At the end of the ruling Darrow in-
 jected into the record number of
 exceptions, the most serious of which
 was one against the courts alleged
 charge of bad faith on the part of , the defense.
 The most positive progress of the
 day was the selection of Samuel Mendenhall as prospective juror.
 He was passed by both sides for cause. The bitterest fight of the day
 centered about George w. Johnson The talesman had a prejudice against unions founded on experience thirty years ago when he was a moulder of brass and iron. Johnson said he con- sidered the union men with whom he then came in contact "tramps"
 Shortly lafterward the questioning shifted Do you remember con- versation with a young man at your ] house on August 31 of this year re- garding the Times disaster?" Darrow asked.
 No sir I do not" replied Johnson.
 Do you remember saying at that time that 1t is only question of a few years before there will be a big war between union labor and mono- ply; that you kept away from them when in business; that the Times affair was undoubtedly due to the agitation on the part Of General Otis, ,wner of the paper that on account ,f thousands of dollars poul ed into he case since it is bound to grow in- o another Colorado affair.""
 After objections and arguments the uestion was allowed, Johnson said ! e did not remember the conversa- ion even after Darrow had specified hat a tall slim men had asked the lMestion. Later the defense chal- anged when it developed Johnson had cruples against voting the death pen lty when the evidence was circum- tantial The State resisted the chal- ange. a
 It was to prove the statement attri- l uted to the talesman by the defense l hat the witness Fitzgerald was intro J uced Then be appeared The State y every means. endeavored to block ' is testimony. He was permitted to l astify however. He said he had | liked with Johnson and that the l tatement attributed to Johnson was l lade in a conversation with him.. On cross examination Fitzgerald | a'd he was an attorney, but had H cen doing detective work for the de- t anse. He could remember no de- # ails Of his conversation with John h 0n. He stuck to his statement and F wore tHat the statement read by Ii barrow was practically made by J ohnson. C Darrow promised to leave the wit l. eses in the box tomorrow to identify L le original copy of the report made F y Fitzgerald. E
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