Show o TRIAL FOR 4 Case Before Judge at NO ChANGE CHAME OE OF VENUE MOTION P THE TEE DEFENSE y Affidavits Were Presented by Both Sides Proceedings Indicate That the Defense Will be Insanity an n Alibi Jurors Examined But None Accepted 16 to The Herald May Mey 25 Nathan Fisher Haworth was placed on trial for his life Ite today in the Second district court for forthe forthe the murder of Thomas Sandall of Layton who was wae found dead near his cot in th Farmers Union store where he was employed os as night watchman on the morning vt ii March a 21 ISM Judge p denied a ft motion for a change of v we made by Attorney A J Weber of for the defense and the work of impaneling a jury was corn com commenced at 1 this afternoon Wizen an adjournment was taken at ten men had been examined on their voir dire by the defense three of whom Were chat chal challenged and excused The other two wilt will willbe be examined on ozi Monday morning by the defense and then the prosecution will take a hand band It will probably be late on Monday before the first juror is accepted and sworn When the panal will be completed is purely a matter of conjecture ture though it will almost certainly not be before Thursday The Tho prisoner was brought into court at by Sheriff Abbott He occupied a seat within a few feet of the jury box and near his attorney A J Weber and J JM JM M Hamilton Throughout the proceed proceedings proceedings ings he sat calmly calmi listening to the tle art arg mente ments and questions put to the jurors and no evidence of emotion or excitement was visible in his countenance or in his manner He seemed no more interested In what was happening than were scores of the spectators who sat outside of the bar Mrs Sandall the widow of the mur murdered dered man and members ot or th were present and occupied seats near the thc attorneys for the prosecution W Jd ft Streeper jr county attorney and E M MAllison MAllison Allison jr of Ogden No Change of Venue Attorney A J Weber counsel for the I defendant made a formal motion for a change of venue supporting the motion Ui u a statement he had affidavits from people inside and outside of the county alleging that bitter and intense hatred against the defendant exists among the people of Davis county which i would prevent the defendant from receiving receiving ing a fair and impartial trial He then rend the affidavits Attorney Weber then read several arti articles des cles that appeared in the Salt Lake pa papers pore pers regarding the arrest and hearing of Haworth and from them he deduced the theory that the public mind was inflamed to an extent that made it impossible for justice to be done to the if the case was tried before a aDavis Davis county jury County Attorney Streeper offered a number of counter affidavits the purport of which was that there is not any reeling reel reeling ing of prejudice ill will or enmity toward the defendant These affidavits were signed by Sheriff Abbott and other prom prominent prominent citizens motion for a change of venue venie was as argued at length At the conclusion of the arguments Judge promptly denied the motion and ordered that the trial proceed At AIt Attorney J S M Hamilton i of Salt Lake who vho had bad been recently en engaged engaged to assist in the defense asked that he be given time to consult with his cli client client ent and Mr Weber as a consultation might shorten the examination of the thu jurors and thus save time At 1115 court adjourned until 1245 Jurors Furors Examined At the afternoon session the panel called consisted of A J Egbert Eghert James T Walker Jonathan Hughes Joseph Par Parker ker kr William J Parkin jr GT WV W Watt Willia WI ie Perkins George S Rogers Albert AlbertT lbert T Smith Joseph Sandall John Duncan Willard Call and T H Robins Joseph Sandall one of those called into inti the box is a brother of the man for whose death Haworth is on trial Judge excused Mr Sandall for the terra term The examination of the jurors by Attorney Attorney wide rela relations relations ney Weber covered a range of the juror with B Ill P complainant with the witnesses and ana with the attorneys for the prosecution The question of whether the juror had read in Id inthe the papers the reports ot the murder muzer and of the arrest and examination of the de defendant fondant was closely inquired into Insanity the Defense The line of defense that will probably be followed was revealed in part at least by the form of questioning as to the ore cre credence dence the juror would place on a a de defense defense of insanity as to whether there was any prejudice against such a line of defense Each juror was also asked if he had bad any prejudice against the proving provin ing in of an alibi The he examination commenced with Andrew An Andrew drew J Egbert of Layton who was chal challenged on olt account of implied bias owing to close relations with E B P D El Ellison lison the complainant He was excused for the term James T Z Walker of Syracuse was ex excused excused on account of actual bias The next two that were examined Jon Jonathan Jonathan athan Hughes of and Ham Mam J Parkin Jr of Woods Cross were passed by the defense G W VT Watt of Layton was challenged for cause on the ground of actual and nd implied bias no objection being made by bythe bythe the prosecution s Willis Perkins of Woods Cross Joseph Parker of Roy George S Rogers of Farmington Albert T Smith of Kaysville and John Duncan of were passed by the defense At this point court adjourned until Monday morning at 8 As Haworth left the court house with Sheriff Abbott he seemed cheerful and composed He stopped and shook hands hande and spoke with some of his acquaintances in the corridor On motion of Attorney Weber made mada just before adjournment an order wu was entered directing the sheriff to subpoena L I tL ti Reavis who is now in jail in Salt Lake LakO ae as a witness for the defense |