Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1904 — HIDE PISTOLS FROM BANDITS [ARTICLE]

HIDE PISTOLS FROM BANDITS

Police May Hava to Leave Their Weapons Outside Judge Kersten’s Court Room at Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 1. —Policemen anu bailiffs attending the trial of the carbarn bandits in Judge Kersten’s court may be required to leave their firearms outside as a precautionary measure. Nearly all" carry revolvers in their pockets, and the authorities fear one of the four men on trial may get possession of n weapon. Neidermeier, especially, appears in a desperate frame of mind. The ninth Juror has been secured. He Is James H. Jackson, 3539 Michigan avenue, Chicago representative of the Niagara Grindstone company. The. state lias forty peremptory challenges left, which will be used to expedite the completion of the jury. The desks, screens, cuspidors, doors, windows, and other interior furnishings and fittings of the car-barn office where the bold up and murders were committed were taken to the criminal court building and will be used as evidence in the trial.