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Show PGORE I AITRIAL Iprrow Introduces Him Kthe Court-Talesman wRush Has Opinion mbpR Angeles, Cnl , Oct. 27. Nino-Hi Nino-Hi new enlremcu were secured K$of the Bccond vcnlro summoned H&ho McNaraara murder trlnl. Elo-Kbthcrs Elo-Kbthcrs were excused at a prellru--30 hearing today beforo Judge Jter Bordwell, and ten were not jred with summons because they life out of the- city, Sheriff William ghmcl and bis deputies worked all "ifiht summoning men whoso names JjnB drawn from the red Jury wheel Tptcrday noon ("Jrank Frakes, a rancher, came ISO ms to respond to the summons of SJcourt. Ho lives at Elizabeth Lako f Sheriff William Tlammol and a Bruty left In an automobile, yester-Jknoon yester-Jknoon to serve the summons. Thoy Qwuntored rain and snow at dlffe--Sfialtltudes, but succeeded in reach - I?fiho Frakes home and getting hack Ke at 1 a m Frakes look a good me and rode to Lancaster, where JWcaugbt a train abouL r a. m that ihL him into towu shortly after ock. :abeth Jko Is only about 100 from Lob Angeles In a straight but a detour of the mounfalns cally doubles this distance, ator Gor of Oklahoma, who is tourof tho coast, visited court to boo Attorney Clarence- S. w, chief counsel for the ' de-who de-who is an old-tlmc acqualn-Angeles, acqualn-Angeles, Oct 27. Veniremen oned in the new panel of forty ? tho cnae of .lames B McNa-lndlcted McNa-lndlcted for murder as. a rc-f rc-f tho Times building explosion, to Judgo Walter Bordwcll an beforo the opening of court tq- present excuses for reliof from do jury duty. i pl tho first panel of 12ft only coo wore not excused and tho of the trial sinco it began on pr 11 have been consupied In blnp these talesmen. "With the sting yesterday of tho1 panel, ad.-il ad.-il voniremen were obtained for iccoeding days of jury c.amlna-nd c.amlna-nd it Is xpected beforo tho filial' s selected to try the ca6C this is will havo been repeated sov-Iraes. sov-Iraes. uses for relief from duty on ac-of ac-of business connections as well ysicul Infirmities or bad hoar-r hoar-r an Inadequate understanding English language again wevo rb with the flrBt panel and tho ijgo interrogated all veniremen in ICkll before acting on their excuse. Iwh principles upon -which, each fhas been interpreting section or tho ponal code covering -proas on tho qualifications of jur-ire jur-ire at present fairly well defined it is bolievod that future exam-yftlonR exam-yftlonR thorcforo -will go forward tKh more smoothly and rapidly. & Vital Questions. Kbo questions which both sides 'KSlder vital have resolved . them-"Ifees them-"Ifees into tho following: f"hether a talesman believes In tal punishment, hether ho has an opiuion on tjo or innocence of the defense i ho could not remove, ether ho haB a fixed opinion as Ie causo of tho explosion which mid not remove, ether ho had any personal Inves-on Inves-on in the wreck of tho Times ng and taken a special interest e case. se have been used in securing qualification of talesmen, but have by no means been accopt-y accopt-y either sldo as governing all nen to bo questioned In tho fd-Individual fd-Individual cases differ, lft Is as-d, as-d, but those entertaining views ; thoRe linoB thus far have been id from sitting on the Jury ;od prejudice against labor un-of un-of itself thus far has not hen Live In barring talesman, but usij-tho usij-tho defenso has hoen ablq to the linking of such an opinion a prejudlco against the defend -who Is a member of a union, and llenges manipulated that way have n allowed. , ny man who has no Ideas on un-Ura, un-Ura, has neither said much, nor -fftight much of tho McXamara enso ffi who has not any scruples against 2bltal punishment is pretty svire to IK' on tho Jury, but thus far the com-at!on com-at!on has proved Itself a rare one. Ui Talked Baseball, The veniremen began gathering in mt corridors and courtroom an hour Wore court convened. Some of them re sprucely dressed .for the oc-plon, oc-plon, hut tho majority wore thlr Hfcry-day clothes and passed the timo flldro opening of court discussing B result of tbo world's baseball HtnplonBhip Bories. Hlf the proportion prevailing in thf nJHt venire holds good, onlj aboqt (CKcfn of tho forty men summoned Qappar today would be loft after ftlglimlnary examination, but hope 0MMS expressed that at least half would Sjgaaln when counsel for tho do-QjKiie do-QjKiie began its work of examination. ?5jrho defenso was prepared to Inslat HKt oach vcnlroman should be ex Bilnpd h the ulato Immediately after 2p defense concluded. Thl Is the Hncral cuBtom in California and. ar-Hfdlng ar-Hfdlng to cltationn of A Hornby Clar-He Clar-He S. Harrow, chief of coupsol for Qfe defonhtj, appeared to be thf u, fSk, il Is contrarj' to custom t In l,o dHjKclee rounU, vh?rp the practlro is fHo throuch the wholo box bnforp Ktjtnte begins. IjBt was understood that -the slate Kild not oppose the new plan iKleven talesmen in all were ex-jked. ex-jked. As the proceedings did not Ba a part of tho trial Tirbpor, James iBlcNamara, the defudaul, waa not P 1 required to be present. Ho walked ovr from the Jail a few minutes bo-, fore the regular session of court con-oncd con-oncd and took his accustomed scat against tbc rail. Senator Gore Present. In the brief Interim between preliminary pre-liminary examination of veniremen and tho regular court session, a little Informal reception was held with Senator Sen-ator Gore as guest of honor and Attorney At-torney Darrow as master of ceremonies. cere-monies. Judge Bordwell and all counsel coun-sel for each .side were presented to tho senator. "If any of you gentlemen havo any reasons why you should not serve on a Jurj you may present them," said Judgo Bordwell. when court opened and all hut twelve of the veniremen crowded forward. A little flurry of excitement swept the court when United Unit-ed Stales Senator Gore of Oklahoma entered Ihe room and was seated In one of tho chairs reserved for visiting visit-ing attorneys. Senator Gore 1b In Los Angeles on a lecture tour. He asked immediately for Attorney Darrow, who. he sald is an old acquaintance. "I came up partly to talk to Mr. Darrow and partly to see the trial," (Continued on Page Six ) oo H fl SEN. GORE AT TRIAL Hl (Continued from Pago One.) BrJ h said and left soon after a littlo Hl chat with the chief counsel for the de- HJj'r The court went rapidly through the fljSpV Bt of veniremen, excusing but few. wjr Judge JBorttwell announced he was H'v not yet prepared to rule on the enni- Bl V' lnge of the defense against A. C 1 'Winter. HT -v5TaIeBman I. M. Rush was tho first v tatcrrogated by Attorney Clarence S. B-j Darrow, chief of counsel for the do- Br Rush said ho 'thought labor unions i ought to be ablo to conduct them- R Kelves "without destroying property B? and things like that" H From what ho read, Bush, asserted ) lie formed an opinion that the Times hufldiug wab blown up by some e-nlusie e-nlusie matter, but he did not know what it was. "Did you read McManlgal's confession?" confes-sion?" askJMl Parrow. "Yes." "What did ou think about it?" "Woll, I thought tliai. If he, was tollinp the truth, the men were pretty pret-ty bad men." "Did you form an opinion as to tne guilt of th defendant as a rcBulfc ot that statement?" "Well, if I took that statement I would believe tho defendant guilt-." "Then you did form an opinion when you read it that the defendant was guilty." "Yoe, from what I read." 00 |