The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-25

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name sodng into the box, his resi-
dence and Il h lives in the country,
the rural route number, II he has one,
and his occupation, and nothing else.
q. Do you have any particular sys-
tenn that you use In selecting the dit.
ferent men IN the counties2
A. There y no hard and fast rule.
In the counties from which Mr.. Hoop
er y to secure the names he secures
them from men who he has conf
dence win send Ia the right names,
and II the balance Of the counties
the names are secured In most In.
stances nom men In whom Mr.. Mont
eomery has confidence and In Z very
few instances from men whom know.
Before dismissal Tor the day, the
court reminded the tentatively select.
ed jurors that you cannot Be too
careful between now and 10 o'clock
Friday morning about having people
talk to you e to the merits Of this
case.
Warns Against Whispering
IF anyone knows anything about
this case, there Is only one place to
come and that d here where they can
be sworn under oath to tell what they
know. This whispering. when chased
down, does not amount to anything"
Members Of the tentatively selected
jury Thursday night were: David
Riley, Killdeer, farmer: j. I. Brady,
Fargo, auto dealer; william Nor.
mann, Glen Ullin, book K eeper;
Charles Leuck, dardena, farmer; Ed
ward Arnegard, fIillsboro, farmer;
John T. Morris, Warwick, drayman;
John Jones, darske. farmer; Lester
T. Crist, Grassy Butte, farmer; L. G.
Hewitt, Mandan, Security Credit Co.;
Albert Anderson, Hillsboro, furniture
dealer: William Hammer, Crosby. bar
Der; and A. +. spanberg, Baldwin,
farmer.
Dismissed by the court were Jack
Smith, Darlington, hardware mer-
chant, who said = relation Of his is
engaged In . business transaction
with the Bank Of North Dakota: Price
Owens, Bismarck, real estate man, ex-
cused on the grounds that he was re-
ceiving compensation from the gov
eminent Is an inspector for the Re-
gtonal Agricultural Credit corpora
tion; J. G.. Beattie, Bismarck, con-
tractor. who said he had sold house
to the defendant vogel within the last
year: B. o. Refvem, who, as man
ager Of the Bismarck j. G. Penney
Co. store on occasion has legal bust
ness with the defense attorney, Cor
don Cox; Arthur 8. Malm, Grand
Forks, auto dealer, who has friends
and associates with the state mill Of
that city: George +. Richmond,
jamestown, personal friend Of the de-
tense attorney, Thorp; w. T. Mum,
Westhope, bank president, who said
he could not act impartially In view
Of the business he is engaged in; and
p. G. Mohr, Mandan, manager Of the
J. G. Penney Co store there who has
business with q state institution.
Attorneys Challenge Eight
The government used four Of Its
six challenges In the dismissal Of j.
w. Brant, Harvey, salesman: Oscar
Larson, Leeds, chief Of police and
candidate for sheriff Of Benson coun-
ty: Jess Shelley, Egeland, farmer:
and OLAF Lien, Kermit, farmer.
Dismissed by defense challenges
were Levard Quarve, Fessenden, mer-
chant; Solomon Burchill, Pillsbury,
farmer: George Hamilton, Grafton,
linotype operator; and L. r. Ptchard,
Niagara, merchant.
In the case Of each member Of the
jury panel as he was called to replace
one dismissed, the court made . thor
ough examination Of the individuals
qualif as . juryman for the
case.
The court first questioned the pros
pecttve juror as to whether he was
employed by the United States gov
eminent. Interrogations included:
acquaintance with either defendants
or lawyers trying the case, personal
decisions or declarations as to IT.
merits, present or past business as
sociations with state institutions, per-
onal or family connections with the
state administration. and II there was
any reason for embarrassment in be-
coming q member Of the jury.
II the prospective juryman answer
ed In the negative to these questions
the court concluded the examination
with would politics have anything to
do with your verdict" and would
your verdict be on the basis Of the
evidence alone?"