Show I I I I I I I I i I I I I I ROMNEY TRIAL HAS STARTED t Iii Mai Who KIM iu Strong st Is b in Curt Cit 1 JURY NOT HOT tEl rET SECURED 4 I ALL TU TD Tn t I Miles W Romney was a placed on trial yesterday morning mem before Judge W WC WC WC C Hall for tor murder In the second de df degree Inc gree in fD the fatal shooting of ot Henry Henl Strong in the Oasis saloon loon which be belonged belonged longed to the defendant on Sunday aft afternoon afternoon afternoon Sept 14 I When the adjournment for the day was waa taken shortly after F the th regular venire had been exhausted and Judge Judae Hall Hail was waa w compelled to order a special one of ot drawn Of or orthe the nineteen men examined during the day twelve were either excused by the judge Jade or challenged by the state tate or de defense Tte attorneys attorney hope hop to secure their jury before adjournment this afternoon att In lit that tUt event t It Is II anticipated that the case win will be given to the jury some time Saturday as it to is not thought that the taking taki of testimony will exceed two days day The Romney case assumed a phase which characterised the Peter Marten Morten Martensen sen len murder trial as U most moat peculiar Throughout the hearing bearing of her husband fr br f r the murder of Hay Bay Mrs i nor any of her ber children entered the room mom Mrs Romney was not in evidence throughout the proceedings yesterday neither were any of the tb chil children dren dreu of the prisoner present Taw lew Relatives Present The only relatives of the defendant who were ere present were Mrs X Mary KarT Greenup a slater sister of at Romney RO mae and his h l brother J M Romney and the tatters atter wife During Durin the thi morning session they sat aloof loof from the prisoner Mrs Mr Rom Horn Iney nil ney ne took more mor interest in hi the t proceed proceeding lags ing then than did her ber husband and sister combined She was w noticeably nervous nena and oft off and Ud on throughout out the tM day du twirled on Oft her bet lagers fingers ft by b its Ita silver sIver sIverd chain d the pocketbook which she carried It was not until J 1 M N Hamilton who to is associated with Judge William H King KI in the defense suggested it that J M N Romney joined the circle around th the tha table at which the two attorneys attorney and their client eU sat It Even then Mr Romney sat at with Us a hi back balk half balf toward his hla brother and never once spoke to him throughout tn U tile afternoon It was wason W wason IOn on rare raze occasions that either his hili slier sister lIt r or looked in his direction Aa As for tor Miles Romney it to Is doubtful If he bt looked look at any an of his bill three relatives three times during the day And when he Jae did look at them It was Wu apparently in the desire to find and some ome something thing to divert his bis attention The se Ie selection so lection of ot the tbt Jury soon proved very i i tiresome to the defendant and toward the middle of the afternoon he M apparently t yew grew weary of the whole affair Before Retort the selection of the be jury had bad I I I J I f I i I been bettt commenced there arose rOle the quo ques question I tion as to whether the judge should houM admit the testimony n of Mr Manning I I given at the preliminary examination before Judge DiehI Deputy Sheriff Cowan was w placed on the stand to toI prove that the witness for tor the defense i I could not be found the supposition be being beI belag lag ing that he was beyond Od the jurisdiction I rill of ot the court somewhere in Idaho Upon that showing Judge Hall ruled that either side could call up ap the testimony if they the saw w fit It j i The ruling ruU was wu a signal victory for forthe forthe the defense for It places great veat reliance t upon the testimony of Manning to fur further furth I ther tM th r its Ita plea pl of at which wilt will willbe be the justification of the prisoner for I the shooting of ot Strong Strona It was w freely stated in and about the court room that Manning purposely left the state tate be because behe cause he did DOt not dare take the stand ta d dIn In the district court and ud give the th same me testimony which be he did cUd before Judge DIehl Diehi Mr J Method ocI H f M Dinwoodey created eted a breese 1 duing 4 n his hi examination as aa to kin his jury q by saying that he would utterly ignore the Instructions I of the judge to the jury jul take the law la into his baa own hands and aDd decide the merits menta of or the dale cue In his hiI own on way He Heu was chal cul challenged longed by the defense M N Bs B Campbell was w undesirable u to ta King and Hamilton because he was wu wast prejudiced p against the saloon business The court excused John Groesbeck be because beca because cause ca he would lose loae a good pod position It if Itlie he lie was w retained upon the jury A B J Gardner drank in the saloon in Mur Kur Murray KurraT Murray ray raT where Strong Strone once tended bar al aI although aItho although tho though he lie did not remember the dead deadman deadman man mau and he be was wu excused William D Green One had bad an opinion which W ch be he was wu not to express Ho He was waa challenged d by bJ the defense It was resisted r d by the Ue state tate and the con contention contention of l the defense was sustained by bythe tie the t judge Jamas J Jam Young Youa knew a family named Romney iu su the old oN country and aDd QeD I IA I A Boyce has baa known Do the Ute defendant since ace before he was wall married mantled so 10 they did not remain long in the tile jury box William Crome was wad u excused because i I I he saw lAw Strong tan tail to the sidewalk k shortly after he be was w shot bot and aad attempt attempted ed 4 to from him the name of ot the theman theman man who did Vat tin When the adjournment of at the day dy 4 Y I was ws w taken the following tollo men were wert to Ja Inthe the jury box A Mar Marion Marton ton John T Guest GUNt D F P Collett D C Burrows BUrrow George R H Smith John Chugg and J 7 H B BI I Tracey I The examination of the jurymen I elicited the fact tact that more than two thirds of them um first lint learned of of oC the tIe shooting of Strong by reading the ac Coo account account I count of the stair affair air in The Herald the I morning following One man had bad got gotten gotten ten his hie information from front another paper i t while a second had read of the account I in three thre different papers pape |