The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-13
DRAW JURY TO DECIDE
FATE OF CHAS. POLLE|


care in the selection of the men
who are to decide the fate of
Charles Pollei, charged with murder
in the second degree, the drawing
Of Jurors proceeded slowly yester-
day and today. Up to 4:30 this af-
ternoon eleven veniremen had been
accepted. This afternoon six venire
men had been examined. The state
used up one of it's peremptory chal-
lenges in rejecting a venireman.
The story of how Charles Pollei,
who while a member of the Man
kato police force, shot and killed
Hubert Hack, on the night of July
;, is familiar TO readers of The
Free Press. .-.. #Ht
Ten Jurors Yesterday.
Up 10 six o'clock last night ten
jurors had been sworn in. Thirty
three men were examined and court
adjourned until ten o'clock this
morning in order to permit Sheriff
Osten to get an additional venire
of fifteen men. The sheriff went
into the country last night to do
this work. and court opened at ten
O'Clock this morning, and fifteen
new faces were in the court room.
During yesterday the attorneys
had one or two rather heated dis
cussions The state used four of its
peremptOry privileges and the de-
Tense used one in keeping out of
the jury men whom they objected
to having on the jury and whom
they could not disqualfy in any
other way.
Some Warm Words.
A free for all verbal scrap was
INDUCED in while Olaf Lundberg
was examined. The state objected
to Mr.. Lundberg's serving in this
panel and used means to which the
defense objected to have him re-
moved. Attorneys Wilson and Laur-
iSch objected to the procedure of
Attorney Ellsworth in his eXamina-
ton of Mr.. Lundberg which led to
= heated discussion. During the
discussion County Attorney Schmitt
remarked that Mr.. Lundberg was
trying TO squeeze himself" into the
jury. and Attorney Wilson objected
10 the language of the county at
tOrney. The lawyers were all talk
ing at once and were silenced by
the Judge A peremptory was used
on Mr. Lundberg. The controversy
arose over Mr.. Lundberg'S acquaint
ance with Mr.. POllei, it being claim.
ed by the states attorneys that Mr.
Lundberg and Mr. Pollei served on
jury together during a murder
trial some time ago and were &C
Quainted with each other. Mr.
Lundberg had claimed that his
acquaintance was merely casual"
Attorneys for the defendant OBJ
iected to the manner in which Mr.
Ellsworth examined the veniremen
Attorney Wilson insisted that Mr.
Ellsworth was too verbose. In one
instance Judge Pfau overruled an
objection. but in a stage voice re-
marked that he himself did not un
derstand the question put to the
Venireman.
Reluctant to Serve.
Several jurymen who were exam
ined were reluctant to accept the
responsibility of sitting on this case
their inability to Judge the case
fairly. r..
The triers for the jurors in this
ease are Attorney Benjamin Taylor
Attorney c. l.. Benedict and Attor
ney G. f. Phillips.
The Jurors are Charles Cole OF
Shelby, ED Naylor of Rapidan, David
f. Evans of Mankato. II. w. Madi
gan of jamestown. Henry Shallow
of Mcpherson, William Ward of Me
do, Henry Fox of Lincoln, j. c.
Morris of Mapleton, Charles Hall
man of Mankato and Ed Schu
macher Of MankatO.
One Juror This Morning.
During this morning fifteen men
were examined for the jury and OF
the fifteen one man qualified, Glenn
ent Schroeder. These men were oil
the venire called last night, and
most of them were residents of the
city so had discussed the case
more or less thoroughly and had
decided opinions on the subject
The last of these fifteen men was
examined shortly after twelve
o'clock and the judge then ordered
the sheriff to subpoena another
panel of fifteen men who were to
report to the court at three o'clock
this afternoon. This panel was ex
pected TO be largely made up OF
men who do not reside in Man
kato.
Court adjourned until three o'clock
it proceeded with the choosing OF
the twelfth juryman. . ..
Case of "CotY Fright.
One of the men examined this
morning had a bad case of "cot
fright" which resulted in his dis.
qualifying for the jury. Both the
state and the defense would have
been perfectly satisfied to have him
in the jury, but as he came through
the corridor and saw the room full
iurymen's cots he Immediately de-
cided that no amount of evidence
could persuade him to change the
opinion he already had as to wheth-
err the defendant was guilty or not
guilty.
Blue Earth, Mimi, December s.
Judge James II. Quinn of this dis
trict has made an order directing
that special grand jury be sworn
here at 2 p. m. on Monday to con-
slider the charges made against Harry
w. Parker, the absconding vice pres
ident of the defunct Bank of Com
merce of Winnebago.
Parker is in the custody of Sher-
if George >Freer and County Attor-
ney Bulls and is on his way back
from Atlanta, Ga, to this place.
The party is expected to reach here