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Show When Three Talesmen in McNamara Case Balk at Lein Sworn Los Angeles, Cal.. Nov. S. Three out of flvo talesmen balked at being sworn as jurymen in fhe McNnmara 'murder trial at tho opening of court today, Jn a scene whose dramatic intensity in-tensity brought a hush upon the court room. Byron Lisk, a mill owner, William F. Clark, a retired farmer, and Sam Mendenhall, an orange grower, wero the men who objected to tn-ing James B. McXamara for his life on a charge of murder in connection with the death of Charles J. Haggerty, a 7na-chlnlst. 7na-chlnlst. killed with 20 others as a result of the Ixjs Angeles Times explosion ex-plosion a j oar ago. 'Rise and be sworn, gentlemen." said the court when Attorney qinronce S Darrow of coimsel for the defense announced that he would challenge none of thorn. Lisk and Clark loth started explanatory protests, which wore cut short by the Judge. Four men rose, but Mendenhall sat still. Across the room sat his wife and family physician, who had told the court that Mendonhall's mother probably could not live. His father died two months ago. "Dr vmi nfflrm Air Monrlnnlmll" asked Clerk George Monroe "No," said Mondcnhail. "I swear when there is occasion for it; there Is none now. i have a reasonable and fair excuse." "Your excuso will have due consideration, consid-eration, Mr. Mendenhall," said the judge. "Rlso and be sworn." Mendenhall then rose and took the oath. Immediately after the talosmeu were sworn, the court, hy agreement of counsel, took the talesmen into his chambers one at a tirao and heard thrir excuses.- ' The court excused Clark because of Ill-health and"MondenhalI because of his mother's illness. Lisk was retained. re-tained. This left three jurors 3n the box. Byron Link, Robert F Bain and F. D. Green, representing the harvest of nearly 70 talesmen examined. "- ?)s .Angclqs.'. 'Cnl., ' Novr S.-rFottr' fnlT fledged jurors Immune from' challenge chal-lenge of futuref elimination unless thev rheconi? Ill, completing approximately one-third of the task of selecting a jury to try James B. McXamara was the outlook todn after practically five weeks of court. When court convened today there were five men in the jury box. tho survivors sur-vivors of the first fusilade of peremptory peremp-tory challenges exercised yesterday by both sides, but Clarence S. Darrow, chief counsel for the defense, declared de-clared early today that ho would eliminate elim-inate of the five possibly two, hut he was Inclined to Ihlnk only ono. "We have exercised fivo peremptory challenges so (ar,4 explained Attorney Darrow, "and wc cannot afford to waste any more than one or two on the men In the box now, for wo can't tell what we are going to be up against in the future. We always must take Into consideration that we may have to pass for cause and then use peremptory challenges against them, men who may bo far less satisfactory to us than those we see now," Though it was considered that today to-day marked tho passing of virtually a third of tho jury getting process, it also was suggested by sonic of the 'at-torneyb 'at-torneyb in tills, connection that as examinations wero piocecding with much moro speed and precision now. chances for agreeiug upon a final twelve before tho middle of December Decem-ber were conceded to he good. Almost a score of eniremen remained re-mained from the last harvest by tho sheriff and Interest today centered in tho expected reappearance among them of Harry Chandlor, son-in-law or Gen. Harrison, Gray Otis, proprietor of the Times "and himself tho vice-president vice-president of the company that publish-es publish-es the newspaper. Chandler appeared before Judge Walter Bordwell last Saturday, together with other veniremen venire-men who wcrq allowed to present general gen-eral excuses for exemption from Jury service, if they had any, but was instructed in-structed to return when summoned, it is not expected that Chandler's examination ex-amination will-be long as he Is under subpoena by the stato as a witness in the case and probably will be oxcueed as soon as his name is drawn for examination. ex-amination. Union Mpn Win a oPint. Indlannpolis. Ind , Nov. S. Twenty days wero graptcd today by the Indiana Indi-ana sifpreme court for the filing of briefs in the appeal of the International Interna-tional Association of Bridge R. Structural Struc-tural Iron Workers from nn order or Judge J. T. Marke of the criminal court of lhl3 county, turning over to the federnl grand jurj of certain hooks of the association. |