Show HR fuu bijj milij editor glasmann and the standard publishing go on trial the forenoon session consumed in impanel ing the jury after the opening statements the trial begins william editor tand anan ager 0 STANDARD and THE publishing COMPANY Is trial today charged with criminally a L R rogers junior member of abe birin of evane A boners abe court room was well filled wilb and spectator and also a lareo number of attorneys prosecution lopere and tho counsel for the people maginnis Ma ginnie and bober circled the table on one bide while on tho other defendant glasmann and hie attorneys attorn eye judge L B and john D murphy on abe opposite CHALLES OISO JURORS aide 11 tyre bounded tho order that court was in and 1 abe box judge rhodes beean active 1 by rigid examination of the aurore the following aurore were airet called A 0 imarri II arri preston blair T J whalen charles kentwyn Ken tWin barcombe B II 11 bowman T J jolia Pe tereon isanbert IIan bert anderaon And ereon I 1 B raleon daniel Oot bett oreon riser and E B leavitt A G harris was examined and passed proton pro ton blair waa excused for ranee E B had received some free advertising iu but thought he could try the io an impartial mariner T J willea and chas kent both read THE and ventured to they had formed no opinion on the menta of the case win liar combe had formed an opinion in the cage and told the court eo lie wae excused for calope conry was a reader of STANDARD had formed an unqualified opinion and was excused tor cadee jamea SIc Farland had read the alleged libelous libe loua article but had it by as matter 0 news and had formed no opinion whatever bowman had formed an unqualified opinion in fact had waited upon mr GlaB maon in company with mr rogers before the in question had eit en published and said ho knew too much about the matter to be an impartial juror E H nye had been ahe article in THE STANDARD biad a axed opinion and waa aud excused for cadee J J sullivan we a er of THIS STANDARD had read kogura article for and notoriety that waa in it T J wallace read THE and looked upon the article in question political article and paid no attention to it john peter eon waa a STANDARD subscriber and had read the rogera article an derixon le a black in and had not road the rogers article but had heard it talked about had no biaas or prejudice against any of the parliee to the euit D B raleon of farr west wae called and knew nothing about the case daniel corbett of randolph rich county knew nothing about the oreon grieer had read the article mentioned in alio indictment biad been the black mentioned for J J obera did not know about the matter additional questions were put to E B leavitt and upon the statement eliat bo had formed an opinion to the truth or aleita of alie article in question waa excused for cauco win purdy thought he could try the case impartially the jury was now passed by the defence def enge the excused J J obern W W dauhn from bacho county filled the vacancy he knew nothing about the the excused A Q harris jolin M davidson 0 county did not know the parties to alie case and was pasted the excused I 1 mr whalem michael maggire expressed aa prejudiced THE STANDARD tor the black and when cutine attorney maglinte offered to introduce it to the attention of atio juror ag eole grounded Judee Rhodea obian betl ioor luiel juror was excused samuel II 11 1 of rich county did not know anything about the caffe and was passed the defense excused jno M davidean Davi deun 0 0 loveland ex sheriff of box elder county had formed an unqualified opinion and excused robert cloce jr of morgan county knew nothing about the case on trial and waa passed alie jury are as follow bhae kent T J wallace john P peterson hagbart andersen D B kawcyn daniel J J sullivan win purdy robert hoag W W maudlin john mcfarland prosecuting attorney maginnis Ma ginnia made the statement to the jury by reviewing the political situation as the prosecution baw it prior to alie election 0 94 and reading the alleged libelous article upon which the indictment was found at the con cluelon ot maglenia opening tat ement court adjourned till 2 r u promptly bt thia afternoon court was called to order and the cabo of the people vs win glasmann was continued arco U du brow managing editor of THE STANDARD was the first witness called by the prosecution judge rhodes objected 0 o hie testimony as he according to hia own statement is an officer of TUB STANDARD publishing company the objection was overruled mr durbrow testified as to the management and editorial staff of the drift of the questions of the prosecution tended to draw out under whose direction the article against rogers was published and who was the author of it he testified he did not remember who wrote the article in the cr es examination he testified that mr GItein ann was of the time about the date mentioned making speeches for the republican party and it liht have been possible that some other writer bail been the author of the article in question he identified a copy of THE dally and stefi weekly newit ne wit nass and the individual who is alleged to have been labeled libeled libe led was next sworn after the preliminary evidence relative occupation etc he that he bad bought two conies of THE of october and bad cut ott the article which he claims li belled him did you have any conversation with mr GIa emann prior to the publication of the black spot judge objected overruled 1 I did replied mr rogers the convere alioa occurred three or four or five days before the publication of article in the editorial looms of what was I 1 he conversation 1 I nent to office in the forenoon t the day to see mr glas mann mr was me were chown to mr lammanna laB manna room I 1 told mr GI apmann I 1 understood be had told mr alliason he was going to attack me in TUB and that I 1 came to atna we eat down I 1 repeated what I 1 first told him lie replied asking me what I 1 wanted to him about I 1 told him I 1 to know hie reasone rea eone I 1 that mcbowman Mr Bowman retire which he did glasmann told behe had eaid he was going to attack me I 1 asked him on what ground he proposed to attack me but lie would not tell me I 1 asked him why he was going to attack me and he told me that 1 bad opposed the republican committee giving him any help that I 1 had opposed him in politics and he to attack me I 1 told him he waa that I 1 bad cot opposed giving him patron aee until TUB blurred elu me he then baid that during the city campaign of 1893 alie city republican committee had promised to pay him about which bud not been paid directly and that be bad been compelled in order to live to borrow COO of a p eminent democrat upon the condition that be glaesmann Gla emann should not support the republican ticket at the head of the editorial column he also eaid that I 1 had opposed tho payment of jhb GOO which he de fired the republican committee to pay I 1 told him I 1 bad opposed it aa 1 believed it to bo blackmail I 1 then asked him it he proposed to attack roe and ho bald be intended to I 1 then informed him it he did I 1 1 protect myself but I 1 told him 0 o investigate the charges you make as believe you will find nils baken lie furt lier eaid be would con eider farther and let me know if be intended to till attack mo I 1 then left half an boor after I 1 received a communication ni from air baying that lie biad decided that TUB bad to eay to me I 1 was then a candidate for delegate to the constitutional convention did you have a conversation with M durbrow about the attack yee the same alvernoon alter noon office mr and fifteen or twenty other gentlemen bilut wa that 1 I object juilee Klio iles interposed what doing aitho meeting lie was ir glae was he in connection with any lie wa there in connection with the COO what alij you have lie bald glaesmann Gla emann had gone out ot the city that afternoon object came from judeo rhodee where ie thie durbrow court he can be procured eald mr ma amnia then followed a profitless of law as to the propriety 0 ina thie clabea of evidence judge and mr favoring th objection wa at thie juncture court toola a for alve t a UM arfa z FOR ALLEGED LIBEL finst E ul alcieon All jr was called and testified to a conversation between mr and himself relative to there publican committee paying him something for the purpose 0 supporting the ticket mcallison Mr Allison alleged that alaa ciann told him that air durbrow was authorized to attend to the business of THE STANDARD when he glasmann Glas maun wae cot present I 1 baw Glasina nn on the train boine to logan and asked him if he could not do something eom ething to support the ticket unanimously clasmann Ol asmann told the party did not seem to the value of a papers support and that ho would at tack other men on the ticket I 1 he was not helped I 1 suggested that we raise him bome money and mr Glasina nn eaid that no amount of money would to not attack rogers we held a meeting when I 1 returned and mr harry durbrow was ent hold durbrow what glaesmann Gla emann had told me that certain matter attacking certain candidates on the ticket would be withheld money as raised said ho biad no autto rily to withhold the publication of any matter but lie would receipt for the money if desired I 1 think he eaid he would to the publication of this matter spoken of until mr giesmann GI asmann returned A number of other gentlemen were present when this meeting was held I 1 tod mr rogers 0 conversation with mr glasmann cross examined did not mr glaesmann Gla emann say rogers wai not a fit man to run for the constitutional tut ional convention 1 I do not remember what did glaesmann Gla emann to you abut ab ut the republican ticket did lie not say he would publish it at advertising ver that was a confidential conversation I 1 lave not about it since well answer it yes ir he did was it not that matter which mr glasmann said you could arrange with not in the conversation on the train why did you telegraph mr glasmann because durbrow bid he did not represent mr glasmann what were the contents of the telegram the substance was to the effect that mr durbrow eaid he did not represent glasmann and that I 1 thought the money would he raised mr allison waa being cross exam ined when went to press |