El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-19
THREE JURORS FOR
ROSS TRIAL CHOSEN
Recess is Taken Tuesday Afternoon IN
til Thursday morning to Enable q
New Venire to be Summoned.


New Venire to be Summoned.
That he was not in the rooms at the
Hotel Mccoy at the time Of the alleged
holdup, L E. Ross, in a sworn state
ment attached to a motion for a contin-
uance. which he filed following the
overrUling of his application for a
change Of venue Tuesday afternoon,
said he could prove by witnesses. By
one Lewis, who is at present at Los An
geles, Cal, and r. Meredith, whose
Whereabouts are unknown, the defend
ant said that he could prove that he
was in the hallway of that hotel at the
time the alleged robbery. occurred Lew
IS, he said, saw him there, and this
could be substantiated by Meredith
The defendants asked for time in which
to secure these witnesses. Other
grounds set up in the petition were that
Ross had been indicted summarily and
rushed into trial The alleged combina-
tons against the defendant charged in
his application for a change of venue
were also set Up in his motion for
continuance. The motion was over
ruled by Judge Dan N Jackson, and the
selection of the jury for the trial Of the
case was begun
By 5:25 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
lnree jurors were chosen, when the
the trial was exhausted The jurors
were; 5 J.. Fennell, Of FennelI-Smith
company, stationers; c. H. Schwaunk-
haus, street car conductor; =. Z. Mold,
accountant. The defence exhausted
TOUR peremptOry challenges and the
state one. Each have only 20.
r l. Atkinson, teller of the Rio
Grande Valley Bank and Trust com
Pany, who stated on the stand that he
Knew the krakauers in a business way,
was taken as q. juror by the state after
ne had Deen passed by the defence, to
be later refused BY it
Do % you know any of the attorneys
Ut M hrakauerZ' Charles owen, at
lorney Tor the defence. asked him
mas any OF his attorneys talked TO
you about this case?"
- don't know who his attorneys are
LSpIIeu MI Atkinson Il am confident
mat my friendship in this instance
HOuI9 not influence me in this case. I
nearq about the Kralauer case. but did
- ilseir any names centiOned in con-
necIoh with It,. The state then ac-
copied Mr.. Atkinson. but the defence
excused him.
+ J. Callan. a building contractor.
~, ~ 9C -ftt mat he had business deal
LLes win hrakauer, Fork and Move
DuL hdu never done any work for them
10 anoIher juror accepted by the state
f fII,r-- excused by the defence. W E.
e., = - VINO stated that he knew that
- ~ ~ Dul was not intimately acquainted
WIN any OF the members. was excused
- ~ GeLShce- The defence used its
5 1SolI, cnalIenge in the case of W. A.
the state. as eNcuseu DS
f,;,t have you any scruples about the in
80 ~ punishment for crimes2 dis
t flLcL aIIGIogrney W ". Bridgers asked
FRANK "a <, nm Mitchell a prospective Juror.
Il tIllllh nave replied Mitchell.
fou are excused" SAID Judge Jack
L W. Wadden the first 5u7or called
tuesday afternoon. DISQUALIFIED ON The
ground that he had already formed an
G opinion e!l.- Many others who followed
Sheriff PeytOn 7 E5,-l-SS 80 ~,
deputies, Stanley Good. W. II CfarIicIl
and VIII Davis We're sworn i'm Inv
Judge Judge Jackson $50 to summon a special
morning. when the work Of s1isCtirc-
the jury viii be resumed