Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 9, 1886, Page 10

THE GREAT TRIAL BEGUN. John W, Lauer Bronght to Answer on a Oharge of Murder in the First Degree. . THE SCENE AT THE COURT ROOM The Day Spent in Examining Jury- men—A Special Pafel of Thirty Exhausted and a New One Ordered. The Lauer Trial Begun, The trial of John W. Lauer, who was indicted by the last grand jury for the murder of his wife the night of Nov. 21 1885, was begun in the district court y terday morning. The case is one which cs the most intense interest, and ill probably last for more than T'he facts bronght out at the pre- 'y texamination are still fresh in the minds of the people, and no recital of them is necessary. At an early hour in the morning crowds began to approach the conrthouse, and when the eourt con- vened the room was packed despite the fact that the proceedings of the first two days will be devoid of intercst as nothing lone except impannelling a_jury o'clock District Attorney ls- telle sauntered into the district court. A few moments later he was joined by Gen. Cowin, who drew him to one side where a consultation was held, which lasted until the court was called to orde While the clerk was reading the record John M. Thurston and Judge took their seats at the table across which here is destined to be an inter-change of 80 much legal ing and acumen. When the case of John W. Lauer was called Judge Thurston stated that an im- nvolving $300,000, in which eply interested had been per- emtorily sct for trial this afternoon, and he would like a few days de “Your honor,” said Mr, ¥ ordinary case I would not ob; tinuance, but we are ready for trial in this and would like to have 1t taken up at once,” remarked Judge Neville, e, when a man's life is at ant thi any civil you may proceed with the trial. Let the prosccuting attornuy sammon the prisoner.”’ The faces of the I with the intention 3 Lauer trial, and did not carc uri pointed. Almost every eye was turned toward the door, wh fl 1 admitted Mr. Lauer, 5 Cl followed by the sheriff. Lauer walked aukstly past the railing, shook hands with oln O'Connor, who wasin the frontrow of spectators, and there took hind his counsel, and began to stroke h mustache in a nervous manner. dressed in & neat suit of blac and wore a plan black eravat without a scarf-pin. A few moments aftewards Miss Lauer entered the room. She was heavily veiled, and wore & mourning wn of plain black. Lauer's eyes rightened and a smile spread ove Yis countonanco ns ame up to the place where he was seated and grasped him by the hand. A chair was placed for her near her brother, which she expects to occupy every day during the progress of the trial. At 10 o’clock the first twelve men on the regular panel were called into the jury box anc quulmuul by the district attorney. Six of them stated that they had formed opinions in the case which + would prevent them from being impartial Jurors, and they were discharged for cause. The call of six more mcu from the panel found one who had no opinion, and the last call inereased the number from seven to nine. Judge Neville said that he had issued a special venire for thirty jurors, and at the request of Judge Savage, he_directed the sheriff to select men who lived at a distance from the scene of the tragedy. After cautionng ‘the jurors to refrain from talking about the case, and request- ing the reporters not to prejudice public gpinion by giving ono-sidud roports of the trial, .\u re Noville adjourned court until 2 o'cloc! The crowd which thronged the court room at the beginning of the afternoon was larger than that of the mc suflicient number of n were obt from the spes they had no opinion in s to make out tho complement of twelve. General Cowin then sub; a rigid examination. questioned, J liad to a certa nmt«n in the case, and I Bell was als said in th opinion. "Duln t you talk te the district attorney you'd make a fuir jurors™ nkod General “ don’t want to stay on the jur: “But did y u-u that to the district at- tom y ’ persistes ell, yes, I d; a moment’s’ h conversation ated that he formed an opinion s discharged. Mr. osely questioned, Ho morning that lic had tormed no ! said the juror after ation. Upon further ated that he was a friend of Laus that he did not take enough mterest in the case to read the newspaper accounts. The prosecution then challenged him f use and asked the judge toexamine him in r competenc, challenge for cause on the ground th: it had not been shown that the man w: t\}r«jmlhc and the judge ove eneral Cowin's motion, but tinw for the submission of further proof. Y 8 o'clock the te had accepted twelve jurymen, and Mr. Thurston, coun- sel for the d 0 the examing. tion of the men. he eould, by in influenced 1o render a verdict otl in accordance with the evidenc r comn ob]cclml tnl)llhu question as iy J)or. and hdrew it ooulmum the que: Thumou also laid great str uestion as to whether the men had r ¢ daily papers, and esp court, n the jury box at the time of this questioning by the counsel for the de- A knw Wero lI--| Sachwsse, m Maroney, Bell was up, and the gentlem d talked with the distriet attorney lwm{‘ Iu r of cou o n asked that the juror be io and Judge I\‘n ille rev his ormer decision and exeused Ium To - this the counsel for the doefense excepted. The next man ealled in place of Mr, Al was W. H. Mo who had (urm l ~ au opinon from reading the newspa was excused. Peter Peterson \v.\s xtealled, and having formed from what he had res 1l ~ excused. Otto Laing, after questioning, 8 retained. fivst peremptory ehalienge was n3 Ritter by the de! h-n,.\, and A. Darrow was called in his T ur had conscientious seruples a, tal punishment and ‘was ex ) made a statement t wind and runl.l not g in dict which hnent. He . H, Rhodes was the next juror called, and having answered the questions satisfactorily was retained, Joseph Fretman was called and retained. The_defense then peremptorily chal- lenged James P. Hansen and {n was excused. A, C. Reed was called and there being no challenge for cause the defense peremptorily chalienged Bernard Sachwsse. Richard” Barnum_ was called next and was not vlmlln-ngml for cause. The state then made their first pre- emptory challenge against Herman Timme and he wasexcused, John Ebie was also excused, as he had alveady formed an "L“"m" on the case, and George H. Peterson was ealled 1n his place. He also hada decided_opinion and was excused, as was also Frank E. Dvorak who h.\nlw'nuvh gainst capital punishment, Charles Krebs had a fixed opinion_ in rd to the guilt or inno- cence of the _prisoner and_was excused, as was also Joseph Powell on the same grounds. Charles Breckenfeldt was re tuned as there was no challenge for cnuse. The defense then made their fourth remptory challenge against H. C, Gliss- and in his _place G. B, Hamilton was ealled. He was excused on_the ground of having formed an opinion, and the next juryman, John Robb, was also excused for the same am_ Mistes could not return verdict of guilty on circumstantial e dence and was excused. George Bird called and not challenged for cause. he fifth perempto v challenge b 3 defense was of Charles Breckenfeldt, and £ wee was called Patrick MeArdle, rots e defense then peremptorily chal- lenged August Wohlgeh, f!, Beers w 1 r.xllml and ||(‘l| peremptori - Inn«ml by the -mm \\‘u\\ illiam ¥, Flynn, and Honry Bushman was then called and ned. soventh peremptory challenge by the defense was of { H Rhodes, and Frank B, Mead led and ex- cused on the gronnd ol h.l\ll!" formed an opinion. A E. Coggeshell was also kuwll for th(! snme reason, and Ale; mn was called and de- % a fuir jur he cighth ch'\llvnpi s that of Richard of thivt by the, defo This ¢ jurors, and a ordered, called for the morning. The court then'adjourned, It is by no means ain that any of the men driwn yesterd all serve on the ¢ jury, as the pum-m ion and > combined have the right to 1s: peremptory cha = these the (h-|lun~(- has “issued eight and and the prosceution two, leaving ‘twelve ges yet to be made. To-day will bly bé consumed in the sclection of the jury. TALKS WITH TRAVELERS. Short Interviews Gathered in Hotel KRotundas, Dr. J. 8. Gee, Sucramento, Cal.: There are or were about 2,000 Chinamen in Sacramento, but they are being driven out of the city very rapidly, and by means of the boycott. The sentiment is 'y strongly against the Chinamen, and people refusé to patronize the merchants who make use of their labor or sell goods ctured by them. In that way the war js being carried on, and certainly its results so far in the way of driving out the Mongolians have been something wonderful. I dc not anti indeed that it will be very long befor ! Chingman in the city i iv Considering that there aro about 200,000 hinanmen in San Francisco, and supposing that each ono of them earns on an average about fifty cents » day, you can sce that Mongols “manage to Sserape together about $100,000 every day. Nearly every ckel of this amount is’ sent out of the making a steady drain on our 1th, for it is a notorious fact that the Chinamen never spend anything, but live on what other people throw away. Ycs, Sacramento is growing, and now has a population of 30,000. Gov. J. W. Dawes, Lincoln: T am in Omaha to-day on a little private business, nothing of an excoutive nature, and ani too busy to sny much j pears to me, as T be ¥ careful observing man, that the coming year is 2 to be one of great promise to the state, that itwill witness the grand- est boom for Nebraska ever known. Crop prospects throughout the state are excel- lent, though it is rather early yet to make pmlucuuus hausted the p: special pang the Grand Sherwood Recital, The Ladies’ Musical society are about to aflord the Omaha public a grand t al way. Under their ausp: Sherwood,.of Boston, Ame t pianist, will give a grand r 1's Opera house, on the evening of the 18th inst. The following will be the i:]l)"l mme rendered: Becthoven ata C minor, op, 111, Macstoso: allegro con fréd Aric votte Celo Haendel—Tire Fugue, 1 Mendelgsohn—“1lunting Song,” A No. Sehumann-=_ Bird as Propliet,” on, &2, No. 7. Uhul:l —Etudo, A flat, op. 25, 'No. clierzo from onata, op. . F sharp major, sh \rp minor, ob. M wett, A flat, major, 1D mihor. l- shar 1{ minor, Liszt—Polonaise, in E major. Vocal numbers to be announced hereafter, bers tickets entitling holders to t after the mem- le at Max Moy- of the society, for $1.00. Tl music store;’ pric Babies Wanted. ourt has become a sort of head- for women who want to adopt babics,” smd Judge berg, of the police court, to a reporter yesterday. “There were no less than three different women here on Saturday afternoon, each of whom wanted to adopt a baby. I told them that this wasn’t an employment ageney for babies and told them to call at lhu Women's Christian Aid associ tion.’ One of the ladies was introduced to Oflic Mike Whalen, who assured her that he had good taste in selecting in- fants, and could pick out one to suit he He took her und to the rooms of the Women’s Christian Aid association, where it was found that the stock of babies was somewhat low, there being only one to be ofli red for adoption. T'his one did not suit the l.uly, who con- fidentially inforn Mike that its eyes and hair were too dark to mateh her hus band’s—that she wanted the infant to look just as much like its adopted father as possible. The would-be mother adoptress promised to eall again in v or 8o at the rooms of the a uu.\lum, when Mrs. Pugsley promised to babies in stock at jul) lot rates. White Cedar leuw is better llmu for bridge or foundution work. It 1 sgor in or out of the ground, and o be furnished and driven for 'onc-thi st by 1. Soper & Co., 1020 Farnam ".\ul/llluna of Iqu un, season with a grand ma ule ball at Metropolitan hall, ay evening, Murch 11th, The will bg furnished by Irvine, and the will spare no pains to make the' eceasion oune of the wost enjoyable of the scason, THE MARVIN CASE, The Memory of a Sensational Episode Recalled by an Advertisement. In Saturday evening's Beg there ap- peared a “want advertisement” calling for a “life of Dr. Marvin,” a notorions physician who figured in a very sensational ease here some twelve orfourteen years ago. A reporter who investigated the matter yesterday found that the advertisement had been inserted for the benefit of a son of Dr. Marvin, now living 1n San Francisco, who de- sires to sccure a copy of the life of his father, The circnmstances which led to the writing of this book were decidedly sen- sational, and are doubtless well remem- by all old residents. Tnis Dr. arvin ‘committed an_abortion on a young woman who had heen etrayed by ditizen of Omaha, and the fdying, the doctor was » the eriminal char 1d guilty, and sente to a term of years in the penitentiary Through the indefatigable labors of his wife, who worked night and day to secure signatures to a petition for his pa the doctor was released by governor. The expenss in vur;n z |1u- pullun young lady held to answo: He was tried, f hus! pleted, and which furnishot of rich, rare and racy ng, making asit did some startfling develovments! The governor, however, suppressed the sale of the work, and there are now few opics of it extant. As &oon ns ined his liberty, it might be mentioned here, e repaid the dobt. of gratitude he owed his wife by scraping ier all the money he could lay his on, and ecloping with another woman, He died some years ago out wost good deal Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marval of puri- ty, strength_and wholesomeness. 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Lot 100x140, four-room cottage, S. 15th st., next to Hartman school, $2,600, on monthly payments. . East front “lot, house S rooms in s Hanscom Pla Y ‘West Oman arn grounds 261x e Iomlum Ill room cottage, large 124, corner 223. Corner lot on Chic: tion, §6,000. 225. Two full lots, elegant resi | operty, furnaces, everything stri luss, good loc ation, $11,000. . Full lot, two cottages, Shinn’s $2,200, Jottage of five rooms, full lot Shulls $1,500. lot, cottage 4 rooms, Prospect ace, §1,500,8200 down, §20 per month. 330, "Two 1ots on 20th st., 4 good . hoses, $0.500. Thisisa bargan and a good investment, 1f lot on Webster st. s, $0,000. 1T lot, brick_houses, hmm S. 11¢h st., $8,500. 858, Full lot, lur[,u house on Farnam strect, $8,500. 850. Full lof, foom house, furnace, gas, water, sewer, Farnam st. 00. 800, Full lot Brick house, Oms $1,150. $150 cash, §10 per month. 866. Two full lots, two story house, three miles from postoflice, $300, $100° down $10 per month, 869. 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It costs nothing to take a ride out there to ex- famine or beautiful residence sights or for safe investment buy in hs sre lots in Belvedere §300 oh, \\lmh will be worth §1,000 19th; Brilliant inside of a y' For anything m ‘the real estate line call Mayne. lete set of abstracts of as county. on short notice and at on real estate at the l Towest rate of interest E. MAYNE, Can be realized best by those who can recall to memory the old sites, which have been selected for the magnificent structures recently completed, The first selected by the ambitious fathers of our Gate City, was for the erec- tion of a more elaborate temple of justice, and not a stone was left untarned until their ambition was gratified and they completed the noble and hand- some Court House Which is elevated to that point that its towering cupalo can be seen for miles around, to say nothing of the mechanical skill that is displayed both inside and out, composing designs purely new and original, with points that are equal to any, if not surps sing all others on the continent. The next step on foot, was taken to erect an EXPOSITION BUILDING And the site selected on the northeast corner of 15th and Capitol Avenue which stood for many years unoceupied, and was merely a resort as a child- ren’s playing ground. This most beautiful piece of mechanical akill is strik- ing to the pride of every heart in the Gate City,and well we can feel proud of this bestowing feature to our city, as it is equal to that of any in the larger cities east. These features show what enterprise can do for a once called “small western town;” and now with the site which has recently been the pur- chase of Hon. Wi, Paxton, on Farnam street, between 15th and 16th streets, adjoining the site of the old court house, with a view to erect his new hotel which when completed promises to uc]ipx:o anything in the hotel line on the American continent. Mr. Paxton is a worthy citizen and deserves praise for the interest he takes in beautifying the city. Last but not least was the es- tablishing of The Misfit Clothing Parlors Who now occupy 1119 Farnam street, the land mark so long recognized as the stand of the popular grocers, J. B. French & Co. The Parlors have re- cently completed extensive improvements which beautifies the rooms so that they are equal to the neatest in the west. The Parlors also deserve eredit for the progress they have made in winning the many hard fought battles of com- petition, and in dressing the people of Omaha with such exquisite taste, and saving them from 50 to 100 per cent on each purchase. The Parlors are the gossip of today, and not only a thing of the past. Should you meet a friend who appears more neatly clad than the majority of men seen on the street,ask him where he buys his clothing, you will find him ready tosay, AT THE MISFIT PARLORS. ‘Where can be found the 1 sived daily in spring,fall and winter OVERCOATS AT FOR | AT $ 0. FO That was made to ovder.... X $16.10 That was made to order 1 do do 23 18.40 o do do 20.70 do do do 21.80 do do 40,00 45.00 50.00 ~ do do And many others made in the most exquisite taste, and my suit came frow those quoted in the daily price list of SUITS AT FOR $ 9.70 llm( \v.mwulo to nnl:-n 00 m 10 : ) “ “ “ 1 .00 i L] FOR .$35.00 40.00 45.00 . 50,00 AT $16.80 That s made to order, 30.00 And many others as neat as the neatest, together with those beautiful pat- terns and cuts in PANTALOONS T FOR | AT 3 ; § 4.80 That was made to order 5.20 do do 6.10 do do 7.40 do do do do do do do do 1t is needless to say that man can be suited both in style and pockethook nomatter what his tastes may demand, or what the size of his pocketbook is AT THE ONLY MISFIT Clothing Parlors ¢ 1119 FARNAM STREET,