The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-02-18
Mrs. Hye's Body Exhumed by
Prosecution; 35 New Jurors;
Nuttmann Jury Hung.
|McKINNON CONVICTED
Jim Dearing Case is Continued;
Jury Gives $500 Damages
in Murphy Brown Case.

nth a long list of jurors SUNNI oned
TO report in the district court next
Monday and with some witnesses call
ed to report on that date the Hye trial
win start off with clear shedding ahead.
Judge Steele and the jurors drawn so
far have kept up with the calendar to
date and the famous murder trial may
proceed Monday without any obstacles
whatever in its path.
The original list OF trial jurors in
cluded 80 names and these men report
ed for jury duty on February Sth and
have been in attendance at the sessions
OF the court daily since that time. In
addition to this original list Judge
Steele issued a call for thirty five ad-
d4tional trial jurors and these jurors
have been legally served with summons
to appear next Monday in time for the
Rye trial. This makes a total of IS
Jurors called to date.
The names of the jurors summoned
on the additional list are as follows:
L. H. Kerlee, H. NJ. Ashbaugh, Thos
B. Galloway. C. w. Mclaughlin. Robert
Markham, L. c. Adams, Geo. Stephens,
Geo. Simon, Robert Griffith. Howard
Mckinley, William e. Garfield, John
"A. Powell, w. w. Blackburn, B. H.
Abel, F. NJ. Bowman, George Fem, N.
I'll King, c. Z. McCulley, n. B. Young.
Jake Crooks. w. ]. Harrah. William
Badgero w. ]. Braybrook, c. L. Rice.
ID A. Jordan, M. S. McMurray, Dave
Pugh, ]. M Folden, John S. Warden,
Z. B. Fuller, ]. R. Mcconnell, Charles
Holt A. C. Meisner, John R. Tallman,
and Fred Painter.
The latest sensational development
In the Hye murder case was recorded
Saturday when Prosecuting Attorney
Hattabaugh filed in the district court
4 notice of intention to exhume the
body of Alma Hye. wife of Frank Hye.
the defendant in this most exceptional
trial. Under the terms of this notice,
the body of Mrs. Hye was exhumed yes
terday at Elk City, the state be-
ing represented by DR.. Jesse L. Rains
OF Lewiston, Special Deputy Sheriff
Shaw, and witnesses Thomas Hye,
brother of Frank Hye. and DIR. G. S.
Stockton, of this city. went to Elk
the first of the week to be present at
the burial ground when the body of the
wife was examined. This move on the
part of the prosecution in the Hye case
caused a great deal of conjecture and
speculation among people about the city
and news of the disclosures made by
the investigation is being awaited with
4 interest akin to all other developments
In this case.
The trial starts next Monday morning,
according to present plans, and 1t is
quite likely that the court room will be
crowded with spectators and witness ses
throughout the entire proceedings. 1t
is said that the town and countryside
about Elk City will be almost complete
ly depopulated as a result of the ex-
odus of people from that section who
will be called to Grangeville as witness
ses in the Hye case next week.
Dearlng Larceny Case Continued.
The case of the state against James
Dearing, charged with grand larceny
for the alleged theft of a horse, was
continued for the term last Friday.
The case of the Grangeville Savings g.
Trust Co. against Powell Gibson, F. E.
Wyatt and Fl. j. Smith was also set
tied out of court and formally dismiss
ed this week.
Hung jury In huffman Case.
The jury In the huffman case, the
Personnel of which was published by tn,
Globe last week. failed to agree after
being out about six hours. The case
was hard fought from start to finish
the prosecution being conducted by
County Attorney Hattabaugh and Clay
McNamee and the defense being made
by w. N. Scales. The following witnes.
II ses testified for the state in this case
Fred Shaw, w. S. Shaw. Henry Hatke
Frank Hatke, Mrs. Regina Hatke, Ed
ward Thyering. Carl Flynn, James John
Z son, Joe Enneking, Lee Lane, Harr,
Blake and Lonnie Bales. The witnesses
81 called by the defense were Merrill Kohl
& Emil Renggli, Mrs. John huffman, Jo
Pocconi, Harry Fryer. Ned Schroeder, j
NJ Morgan, Henry huffman and Johl
AZ huffman
III Allen Mcklnnon Convicted.
"a In the McKinnon case, the defendant
Allen McKinnon, who formerly conduct
ed the Balfour- Guthrie grain warehous
at Cottonwood, was found guilty of em
bezzlement in the sum of $SS4.95, b.
the jury which heard his case In cQur
Saturday and Monday.
The jury in the McKinnon case wa
composed of the following: Chas Sal
lee. John Kerr, Frank Forsman. NJ
Cross. J. G. Rowton, W. @. Hanson. "