Weekly journal-miner., 1914-09-16
TOOK ALL DAYS SESSION SUPERIOR COURT; INDI- CATIONS TRIAL WILL BE BATTLE ROYAL
(From Fridays Daily.)
THE CLARK JURY
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- - - - - - - - v v s When the Superior Court adjourn. ed Thursday evening the above named citizens of Yavapai county had been selected as the result of a full days session as a jury to try the case Of Dud NJ. Clark who is accused, on six charges, of grating funds from the treasury of the county while serving as county road superintendent The particular charge against Mir. Clark at this time is that he falsely. fraudulently and illegally" presented claim for SIS against the county of Yavapai with intent to defraud." Clark is represented at the trial by six attorneys, Anderson & Lamson, U. F. Russel and Clark, Tascher & Clark, and they conducted the ex- animation of the jurors, while Coun- ty Attorney P. w. O'Sullivan and his assistant J. H. Morgan represented the state.
 The thorough manner in which both sides examined the jurors ln- dicates that the case will be a battle royal. The line of questions on the part of the state make it plain that no person who has been employed on the county roads under the ad- ministration of Clark has been al ' lowed to remain on the jury, this being about the only reason. aside from the regular sterotyped ones, which the state has utilized as bar. On the other hand. the defendant en- | deavored to keep off the jury. if their questions were an indication. all those who admitted they had read the Journal-Miner's accounts of the case with any degree of seriousness, or who were of unusually strong political faith or belonged to lodges or churches. This was indicated when Attorney Clark asked certain juror these questions:
 Did you read the Journal-AIiner's accounts of the Clark cases?' Did you take these accounts as evil dence?" Never saw any articles in that paper by the defense. did you?" Are you strong member of any political party?" Do you belong to any church" Are you member of any lodge?'
 Aside from the question as to whether a juror had worked on the roads for Clark. the others which were in any way unusually signif- cant were the queries as to whether the one being examined was ac-- quainted with "a man named Rynearson, of Kirkland, or Jess Kalem."
 Amended Complaint Filed
 At the commencement of the trial Judge William F. Cooper. of Tue son, who is presiding, issued an order vacating and setting aside the order heretofore made in the case dismissing plaintiffs complaint and allowing the plaintiff to file amended complaint.
 The Jury As Returned
 When the sheriff made his jury re- turns to the court it was found that but twenty-five of the regularly drawn panel had been secured, as follows:
 o. L. Boyd. Wm. R. Grindle, E. C. Hill, J. w. Koontz, A. A. Moore, James Rees. J. W. Robins. B. w. Ungles. Joseph Davies. Walter Lar remore. Anton E. Johnson. P H. 1 Mangan. I. B. Rogers, Ed. Shumate, Ed. J. Cromey. Thos. D. Phifer. B. B. Dolly. Oliver Gardner. C. C. Jack son, T. J. Mulcaire, Jas. N. Mckay. | Jos. P. Ryan, A. s. Skinkle, George | Wright, c. C. Cox.
 Of these five were excused for various reasons, leaving an avail able panel of only twenty from x,b;ci, t0 eetart a ;,,r,, to tr,- opa 0f Il the most important cases in the his | tory of the county.
 Judge Cooper at once issued an order for the sheriff to empanel a special venire of twenty-five men. from the body of the county and rot from bystanders. returnsble at two o'clock in the afternoon" The following names were returned by the sheriff promptly at the hour 
 M. Nj. Gushing. Jean Eads, T. R. Williams, w. L. Conner, C. A. French. z. Sheffield. O. w. Bhcken- staff, E. R. Stauffer, w. L. liar grove. w. A. Storts, John Simmons, 4. H. Glenn, C. J. Kimbell, Nat Hall, Wm. Gaston, Frank Kester, Jack Jones, Geo. Paulson. Wm. Byers, (. w. keberger. A. T. Lindsay, R. B. Webster, T. Akard, H. H. KeayS, w. Ii. McMichael
 The men excused from the regular panel were: O. l.. Boyd colored minister, his exemption coming from the fact that he is an ordained { minister; Joseph Davis. Guy Gwynne, 1 James NJ. Mckay and J. c. Fox. I Most of the reasons given were pressing business engagemets." , cLARK'S ATTORNEYS MAKE
 MOVE TO PREVENT THE !,