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Show tlon, interested for political reasons 1 in the downfall of Browne. I The first stir In this development of the case occurred during the for-noon for-noon session when Kmll AVenoerberg. a Venireman, said that tie had been called Into the office of one Dr. Kelly. While Wennerberg did not go Into ''detajls,V;M8 "intimations caused Judge KertteiU'io order the production of thcHdiyslelan in court. . The situation reached a crisis later when f?Wn ''Dahlbcrg, another member mem-ber of the panel stated he had been "seen" by some agent whoso real purpose he did not know. Dahlberg said this agent told him after questioning ques-tioning him closely as to his belief in the guilt or innocence of Brown, that he need not answer the subpoe-: na. Dahlberg acted upon i his advise and in consequence was brought before be-fore the court today to explain why he ahould not be adjudged in contempt con-tempt of court. There ho told hl3 story. . . Judge Kersten leaned over his desk ' and said solemnly: , "The court , wants to know If this is going to be a fair trial or a travesty trav-esty upon Justice. The situation has reached a point where an investigation investiga-tion la necessary. I don't want to "blame either the stale or the defense, but someone Is doing crooked work and 1 am loathe to go on with the case. When a juror Is aupoenaed no one has a right to talk to him. As It Is, probably every man on this Jury has been approached." ' At this point Attorney O'Donneli; made his accusation against some "third party" at which Mr, Wayman Jumped to his feet. "I can prove that the defense has been systematically calling on all veniremen," he said. "Man after man had loen excused from service on this jury, and has been taken to my office where they told me that the had been approached approach-ed directly or through members of their households". Attorney Erbste.'n of the defense, told reporters that the defense had nothing to fear; that , they would show that the agents seeing venire-' men were working for the prosecution. prosecu-tion. ..One venireman, whoso name was hot disclosed, created a further sen- I sation when the panel had been tak-en tak-en to the states attorney office. There was a hurry call for a" stenographer. A member of Mr. Waymnn's staff said the venireman had been asked, by the agent to "slick It out for j Browne till H 1 freezes over.1' j A sixth panel which was ordered to report tomorrow will be called tomorrow to-morrow and If it is found that the investigators in-vestigators have been talking to them this panel will also be dismissed. What effect today's disclosures will have on the eight jurors already I sworn In can only be guessed. It is possible that they be relieved off their duty in the case and the labor of selecting others begin over ! again. Again possibility Is that the case may be taken to another country on the ground that it Is impossible to get an Impartial jury here. The first trial of Browne, charged with bribing State Representative White to vote for William Lorimer for U. S. senator, resulted In a disagreement, disa-greement, four lor acquittal against eight for conviction. The work of selecting a new jury for the re-trial began three weeks ago. VENIREMEN WERE ALL APPROACHED CHICAGO. ug. 16 Declarlnc that practically all of them had been '"approached" '"ap-proached" in connection with the retrial re-trial of Lee O'Ncll Brown, Judge Kersten Ker-sten today dismissed a panel of 'seventy-five veniremen who had been subpoenaed sub-poenaed in the work or selecting a jury. Judge Kersten prouounced the situation sit-uation "deplorable." The veniremen were immediately taken to the office of States Attorney Wayman, where Judge Kersten asked each man bv name if he had been called iipr,n by any one In connection with his possible service as a juror. Nearly answered in the affirmative. They were Instructed to report-In court tomorrow for further Investigation Investiga-tion Mr. .Wayman made- the assertion hi court that b could prove by a detective employed by the defense that the latter had systematically sought out every prospective venireman, venire-man, either by direct approach, or through famllks or households. L, P. O'Donneli. Counsel for Browne, asserted that the veniremen had been "seen" by agents of a third Interest, neither defense nor prosecu- |