| Show JURORS ENTER Spies and anti Detectives Surround Men Picked to Try Mayor SALOON MEN ON VENIRE Former Liquor Dealer Forc Force Prosecution to Use P. P Peremptory Per Per- r- r Challenge I I i. i San Saim Francisco May Ia 29 Thc Tue The Jurors accepted to Ir try Mayor I O for or e ex extortion cx- cx ae mire aro bc beginning to complain of f the espionage of ot spies allies and tho thin Inter Interference lt aier ai- ai ference Ct er nc of or detectives Strange e forms peep Into the case from rom all al directions the shadows bend hend and listen tho the dark darl n nun come comp anti and go Juror Well Veil I ho has made complaint that thata a stranger er called led at nt hl his home homo lat last Th r Thursday lla He lie le was out ou of ot the hoU hou-a. hou Mistaking ti the landlady for his imi wife she Phe the was n naked asked I l all al sorts of oC questions hs about hout him The Tho stranger wanted to know ImO what ha politics he ho professed hu particularly out outside itle ho of or that made clo close Inquiries 5 I as nR to hl his religion habits habit anti and associated assocIate L Juror Well eIl el was vas indignant over o tills I visit 1 and reported It to th the court COUlt htmL but hut the name of oC the the visiting stranger er hmar It Ito o not been learned I i Juror Claim had a complaint of h different nature He lives l es out nr the county line lne anti and took a n cat car to tn down to the tho temporary court cour hOt 7 Ho lie made complaint that h he had boen rou roughly hl told ii b by a bystander that tt h he had better bettel not ride upon the time cars again Can you 0 tell tel the name of the man who ho threatened you ou asked District Attorney Horney Langdon Gishi said aid he did not know leo leoth th the mans man's name but felt sure r he could coult n ascertain It I. I Ho I-fe was told to do so 80 and if Ir h ho does tho lie offender will 1 be court and amid an punished Amon Among th the tho examined were some om who told of I visits ls t I 1 J their homes home by hy the tho mysterious deter dute tive t e and It tt I ls evident a m. m CIO close 1 lab tab Is eing I kept e t on all those 1 likely el to be bee called caned Into into- the thu I jury jury- box box i I Today another venire VenIr of or GM 0 O was ex exhausted ext ex- ex ad additional mI ati- t hausted without without procuring a n single Juror fhe There re was wa the same amo samer r proportion ot t saloon on IT tt Jr rl on t i r n t. Jt tl J l I J FUI cc t fitl 1 JJ t h j. j C tr R d S to i n n ij I- I J r. r JC I were werf more saloon keepers rs among tong J them being lent Henry E. E l Hagerty who who- who has hs n a widely knon kno n n r report at fiO I sheLI street sh-eL I I One On former olmer saloonkeeper with wih a groc grocery r neat near neal the city halt hall hal forced lOf- lOf the the prosecution to use ue one of ot its its' I IJ up onE t I pre precious lou peremptory challenges s. s This I man had nad gono gone to see le Marshall Irshal n 13 B. B I I Woodworth during the recess and had hod talked with wih Attorney West f t. t the sherIffs sherIff's slier sher- I ills Iff's Ifs If's lawyer who I Is in nl Ruef's cs c's o 1 Woodworth was the time man named by Hue Ruef to 0 tal take Heney's Henys place at the time the tho little litle boss bosc trl tried to ou oust t J Jand and amid aul set sot himself up lip 1 as district attorney He lie admitted lJ being a clo close e friend or m l Herbert in liz tho the mayors mayor's br brother brother- I II I but u evidently Intended to s em J i i self upon ullon the Jury jur Another the story wont rounds one ont of oC the accepted Jurors juroN wag lye live lve of the ma mayors mayor's ors wife wIe and r has been boon a u whisper that the tho tl jV s sis Is very joyous eve over O at at least t on t-mt t W r r the Jurymen V J- J V V- V q i t O V st 01 The mOlln morning sc lon t day 1 wih general generl interest in In the app q t. t Vt-a Vt atice or of Abe Abc who wi-mo was to le on- on 01 3 eel ed for Cor sentence 1 Ruef came camo mo in with wih Senator Gt od B. B cane In a n front so scat t a tat waX EU El Lynch from front l his J office omee ht r Lynches 1 uM u M on hand hana for Cor on one pt of bi th criminal Ruef had hiatt some Pome tt oases sec hill Jm tl ut J In iii finding a n. chair at ut nr first t le lIo lid to to A and the where when pass repa repays repass s place S sat mt but there was no rio It yf i i recognition e 1 the two Judge Judg ci I Fal 11 time Ule former counsel for tor RueL 9 now how d defending the mayor mayot exchanged chan f. f compliments with wih K Ko tlc le hart I merI merrily with wih But Hut li Pt his hl sturdy buck back turned upon the J le fallen alien a ln hOI boss imos t People o against against- Abraham T V M Y f ft t said Judge Dunne Dunne caln calling ht his cal That ha t Is that tho t ma matter tir 0 of f Nl to T v I said aid rising I U It It I go 0 over o for Co two t o weeks b by C con ent 1 nT nT I No o objection to that t IN L I Honey looking at Huet and Keane J Ene j f Xo No objection said Thief Rue In Ja a U l 1 r alt t tone e. e So fio ordered said Id th the jul judge judg e L 4 V. V A Aks ks trIm Time Iline V Then Theodore r V. V Halsey wa was waa called ft for or arraignment nt and stood at the tho bar Lr f while Clerk read reaul to him hint th f i i I indictment char charging him with a n felony Celon wit to Giving and offering H H. bribe of or l It to tu Supt or W. W AV WV 1 on oil 01 March larch 1 16 C. C J 1900 In tho him malter of or time tho attempt to ke keep keal p the thc ome Home Tolo- Tolo h phone omit ft-omit cuming ae an en- en 1 I trance ti anc Into Francisco k 4 What ha t 1 Is your your- true name namu n aed alec edthe ed A Athe 7 J the th when the tile rending was vas W eon con In- In 1 lii V 0 V. V Halsey the tho 1 Theodore Theodoro V. V came camo prompt r reply ply In lit a a good round voice What hn t IH Is 11 your our plea 1 Here Hero lh there thero ro was not such t nC ness Bert rt ro o anti and ashell until Saturday to o. o mal make o a plea and nd called Cled for Cel a transcript of or the te testimony rS taken in tho the ca case c. c Honey Hen told him tocoma to f con coma around to his anti anti- g gt t the d transcript an and Halsey e went wen h lila his w with wih Attorneys Humphreys and amid S hl 9 ln I. I D. D D 1 M. M Dal Dolmas Delmas mas hail had not deigned h to lo appear for these formal and anc pr J Io proceedings 0 1 Huf L Ll rs i Court I 1 t t Then Therm Ruef a o o nn and went tent out omit ou B Bigg Though hd had chatted with wih him when tho the J were leiO lining up to give ho their excuses J the broad back of or continued 1 to bo be turned upon him V J I 1 Of or the time lift tf t drawn lra 1 upon tho the latest list HI six Wl wore vere re rap reported r d l lor nf or town seven m e eto absent en pre were excused and anH the tho nu nM lH teen leen In tn the tho cl box hog wore oi put pul Tho nl t four tOl nam names s called caled were Leo I-eo 10 iam Mar V. f 1 Continued on Oil I P. P r lul J fr C c 1 J j L JURORS I ENTER COMPLAINT Continued From Front Page One tin tin Cornelius Crowley Crowle Thomas Moore and John M. M f. f Martin l said he hO was a fl ci cigar ar dealer at Twenty second and Mission streets in front of J J. J C C. O'Connor's saloon Up to five live years ago ao he had been a Southern South South- em ern Pacific e trainman He saId bald lu- lu hall had hadan in nn opinion and was excused Cornelius Crowle Crowley who said he hc wagan was wag an in saloonkeeper ex said he would try the case o honc honestly t and n l at t that 1 t. t Te pa pas seu RIU hum mm u JU to P t. t J nu HU um he lie had n a saloon at Twenty sixth and I Valencia streets street for foa twenty one or OP two twenty years an anti and knew James D D. Phelan whom he ho thou thought ht vea very highly of lie declared to Campbell that he was not afraid o of the tho n newspapers I 1 pass liaRS the juror for or cause said Campbell Pa Pass s him said fald Heney I Thomas Moore of 21 Eleventh avenue avenue ave aye nue flue S an elderly man said aid ho lie had hatI not been heen In an any business for or some somo fifteen years car He Hc was wn excused because of his ius opinion 4 lInnIc has las Opinions John M. M f Hanley said ho 10 had a aS grocery store and saloon Haule formerly formerly for for- or- or S merly was wa night clerk at the Lick hou house and in politics he had been heen a Democratic clerk on election boards S Ho lie declared ho would not bo influenced bun bun- by the fact that ho has to have his saloon license renewed d er e every three i months month lie He did not know leno the thc police u commissioners he ho said and antI never ne had had any trouble In getting hi his hie license Have Havo you ou an any opinion as to tho thit t motives of this prosecution I asked a Honey at last Yes sir sil S Think It Jt is IR political I dont don't you Yes sir I II i honey Heney challenged on this but hut Campbell got ot him to Lo sa say that ho could be he entirely fair and would try the tile case upon tho the evidence Honey Heney challenged because lecause ho said ho expected to prove that Mayor ah absolutely controlled con con- trolled the tho tal license I dont don't think the veni man is telling tell tell- lug ing thin tho truth and ho will he be excused said Judge Dunne Campbell put IUt in iii his exception to the remark of or the court and anti another to tho the excusing of f tho the juror Hen honey y offered finally to accept Cornelius Cor Cor- nouns nelius Crowley but Campbell chal dial lengel him peremptorily thus using up Ill nis fourth peremptory Albert Alhert E. E Lacey L. W. W P. P Beck Charles Artigue and John W. W Van Yan Bergin were tho ho next four foul called into tho the box Lacey L. ran rm the gauntlet of an examination examination examination examina examina- tion Its AN as to tn his bias blaR He HC said ho had hatI been he-en secretary und a stockholder In the thera ra Wagner ner Machinery company compan ever er since Ince its formation some ome fifteen years ars arsago a ago go Ho 1105 had a slight opinion but declared de cle- Ic- Ic dared he ho could put It aside Campbell dl didn't nt want him after aller Heney had let him pass with a few formal questions Heney found Cound that Lace Lacey and Campbell belong belong- to the same Masonic Ia commander command command- cr or but passed haSSed him him a after a further question on or two t Neither Wanted anted Beck Neither side sido wanted W. W P P. Beck a contracting painter and anti a challenge t tI by hy Bene Heney In Ill the midst of Campbells Campbell's I examination was ns not disputed Chas Artl u o of the California Fertilizer compan an fin nf or and an an acquaintance o of s i said ld I he ho did not think his friendship Cornue for Cor I Ruef nue would Influence him seem seemed d either olther vcr very dense or not ver very desirous 3 of getting on the Jury II ne challenged for Cor cause causo and anti Campbell opposed it ft but hut the challenge was al alI al- al I lowed owed Judge Van Bergen a n director in the First First- t. t National hank bank and a 3 friend of or j I Heney said aIl Id he had had an opinion and did not hot wish to do tin anyone an injustice and wa was excused Campbell peremptorily chall J Lacey acey thus emptying the four seats 3 again aln and using up ill five live of the the ten peremptory challenges permitted the tho deem defense Charles Perry Pern A A. F. F Benard Samuel antI and Julius Blumenthal were tho ho ne next t four lour to come como In for ex oxa ox- ox a ml nati on Perl Perry said he thou thought ht was guilty guilt and was quickly excused A A. F F. Benard now a n real estate oMate man but hut up to three months ago a n saloonkeeper saloonkeeper saloon saloon- keeper at and Fulton streets near hear the city l Herbert was a great groat rat friend of his but of course so ho had no blai blar on that account Hello Heney had hiatt to pas pass him and anti tho the defense defenso apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap was waR glad to accept anyone that thal smacked of oC a saloon Interest In the afternoon lIenard wa was again questioned admitting that during the ho had been to 4 Attorney Horney Woodworth's Woodworth's Wood Wood- worth's worth office Benard lienard E said raid Woodworth Wood Wood- I worth orth was not In and that he went to see sec him on real estate bu business We e 0 will challenge Mr Tr Benard I wild Ilene honey exercising his third peremptory per jair- 01 leaving leaving- him with only two Joseph Josephi II II H. and G George orse were e excused Another venire of i 75 was drawn and antI tho the case adjourned until Friday mornIn morn morn- I In ing ng |
