Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-19
JURY 4 FINE BODY IF MEN
 SAYS JUDGE:
0'COnnor UphoIds the Selection and the Actions of the Men Who Heard Haigler Murder Case, Setting Aside Criticisms
Also Takes Position Relative to
 Staying of Hall, Killed at Same
 Time as Was Wall; Opinion
 Is Extended in an Interview

In an interview given at Tucson. Judge J. E. O'Connor of the Superior Court of Pinal county is placed on record as upholding the recent Haig- Ter jury in the fullest sense This de- fense carries with 1t naturally a ero. rocrion of the statement of Sheuu Wheeler that he dld not have the tune Co make more Careiu gelection of jury inasmuch as the court contends that there was no need Of better salpc. tion. the inference being that the shs-- if might not have accomplished bet ter choice no matter how much ume Was at his disposal
 Judge O'Connor points to the fact that the jury was composed of young men. mostly unmarried and without previous jury. experience, as il their favor He sustains their presence at a dancehall as harmless and iurerea, tially endorses their indulgence in keg of beer on the courthouse grounds on Sunday previous to the Monday on which they rendered their verdict.
 The Haigler not guilty verdict is up- held by the judge, who at the same luAe 1akes strong ground aga ms tHe introduction, it he is correctly quoted of the matter of the killing of tnc second man by Haigler in the course of the restaurant trouble, and would seem Co set that killing aside as a factor that might cause for further ac- ton against Haigler. Al the time of giving the interview, Judge O'COnnor was en route to Tombstone to again occupy the bench for Judge Lock wood in the hearing of cases in which the latter had disqualified The in- teryiew follows
 The judge said there was no mis- conduct on the part of the jury on that case, that the entire panel in gen eral and the Haigler jury in particu- lar were a fine lot of average Amer jeans and generally young men. sery- ing as jurors for the first time
 He said that the evidence in the Haigler case was to this effect. That the deceased had been livine with the Johnson woman for some time pre- yious to the killing that she had transferred her affections to Roy Haig- Ter that the deceased resented this and whipped Haigler on two different occasions, the second time beating Haigler up badly, being a much more powerful man than Haigler, that at the second beating the deceased told Haigler that he would kill him and the Johnson woman if he ever caught them or heard of their being together again; that he Haigler was measur- ing himself for a wooden coffin" Uaig- Ter then became frightened and beliey- ing his life was in danger because of the punishment he had received at the hands of the deceased and because Of the threats of the deceased. bought a pistol and carried it in his pocket, that shortly thereafter he was at dance in company with the Johnson woman and was dancing with her when he noticed the deceased dancing with another woman that he in com pany with the Johnson woman, be cause of fear of the deceased, left the dancehsll and repaired to the seclu- sion of a private apartment in a near by restaurants that shortly thereafter the deceased seating his partner be- fore finishing the dance, proceeded to hunt up Haigler and the Johnson wo- man that he burst into the private apartment where Haigler was with the Johnson woman, made rush for Haie- Ter, at the same time putting his hand back toward his hip pocket that Haig- Ter believing his life was in danger, fired, killing the deceased; that the jury believed from all the evidence in the case that Haigler honestly be- lieved his life was in danger and that he shot to protect 1t when the de- ceased was killed
 Judge O'Connor further said that the dance attended by the jury in body all sat together on the same bench with @ sworn baniu a teach cpd and only for a few moments. listening to the musie; that they took po part