Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-24
THREE JURYMEN
SICK AND TRIAL
DELAYED AGAIN
Auegsd Radicals Who Refus-
Cd Food Friday Outline
Menu Acceptable to Them
n Note to Sheriff

,,,Dtesano. Wash, Feb. 4.-Three
,,rors in the trial of ten alleged
WV here for the murder of War
n Grimm. Centralia Armistice day
.oao victim. were reported i'll shortly
,.toro court was to open today at the
,u,nrine of the fifth week of the
trial. a.,
s. tho trial was temporarily halted
iast week, was reported improving. 1t
,ronld M he impossible, according to the
ao,rt IN go on with the case today,
sna Il was unlikely that any of the
sicr iurors would be discharged at this
time,
M discharge more than two Of the
sick men would mean mistrlal, it was
exnlained and there was said to be a
chance that those reported i'll today
would be sufficiently recovered by
Thursday TO occupy their places in the
jury box.
The three men reported sick today
are, L. G. Robinson, Hoquiam; Frank
Glenn Brady, and Aubry T. Fisher,
Elma Their illness has not been dag
nosed, but the county health officer
saws influenza is suspected.
Three more defendants Joined the
hunger strike in the county Jail this
morning, all of them with the excep-
ton of Loren Roberts refusing to ac-
ceDt the food placed before them.
Better Food Demanded.
The six prisoners who refused their
food yesterday, throwing 1t into t.e
Jail corridor today presented writ
ten demand to Sheriff Jeff Barteil, out
lining a menu upon which they insist
ed Their demand is as follows:
Breakfast-Toast. ham or bacon
coffee and fried potatoes.
Lunch-Boiled dinner consisting. 4.
sound meat and lots of vegetables
with bread and coffee.
'Supper--Eruit, bread and butter,
coffee and beans, or other vegetable" +"
They insist that they shall be served
no more mush nor macaroni. Their
regular food, according to the iallors,
has consisted of tnush, with sugar,
three slices bread. syrup or apple
cause and coffee, and occasionally hot
cakes, for breakfast, For lunch tnr,
have been receiving boiled potatoes
occasionally boiled beef ,or macarou
bread, beans, coffee. The evening meal
has consisted of boiled potatoes or
hacaroni, beans, bread and coffee.
Meals Are Refused.
With the exception of Roberts. all
oi the men refused their food today.
several of them throwing IL away.
Wnlle others placed it in the corridor.
uo'ouched' Britt Smith, Roy Becker
ana Mike Sheehan joined the hunger
strike this morning. The demand up-
Oh 'he sheriff was signed bv the six
pflglnal recalcitrants: James McIrer-
ne' Bert Bland, Eugene Barnett. q.
= Bland, Elmer Smith and .o,,
Lamb. "'i1
-"SS IL HfbNfutu
'uuse John NJ Wilson, after a con-
,etence with state and defense counsel
w1ay announced that he would ap-
punt nurse as additional bailiff for
"e purpose of taking care of the sicl,
5u'OtS In the conference ATTORNEY
~eU.se f. Vanderveer announced a
"'''ngness to stipulate to the separo-
n. non VI tne Jurors, providing one of the
mesent bailiffs, A. f. jackson is dis.
a''SSeu' but Judge Wilson would NOT
's'ee 10 agree to it.
Fanderveer has con,DIoinad =,
deNsoh ta'' before. alleging that he was
rst'a' 10 'he state. but Judge Wilson
used to remove him. The Jury will
b, u. Oe separated, Judge Wilson said
al sie nurse will watch the health OF
a., " .aem' 1t is probable, Judge VIII.
nn.. "aiu' mat Miss Ruth Upton, county
"O'se' would be appointed.
A., ,uerVeer today told Judge Wilson
,lia., nv, ne would object to any more
esa,un gu's's employed by the prosecution
foaap s Loren Roberts, one of the de.
b.a 'an'S Tor whom plea of insanit,
hs sop Zen entered. He said he basry
ia sa.s SvIeclons on the way one Is alleged
nave treated Roberts.
At"s.a,S, uur, hahman Kahn, amir OF