New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-10
Panel Exhausted at Point When
Box Seemed in Fair Way
To Be Fiiled--No
Night Session.
EvAsIoNS ANGER COURT
New Batch of Talesmen To BE
Examined This Morning and
Taking of Testimony
Probably Will Begin
in Afternoon
CHANGE IN BECKER JURY.

.sIie A, Wark, Juror No. 8, and John
4 Dillon, Juror No. II, were excused
and the following two mon selected in
their places:
No. e-Charies Rauehfuss, Of No. <5s
wsst 155th street; real estate dealer,
w;th business address the same. Mar.
ried. '-
No. 1t-AIfrsd FelIheirrsr, Of No. sos
West 142d street; architect, with office
at No. 7 East 42d street. Married.
The Jury box at the end " the court
sessions yesterday at the trial of Lieu
tenant Charles Becker for the murder
Of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler.
still lacked twelfth juror 10 fill IT,.
There were eleven men in the box when
court opened. They were there at the
close Of the night session on Tuesday.
Two Jurors were excused from the jury
hox Yesterday by Justice Goff, and ths
sum total Of the days work was to OBJ
,sin two Jurors in their places without
being able to get the twelfth man be-
fore the special panel Of taiesmen was
exhausted, and court adjourned at'6:3O
Pm. .t.;
nsti Goff was disposed to hold an
other night session. in order TO. COM
plete the jury had there been any tales:
men lef; from whom to select the need
ed twelfth. Seventy tslesmen were ex-
amined at the two long sessions OF
court yesterday. and only two men
qualified for service from that num-
Der. Clerk Penny ordered new spe-
cial.panel Of one hundred taiesnep last
night. They are summoned. to appear
in court This morning.
The original special panel summoned
Coz tbe Becker jury consisted OF go
taIcsmen. out Of which ISL appeared "a
court Every effort was made BY Jug
tiee Goff and District Attorney Whth'
man 10 land the isfst talesman on the
FURY. but he was finally excused by. the
court ON request Of the defence when y
was found that he was acquainted with
a witness in the CASE. He was George
jeremiah an insurance agent living
at No. 2O2 West 14th street.
Mr.. jeremiah increased the diffienlty
Of his selection, when in answer to an
early question by District Attorney
Whitman as to whether he had any
opinion or impression Of the guilt or In
nocence Of the defendant he replied:
Il may say that ] have very definite
opinion as to what the outcome OF tnis
case ought to be-" -..--... ;~..-. -s-.-,,
jeremiah Had to Go.
The talesman said. however. that ne
could disregard his opinion II chosen
as a Juror, and render fair and I'M
partial verdict on the evidence alone.
Mr. jeremiah insisted IN .conferring
with Justice Goff two or three times
when his examination first began. II
developed that he told the court that
he knew one OF the witnesses, ana
thought he would be disqualified on
that account. Justice Goff was not In
clined TO let him go, as he was the last
available man and there was no chance
in getting any other candidates for The
jury until to-day. p
Asked the name of the witness ne
knew Mr.. jeremiah told the District
Attorney that IT was John Donohue.
Donohue figured as the dummy" In
the chattei mortgage OF $500 which
Herman Rosenthal executed. on The
furniture in his gambling house In West
45th street, after that amount had been
advanced to him by Lieutenant Becker.