Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-26
ORDERS PANEL OF
FORTY JURORS TO
REPORT IN COURT
Judge E. G. Graves Directs
List Be Summoned for
Next Monday Afternoon.
CONTINUING ARGUMENTS
Court Has Not Disposed of Motions to
ouash 10 Indictments in the
MasiIl-Bruner Gases.

| This morning in circuit court, Judge
Z. c. Graves ordered a panel of 40
/ jurors summoned to report next Mon
day afternoon at . o'clock. The list
was chosen by Circuit Clerk George
W. Gamble. County Clerk II. b. Hub
bard and Acting County Judge B. S.
Bell. as is the usual procedure and the
summons was turned over to Sheriff
o. l.. Bruner TO serve, although there
is probability that he may be one of
the defendants to be tried Ey the jur-
ors called.
The jury is not summoned to try the
Magill-Bruner cases or any other spe-
cific matter. II is called to hear any
cases that may be for trial next week
As yet Judge Graves has not disposed
of the motions to quash the indict-
ments in the Is Magill-Bruner cases
and until these have been disposed of.
there is no matter for trial. 1t is an
ticipated that the court will make a
ruling tomorrow.
Those Summoned.
Those summoned for jury duty are:
Canoe Creek-W. W. Pearsan.
Moline-Andrew Bauer, Nels Mel
Hepburn. Albin Lindquist, c. j: Zaiss,
David Sipson. T. \. Kelso, A. Duncan,
o. w. Andberg. Charles Ydeen. Carl
Hintz, Harry Cressey, E. Daebelliehn. !
Rock Island-A BladeI, L. r. Stamm. |
II. Detjens, a. Z. Shallene, John Cow !
den, V. V. Reeves, w II. Schillinger, |
William Trefz. J. E. Reidy. r. L Por-
ter. Z. r. Dade, ]. s. Streeper Robert |
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South Rock Island-W. p Barnett,
a. NJ. Goddard, J. B. Portsman.
Black Hawk - Fred SauIpaugh,
Newt Lubey.
Edgington-John Alfred johnson.
Rural-W. f. Long, F. w. WyIie
Drury-L Foster. Sr.
Arguments Continue.
Arguments on the motion 20 quash
continue. The Martin Nolan matter
was first taken up and now the Mitch
ELL case is being discussed. John AMI
Thomas Mitchell are alleged 10 have
paid Magill and Bruner the sum OF
800 to secure their release from coun | E:
" jail before being brought to tria.,
Magill. Bruner and Ben Schriver, at
orney for the Mitchells, being indicted /
or conspiracy and bribery. Each in
iictment is being taken up separately
and discussed.
Yesterday afternoon Attorney Ken
yortsy in making an arEO:.n.uI before
he court, declared he had been crit
ICED for his arrangement of the board
# supervisors and its alleged cons pir-
ICY 10 get" its enemies. Il have been
for attacking the county
'oard," he declared, yet this board is
icing attacked on its own record, on
Is own course of action" s
Cyrus Dietz. counsel for Mr. Magil n
ommented on the strange fact that
he grand jury had voted true bill
duplicating Magill. after tha extnina-
ion Of the same witness and hearing c.
he same evidence in the same case Il
arlier in the session when not a true p,
I'll was found. NJ
Drawn In Chicago? r
That the indictments drawn against c'
T. VI. Magill and Oscar l.. Bruner were
rawn in Chicago, was admitted in an ii
iformal manner in circuit court this II
forming by George w. Wood, special er
tate's attorney. Whether or not this l..
let will have any bearing on the Cl
,ga1ity of the indictments returned m
smains TO be seen. 81