Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-04-20
Jury Selected for
Roosevelt Trial
SEVEN REPUBLICANS, THREE
PRoGREssIvEs, TWO DENIS.
% MEN WERE EXAMINED
Motion to Dismiss Suit, Made by
RooseveIt's Counsel, Was Denied by
court-Testimony Starts Today.

Syracuse, n. Y, April 1e-The jury
which will try William Barnes suit
for alleged libel against Theodore
preme court here late today 1t is
composed of seven republicans, three
progressives and two democrats
Twenty-Five talesmen were examined
before both sides announced that they
were satisfied with the twelve men
in the box. The list is as follows:
Makeup of Jury.
1-(Foreman) Henry Hoag. clerk,
republican
2-Irving ]. Mills, woodworker, re-
publican.
9-Walter ]. Zufl1, manager, repub-
ican.
Franklin S. Rhoades, farmer, pro-
gressive.
Leonard K Hungerford, painter,
progressive
6-F. W. Pierce carpenter, repubn-
can.
Warren H. Somers, grocer, repub-
hcan.
S-Ray Tanner. farm hand, demo-
9-John w. Brown, farmer, repub-
lican.
1O-George Boschert, manufacturer,
progressive.
11-Edward Burnes. motorman, re-
publican.
12-Peter Bencke. coal dealer, dem
ocrat
Motion to Dismiss Denied.
Immediately after the jury had been
completed, counsel for Colonel Roose-
welt made a motion to dismiss the COM
plant against their client, on the
ground that such allegations as he
| made in the statement upon which the
suit is based were privileged and that
| in naming Mr.. Barnes and Charles F,
| Murphy of Tammany Hall as the con-
| trollers of rotten government" in the
| state of New York he did not mean
| anything personal or to imply that
| either of the two men named had in
! any way profited by the alleged rot
! tenness." The motion was denied by
Justice William S. Andrews, presid-
ling.
Newspaper Men First Witnesses.
Actual taking of testimony will be-
gin tomorrow upon the conclusion Of
| the opening address of William NJ.
| WINS, chief of Mr.. Barnes legal staff.
| The first witnesses will be newspaper
| men, to whom Colonel Roosevelt is
| sued the offending statement. Other
| newspaper reporters who have inter
viewed Colonel Roosevelt during the
| last five years will also be called and
| photographs of nearly a hundred news
| papers from various sections of the
| United States, in which a1legeI libel
Gus statements claimed to have been
made by Colonel Roosevelt appeared,
| will be presented in evidence, it was
said. This testimony will be offered
| in an effort to prove publication of
| statements issued verbally and in writ
ing by Colonel Roosevelt.
Alleged Verbal Statements by Roose-
| welt.
Counsel for Mr.. Barnes said tonight
| hot aff -
| show that Colonel Roosevelt began to
| make statements which they consider
| ltbelous during the Syracuse conven-
| ton of 1910, when he defeated James
s. sherman, former vice president Of
| the United States, as candidate for
chairman. The Barnes attorneys said
further that some of the newspaper
reporters would be called upon to tes-
| tify regarding certain verbal state
ments which Colonel Roosevelt made
to them in amplifcation of written
| statements he had prepared. One Of
| these statements it was said was made
when Colonel Roosevelt was sailing for
Spain to attend the wedding of his
son, and another when he was about
to leave New York for South America
on a hunting trip.
| After Mr.. Barnes attorneys have
presented this evidence, the defense
| will begin its case. AS only two of
| the great number of witnesses sum-
moned for the defense were in Syra-
cuse tonight, it was presumed that
| Colonel Rooseve1t's first witness would
not be called before Wednesday, If
| then.
Great Crowd Outside Courtroom.
| Although there was room in the
court for less than fifty spectators, a
great crowd stood in the corridors and
outside the building all day.
Half a hundred policemen were sta
| in nd
preserve order.