The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-02-03
M0NTESANO JURY
= NOT YET SECURED
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES TO-
DAY LEFT BUT TEN IN
THE JURY BOX

MONTESANO.-(By A. P.)-S. 1
Tuffree, an Aberdeen electrician, wa
peremptorily challenged by the stat
and G. F. Burns, Hoquiam oiler
was peremptorily challenged by tn,
defense in the Industrial Workers O.
the World murder trial here today
len more peremptories remain.
Twelve in Box Last Night
MONTESANO.-Tw men were
in the jury box when court adjourned
last night in, the trial Of eleven al
legged |. w. w. charged with the
murder of Warren O. Grimm, one OF
the victims of the Centralia Armis-
tice day shootings. Six of the 18 per-
emptory challenges allowed the
prosecution and defense had been ex-
ercised.
What is said. to have been the best
days progress since the trial started
one week ago was made. Talesmen
were examined, it seemed, with
greater speed, and no time was lost
in argument, which seemed to delay
the progress of the first week of the
trial. 1t was predicted today that if
the present rate of progress is main
tained, taking of testimony might be-
gin by Thursday afternoon
The prosecution will exercise its
third peremptory challenge tomor-
row and when juror has been ac-
cepted to fill the place vacated be-
cause of this peremptory :, the de-
Tense will air it's fifth and sixth chal-
lenges. 1t was expected that to-
morrow may exhaust the present ven
ire and that recourse to the special
venire of 300, impaneled for this
term, may be necessary. This would
be occasioned, it is said, to the many
cases of illness that have been re-
ported. Then veniremen have been
executed during the last few days be-
cause of illness, nearly all of them
suspected influenza cases.
To fill the two places vacated by
Thomas c. Monnor and O. H. Kuhn,
challenged peremptorily by the de-
fense, G. F. Burns, auditor for lum-
Der company at Hoquiam, and Harry
Sellers of Elma, laborer employed by
the telephone company here, were
seated. Leonard McCleary, foreman
Of sash and door factory at Nc
Cleary, about 10 miles from Monte
sano, was selected to fill the vacancy
in the box caused by the states chal- |
1enge of o. C. Schneider, Aberdeen |
hotel man. He was later excused per-
emptorily by the defense.
In the examination of McCleary,
Attorney Vanderveer made the state
ment that the defendants were mem
brs of tn I. w. w. "These men are
!. w. W. I'm telling you they are.
This is an |. W. W. case," he declared.
His statement was in answer to OBJ
jections by the state that the present
trial is no an l. w. W. trial, but
murder trial. The court ruled that !!
the present trial is murder case, +
saying, in effect, that the I. W. W.
and membership was
not on trial.
J. I. Winston, emp1oye of lumber
company at Hoquiam, who was a
witness at the trial of I. w. W. at :
Chicago in 1918, when William D. :
Haywood, reputed head of the ma :
;iona1 /. w. w. organization, and :
,thers we're convicted on espionage
'harges, was excused from jury duty.
7e was examined briefly by the pros Q
'cution counsel, but the defense OBJ
ected to questions relating to the :.
chicago case, after several had been /
lsked and answered, and challenged r
Winston for cause, alleging prejudice. 5