, 1879-06-10
TIE IlEGWEIN MURDER.
First Day Of the Trial Of Carey, Who
Did the Shooting.
4 Quaint Specimen Of Legal Verbinge In
Describing the Crime.

4 Quaint Specimen Of Legal yerbinge In
Describing the Crime.
The Whole Day Consumed In
Obtaining Jury.
Tho case Of William Carey was taken up In
tho Criminal Court yesterday morning. It 's
charged In the Indictment tint he with force
md arms, III and upon onn Max Hcgwctn, In the
peace Of the people of tue atato Of Illinois,
then {Juno II, 1871 nE,d there Qn The County
Of Cook} fclonio,isty, unlaw fully, wilfully, md
ot hla malice atoscthoug!,t, did mike or assault
with ccrtnin pistol, commonly called revolv-
cr, charged With EuupoHdcr and divers leadth
bullets, which sail pistol said Cnrey hold in his
right hand, md did euce discharge and ahoot of
10, townrds. agaiust, and upon the sntl
Max llr4wen; and that enc Of
the lcaion bullets aforesaid, , out OF
tho pistol aforesaid, by force OF the gunpowdcr
aforesaid, did ssrtke penetrate, and wound the
snid Mag Hcgwcn IN and upon thu left side Of
tic face, giving him ono mortal wound Of tie
depth Of five Inches and Of the breadth Of one
inct,, nI which said mortal wound the said Max
l1egwcfn then and there Instantly died." In
conmon language, all this tneana that Carey
slot anu murdered ncewcln. They were
brothers-iu.law, ind Carey had been divorced
from his wife. Al he claims, lie wcnt to tle
house, mn Wentworth avonnr, near Forty-afth
street, to get his child. A noise was heard In tic
gard, ,u,d lIcgwetl, who was upstairs, stenped
out to see ullat caused Il. Almost Immediately
shot wAs 1cartlt and EeEwcfn was found suit
seauontlY at tue foot Of the stairs outside tile
house dead. Four OF flre hours afterwards
Carey. who had bcou concealed In ilc barn, Cayo
himself Mp, EaynI that he had Killed Hce"cin
In Be]fefcnsp.
Very little interest geems to be taken In the
Gaze, Judging by tho number Of 1ookers-on, as
there wore loss than atty people, In the court
room utl day. Tho partics arr obscure, and lit
tic II anything sensational or out Of tile way is
likely 10 come 10 tho surfacc in thu
course Of the trial. Perhaps tie fnct TINT both
stshtops would l,o givon up to tic getting of
| Jury accounted for tho small attendance, since
the duliest nnd mpht stupid part OF such legal
proceeding Is this preliminary,
THE DEPENDANT WAS PRESENT.
| lie Is all ordinary looking felIow.-was plainly
hut pcatly iressed,--nrd hasn's the appearance
Of vicious man., Notaing about him Indicated
| the Typical murderer. He watched ttn e1atn-
suited suited With bis law yrrs tcsrmleiasi & simons)
! ~ to tho acceptance ur rejection OF "peer."
| Ills manner wss calm, showing no signs
.cs 2, ''ts' ts ,,1st s = on ,at ases.oa
y
n,ny, In addition to justification, seek to Inject
q shadow OF two Int, the defense.
Among the audience was the former Mira.
Carcy,-a good Looking brunetse,wlio was dress
ed III black. She Wns attended by two lady
friends, the three brng tho only representatives
| OF the eox In court.
Tic work OF getting twelve Jurors out OF the
tho regular panel of twcnty.threc was begun Mt
four were secured nnl sworn. Only three were
lett, the prosecution having excused Gyc.-
four pcrernptorily nhl one for cn,ise
md tic defense tcn,-tour peFcmptori!y
AZ the defense wcre unwilling to question
three, sneral yel,ire for fifty was issuctl and
put Into tho hantas Of tlvo latliffs, who we're in
structed to make n return Mt llnlf-past 2
| 1t the afternoon session work WAS resumed
OIL tho now material. which was above tic
| average, and eommenlablc progress was rnadu.
| Quartetto No. . was obtnncd in about an hour.
To get the third four, however, mora tfme was
| ruqutrcd,-nenrly two hours Atld n half the
defeniant's lawyers botng very particular, dis
| missing good many peretnoturliy.
Tie uin ot the prosecution was 10 get tmpar'
tial men uho believed lu cap!ta1 puui:hmcnt
md those who believed Ia tho right Of scif.slc
fcnse in tic event OF Danger to ltsnb or body a'
well Al 10 life.
Only on' aug broke M = the @ monot9ay ton It al Day y
didu't believe in haugftE man
! wio wAsS'1 au1LTr.
Tic securing Of q jury in one tfar Is due Il
the fact tint the b0tntcluc occurred 80 long aEt
that the circumstances Ind bccn forgotten
Hence o,,ly u few OF the Jurors had an opinion
aeatnpt tic tntieton of the death penalty. T'h
number let 70 Tor cause aside from this one wa
unusually stnall.
|, ID all ihrrc were forty.ave chailenRcs-.wely
t1ry and Ave for rauae; and thirty y-throc by t
fetensH-Hfieru DCrGmptOCV AuA eighteen 10