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Show ONE OF THE ACCUSED I FORFEITS HIS BAIL I Thomas Raleigh Is Missing When Murder Trial Is Called' Houghton, Mich., Fob. 3. Only Ave defendants rospcuded when tho rnsu of tho six deputies charged with tho murder, of two striking copper miners mi-ners was called in tho circuit court Jesterday nnd tho ?5000 bond of Thomns ltnloigh tho missing defendant, defend-ant, was forfoltod. Counsol announced that tho other men wero ready to go to trlnl and tho enso proceeded. No difficulty was experienced ex-perienced In obtnlnlng unbiased Jurors Jur-ors nnd when court adjourned tonight eleven men occupied scats In tho Jury box, but nolthor side had oxor-clsod oxor-clsod any of Its peremptory challenges. As tho rcgulnr panel was exhausted exhaust-ed today, Judgo R. C. Flannlgan ordered or-dered n special venire of 100 men to bo procured. Judgo Flannlgan who snt In tho Roosevelt llbol caBo at Mar-quotto Mar-quotto laBt spring, is presiding bo-causo bo-causo Judgo O'Brien is distantly related re-lated to ono of tho dotendants. Raleigh's dlsappoaranco was tho most interesting development of tho day. Although ho hnd not been seen hero slnco last Wednesday night his bondsmon did not loam until today that ho would not appear when his enso was called. Raleigh was at liberty lib-erty under $10,000 bond, but only half of this amount wna forfeited, because tho nccuBcd deputies aro to hnvo two trials, ono for tho murder of ench of tho slnln men. Special Prosecutor Georgo 13. Nicholas Nich-olas raised tho point thnt n.)elgh might he present when tho second trial tri-al begnn. Tho men on trlnl nro James Cooper William droff, Arthur Davis, Harry James and Edwin Polklnghorn. Raleigh, Ra-leigh, Cooper, Groff and Davis aro emp'oyes of tho Waddel Mali on cor- H porntlon of Now Ycrk; the other men H nro deputy sheriffs employed by tho H Efforts havo been mado to appro- H hend Raleigh and havo him returned - H lio-o for trlnl. Ho enmo here from. H New York last July, when the strlko H began, nnd lins been In tills' territory H continuously since thnt time. Tho H llvo othor defendants expressed fefent concern ovor his disappearance as H they wero fenrful that their bondsmen H would surrender them to tho sheriff H and havo them remanded to Jail. H Prospective Jurymen wero closely H questioned by opposing counsels as H to their local affiliations. Three of H thoso tentatively accepted admitted H momhorshlp In tho Citizens alliance. Another admitted that ho belonged to H tho Western Federation of Minors. H |