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. . . . . . . : 0'0 0 118 f . . 9 . . ' On Tucsdny, Scpteaber 3Oth, Judge IIQffhnn ordered the jury nequcstcrcd in 8 Ocrvntcwn hotel follcrdu~ Indications tlurt two Jurors ha.d keen threntcned. The threatening letters, t o tvo femle jurors, stgzcd "The Blnck Pontlrerri", were examined by the J\al@! in hie cham- bers together vith prosecution and defense lmycm; and thcreaftcr, six of the eight defendants c-ed at a nem ccnfercnce that t l r q 're= "phony" and p i of 8 contiming goverruPent cffort to "franc" thcin. . Bb- Seale issued a separate s t n t m n t d e m n g thtit his hrty hnd sent the letters and he no&& the "Jasciot Covenacnt" or doing it "because they know that the rotten racict EtofYWm has made them look bad". the Black Panther F'arty t o "shut darn the trial"; and followlw tat annmcfment, and wrist their m-rs' advice, he and Tom Hajam informcd the news media thst they were calling for a dcmonotntion by the I l l i ~ m i o Cliuptcr of the Black Panfiher Part). t o "shut dam the t ~ k l " . Ifa.jaen also claimed that Fkderal nuthoritics had t n q e r e d with the jury nnd that dcfcnte otbi-nep would call for a mistrial. Seale announced lathe early afternoontbot he had ordered . On 'r!eO?rced&y, Octobtr lst, one of the two Jurors who received a threatening lettcr WRS excuscd frmthe Jury whei she rcplicd in the neecttve -dhcn atk& (after retidine the lctter in court) if she could still bc ti f@.ir ond impartial Juror. The letter, which rccd "You arc bein8 watched" am\ was aimed %e Ehck Panthers", h-d bncn tiimcd over t o the FIX by her fnmily;. and queotloniw by &d&e Iloffmm resealed that tllc womn had not prwiolinly seen it. €toflbn of hnviag "ld" the juror into saylnz she could no lonzcr bz inpnrtitrl. old jwor vas replaced by a twenty-two year old woman, the first alternate juror. thc Govcrnmcnt of having succeeded in "onndbagginl: one of the jurors of whom they were &raid"; md stated that it "Rdds up to collusion het.veen the-judge and the Government t o deprive us of a fair End im- prlFtial juror". hcr one of the juror3 most, likely t o bc favonr'ale to thcir crlsc, * A k h w i l l rcl.y, t o n decirc, on an explanation of thc "neii' youth culture" awl the political and aocinl views of young dlssLdents. Z1.e defcnd- nntr, hnd to cdnc.de, however, that the mplaccmcnt rrctucrlly lcwcred thc aversb% we o f the Jury. Defense attorxicy Kunstlcr -diately objected acd accused dud6e !rk objection wos overnrlcd szd the t3;cnt.j-threC 3-m A t LL noon recess news conference, defendant Etve Dellinger accused Decrruse of her youth, the dcrcnse hnd consldcrcd "tic sccoiid Juror wiib rccc.1ved il thn?ntezj.trg letter rcmincd on thc Jq, as she statcd t-b% It would not affcct her nbility t o be - . . . . . 'a , - r 6 ... . - .... ........... . . . .__ , ...... . . . . . . . . ..h.% .\.. . L:' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ._ ..e. :.-****-.e -: ..-_ '.,." ._.. . . . . . - . . . - .. ..- c \: .. - . 1 .