The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-17
WITH A FULL BOX
Mcnamara Case Has Reached
Perempt0ry Challenge Point.
There Are But Three Sworn
Jurors Up to Date.

Los Angeles. Nov 17--Six permanent
5urors-possibly seven-were in sight
today when counsel gathered 70 purge
q fun 5oury box BY peremptory chal-
leuges Of those talesmen whom they
considered rre5udice5 or otherwise m
II 10 try James 3. Mcnamara. IndIc1-
ed for murder IN connection with the
Los Angeles Times explosion
With three sworn jurors-Robert
r Balm. z. D. Green and Byron Lisk
District Attorney John D Fred
ericks. before the opening Of court,
said today that he would use his first
rerempt challenge against Arthur
Gribl5lg- a retired walnut grower. who
on the stand declared himself opposed
TO circuUscantial evidence II capital
case Brewster .. Kenyon whose &C
cupation Is looking after his interests
in various kinds Of investments ad-
mitted on the stand that he had 10
admiration for General HARRISON Gray
Otis proprietor OF the Times
he was being considered by the state
for perem Ptory challenge, as il VAS
thought he might not be inclined TO
give due weight to testimony from en-
ployees OF the Times if called as wiz
nesses.
The challenges against Kenyon and
Eribiing we're ali that Il was considered
The state would make. though Willett
Brunner, a locomotive engineer admit
te6ly worried District Attorney Fred
ericks today as he consulted with his
assistants before court opened
Drummer vas satisfactory 10 both
sides on MS examination. but the dis
t-ict attorney IN porting over the rec
ord discovered that Drummer had gwen
an an. h5gEous answer IN reference 10
ci-cuus-z1t1aI evidence and as the
court did rot allow q Teopening Of his
exam inar5on. the exact meaning OF
Burners answer had puzzled tae state
SON ewhat
The prosecution. however. vas known
n have looked ~ Brunler's reputation
among his Fellow workers and neigh o-s
ard found that h was considered 8
fair minded man
Attorrav Da-row came to court with
+ss mind made ID TO excuse Jacob
Lansing ali orchardisz- the twelfth
raless-an accepted yesterday as we'll a.
T II Elliott. = gardener Neither could
be eliminated o. exam inaticn for cause
rs--z their sEezvs about the case have
h. ure7-dfcssi n trying IL As for VII
liam J. Andre , c-penter ne lid zoL
erIizhren Attorney Lecompts Davis q
--e defense much : 10 his views about
~ case although 2 report 70 1azz de-
fense was that Andre had told his vie
that he believed the McNa.naras guilty
The aalesmen VINO 1t was believed
-yr,t1a nor IL eliminated were Clark Nc
Lain. bank teller. j. B Sexton.
retired farmer and c A Heath. an
E-zElishr2an engaged IN farming near
here Either Andre or kenyon II was
thought had some chance OF being re
tanned. making the final harvest seven
permanent jurors while the retention
81 both making a total OF eight, vas
held not improbable
Horton Assigned 10 Another Case
District Attorney FreEerlcks an
no71nced today that he had assigned
G. Ray Horton chief trial deputy. 10
-rv the ease OF A b Maple. r. Ira
Bender and B. H Counors. indicted for
ar alleged attempt TO dynamite the
hall Of records here g month before
the Les Angeles Times was destroyed
IN 1fe fail Of 1910 Counsel for the
Ic%zrnaras likewise are defending the
three men ard The case Is expected 70
be a cor0llaT3- 70 the Mcnamara trial
Horton has been the most active
thus far IN court for the state other
than the district attorney himself. and
MS delegation 70 try Maple Bender
ard Ccnrors will mean that the state
viii lose an important member CT its
staff in the 3Tc%arrs-a trial The trial
Of the trio Is scheduled Tor Decent Der