Bisbee daily review., 1920-02-12
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 though in Douglas at the time of the
 Bisbee deportations he nau never read about nor discussed the deporta- ton and had no opinion as to whether the deportation was right or wrong After a searching examination Frank E. Curley. assistant chief counsef :-or the defendants in the cases, chal- lenged the taleSman on the ground trat his demeanor and the manner in which he answered questions put to him was absurd" and indicated the talesman evidently had fixed inten- tion of getting on the jury. Judg Sam l.. Pattee, presiding for Judge A. c. Lockwood during the deportation trials, oYeIruled the challenge with the statement that it was hardly within the power of the court to read between the lines of any statements made by prospective jurors. Attorney Curley intimated that the examination of Cobb would be reopened later by the defense.
 Clifford Weiss of Cochise was twice challenged Further examination French and both times the challenges were overruled The first challenge was made when Weiss, questioned as to whether he believed an officer had the right to take the law Into his own hands, replied that he believed an officer should, under certain cir cumstances," take the law into his own hands. The challenge on this point was overruled, the court stat- ing that, inasmuch as there was noth-
 ing to indicate as yet that such a situation would be brought out during the trials, the talesman's views on this point would not disQualify him. Weiss, stated that he had qualified opinion regarding the right or wrong of the deportations. He was again challenved. Further eXamInaIIon brought out the statement from Weiss that the opinion he held would in no way effect his decision as to the guilt or innocence of Wootton after he. had heard the evidence which might be presented by both sides.
 5. M. Bull. an elderly rancher of Lusk near the Arizona-New Mexico line, was passed by both the state and counsel for the defendants after a brief examination.
 Lee Holland, cattleman, the last talesman passed this afternoon, de clared that he had heard discussed and read of the deportaticns but had no opinion regarding the incident. He never formed an opinion from any thing he read in newspapers, he stated.
 The crowd in the court room ap- peared to enjoy greatly the examina- tiOn of William Dinsmore by the county attorney. Dinsmore was ques- tioned for 30 minutes by County Attor- ney French regarding his absence from the state, his occupation for the last few years, his place of residence, relatives, and score of other sub jects. After it appeared that French had asked about every question possi- ble, the county attorney suddenly in- quired of Dinsmore if he had an opin- ion regarding the deportation. It i'm mediately developed that Dinsmore had fixed bias in the case. He was at once challenged and excused. but it was a minute before the court sue ceeded in stopping the burst of laugh ter that followed the sudden ending of the long examination The court advised the county attorney that It might have been better had he ques- toned the talesman as to his bias in the case at the start of the exanlina- ton.
 Every one of the 54 men examined and excused today was challenged on the grounds of bias and opinion. Each stated that he had fixed view on the case that would not be changed by evidence and would affect the giving of 3 fair and impartial trial to the defendant. Although no session of