Evening star., 1928-04-09
More Than Two Panels OF
TaIeSmen Required to
Fill Box.
NUMEROUS CHALLENGES
ARE USED BY BOTH SIDES
Justice Bailey Conducts Examina-
ton Under Recent Ruling
of Court.

n Jury IOE tnS LIldl OI marry Z 0At5T
clair, who went on trial today in Grim
inal Division 2 Of the District Supreme
Court, charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud the Government in connection
with the Teapot Dome lease, was COM
pleted at 2:39 o'clock this afternoon.
Immediately after the IL men were
sworn, Justice Jennings Bailey ordered
them TO the jury room and announced
to both sides that the panel would be
kept together" throughout the trial.
Justice Bailey. acting under a recent
order Of court. conducted the exar1ina-
ton Of so talesmen and exhausted two
court panels. The custom has placed
the probing Of a taleSman's qualifca-
tons with attorneys for both sides.
Today, however. they were not permit
ted to ask questions directly, but were
required 70 submit them in writing 70
the court.
Many Hold Opinions.
The majority Of those excused an
nounced they had opinions as to the
guilt or innocence Of the defendant.
while most Of the others who vacated
seats in the jury box had Government
connections in some form which made
them ineligible.
Fourteen talesmen we're excused by
the Government and defense, each side
exercising seven Of its ten peremptory
challenges. Among those excused on
peremptory challenges were two women
who had held places IN the box for
almost the entire morning session.
Those in the box we're:
Nathaniel Hill, colored. 1445 Co-coran
street barber; William w. Wrenn. So, Sl7
Fourteenth street grocery man: Leon D.
vanderloo. 1923 Twentieth street;
Nevin Lad. 1927 @ street southeast, groc-
cry; Fred r. Rocher. %, 709 Kentucky
avenue southeast: grocery: william ?.
Throop. AZ, 1853 Fourth street north
east, Hazelton-T -Throop Co.; Delbert z.
Bailey, 46. 1022 Montana avenue north
east, auto salesman: Cambridge l.
Epps, colored, -. 1888 Florida avenue.
hotel employe: L. Clark Brown. 1881
Twenty-eighth street. representative Of
Harris, Forbes & Co.. Woodward Build
ing. and Roy r. ShOckey, 36. 14ea En-
erSon street, clerk. Capital Traction Co.
Talesmen Are Called.
The courtroom was comfortably &C.
cupied when Justice Bailey took his
place upon the bench. Sinclair, accom-
panied b. his wife and mother, arrived
few minutes before court opened. The
defendant took seat at the counsel Ia
bic surrounded by his attorneys, while
his wife and mother occupied places on
q bench in the front row.
The taleSmen called for the April
term of the court were sworn by Wal
lace Stickney. clerk Of the court, and
the following Il took their places in the
Jury box:
Edward Tillou. 81. 24S Tenth street
-,
gar Koon. 5S, COZ B street northeast,
unemployed: Kemp Baker. IS. 1924 Neal
street northeast. delivery clerk: Mrs.
Alma c. Dehart, 81. 1925 MaSSachu-
SettS avenue southeast, housewife, Fred
r. Kocher, %. T09 Kentucky avenue
southeast. grocery business. John 3.
Urich. 81. 420S New Hampshire avenue,
clerk: William F. Throop. @7. ll63
Fourth street northeast. OF HageltOn-
Throop Co: Delbert F. Bailey. as, i023
Montana avenue northeast. auto sales
man. c. Wendell Shoemaker. SO. 4S4S
Wisconsin avenue. cashier Of Potomac
Savings Bank. Thomas J. Keefs, -. Iot
S street, real estate salesman, Roy r,
Shockey. 26. i402 Emerson street, CLERK,
Capital Traction Co. and Miss Marga-
ret Haltigan, g. 1850 California street,
research work
Judge Questions TaleSmen-
After they had entered the Jury box.
Owen j. Roberts. special oil prosecutor,
at the request OF Justice Bailey, brIeTty
described the case.
Justice Bailey then directed q mum
Der OF questions 30 the entire panel
along the lines Of their acquaintance
ship with counsel. Sinclair or Fan When
he inquired il any one had read aeous
the case. three tAleSnen-BAiley, III
lou and urich. announced they had.
Tillou declared he had fixed opinions
and was excused by the court, anc' Ben
jarnin r Thomas. SO. 4OS seward
square southeast. a carpenter. entered
chair No. !. Urich told the colirt ne
could not decide on the evidence N.
trCGluced because OF his opinions and
Shoemaker announced he also had read
of the case. urieh and shoemaker were
challenged for cause and ]. JoSspA Cat
10th. IS, Sl4 FouT-And-a-han street
southwest, q painter and papSrhanSsr.
and Thomas +. Keane. So, el9 b street.
general sales manager of T, J, kealse
Co, were called % the box,
At this point Hoover noted an 90
lection to the courts procedure IN eN-
anining the Jurors. holding that tlss
court had no power 70 pgolnasgase Sssca
an order as permitted the pgeStdlIS
Justice Bailey overrUled the osleetlcn,
Hoover then sought 70 question 1oEoE,
hlt Bailey denied him this opiNort0nlfy,
Hoover noted exceptions - the action
oi the court Both sides then SUB
mitted lists of questions which they
desired he asked the talcSInen,
Reading from the paper submitted
by SlnclatrS counsel Justice Bailey M
uuiTed II any OF those III the eoN had
been employed or had business con-
motions With the Government. and
THIS question brought reSponSeS tEoaA
Schockey. Bailey. kcane. Mrs. CS Hart,
Thomas and kocher 60 che effect they
either had oeen employed IN the pass
by the Government, held or now Ae
holding Government contracts.
Inquiries Ruled Out,
Justice Bailey then inauired II any
taleSmen had read about the Senate ell
Investigation and Thomas re-
Piled he had, After questions as 81
the taleSmen had heard
speeches by radio ON the oil matter or
owned OH stock. Justice Bailey, Aeoking
at Hoover, said, II decline 60 ask the
other Questions. Mr., HcoveE~
The court then Questioned the three
new taleSmen, Thomas. CAtloeh and
keane, as to their acuualntaneeSnlp
with counsel on either side and keans
announced ne had known Hoover for
many wears, After keane had declared
he had formed an epinion about tho
case he vas excused ny the CoslTt on
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