Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-10

the Judge. he will have sufficient time
to reach here before the witness
tmeaning Wander Becke) is put en- the
stand.
Call Jury.
Immediately on rendering the decis-
ion at 1920. Judge Graves called for
the presence in the court room for the
first time since Monday morning of
the men called for jury service. Cir
cult Clerk Gamble called for the fol
lowing men TO constitute the first doz.
/ en- for examination:
Henry Sindt and Charles Ydeen OF
Moline: William Montgomery. w. II.
| Hurley. J. +. Reidy. John Cowden. w.
: II. Schillinger. William Trefz. Andrew
Bladel. all OF Rock Island: and l. r.
Stamm. w =. Barnett and \. ~ God
dard. all OF South Rock Island.
Attorney =. X. Kenworthy. for the
/ defense. moved the court for the ap-
| pearance OF the court reporter TO take
such testimony in the examina ion OF
i the jurymen as the defense might de
/ sire. Judge Graves said he had no au-
/ thority TO order the reporter to take
/ anything but the evidence OF the wit
/ nesses. and denied the motion. He
said the counsel might arrange with
! the reporter TO take the testimony, and
/ he hoped they would do So The de
| tense made no effort to call in the re-
( porter.
/ Special States Attorney G. w Wood
| carefully examined jurors for the state
and dismissed the first four called. as
| follows:
/ W. p. Barnett, South Rock Island.
! For cause. Had formed a fixed opin-
/ ion as 10 the guilt or innocence of the
/ defendants.
Andrew Bladel. For cause. More
/ than 30 years of age.
A. VI. Goddard. bartender, South
Rock Island. Peremptorily.
William Trefz. expressman and su-
| pervisOr. Peremptorily.
In addition to these four, before
noon. the court excused II. Detjens OF
| Rock Island. because of illness. Mr..
! Detjens confessed TO being a sufferer
with nervous trouble and would not
have strength 10 serve as a juror in
such a long drawn out case as this
undoubtedly will be. He is a brother
/ in-law of W. II. Brough, deputy sher-
if under indictment in another case.
In his examination of the venire-
men Prosecutor Wood was careful TO
trace the fraternal affiliation of the
men in the box to ascertain if they
! belonged TO orders in which either
Bruner or Nagill held membership.
and if the obligations so taken would
prevent an unbiased opinion in decid-
| ing such a case against a fellow fra
| ternalist. Wood asked for ccnnec-
tons with the Masnns. Elks. Eagles.
| odd Fellows and Knights OF Pytnias
Questioned Closely.
The prosecution was also solicitous
about the acquaintanceship of the
prospective juror with a long list of
Rock Island and Moline men. consid-
cred, it is supposed, advisers and
/ friends of the defendants, and proba-
I bic Witnesses in the case. Among the
men mentioned in this way were Attor-
neys J. T. KenwOrthy. s. r. Kenwor-
/ thy, c. +. Die;z, W. A Meese, ]. X.
Scot. Mayor Fl. NJ. Schriver. Ben
Schriver, Chief James Brinn, Thomas
Cox. James Darnell. Magistrate c. J.
Smith. Commissioner Archie Hart,
Wallace Treichler. W. f Bailey Hen
~ Wheelan, John Looney. Phil Miller,
Henry Werlich, J. B. Oakleaf, William
Rice. Anthony Billburg. Jack Tighe. A
J. Hines. Tim Collins, William Nc
Entry. Floyd f. Thompson. and others.
Only once during the forenoon did
the defense object to a question put
by the prosecution 10 a witness. Judge
Graves sustained the objection TO the
question put by Wood to John Cow
den. bartender: Did you ever work
in saloon in Rock Island that was
kept open on Sunday"
Under Amusement.
On adjourning court yesterday after
noon at 4:3O Judge f. c. Graves took
the matter of continuance under ad-
visement- He called for original COP
les of the joint affidavit for contin-
uance of the indictment charging con-
spiracy returned by the January grand
jury OF the bill of particulars in it's
finally amended state. simplifying the
Indictment and the authorities cited by
the opposing counsels in support of
their arguments. Special States At
torney Wood in the one Illinois dase
he cited had set up that an affidavit
in support OF a motlOn TOT contln-
uance in a criminal case where the
ground was taken that additional wit
nesses were necessary the affidavit
should state who the witnesses were
and what they were TO testify TO. This.
he alleged, had not been done in this
instance.
On the other hand, Attorney Ken |
worthy for the defense referred the !
court TO three cases covering three es-
sentiaI points of argument for grant l