The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-10-13

Not single woman, called to serve
on the petit jury o. the circuit count
for the October Term, asked Judge
Belden to be excused, although OPP
portunity was given, when the judge
yesterday afternoon in court asked all
those who had excuses to step for
ward.
Judge Belden at four o'clock called
the first case Of the criminal calen-
dar CT the circuit court, that of the
state VS.. Herman Morrone, charged
with the murder of his brother. Then
Judge Belden asked all of the jurors
to come forward. AS they did so
and stood lined before the bench, the
entire front line that faced the judge
were women jurors.
The judge in an address to the jury,
said that he was personally gratified
to address such a body as Ladies and
Gentlemen of the jury" and that he
felt that the addition Of women to
the jury system would add to the in
tegrity and efficiency of the jury
service. After dwelling on some of
the procedure of courts, he told them
that they should feel free at any
time to ask him questions, and that
he would be glad to enlighten them
on anything they had not understood.
Won't Rely on Intuition.
"Now shall not rely on what is
called women's intuition, something
which | have the greatest respect for,
so much as l shall rely on your sound
Judgment. There are good many
cases on this criminal calendar, and
we cannot hold out any hopes or make
any promises of a short session. Jury
service is one of the duties Of citizen
ship, and coupled with the recent
voting privileges extended to women,
it now becomes a part of your duty
to fulfill your part.
81 am sure we shall be abundantly
satisfied with your service. My only
doubt is whether we shall be able to
supply you with all the comforts with
which you should be surrounded. But
arrangements will be made to this
end, and we shall do the best we can,
and if any of the ladies have sug-
gestions to make for arrangements
for comfort, we shall be glad to re-
ceive them.
II shall ask every one Of you, not
to ask me to excuse you from jury SER
vice, unless you really feel that you
ought to be excused. Let your ex-
cuse be based upon real good reason,
and now let those who wish to be
excused come forward"
Women Want to Serve.
Only one person came to the front,
and that was a man.
After a low consultation with the
judge, the juror was excused, and
Judge Belden, turning impressively
to the rest of the group said, "Now
want to ask each juror whether you
have been approached concerning any
case on trial. Any one who has been
SO approached please raise your hand"
No hands were raised and he pro-
ceeded, II wish to say to each and
everyone Of you, don't talk about the
cases with anyone. Don't let anyone
talk to you Let us come to trial all of
US and you particularly with unbiased
minds, regarding only the matter pre-
sented here under oath. If anyone
approaches you, report such approach
to me Immediately. Ladies, l thank
you for not asking me to be excused.
The following names were then
read off and came forward until twenty
sat in the Jury box. They were Ida
Anderson, Ida Martin, Caroline Bar
rows, Clara Carter, Charles Debbs,
Toy Todd, A. E. Bounsall, Elizabeth
Kaufman, Henry Nolte, August New
man jr., John W. Stevens jr., w.
Baker, Flora Westlake, F. D. Obey,
Harold C. Leonard, Herman .Hoefner,
Louis Jepson, Mary Moore, Isaac
Youngquist and Hulda Petersen.
Stewart Begins to Heckle Ladies.
The outline of the case of the state
VS.. Herman Morrone was presented to
the jury by Assistant Prosecutor
Joseph R. Clarkson, after which he
examined the jury. The detailed ex-
animation was taken up by Attorney
Calvin Stewart, associate counsel with
Attorney John F. Kuehnl for the de-
tense.
Stewart fixed a bright blue eye on
the jury, cold as marble, and proceeded
to challenge those of the feminine
element particularly which had any
objection to killing, even though pos
sibly done in self defense. Stewards
method plainly was disturbing to
some Of the women, who while sim