Arizona republican., 1920-03-02
PLETE JURY
 TO TRY FIRST
 K|DNAP ACTION
Actual Trial Of H arry Wootton, First Of 210 Defendants, Will Start Thursday Morning-Only Enough Veniremen To Try 3 or 4 Suits
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 TOMBSTONE, March 1.-The jury to try the first case growing out of the Bisbee deportations of 1917 when 1.1S6 striking copper miners and their sympathizers were deported from the Warren mining district to Columbus. N. NJ, was completed today, exactly one month from the first day of court.
 Harry F. Wootton, a hardware dealer of Bisbee, is the first of 2lo defendants who are accused of kid naping, to go to trial. Because Of the insufficiency of qualified jurors in Cochise county, made evident from obtaining the first jury, it was evident that not more than three or four of the defendants can be tried if all de- mand separate trials. In the present cases, the names of 2,230 voters were drawn for jury duty and about half reported to court. Of the half, only 450 were examined. the others being excused because they were employees of defendant copper interests or for statute reasons.
 Pioneer Completes Panel
 l.. A. Smith. an old time prospector of Tombstone, was the twenty-fourth venireman to qualify. He was the last remaining member of the sixth venire and had he not qualified another ven ire would have been necessary. lie took his seat in the jury box over a challenge of the defense. All 24 ten
 
 adjourned until Thursday afternoon in order to give the talesmen opportunity to put their affairs in shape for the long seize they will have here hearing the evidence. It was thought the actu- al trial would last from four to six weeks longer.
 The 24 jurors all will report Thurs day, but only half of their number will be kept to try Wootton- On Thursday the state will peremptorially challenge five l .T, making the first challenge.
 Two talesmen were dropped from the box today after the defense had challenged them lon grounds of dis loyalty during the war;
 Mannus Excused Charles F. Mannus, the first of the two to be excused, had been under attack by the defense for two days and Tn connection with evidence given to disqualify him Bruce Stephenson an attorney for the defense, was arrested on, a warrant accusing him if perjury. On the witness stand Stephenson said | he had called at the home of W. A. Beaton, neighbor Of Mannus, last | Wednesday night and had been told | by Mrs. Beaton that Mannus had said late in the fall of 1917 the deportatfons were wrongfuIly carried out Mrs. Beaton- on the stand said she did not know Stephenson. MT. Beaton said he knew the lawyer, but the latter had
 
 question and he had not seen the law yer for five years or more. When court convened this afternoon the defense called H. w. Reed of Douglas to the stand and he said he had driven Stephenson to within d quarter mile of the Beaton home and the lawyer started in that direction Taylor Thrush, a near neighbor of the Beatons, said he escorted the defense attorney to within 150 yards of the Beaton home and Stephenson went on toward the Beaton home Harry L. Foster of BisbcN, an employe of the copper company, told of having heard Mannus condemn the Liberty loans
 Mannus himself was given oppor- tunity by the court to make a state ment in his own behalf. He protested his loyalty to the United States. Two days ago. he told of having been a volunteer in the Spanish-American war. Mannus said he could not btrv Liberty bonds, but his wife had as sisted the Red Cross. He said he re mained on his farm instead of work ing m the smeiters at Douglas at $s day because President Wilson wanted everybody to raise food. He owns a poultry farm and he produced ms records to show he had sold egrs and poultry during 1917 valued at slightly more than $500, while fcS.i AoI HIS cnlckenS cost more than $500 The difference was all my wife and mad to support ourselves" he told the court, and it can be seen why r could not buy bonds"
 Defense attorneys then renawed their challenge of Mannus and Special Prosecutor A. A. Worsley arose and said the state did not resist the chaI ienge because it would embarrass Mannus to sit on the jury even though the court overruled the ob- jection.