Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-11
-FOUR JURORS ARE
SELECTED IN THE
CONSPIRACY CASE
Slow Progress Is Being Made
in the Magill- Bruner Case
in Court.
ORDERS SPECIAL VENIRE
Judge Graves Directs Coroner r. c. J.
Meyer to Bring In 80 More Aft
er Panel Is Exhausted.

Il JURORS SELECTED. il
William Montgomery, Rock Island,
dye works.
Carl HIntz, Moline, empIoye at wa
terworks plant.
William II. SchiIIinger, Rock Island,
Insurance.
L. r. stamm, Rock Island. black
smith.
Four Jurors. who will hear the evil
dence ip support and in defense of the
Charge against Oscar L. Bruner and
Lawgfnce NJ. Magill, had been selected
- MUTUAL agreement of opposing coun-
4 before circuit court adjourned at
.I:2Othis forenoon until Monday morn
ing. The entire original panel of "a
men had been exhausted by that hour
and it was agreed not to enter an ex-
animation of the members of the spe-
cial venire of 80 returned this morning
by Coroner r. c. J. Meyer. acting as
sheriff. until Monday. The defense
made the request for time to examine
into the qualifications for jury ser
vice of the men brought in by the
coroner.
On examination by the state, four
more members of the original panel
were excused from further jury ser
vice this morning They were Robert
Atkinson of Rock Island, Newton Loo
by of Milan and David Simpson of
Moline, whose dismissals were peremp-
tory, and ]. T. Giles of Moline. FOR
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defense this morning did not take &C
ton in the cases of T. a Kelso, Nels
Nelson and Albert Lindquist, accepted
by the state.
Object to Venire.
The request for time to examine
came after the court overruled the mo-
ton entered by Attorney S. r. Ken
worthy for the defense, at the opening
of the session, to quash the special
venire. on the grounds that it was irI-
properly drawn. Counsel declared the
Jurors had not been drawn in the regu-
lar way but had been gathered in pro-
%scuously by the coroner, acting in
the sheriff's capacity, and the appear
ance in the court this morning of the
members of the special venire was the
first intimation of who the men were.
The state examined the first man of
the special venire to be called to the
box, F. X. Rhoads OF this city, and
accepted him. The defense declined
TO make any examination Of any of the
special venire until Monday morning.
Members of this panel drawn by Cor
: oner Myers are:
Rock Island-F. X. Rhoads, John
Graham, Joseph Grotegut, r. c. Smed- !
ley, a. Macarthur, George Sexton, Os. |
car F. Ostrand. II. X. Walker.
Moline-Hjalnnar Eckberg, NJ. Bong. !
gren, Louis Swanson, Charles Gustaf /
son, Henry Hoffman, James Hasson, |
Nat Reeves, George Reimers, Frank |
Dufva, Charles F. Pruesing. c. II. Vim.
cent, Irwin Cox, Frank Walker, w. b. /
Sammel, Charles S. Kerns, Frank
Swanson.
East MoIine-GeOrge Perrin, George
Scott.
Silvis-J. c. Blanks, T. E. Wilder,
Bruce Hull. Andy McCIosky.
One of the panel, George Perrin. was
excrsed by the court, as he asserted
himself to be a practicing attorney and
SO exempt from jury service.
Mysterious Stranger.
Fearful of some outside influence,
thought TO be discovered since the ad-
Journment OF court yesterday afternoon
Attorney Kenworthy was exhaustive in
his examination of Mr.. Kelso, one of
those accepted by the state. The ex-
animation continued more than half an
hour. He was asked if he knew John
Miller. former deputy sheriff, discharg-
ed by Bruner, and on his denial he was
questioned regarding his acquaintance
ship with a man sitting in the court
room, who was a stranger TO the major
fly OF those present.
DO you know that man sitting in
the front row with his hand over his
MOUTH the witness was asked
Kelso replied he did not know who
he was but the man had spoken TO
him during the course of examination
yesterday afternoon. before he had
been called to the box. The CONVERSE
ton. It developed, concerned certain
replies Supervisor Trefz had made dur
ing his examination for jury service
Attorney Kenworthy questioned KEEL
SO closely as to whether or not the
man had been seen in the jury room
playing cards with the men there. He
denied any knowledge OF the man and
though he rode to Moline with him on
the same street car yesterday after
noon they occupied separate seats