Show QUESTIONS District Attorney Closely Examined Prospective Jurors Boise Dolse Ida Sept 24 ELThe The task of em paneling a n jury to try tn United States Senator William E B Borah Bomb charged with timber land frauds was resumed today toda in the United States district court Many things connected with the work tend to recall rall the days das of the famous Haywood trial now that the name of former Gov Governor Governor emnor has been connected with the case and from the fact that one of the men temporarily passed into the Jury box late yesterday afternoon Thomas B D Gess was foreman of the Jury which acquitted Haywood HaWood of the charge harge of conspiring to bring about the death of executive Sen Senator Senator Senator ator Bombs chief hief counsel James H Hawley having been associated with the ther r former in the Haywood prosecution serves further to link the two trials in inthe Inthe inthe the view of ot those witnessing the some somewhat somewhat somewhat what celebrated causes Federal Judge Whitson who came from Spokane to preside at the trial at the request of Judge Dietrich of this Juris Jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdiction diction is allowing a rather wide lati latitude latitude latitude tude in the examination of prospective Jurors This is due partly to the fact that the government attorneys are con confronted confronted confronted fronted by many men who claim pout political political cal and personal acquaintance with Sen Ben Senator Senator ator atom Borah and who declare that it would take exceptionally strong evidence to de do destroy destroy stroy the regard in which they have al at always always ways held him The government is ac an accepting accepting only on I those men who declare that the senators senat rs exalted position p would not deter them in iq dealing equal and exact justice as between him and the United States Ruick the Inquisitor District Attorney Ruick against whom charges of ot improper conduct before the grand jury are pending Is conducting the examination of ot the Jurors and is putting each candidate for the trial panel through a long series of questions as to what he personally thinks think of the district attorneys attorneys attorneys course in the matter The defense at first objected to many of the Interrogations but eventually al at allowed allowed lowed Mr Buick Ruick to have his way with without without without out hindrance Has it ever appeared to you asked the district attorney of each that the charges against Senator Bo Borah Borah Borah rah were trumped up for political ef effect effect Do you believe the statement appear appearing appearIng appearing ing in a local paper that the govern government government government ment at Washington was displeased with the action of the district attorney In permitting the Indictment of ot Senator Bo Borah Borah Borah rah As to Newspaper Stories Have you from reading the papers Imbibed or gained the impression that the prosecution of these alleged land was not In good faith that the government was not behind the prose prosecutors prosecutors Have you formed an opinion that the district attorney did not act in good faith but from personal motives Would the argument that the govern government government government ment having received in the first In ln Instance stance otance its full tull price for the timber lands taken influence you to disregard any unlawful acts which surrounded the operation Would you be he slow to believe any anything anything anything thing reflecting upon Governor berg or any other man of ot your com corn community community whom you have respected so solone long lone Finally would you believe the evi esI evidence dence of a man who confessed to per perjury perjury jury before the land office If It the govern government government government ment has to depend upon the testimony of such men to make out its case Clashes of Counsel The opposing counsel have had several clashes on the question as to whether or not a juror can cati be disqualified be because because because cause of his belief or disbelief that a conspiracy to defraud the government existed regardless of ot Senator connection or disconnection with it IL The government authorities contend that if a juror has a belief bellet as to the guilt or in innocence Innocence innocence of any anyone one of the twelve per persons persons persons sons indicted with Senator Borah Bomb it dis disqualifies disqualifies qualifies him from front serving as a juror for Senator Borah The defense con contends contends contends tends that Senator Borah is the only defendant at bar at this time and the guilt or Innocence of the others has no nothing nothing nothing thing to do with his case In this con connection connection connection Attorney A A Fraser of coun counsel counsel sel set for tor the defense made the statement that ninetynine out of ot every hundred persons In Idaho probably believe there was a conspiracy Relates Solely to Borah The question before the court for de do determination determination termination however is only as to whether or not Senator Borah Bomb was In any way connected with such a con conspiracy conspiracy The government attorneys after con consulting consulting suIting authorities came caine to the conclusion conclusion conclusion sion held by the defense defene and withdrew their challenge against those Jurors who said they the had some opinion as to the ex existence exIstence existence of a conspiracy but were not sat satisfied satIsfied satisfied of Senator Bombs connection with It One of the Jurors passed yesterday was discharged today because of prejudice against any and all corporations and their officers |