Show THE MURDER CASE alfred H martin on trial for or the murder ol of john H burton the case of the people vs alfred H martin was taken u up in the third third district court today the he defendant is under indictment for murder in ili the first degree for having killed architect john H burton at mccoys mccols stable on the morning of the of may mal 11 W 11 dickson and W w W woods conducted the case for the de ferise DIstrict attorney peters and mr J L rawlins prosecuting mr air dickson objected to mr rawlins being associated with the prosecution as he be understood he was employed by private parties while the defendant was practically without means to defray the costs of his bis defense the court overruled the objection land and remarked that be would see that no injustice was done the defendants defendant the names of the witnesses were called and attachments issued for the absent ones J J gleason joseph richards joseph barlow wm win calder dr fowler wm J mcintyre frank pitman mrs carruthers Carrut bers frank dinwoodey M mclaughlin blin henry dinwoodey ids ida hall mrs allen alien emma hall and captain munson the following jurors were called and took their places in the bo bos willard richards W C A smoot Sif loot T E harper george T odel T 0 patten Patte ii B E J swaner C J carman john kirkman charles brown eber case J W jones 0 L ellason eliason mr D ickson dickson examined the j jurors u bors on behalf of the defense as to their qualifications ficat ions to act in the case came mr richards and add mr smoot had bad read the testimony taken at the preliminary 11 in inary examination and published in the papers they had formed an opinion thereon and were excused mr harper had also read the accounts but had no opinion and land could give the defendant a lair trial mr odell bad an opinion slightly unfavorable to defendant and which it would require satisfactory evidence eviden to remove he was challenged bati by the e defense to the court mr odell said he could give the defendant a lair fair trial and the chall challenge euge was overruled mr air patten was one of the coroners jury at toe lae inquest over mr burton aud was excused mr swaner had an unqualified opinion and was challenged and ex used aused mr carman carmazi and mr Kir kirkman kinan also had bad a strong opinion and were excused mr brown had bad an unfavorable opinion towards the defendant and would not like to be tried by a jury in the same tame fame of mind as himself he was challenged by the defense clefense to the prosecution he be said his pinion was an unqualified one the challenge chall enRe was sustained mr use case and mr jones had no opinion aad were passed mr ellason eliason had read of the case is in a morning paper but the article made no impression on his mind ile he was passed mr odell mr ellason and mr jones were peremptorily challenged by the defense this left but two jurors in the box harper and case toe following were then called J T 11 wader ader jr jos A jennings K A an andrews d e aws T J ward walter almy 8 P Tas del W P mckeever wm waa C winder geo E bourne and john me donald I 1 mr J R winder jr had a fixed axed opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant and was excused mr beening i i shared a similar fate for a t ianmar reason mcandrews mr andrews went down for the same cause as did also wro win b C winder and mcdonald ward almy and mckeever had bad no opinion sod and were passed mr bourne was asked whether he be considered the defendant was justified or not and replied 1 I dont think auy man is justified in committing such an act as that he was challenged and excused mr ward and mr mckeever were excused by the prosecution mr hir almy the only one secured at this effort was sworn and the following ug too took k their places in the box enoch F martin E ekahn kahn john stillwell ll 11 J W goldthwaite james M tie Tl erney ey cornelius okeefe john kreamer james hague and alex Mayber mayberry rv khan mcalerney okeefe kreamer and hague had a aa R opinion opt cion and were excused I 1 mr martin was excused by the prosecution se mr goldthwaite went out at the request of the defense the prosecution released mr mayberry and mr stillwell was accepted and sworn making four out of the twelve necessary J J oreilly john Sc 86 huttle buttle G S ellis el Us and wm S clays were called all but ur mr ellis had bad a fixed opinion in the case and were excused mr ellis examination was not finished when the court took a recess till this afternoon to allow the bringing in of a fuller faller list of 36 jurors for which open ventres had bad been issued the four jurors obtained were in the meantime placed in charge of bailiff Reck this afternoon G S ellis was passed and L S stephens C L haines C P mason C B hurst J M harvey wm crim and W H sells callett called they possessed poss eted the statutory qualifications fl for jurors mr stephens had au an pinion opinion going to the gaila or innocence or ot the defendant fen dant but thought t would not influence flue jace his bis verdict H he was passed mr haines had bad a fixed opinion and was excused mr mason had bad a strong opinion but believed he could bould give the defendant a fair trial passed mr durst darst was excused far ajr the ion be held mr harvey mr crim arim and mr sells ells went the same way mr ellis was excused by the defense and mason and stephens were sworn making six of di the panel the following heip were then called george mullett J thomas J W campbell W T earle E whittaker whittaker and M C R rese ese their examination was being proceeded with when our reporter perter re left the court room |