Show MORRISS CLOSE GALL road supervisors came to his rescue JURY STOOD SIX TO TWO YO former employees of the ex select man weib wei e so sure of his innocence they voted tor for acquittal from first to last although all the other ober jurors were for conviction new trial postponed until december rowers powers greatly grieved by the publicity given the matter hy BY steadfastly illy voting for or his acquit rat jolin john quod and 11 II P burns jurors in the I 1 morris moi ali case ase saed the e cx select man from conviction built both wood and bums load supervisors by appointment of 0 tile boodle county court ot of which thich il morris was a member the remaining six julois voted from the beginning to return a verdict of guilty after a large number of ballots lidd bad been taken nil all with the same result tin and nearly twenty six hours hall had been consumed conti umed in its deliberations the jury wa was i summoned into court yesterday ye shot fly before noon tu to the inquiry airy of judge I 1 tarry hairy cottle replied that the july jui y wai wag then divided as at tire the beginning ito II 11 added that there seemed nu do possibility of nt judge itol irp then ihm discharged the jury county Atto invy ic asked that the ratilal of the case lie be begun at onre tu ahl 1111 judge luo byi irow tit if tounsel counsel for the defendant 0 objected asking that before the court decided upon a course of troll action F n J judge rowers powers who was waa principal in the defense bi be hoard heard judge 10 concis els was aas sent fur tur upon his arrival ai rival tio lie asked for a continuance urging in support of lill ills motion neglected business gilleas that required his immediate attention A decess was taken until 4 I 1 at his request to enable him to prepare alit dalta I 1 a its in support lipport of 0 ills motion A at t that hour the was nas plesent presented ed it 11 set forth that judge powers had a number of pressing cases that had been delayed by the morris trial and could not longer be postponed the difficulty anti anil time that would be le quiren for new to acquaint himself alth ith the material matteis 0 of tile ilia case were ivere also elaborated III aion e n the excited condition of the pu public b ic mind was aas also referred to being a attributed t tri buted to newspaper reports eP orts of 0 tho the trial FROM J DES judge powers with wilh toine bome foree foice supported ills motion being followed by mr M r It hodes who tire the 11 idea it a that a co considerable colod ot of time would be r required by any lawyer to familiarize himself with tho the case 1 herc abere are arc some things however that are difficult dl to comprehend bald lie he 1 I 1 QueS question ticia if a stranger could team learn tn in six months tile the true hue inwardness ot of some things that are going on in this county judge powers retorted that chad been ulterior influence ss at woi k during the tha trial a charse charge that mr 1110 des a admitted d m bitted supplementing the admission alth ft h an intimation I 1 that judge Pow crea sources or of information apparently were complete judge rowers powers replied that an attack had been made on the th integrity of tile the jury with tho the connivance of the state attorneys attorney 1 office thol the attorney lor for the state slate said lie he has permitted men to r remain maln on tile tho jury of whom he now compla complains I 1 ns but lie failed to exercise hla his right ott 01 challenge for or cause yet in tire the middle of tile the trial a newspaper attack was mada ado on these jurors an air attack I 1 that hot involved idill erectly the integrity ot of the court now continued judge powers IN with ith much emphasis 1 I can produce pio duce an it if necessary that a man on oil this last jury has stated staled this afternoon that he wanted to find a verdict toil for the defer defendant dant but lie he said w when hen he thought ot of the lashing those eland trig for the dc de would likely re eive his halt half formed resolution 1011 fir failed I 1 led 1 viat I hat man should be brought into cobit and tined for or contempt M mr v rhodes broke in no lie he should not judge powers who continuing intimated that the jurors fear ear x was as possibly well wel 1 founded lie thin then thi n spoke of 0 sir waltie VI lItLe ability to influence newspaper reports and to get viliam v hat lie he desired published PUBLICITY GRIEVES POWERS county attorney Atto iney challenged tile the truth of tills this statement then ill giove piove love it responded judge powers 1 I will call tilt the courts attention to the publication in the tribune of an interview intel view with mr whittemore published on the day after the pre previous fous moil Is trial and ills his published statement that he could not get it a fall fair trial in the these e bribery cases casca front from judge lilies than it vv n whom god never made IL a more baneat man 1 I challenge ihal lenise that statement come camo r vot rum mr whittemore there Is all the more reason for greater deliberation doubt ration continued judge powers bee because beca uHe clutie of this lon coll slant stant press aress ui ire e that is exerted these assaults upon jurors arid and their depicting in fit tit paper a and these intimations that if they do not ind find lit in the proad way they will be lit in the inor morrows rows ismile Is bile A will 1 that condit condition iun be bette bettelee led by de delay lay a Y d mr rhodes khodus 1 that tha will wil depend entirely upon lie ilia ste state le actor office as tire the aply I 1 it if 11 strong enough to lu prem nt it if it so desires judge panet a said that lie he also wanted time to consult as to for or a change of 0 venue enu agree to that ejaculated mr It hodes but judge powers pov cis was h hued ed kwi of the intel in doting closing lie epi d the hope that clial tile would ile continued con linuM intimating tit nt the sanit same lime chat lie would be com pell bellm d to withdraw which would lie rl a ballice ice of deepest to 10 him mr ile rhodes lit in replying said that no lie one conf lila moro more llian lion ie HP dl not his bis cases in tile tho aubil journals journal arid and refrained from discussing then them with newspaper reporters he ha added that no klawier I tweter received more mora news notoriety than judg boxers if he a always get the i best of 0 it he t kick lie ho added alo pat fabj that it if desired in oriler order to jurries auroia free from newspaper influences fluen ces lie he would be milling to havo have the jury it ID the next ease placed in ili the chat chaice ge 0 f a deputy bli criff from rom th beginning si tilling who keep irom broin thorn them all papers THRUST UPON HIM judge powers mated briefly that lip he never solicited v mention of himself pr or ilia bla cas cairs 4 what attell I 1 N n wits with jilin him was given because of I 1 ile he flows value of the lite twitter lor ellough I 1 ito iho young men or of tire llie plebs were hit his fi lend londs lie never asked for evoi s nor for during trials tr lily judge said there hall had been no ito attempt to lo run nin tile th cruit huili oil an attempt would not lit br pr lie h I 1 I 1 loved that newspaper influx olives had bri be it brought to lirar hear or n ill the jury ile ih hi condition n of 1 tho a publik mind ni its being tile 1 samo as aa last summer bummer arid and expressed the f ear car that ainther trial would not nol bring arit case tiny a conclusion than at present rree nt re he said lie be would have grant ci 1 I th it moda mallet or of tin tilt defense for dl at the beginning had not the attorney Al torney made the showing that thai tire the dolay delay it had ad resulted from ra a condition of f tile the puello lille mind which rendered a a fair trial at that time impossible be Ing thit 1131 the he prime bume condition now new existed lie be would lie said grant the motion for few continuance and would leave it to mr whittemore to deeble whether it 11 should be for two weeks or a longer period after 11 shot short consultation it was agreed to to begin the ratilal on december 2191 I 1 FORCED FORCE TO supervisors county attorney whittemore mated last fisl evening that thai judge powers mas ai 1 Ite lally correct in saying ill that tt lie he had ile not t challenged jurors wood and burns for cause 1 I 1 tried said he to have employees or of the County court t of which mr morris a i member excluded froni from service as jurors I 1 explained to tile the court that thai it would lie be manifestly mantre stiv unfair to I 1 icmat deimit them to serve erve and challenged two of 0 them tor for cause but the court lid not regard ickard ahl this a bar to lher competency and denied my chat lenffer when vilen the court had made tl a ruling 1 u tin on athla th af mint there icax a no rea a aon on toil for fu I 1 t it L r challenges chaler asea tor for cause on lite same ground indeed the lite tin only ay effect or of the lh challenge would have been to arouse the th jurors resentment find and fie lie would still remain on the panel we ve lidd 1 tel six road supervisors nho ath hal had during tho the morris r regime besides two other employees of the county court among tile the first twelve men called dlud with only three peremptory challe lit at our disposal wo we roula rot not get rid of all two remained despite our efforts forta ef |