The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
c. \. RA|NE JURY
|. HAS TEN MEN AND
END IS IN SIGHT
Fred Cook Disqua|ifies on
Ground That He Feared He
Could Not Convict Anyone
of Any 0ffenSe.
RAINE JURY TO DATE.


$40 South Cox street,
II. d. Bomar, farmer, Arlington,
Tom.
John Vaughn, farmer, Bartlett. Tenn.
John w Pumphrey. cotton man, 1884
Union avenue.
c, S, Robinson, grocery house fore
man. 20S9 Walker avenue.
william p, McwillIams, rental agent,
o67 jefferson avenue.
@. II. Young, oil dealer, $50 Galloway
avenue
/. c. Lebolt, travelling salesman. III
Poplar avenue,
W. r. suggs, painter and paperhanGcr,
Collierville Tenn.
r. II. Thurman, retired travelling
salesman, S97 South Cooper street.
Two more jurors qualified In the G.
Hunter Raine case Thursday morning,
sending the total number up to 10 the
mon accepted, w, r. Suggs and F II
Thurman, were the sixth and twelfth
veniremen examined out OF q total or
SO who reported as result OF an order
for third special venire OF 30O men.
Twenty veniremen on whom
service was secured. but who failed to
report Thursday morning, are due for
an unpleasant surprise and slight
financial setback, according to pro.
phesy made by Judge Tom Harsh, OF
the Second criminal court,
Judge Harsh ordered attachments to
issue for the absent veniremen. He
stated. Some OF these men are going
to pay for falling to report when they
ara sIIumODad for iuFV duty "
Three special venlres already have
reported since the start OF tho Raine
trial. Each called for 800 men. or tho
first group So reported, OF the second
but SO were on hand, Thursdays
crowd was the third special venire and
nre has been ordered 10 report Friday
morning, II may not be needed, as
both the state and defense felt at noon
that the Jury would be completed out
OF the third lot
Perhaps the most astonishing reason
offered during tho four days examina-
tion OF jurors was given by Fred Cook,
grocer, Fourh street and jefferson ave-
nue.. who was disqualified when he told
y. o, Bates, states attorney. Thursday
morning: 81 wouldn't like to be u
Juror because I'm afraid | couldn't con.
vict anyone"
r. b. (Bob) Yates, well-known travel.
ing salesman, strobe INTO the courtroom
for examination, "Howdy, Mr.. Raine."
he said. as he took his seat in the ex-
animation chair. Yates disqualified
when he said he had formed or ex-
pressed an opinion as to Raine's guilt or
innocence. The jurors chosen, as well
as the spectators had little doubt which
way he leaned, when on being ex-
cused. and told to leave the courtroom
by the side door Yates said;
May | shake hands with Mr. Raine?
| haven't seen him since he returned to
Memphis" so saying. he walked over
to the defendant grasped his hand,
shook II heartily and said:
"Howdy. Mr.. Raine; I'm glad to see
YOU"
r. t. Spicer, auditor for the Ameri-
can Snuff company, qualified all along
through the questioning OF Judge Harsh.
was questioned and accepted by the
state, but was challenged for cause
when he told Hugh MAgevney attorney
for Raine, that 1t would take evidence
to remove his opinion.
Other veniremen examined during the
morning session OF court included
o. NJ Hamilton, Edward Gray, John
j. Rapp, j. b. Cnrnes, J. A. Hin, G. l.
Sanders, r N, Griffith, N. J. Conley.
Daniel n. Hughes. G. w, Handwerker
NJ Beatus. W, n. ilitchings, NJ. Il.
Gillis, George l.. Cannon, L. II. Turner
". T. Hooper H. B. Calhoun. +. c
Maxwell and b, +. Hammond.