| Show IHl JURY TO TRY mr SHEETS CASE This May be Done Don in Quick Time Despite General Belief LACK OPINIONS Reading Newspapers Has Not Caused Them to Believe De Dc Defendant Defendant Guilty or Innocent 1 Ija lIrIS er Inko no TID Ills Big TalkS nt ut Open Opening ing In of or but Get ht Down Ilon to I Three were nc oc nl nt tho th opening of Iho tho Sheets trIal il Ihli l afternoon They Jhc Sam Samuel uel utI Homer HomerE E Hurt Burt urt E It H Tho defense O 0 Croll ami tha prosecution It I J P Wal VIII Waller ler Lr Uter o Jurors were sworn licit juit IM SLI cx serc It V NIcI John II H BF T F 1 1 nUll Georgo GlOr o 13 E Asper pcr There hero may inny 10 IQ ROOd good time mado mallo In gelling Belling a Jury to sit It on the tho caso case of or the tho State tute of ot Utah vs Geo A Sheets charged with Ith accepting a 11 bribe bribo while thief Chief of ot pollee police of ot this tills city after nil all to 10 the fact that the case ao has haf ha been banging fire firo for over a year and ulso because o It has han been given wide notoriety It was expected c tho the work of ot getting gettins n a Jury would be long and nut But this morning saw av five passed for tor cause out o ot of a L drawing of or eight and Indications point to a I majority being accepted it wa aa also nl o expected counsel for tor both bothI fifes I cg would present their cases caBeS In out outline outu line u as ns la IS usual but there thero was wao vu no talk talkIng t k Ing Ingby by either side Judge Judg S I H B Thur Thurman Thurman man simply that the tho defense dO de denied dOntell doile nied ile an charge of ot accepting bribery anti ml ion In Jumped right into tho thu ox CX x of ot The room moat was wn full tull of ot men mon a n ma majority of at whom nrc members ot ut tho the Jury Sur j n panel MINDS t DS FREE FROM BIAS mAS Great Is expressed at nt the tho 1 and fros frua condition of tho the tales tules mans minds In view of or o tho the fact tact that n tI 1 are residents of or this city or neigh neighboring neighboring boring localities and ond nil road read loal lo nt newspapers la In some Instances they tho had bad opinions ns all a to the tho guilt or inno hUlo innocence I cence of ot th defendant but asserted would brak or make opinion Some Somo of 0 the men in the theto theo thelo to lo o sat at on In previous r civil or criminal CM nd fl t I 1 notice ble bi knowledge kl age dge of or law and lIld its Us intricate cate ae workings OK OF Jufe Ju ge Thurman so 0 far has bos ha charge of ofte the te defenses case and Dist Dl t Atty F P PI Ft I 1 t Loofbourow in chargo for Cor tho the state was in the tho courtroom al ci aoL surrounded by lawyers among hom wore w ro Judge Thurman Soren Saran X E A Wedgwood A and rind A An AU 11 U Irvine associate tl counsel On the tho states side aide ot of the table were Sir Mr Loof Loot Loofbourow bouro and County Atty Hanson INTEREST IS i STRONG With tim tho exception ot at ono one man there were vre fro nono pono ot of the witnesses In Inthe Inthe the tho room and so ao far tar as 1111 a known cone nono ot of the 10 o defenses From the close cioe attention then tIen to the tho proceedings by the tho spec spectators It Is l evident the case caso has baa lost lilt lItt IP Interest and when the tho trial Is on In hi earnest the ilia crowds will willum turn um out PARRE T MISSING So far Car aa na tho sheriffs office knows may be In the tho city and ho Ito hoM M tn i Tho sheriff sh repeats ho does not Know where Is bt L but hut ho Ito ItoM M 1 not noi v about ills his appearance Jail bail was Yas his hl word wor and nl the officials sa they would make a vad vade ww tr e r lie he will wilt be ba hero At t any rote rotc his hla confession and evidence Is U held hlIb b by the prosecution who sees seas no for tor or worry TRIAL BEGINS At 1 1003 the bailiff mil nd announced the tho court In III n fred rad P C C Loofbourow announced tI State was wa ready rondy and Soren X Chris tn en said the tho defense deCenso was also alO Judeo Judie Mor lore e before whom the tho trial Is IB belna being held then Instructed Clerk Howard King to 10 begin drawing names lIamos of tales men tho the first firm eight men mIll could COUIl be examined Attorney Webb who IH Is a It member ot of o the tint law firm appearing for tor forthe forthe the defense e asked the tho court that th Ih the prosecution furnish n a I list of ot Us Its lI pro tho This request was Willi denied by the tho eburt tho the prosecution to do O It without an un order from IMn the bench Judge Julge S 1 R n Thurman the third member of tho the trio trill ot of representatives representative then thon took tile tho ti tOr 1100 nr anti outlined the tho case caso very verl I H II It Ihen n began tho the examination of ot the tho 1110 it et drawn IW MAN EXAMINED l Id Hd 1 of cir r u 1 thu Iho first man Ho Be HoI aull I M In hr had read enl about tho II fin Hh 11 it t and other oases cases cHeS In II lopI h n a 1 subscriber lb to a I morn lor ins 1111 and stad the Iho Mi at Itt first lut said Hald ho lie could couldn COli 1 n nt nl t say tay F he be lied hall an opinion In III regard t the flip th taut ase l c Later ho lie said ha ho formed an In and It t would seine uv 11 In to tU U it I J 01 Q Thur upon tills this tho lag rig g gAll All Aiu took tho the talc In lit I mi Does 00 your youl opinion jo go 10 to the tho No n innocence ot of tho the defendant Mi M l I M ho could not an us ll a I Juror without partiality or huts hlll Atly Atty I N halIe tIk Tiie latter batter 1111 Ihl nm 11 uler tire fire fireM fre M MI lLAND i 1 11 Vr ibi Hr ll loLol i I U lid ho ite Itati an un opinion tiM U it ii to 10 tho thor I I or r Innocence of the Iho I ui Thurman then Inflated upon l 11 it 1 on n the Iho dropped I J Juge Morse tha thu ItOl l NI l rl Kroff a of or lt Jor Jar 1 c itI n na elt eXI 10 lie Hlo said W ho I hus liu ruth B I II III i ta i for lor an 30 yearn ami 1111 W Wil wits H an I 5 l of the III highland Od Hoy no ll nr tOl alx u yearn Yeats le le said III lio hu reads a I local pal 1 1111 OCI HIE Ulf ol had subie Il quell quett nf lH last tul J 3 B h lit hll win Saul h had 1111 reading no so 10 formed n a ha hUl fi ugo ot what lD V When ashted It he ih I I Itt 1 of f l and nn l other othe wit wl litH w who Wile huv r Mr said hl ho rices ces not not He Tie had heard hearl neighbors talking about the case cuso but hut his mind Is Isnow Isnow isnow now a blank as ni to what was said Kroff Krott Klor J was wall allowed to step aside for tor awhile to let other be bo exam examined ined PASSED PASSE FOR FOn T Francis H II Densie a I farmer tamor ot or o W V st lt Jordan was wai W tho the third man Mr has ban his read a 11 little about the thI case ca e but took no interest In it remembering nothing 10 in particular about It Mr was wal passed for tor a 0 while and Homer Homor I J IV Burt Hurt followed Mr Ir Burt Hurt when asked if he be read tile tha tHI newspapers said paid No I dont rea read that kind ot of pall stuff He said ho Ito has bal been ben working at nt atthe tho the Highland Boy noy smelter But nut its It closed down ho continued so Ive 10 lost my master Mr Burt was also passed for tor the tho to time Ume being HAD NO OPINION Robt S Walker ot of Union was fifth about the tho He lie has lias heard heum something about I le It but case talked something about read nothing at at all nih 11 and has ha no opinion ot of the de do a as to 10 the th guilt or Innocence git fondant Walker Valker was passed for tor the tue time by Judge Thurman lILLER CHALLENGED R II 13 B Miller MI er came next Mr Miller Uller said ho he had nn an I opinion from front reading leading of ot sall tho the case fully tul A challenge was Interposed on grounds of actual bias Attorney Att Loofbourow took tile the tales man nan and brought out a statement that the tile opinion could bo be set et aside asidO Judge Morse sustained tho tite defenses chal challenge lenge lengo however an and the was no excused BEADS READS ALL ALti L THE PAPERS Samuel Perry a farmer r of ot Sandy S nd was tho the seventh B titan man He reads res practically cally nil All of or the Salt Snit I lAke papers I dont l think ni Ive Ivo formed any opinion one way wa or the tho other I dont think I 1 ever aver had hud any nn he said sid Mr Perry lerl was passed for fol tho the moment moment DAVID DA Vl TALL TAL EXCUSED David Duld S STal Tall n it bookbinder ot this city cl was WW the eighth examined ed c Mr lr Tall said ho 10 has hrs an nn opinion and has haH expressed it He Ho was WaR chal challenged and ad tho the challenge was not re resisted r aisted Mr Tall Tail Tal was excused F It If 1 DANSIE DANSI PASSED The examination went back from this point to F H After some questioning qu ho was wai passed parsed KROPF KROFF ALSO Mr Krofta examination was WIS next not resumed He lIe too was iran Wi passed H 1 P Burt Durt followed As s ho he repeated he had no opinion he lie was passed WALKER AND PERRY TOO B R S B r passed and Mr lr Perry placed under further examina examination tion and finally passed by the UIO defense Atty ton Loofbourow took tho the AI and nd without announcing hi hit ti pleasure In regard to Mr Perry PeI hated latea directed his questions at Mr Burt Hurt and then at Mr Ir a Walker While Mr Walker was wa was being bellg questioned a I it recess until nt 2 clock chock na as 1 called cled I |
