Show c ANTEOTO BE A JUROR I I John Halverson Waived His Exemption CALLED IN BENBROOK CASE Iiceusc Collector Not Averse to Sitting Sit-ting in Murder Trial But a Challenge Chal-lenge on tho Ground or Bins Shuts Him OutTwo Mora Jurors Pran cis N Shelton of Taylorcville and i 1 Charles H Jenkins of Salt Lake I Obtained Questions Along Kcll 1 giou Lines Six of the twelve men who will try John II Bcnbrook en the charge oC In this city murdering Burton C Morris I 1 ItiMl July had been nworn in when court adjourned yesterday The two new men arc Francis N Shcllon a farmer of Taylorsvillc and Charles II Jenkins Lal The jury now a saddler of Salt Lake comprises Knos L Jackiln William I Uerrard Walter Calton Julius Cook I Francis N Shelton and Charles 31 len Jclna All the jurors so i far chosen wear I nuiBt aches Tho jurors have been secured at the I rule of two a day ard S there will be no court today it is probable that the full jury will not have been secured before I be-fore the end of this week 1C that soon 1 l ANXIOUS TO BE A JUROR Thp proceedings yesterday possessed i litile interest aside from one incident I that ww a little out of Uu ordinary The Incident consisted of the discovering I I discover-ing j of a man who was apparently anxious anx-ious to servo on a jury The man was John nalvcrson a city employee under City Treasurer Morris a halfbrother of Burton C Morris the deceased Mr llalverson Js J by virtue of his office that of city license collector believed to be oxomptcd from Jury service but he refused re-fused to avail himself of the prlvllegc lie was challenged by the defense and the challenge was not denied by tho prosecution County Attorney Putnam slating that as the juror was an employee em-ployee of l brother of the deceased the challenge would not bo resisted The defendant was early in the courtroom court-room again flu exposure to the weather weath-er while going between the jail und the courtroom is i putting more color into Benbrooks face and his complexion yesterday was noticeably darker than when the trial I began on Monday ITo pat well to the front again yesterday At times ho rocked slowly back and forth In his chair but did not appear to be very nervous ATTENDANCE OF RELATIVES Mr Benbrook and her sister were present all day but the baby Was not brought yesterday at all Both of Ben brooks brothers were In attendance Mr Boono the defendants brothcrhi law and Mrs farliulc daughter of Mr Boone also attended Victor Morris Burton Morriss brother broth-er and Mr Hobday were present throughout the day Albert C Morris cousin of the deceased and one of the leading l witnesses in the case came In for n few moments during the forenoon 2n the afternoon City Treasurer Mor l John I I ki0t Iii Ii-i rls N V Jones an uncle and S I Clawson and John Hanson brothcrsIn law of the deceased were present Steve Keeno was In the audience allS all-S day 1 During the afternoon John C Graham the Provo postmaster came Into the courtroom and sat inside the ralllnu for a time conversing with frlcnda Leda Stromberg and flack I drlVcr Sandburg two witnesses In the case visited the County Attorneys of lice during tho day but did not come Into Iho courtroom The crowd was hardly so large as on Tuesday Several ladles were present during the afternoon Ono lady who did 1 not miss aday of the 1 Mills trial was I present for a short time during lie 1 forenoon The crowd aapoared to be forpnouu lhe cow nmrarc very much inleivntcd ir the procced Hgif although the examination of Jurors has become rather l dreary routine rou-tine tleALONG RELIGIOUS LINKS Some questions asked by the attorneys yesterday were directly neys for tlm defense e wer rectly I along religious linen Some of hem were Suppose It vvero said to you that you had been put on thlx Jury 4 im an Jnslrumonl of Cods vcnceauco 1o avenge the death of a tnt l h ir religion o 0 re-ligion would that inlluenre ypur v r suet Would any appeal to your rc D1 HglouB prejudices cither by coimwM for 0 the State or any one else have any if l fect upon your verdict Would you try thlH defendant on any charge except i ex-cept lie one made ugulnst him here 1 or would you take Into consideration the defendant that It might be shown I married man was n gambler that he t mlrllcd unmarried 1 wa dining alone with an i woman Wa and that He had not always led n moral life V t SPECULATION AS TO VERDICT Although It will probably be several days before any testimony will be given giv-en In the case there is already much speculation as to the verdict Many believe that unless the defense has something up 18 alccve u verdict of voluntary manslaughter will be returned olunur run confident that turned while others are conlccnl u1td whie the Jury will disagree A wellknown attorney who Is thoroughly conversant t V with tho conditions In the case lakes time latter view i The additional Jurors who were Jtonal drawn Tuoaday night were jinscnt In jc court all ilny limit I tIm y wor not IIfI I They will In all probability be needed I soon after court opens tomorrow I The State has used eight of Its peremptory I per-emptory challenges and the defense seven out of the fifteen allowed The I df > fense peremptorily excused four men cat of a list of seven during the day THE ADDITIONAL JURORS I Francis N Shelton the lirst Juror accepted yesterday Is I a native of Vermont I Ver-mont and the son of an Episcopalian I minister lie wan a railroad man of i Salt Lake for many years and Is now a farmer of Taylorsvllle I Charles II Jenkins the other man accepted ac-cepted Is a native of England is married I mar-ried and Is I at present a saddler of this city He staled Unit he was a Mormon I Mor-mon but not as good L member of the II church as he might be I Mr Putnam resumed the examination I examina-tion of Mr His when court opened Mr His slated that he had known I 1MI Ronbrook by sight for tight or ten i I years but until recently thought the defendant was a man from Bingham I Tills concluded the examination of the men then in the box W F Hills Reynolds I Rey-nolds Cahoon and A JL Parsons all Cientllcs orc peremptorily excused by l the Stale and the defense peremptorily l excused Joseph 1 C Lyon leaving only Francis N Shrlton to bo sworn l The following seven men were then placed in the box Harry B Ucckstfad I Robert Graham JohnIT Osguthorpe Iliarles If Jenkins Levi Tlardcastlc I John II Thorn and Tohn F Edwards Mr Rockstead who Is I a farmer Jit I South Jordan so years old a native of I Utah and of Welsh descent wus examined exam-ined ami challenged by the defense The challenge was denied and he was peremptorily excused by the defense AN ALLUSION TO POLITICS Robert Graham a si reel car driver In the employ of the Salt Lake City railroad road since 1SD1 a native of Glasgow married and a Mormon sinco 1S82 wau also peremptorily excused l by l ihe de I fens4 Mr Graham said lie lived In l the Third cinct and belongedto I the Raergh faction but did not feel under I any special obligations to George Raleigh Ra-leigh Mr Graham said he did not I take the newspapers When J II Osguthorpe was reached Judge Powers objected on the ground I that all the documents in the matter called for John II Osfiulhorpc The I challenge was overruled and an exception ex-ception taken Mr Osguthorpe who has lived all his I I J I rJc 4i1i routc ro I 1rr I life in Mill Creek Is 43 1 years old a farmer i far-mer and unmarried He had a fixed opinion In the case and was excused Levl I Hardcastle a native of Englnd GO years old and now living at Sandy Is a married farmer He alno had a fixed opinion and was excused TOO BUSY TO GO TO CHURCH John II Thorn a confectioner of Salt Lake 3 years old and married was born in the Mormon church but was too busy to attend church He is a Maccabce and a Woodman of the Vorld When asked if Mr Guntcr had over heen in his storO Mr Thorn said Ho may have been Lots of people look alike to me But nol such good looking men as Mr Gunter Inquired Mr Rogers All Frenchmen look alike wa the reply He was peremptorily 1 per-emptorily excused by the defense After the examination oC Mr Thorn a recess unlll 2 oclock was taken John F Edwards 3 native of Salt Lake Ii years old and for twentytwo years a farmer In Sugar House ward was the first man taken up after court met again In the afternoon Mr Edwards Is married and as a rule disbelieves newspaper accounts of tragedies LEAVES IT TO HIS BISHOP When asked 11 he belonged to any church he said he would leave that to his superiors Who arc your superiors supe-riors inquired Mr Rogers Well my bishop Who Is he Bishop A G Grlggs ° Well ris he Is lot present I will be forced to again i > lc you whether you consider yourself u church member Mr Eduaids said he thought ho was not but that members mem-bers of his family were When Mr I Putnam asked the Juror If he knew I Judge Zane Mr Edwards said I dont know him to speak to but I al jays I j-ays touch my hat when I pass him He was peremptorily excused by the I defense and Mr Jenkins was sworn The following six men were then called William McMiilen John Hal verson Lorenzo D Young Daniel F Elton A L rfimondL and Samuel Allen Al-len Jr Mr Allen was formerly > an em I ployeein the City Streets department under S M T Seddon and fa 3 native of Wales He v as challenged by the defense on the ground fiat he had formed an opinion The challenge was denied and Mr Allen was passed for the lime A L SImondl a mining man of Sail Lake was passed for the time as was also Daniel F Eltpn a cigarmaker of lie city Lorenzo D Young who bad known Burton C Morris foi seven years and knew the family well was excused on the ground of bias HALVERSON UNDER FIRE The next man examined was John llalvereon license Inspector and an officer of-ficer under the City Tieasurer who Is a haltbrolhnr to the deceased Mr Rogers opened up on Mr Halver son early After Mr Halvorson had told his business and stated that he knew several members of the Morris family Mr Rogers saId Mr llalverson dont you know that I as a city oillcor holding an office cro aled by ordinance you cal claim exemption ex-emption from Jury duty Were you not ptvsont here Monday morning when Mr NaHi and Mr Nohcker were excused ex-cused on that ground YcK I was here was the reply Did you make any claim to be exempted ex-empted 7 I did not Mr Halverson then explained that lie was In doubt as ho had tried to get excused last year and had failed Would the fact that you are an employee em-ployee of the brother of the deceased have a tendency to bias you as a juror In this case No I DISCLAIMED ANXiETY Art you nnxlouo to act as 1 Juror In this case Xn I urn noti Who Is anxloup lohavc you actV I dont know that anyone is I Mr llulxerson then said he knew t George Raleigh but was not aware that Raleigh wanted hlnv tTsIt on the r I jury i Have you nofrtalkcdto Mr Italclgh here In tho courtroom No I think not I have talked to him near the courtroom Mr llnlvprson tliei sari hi lint hn thought he had only spoken to Raleigh I once this week v I Dont you know that you have been I seen talking him several time sel taldnglo If you call speaking as we pass I talking 1 have lalklnr many time Two or three I That was after you heard Jurors say Raleigh had been talking lo them I Yes l You heard the statement madethat Raleigh was In the employ of the pros i I ocutlon as a private detective I Yes You l are not anxious to Sit on this I cpse are you I No sir x OFFER OF RELEASE Dc you desire to claim exemption Yes If you do I will suspend lie examination exami-nation now and let you do It Senator Brown at once objected Judge lilies said that the Juror should claim oxcmntlon on his own motion and if the Juror wished to claim exemption exemp-tion he might do so Mr Halverson however declined to I I Ii I 7 II i I I I J II I 4 S I I I I I I II II I I I avail himself of the privilege and sat perfectly still After some further examination ex-amination developing that he hal I general acquaintance with all the Morris Mor-ris family and Its connections ho was ho hlenged on Ihc grounds of Implied bias Mr i Putnam said that as the juror was an employee of the brother of the deceased the I defense would not deny the challenge and Mr llalverson was excused HAD EXPRESSED BIAS Tn his examination Mr Halveison said that he had frequently discussed the ease hut had no opinion that would be likely to aftcct his verdict as a juror in the matter Mr Ilalvorson has evidently evi-dently modified an opinion he cx prevscd lo I a Tribune reporter soon after the Iragedy wlun he paid that he looked upon the killing of Morris as a coldblooded murder and thought tho man who did the shooting should suffer suf-fer death William MeMlllen of Murray was examined 1 ex-amined by Judge Powers He had listened lis-tened to opinions in the case after being be-ing summoned as a juror He did not I know Raleigh so 11 Raleigh obligingly obliging-ly stood up that the juror might see him There was a great craning of necks when Mr Raleigh aiose but the juror said he did not know him Mr McMIllcn was challenged on the ground of bias and the challenge was not denied I de-nied 1 Three men who have not been finally passed upon remained In the box Allen I Slmondi and Elton |