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Show JURY IN HERRIN CASE IS BEING SELECTED Three Farmer Tentatively , Accepted by Both Sides in Murder TrUl" MARION. Ill, No-l4 Hy 17. P ) Wllllsmson county willing le piei Judgment on lb five union men Indicted In-dicted for tn murder of on strikebreaker strike-breaker daring the llcrrtn maasarr. A Jury was In lht the fourth day of the" trial opened today. Xhres farmars war tentatively accepted ac-cepted by both eldea. I 'roe pert a were that a Jury composed of about all farm era and ala former mlnera would be finally obtained, a II hough the atat an bent on obtaining an all farmer Jury at tha opening of the trial. Four da ye of examination of veniremen, venire-men, however, . haa convinced tha prosecutor that It will b Impossible to obtain twelve farmer! who have In no way been connected with mining. The majority of the farmer are union mem bar a and work In mine during tha d'( season. The atat ha uad all of Ita peremp-toiy peremp-toiy cliMllvnwi'e, while tha mlnera hav uaed only one. Tn defenae la accept lug both farmera and mlnera alike. Tha proapeetlve Juror! ar rlnaely guarded and both aide make exhaue tlv Inqulrlee Into their paat life before finally agreeing to allow them to go Into tha panel. The three farmera for the flrat panel, wearing rough woolen ahlrta, their beat rlunday aulta and heavy ehoea. stomped Into the courtroom einlllng. Two dep. utlea were cunetantly at their aldee. A large group of union frlenda of the five prlaonrr were In court today. They had laid off work to attend the day'a aeaalon. Tha accuaed men and their frlenda apent moat of the tlm dlacuaalng tha prospective juror. There will be no great crowd of spectators until tha opening state-mrnta state-mrnta are made. |