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Show MORE EVIDENCE BEINGJFFERED Colorado Strike Investigators Probe Into Methods of Selecting Se-lecting Juries in Huerfano Huer-fano County. Walsenburg, Colo., March 4. More evidence regarding the methods of selecting juries in Huerfano county was produced at the congressional strike investigation today. T. M. Hudson, clerk of the district court was questioned by Representative Evans and testified from the records in his office. He said that In February, Febru-ary, 1913, the old list of jurors was destroyed by order of Judge A. W. McHenrle and a new list of 300 names was certified by the county commissioners. Of the 300 names. 1S5 had been on the old list he declared. de-clared. The Americans numbered 156, Mexicans 140, negroes 4 There were 43 deputy sheriffs in the list. The clerk swore that in the last ten years twenty jury lists had been certified. cer-tified. Of the names on the new list 135 have been on each of the last four lists. Counsel for operators and strikers strik-ers before the congressional investigating investi-gating committee, caucused at the beginning of today's session, in an offort to agree upon pertinent testimony testi-mony relative to the Laveta ambush and the Seventh street killing, each affair having taken a toll of tour lives. Debate Over "Mother" Jones. Trinidad, Colo., March 4. After one hour of heated debate between Judge Advocate Major E. J. Bough-ton, Bough-ton, representing the military authorities, authori-ties, and Attorney Horace N. Hawkins, Haw-kins, representing the United TMIue Workers, in the district court today, Judge A. W. McHendrie allowed the judge-advocate until 3 o'clock to present pre-sent affidavits in court showing cause why "Mother" Jones should not be produced in court in response to the return in habeas corpus, argument in which arc scheduled for later in the day. At the opening of court; Majo? Boughtdn declared that the producing of the woman strike leader in court under the present, conditions would precipitate a possible outbreak. Attorney Hawkins took issue and contended that the unionists would guarantee that there would be no disorder. Tho affidavits which Major Ma-jor Doughton will present, it Is understood, un-derstood, will be from Governor E. M. Amnions and Brigadier General John Chase. nn . |