Show For Contempt NEW YOKE Juno G Today was a busy day in the court where Jacob Sharp is being be-ing tried for bribery One hundred and sixtyone persons who have been summoned as jurors in the case but have not responded re-sponded when their names were called have been ordered to appear and show cause why they should not be punished for contempt Tho court had also set apart this morn ing for the investigation of the charge made by tho district attorney that attempts to corruptly influence jurors jur-ors had been made Juror Hndson said an acquaintance named Hoagland had approached him on the subject of the triaL The court ordered a warrant fey Hoaglands Hoagadg apprehension George Ruffle testified that before he had received his notice two young men called upon him and said You are on Sharps jury and we wish we were on the jury We could make from twenty twenty twen-ty ve thousand dollars They said I could to get four men I thought this all foolishness foolish-ness and said so They said they wished they had the chanco I had I swore at them and left them George H Sutton who had been excused from the box on a peremptory I per-emptory challenge of tho defense testified that a man named Warner called at his office and asked me if I wanted to get off the jury I said I did He asked me i I was for tho prosecution and I said I did not want to talk to him He said Then you will got off next day The Court said arrest he would issue a warrant for Warnel |