The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-06
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JURY LIST IN
SMALL CASE
Judge Names 8 Men for
Task; No Women to
Be Drawn.
BULLETIN.

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April 6.-N0 record of any ac-
count of Governor Len Small
prior to last November can be
found In the books of the First
Trust and Savings bank of Kan
kakee, of which the governor Is
president, Louis Z. Beckman,
cashier of the bank, testified
before Judge Claire C. Edwards
this afternoon.
Court House, Waukegan. Ill,
April 6.-(By the Associated Press
Governor Len Small will be tried
by special jury, picked by a
neutral jury committee.
Attorneys for the governor ac-
cepted this proposal, made by
Judge Claire C. Edwards, and with
drew their previous attack on the
legality of the existing jury list of
Lake county, which they had assail-
ed because it did not include the
not based on the combined voting
list of men and women.
Both sides then agreed to post
pone the start of the case until Mon
day, April II, to give the special
committee time to prepare the new
jury lists.
The governors attorneys named
David T. Webb "a retired coal deal
er, and member of the local sani-
tary district, as their representa-
tive on the jury committee and the
state selected Heryey C. Coulson, a
Waukegan lawyer, and brother-in-
law of Judge Edwards. These two
chose Albert McDermott, the court
reporter. as the neutral man.
VIII Check Poll Lists.
Under Judge Edwards plan these
three will take the poll lists of the
1920 presidential election and, start
ing with the second name in each
voting precinct, check every fourth
name. The resulting list, 1900 in
number. will be placed in the jury
box, TO be drawn from In the usual
way by the court clerk, county
clerk and county judge, the regular
jury commission.
Governor Small issued a state
ment following the announcement of
the compromise decision in which
he asserted his belief that women
should be entitled to serve on
juries in Illinois, and charging that
Attorney General Brundage, by an
adverse decision, had "complicat-
ed" the question. The governors
statement follows:
SmalPs Statement
-I believe that when the women
of Illinois were given the right to
vote, it was intended that they
should be given all the rights and
privileges of full citizenship, in
cIuding the right to serve on Jurles,
and 1 hoped that such decision
might have been brought about IN
this case; but I realize that the
opinion sent out by Attorney Cen
eral Brundage some months ago to
all the counties in the state, hold
ing that women could not Sit on
iuries, complicated the decision OF
that matter in this case"
Judge Edwards announced the
acceptance of his plan at 11:5c a.
m. after an hour and a half of con-
ferences in his private chambers.
He called the Il jurymen who had
been waiting since last Monday to
start the case TO the box and DIS
missed them from further service,
after explaining the details OF the
compromise.
Won't Draw Women.
Later the court explained that
names of women voters viii not be
included in the drawing, both sides
agreeing to his previous ruling that
the Jury commission is not bound
to place women's names IN the
box. Judge Edwards, in his state
ment to the jurymen, said:
'4The challenge to the jury that
was made in this case Monday has
been Withdrawn by agreement OF
counsel. Counsel have further
agreed as to the manner of selecting
the Jury. A committee has been
appointed. consisting of David t.
webb. selected by the defense;
Hervey C. Coulson, selected by the
state. and Albert McDermott- Sc
Iected by the two to constitute the
third member They are TO take the
poll list of the county at the presl-
Dental election of 1920, and. start
ing with second name in each vot-
ing precinct, check every fourth
name on said. list Those names,
1900 in number, will
be placed in the jury box and drawn
therefrom by the clerk of this court
as we need them and select them as
jurors"
James H Wilkerson. assistant at
torney general, asked the court to
continue until this afternoon his
application for an order attaching
the books of the Grant Park Trust
& Savings bank. Luther Bratton of
Kankakee, attorney for the bank,
and Loren Griffin, the cashier, ar
rived this morning with two suit
cases full OF records, and Mr.. Will
kerson asked time to examine them
to determine if all the papers which
the state has subpoenaed have been
produced