The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-02
HARD WORK TO
SECURE JURY
1t Begins to Look Like An impossible
Job to Get Twelve Men to
Hear Lawrence
Case.
AMUSED AT THE TRIAL CASE MAY FALL FLAT
e Son That When venlre is Ex
Eted, Ball Will be Granted and
4 the Whole Matter
J Dropped.

UNITED Press Leased Wir> Service |
COURT HOUSE, SALEM, Mass,
Oct. 1.-THE Wholesale refusal Of the
talesmen of Essex county to serve as
jurors in the cases of Joseph Et-
tor Arturo Giovannitti and Joseph
Caruso, charged with being respons-
ible for the shooting last winter of
Annie Lopizzo at Lawrence during
the textile workers strike, will event
ually mean the discharge of the pris-
oners, according to their counsel. Dis
trict Attorney Atwill denies this, say
ing that If this venire is exhausted
without the drawing of the requisite
seven more jurors, he will require
,another venire.
"The talesmen have refused to
serve because they feel that they
could never conscientiously convict
Ettor, Giovannitti and Caruso, said
their chief attorney, Fred Moore. OF
Los Angeles, Today.
They tell the judge that their bias
in the case is SO deep-seated that no
evidence could overturn 1t. And the
/ Judge looks at their earnest faces and
LETS them go.
4 Il do not think the remainder Of the
Italesmen can supply five more men
as required of venire and If the
trial is suspended until another ven-
/ ire can be called, we shall at once call
for the release Of the prisoners on
bond.
"AndsJ predict If they are released
on bond they will never have to come
to COURT
Regarding the refusal OF venire-
men to serve, Atwill had this to say
today:
1t may be that these talesmen have
! become alarmed by the appearance OF
blackhand letters and reports Of viol-
ence to occur If these men are con-
victed. Something, evidently, is the
/. matter"
"Big Bill Haywood, Elizabeth Guer
! ly Flynn and Mrs. Caruso were in
! court today. Sheriff Johnson admit
!. ted them.
! The third juror selected was Willis
: P. Cressy, sailmaker, of Gloucester
! He was the 253rd talesman called and
. the eighteenth man examined today
= The choice followed a short confer
: ence between the prisoners and theil
/ attorneys.
"Do you believe that men should be
: free to organize unions if they de
sire?' was the pivotal question put by
: the defense to every man.
i In the court room Haywood took &
' seat with Attorney Fred Heslewood
{ of Seattle. He sat among the tales
. men waiting to be examined for jur.
service. A group of newspaper mel
+ Immediately gathered about Haywoo,
II to question him on his opinions of tn
case. Haywood began to give then
= freely In the midst of his talk Ere,
Flynn, detective OF the state polio
. force, made a dramatic entrance t
= the court room and taking stan
s. before Haywood cried out in a lou
. voice:
u do you think this man should b
le allowed to discuss his views in tn
u midst of all these talesmen?"
d Haywood smiled broadly at FTynr
u whom he met at Lawrence last winter
ie Flynn left the court room and
r moment later an officer crossed tn
70 room and asked Haywood and Hasl,
le regular bench and they complied
a. sitting Immediately behind the pri
et oners.
Il think it will take month to q
a jury to try these men, said Ha
wood to reporters, "if the prosecute
insists on carrying the case on aft
this first venire is exhausted
TO- Ettor, Giovannitti and Caruso ha,
m- received scores Of kilograms sine
the beginning of the trial. Most
to- them are from groups of their countr
er men and come from all parts of IL
country At 10 o'clock when the cou
,ly opened after conference between q
Dr. attorneys and Judge Quinn, the e
RS amining of talesmen began. All
the first quota refused to serve, gi
ing prejudice as an excuse.
h'r Quinn said that in the event th
,ar present venire is exhausted he will II
,ar be able to impress one from t
streets unless there are seven juro
in the box This is not expected
occur and it is likely court will
s. suspended until October 10, pendi
the garnering of $50 new talesm
from the county.