Show THE C CLAWSON CASK proceedings proceeding a TODAY TO DAY ITHE tue THE TRIAL vor eor roly rotY GAMY y I 1 at the opening of the district court at 10 this he case casc case caso of the me united states vs rud nud er clawson Claw soni indicted for lor polygamy was way called ana and proceedings dings in tile lue trial of the defendant commenced the names of witnesses summoned were read out by the crier and those present answered as named lack of space precludes the publication of ane list buttice it that they constituted a onerous sharer of an aa assemblage sem blage which L aided bya by a large iame coal furnace in full fuli blast immediately dack of the reporters table was to 10 create a sense of general suffocation 1 every seat heat was laken take u and every table as well the latter tiang filled with attorneys and other privileged characters within the bar whose dl dan gling alln legs kept time to their owner wilery wile own owa sweet thoughts as the golden goiden 0 1 lp 1 moments ino ments of our reporters leisure fe i 1 u r e trickled rapidly into the ocean of th the c eternal past an hour went by the clerk then tilen called the names of the folio wing pettit jurors from an ali attempt was made mide to em pannel ilan iian trial trw jury geo M turpin geqrge george lild fild wu win C winder E W louer loder ormus abates EB E bates ates george W earl tjomas sapp sappington ington st davis dasis david archibalb Archi balu G 31 forbes 1 D C Boot booth lland iland and J V J woodman mr nir woodman being absent carl C asmussen Asmus sen seu was called the tile rile twelve who were present walked into luto the july luly I 1 box x as their names were mentioned met I 1 and were sworn on their voir dir ril dil re te 11 the ry lue tl alons s were put ut tc tor each esch of them by yv mr harkness ardess of tho the counsel for the defense all were passed for tor general 1 qualifications and mr Ilar Har harkness kness kneas then put the tue usual questions as to the i merits of the case preconceived notions blus et etc ete cand and the jurors all passed for competency compe tancy assistant U S thorney CK OS Varlan varian then assumed the role of interrogator and propounded the inquisitional guest questions ions lons 1110 do you believe belleve it Is right for a man moan to have more than ono one living iving and wife at ac the same time do you believe it is right for ti a man to live in tile the practice of cohabitation with more lnore than one woman at the sometime same time george M tu i apin answered the first question affirmatively affirmative iv and was challenged tiie the challe chaile challenge fige tige was denied by thed the etense allowed allowe 1 by t the ho court and the juror juro r was I 1 excused id geo E hill was also questioned with the same reaul reoul fc william wililam 0 01 declined to answer and was asked if he lle did so on oh tho the ground that his answer would tend lend to eliminate himself ile he answered nu no and mr varian then read the section of the edmunds law bearing upon tiie the challen challenging glug of jurors in ili such cases lie he then challenged the juror for cause and lie he was excused E W loder answered no to both questions and was passed i ormus E bates and georgo george IV earl both declined to answer and were chall challenged enget and allo excused thomas Sapping lappington sapp ington tou ton a non nou mormon answered yes to the question which awakened no DO little surprise and some on its being bain re repeated cate to him fidgeted in his chair an and said sald id 1 I said sald yesa believe it aint night kight the jhc thc lie lle crowd lau iau laughed lied and the prosecuting attorney heaved a sigh of relief bellef the juror answered tile the second question the same way aud was passed parsed M 1 AV davis was passed haulm answered the questions in the negative e david archibald on belne beine plied piled with the questions turned to the judge and with a marked scotch ac cent hald haid your four honor iia ila tia I 1 here hereto to be tried for my bellef belief 1 sen gation gatlon laughter and applause judge zane very red in the rapping sharply lor for or deitt deiTs answer the question well sald mald the witness icove if Ic J eitai lve ive c t the he ancient patr latr lan ian pil aud and r iati 1 i 11 we dont t care c re an t A a b pu t that broke in i the tho lle lie jud judge e llan stan answer wf kah ith the c question 11 1 eli eil ell 11 urge the me witness alfay 1 I say th the e ancient patri patriarchal arcHa again he v ivas as interrupted and asked to answer the first question your honor I 1 believe itsu its a revelation of god to the latter day saints that they are required to obey okey 1 Challe chalie challenged need and excused i G 11 forbes a non mormon declined to answer which somewhat st umpeI his questioner ori bein being asked askea if he had llad conscientious scruples he replied that he did not think the quest question lon ion was palin patin put in such a shape that one could conid properly answer ibby it by yes or no ile he was asked to explain and did so by bj that it he were asked if it wis uis was right t to violate a law of the united states he would quid answer no but lie he did not feel joei disposed to answer the as it was propounded do you sou mean that you do not coh consider such things morally wrong asked mr varian 1 I 11 do riot not necessarily janean t that you sou you von mean it would depend ingre upon the law uw than thin upon aboa moral 1 grounds 1 do lie lle was then told that there was a I 1 law against polygamy and plural lural do co and then thal that he did not think it right Y glatte giatte the law lav passed P D CJ booth both questions and passed packed carl C answered yes to both question questions and was challenged and excused this left twelve caled cabied the TM were sworn after a rather 10 lo long iong u discussion bythe by the counsel on hoth both sides upon soule souie technicality regarding til the challenging len ien fing 0 j jurors acors 11 ane ine e cherl then called tiie the following names of I 1 u bors whose owners walked up into the thu box silas pack rack louis 0 oviatt at t jacob II if jensen george II 11 ard ardman m an george AV V chas gilmore and li enjamin green they were sworn on their voir dire and passed as to general qualifications on questions put by the defense butiu butin the inquisitorial process by the other side all but tio were excused far or admitting a belief bellef in the rightfulness of polygamy or declining dec linins to answer these two were gilmore gumore and richmond abo sho answering in the negative we were based d i louis oviad admitted being a ismor mormon but stated that he di did pd not hiot bellev believe it right for a man to hao have haq more than one living and wife pr t to ilso jive in the practice of cohabitation with more than one woman at the same thue thuc he fie also laid said paid ha he lel tel believed levid ui n upholding the laws of his country i i and knew mno Uno of nothing thing th that would atwould prevent his giving nivin a fair and honest verdict i in toe the case on the evidence 16 to be presented but nut hu lie was peremptorily challenged and excused the prosecution using its legal prerogative for three challen challenges es in his case gilmore and Ric richmond ilmond the latter of whom posed heroically for effect ia inan answering that the laws of his country rade made polygamy a cil cli crime trib and he believed lie lle vedin in upholding them first last and all tile the time pa were then sworn thus making seven jurors entitled to places in the panel 1 the court then took recess till 2 pm promptly at that hour houi the court reconvened con venea and proceedings dings were resumed juror davis being fifteen minutes late kept the court waiting and received a slight reprimand md as lie he entered olit crit ered the lei lep lerk then e f fal 9 I 1 lowing names J T F jose joseph rh ii rr proctor octor william C neal jneal AV william 1 Ilus lius husbands bands and antl D str W scribner b of these rorer w was excused for admitting a 3 bredon preconceived opinion as to thie the derit merit der lt ott oft of the lle case and mr neal feal for dd admitting a belief in the rightfulness of ariage sha when properly re regulated the at liers tiers wenc werm passed ass I 1 edina caina antt anit sworn i J J farreh farre 0 whose booso name was the last ohe obe one left oil on the venire was called and took his seat wm smith and james cullegan Cul lenan two jurors for whom hench bench warrants had been issued had pot appear appeared pd one being in alta and the oher at farmington As the passing of farrell even if effected would give but eleven jurors on oli the panel hn an adjournment journ ment was necessitated until 10 to tomorrow morrow 9 to give time for i smith and cullegan cui Cul lenan to arrive this was done accordingly the question is nga in the thu event of af but one or neither of the three remal remaining nill 1 jurors being a c c abe an nd the peremptory challenged challen gel gei li il all ali 11 being 1 ilzade made 1 will the court cause carsean an open venire to issue isue |