Show COUNSEL EXCUSES JUROR I l WHO OBJECTS TO DEATH PENALTY f Attorney Attorney Eichnor files liles but Attorney Stew Stew- I t Probably Saves a Per Per- Challenge 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 44 4 9 4 4 44 4 4 JURORS HAVE TAKEN THE OATH sel and sworn to try Peter M for his life Ufe f fSMITH H SMITH age 29 merchant residence Granger 4 EL ED BRINGHURST age 40 farmer residence T 4 T T T f T t fr murder Hay ot the in o eter far more at ce cc has lost the worried exore ezore ex- ex through rough much of yes- yes ore he lie see to have deter- deter ro his fears ears and andSt St 1st until the IDe routine of seI se- se I 1 s a Smile i in a fter the first special eem een examined upon their jury box was filled ind Ind- Ind the regular draw- draw Stewart read the efon beginning the exam- exam smiled as the ed the words aId Peter did dide e n n. n the e manner and form an murder the said I f of the e Day t the of the morning session leDge lenge by Attorney B. 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J who uror-who said that he did did- Capital capital ital punishment a special life insurance i examination Af After Atter ter questions as to social and political rela- rela C persons connected with I saying that the formed from reading and ande e C murder would not affect of f the evidence he Punishment in ri capital punish- punish 4 I Conscientious scruples of the death pens peny pen pen- y s from the eyl eVl d defendant was guilty of of first degree wo would ld you thim knowing that a ao o Conviction would c carr carry rry of the death pen pen- we ve 11 would No I would e the Juror as he is e evl- evl l- l said Attorn Attorney Smiled d does not resist the chal- chal thai chal- Eichnor with a And he added in an unlit un- un lit lit- 1 P 1 1 P I lIly My brother Stewart has saved me some sometime time and trouble I More than half half of the morning was taken up wit vit the formal examination n of the first special special- venire venire- of fifty men While this this was in progress an amusing incident relieved the monotony of the routine questions propounded to each prospective juror An Amusing Incident I WJ 1 A. A Johnson Johnsn called the clerk Here Here came from opposite corners of the room and two men forced their theil way to the front where scats seats were served They came close together and stood staring i at one another i iOne ft One was about six f feet four and the and the theother other four tour feet six Both were Scandinavians Scandinavians Scandinavians Scan Scan- with precisely pi the same names On examination it developed P Peter I ner that one co talk English and th the theother other had only lived in ip Salt Lake two r months so th their Jr services were not re re- re T Defence Examines Jurors After A District Attorney Eichnor had completed his examination of the Continued on Page 6 G. Counsel Continued from Page 1 cial venire ten of the regular regular panel who vho had been examined yesterday and found bund to be qualified as Jurors for the term erm were called into the box and Attorney Attorney At- At torney orney B. B J. J Stewart began the examInation exam- exam nation for the defence E. E L. L Sloan Edward L. L Gray J. J M. M Hawkins lawkins James H. H Keate George Mayne H. H D. D Shurtliff James A. A Cunningham Cunningham Cunningham Cun Cun- F. F S. S Murphy C Charles arles H. H Denhalter and Charles Andrews were the first ten whose na names es were drawn Many Questions Asked I Attorney B BA J. J Stewart was rather prolix In ii his examination going c care carefully re- re fully Into the life history of t the prospective pros pros- pros pOs Jurors and in particular asking ing them If they had ever had any political associations with District Attorney Eichnor E. E L. L Sloan and Edward L. L Gray were the only ones examined be before before before be- be fore the noon adjournment and neither was accepted by the defence Sloan was excused because he was opposed to the Infliction of the death penalty and very early in the examination of Mr Gray he confessed that his opinion would prevent him from acting fairly fairlyn in n the case Attorney Stewart did not raise the question of revelations revelations' or visions but both joth Jurors who were examined proved to o be disqualified before he had carried his inquiries up to that point Only One Rt Relative The attendance was a third less than yesterday Henry was the only near relative of the prisoner who was present Throughout the courtroom there was far less of tension and sol solemnity than yesterday The attorneys put their questions with wih smiling faces face and now v and then the prisoner laughed quietly at some som remark of his counsel counsel The noon adjournment was taken with wih only the two Jurors who were sworn yesterday In charge of the officers officers of- of cers the mornings morning's work being barren of results At the opening of the afternoon session session session ses ses- sion Attorney Stewart for the defence changed chang d his tactics in questioning the me ze jurors and endeavored to tb bring out put the fact act that the had formed or expressed an opinion as to the guilt gull t or innocence of the defendant After be being ng vigorously questioned along this line lne J J. J M. M 11 Hawkins JamesH Keate Keate and George Moyne were excused for implied bias In the examination of H. H D. D Shurtliff w which followed Attorney Stewart asked hm him n Have you ever eve r. sat as Juror in a criminal case where the jury was hung The courtroom broke into laughter at atthe atthe the he peculiar i construction of the sentence but out face turned a deep scarlet and it was some moments before he recovered red s poss sef-poss self |