Daily Republican., 1883-11-22
OYER AND TERMINER.
MURDER OF GEORGE D..
TAYLOR.

Court re-openel on Wednesday a
o'clock after The noon recess with
full bench, and Attorney General Gray
said that he would state to the counse
for the the defense in the List case tha
the State was willing 10 admit the tvs
tmony OF the wives OF the co-defenda anta
without having a severance, AZ tina
would invole two tedious trials and
considerable expense.
Mr.. Harrington said the defense
would not be satisfied with this ar
rangement, but would insist on The
prisoners being tried separately. TIL.
Court overruied Mr.. Sharpley's motion
but agreed to the proposition OF the AT
torney General, and ut $40 o'clocl
Lewis List and Lewis +. List wer,
brought In between two tipstaves, with
the ominous stats, and placed in til,
dock.
The prisoners both looked well, not.
withstandinR their three months i'm
prisoument. and the only signs of their
confinement in the cells was q deathly
pallor. They we're neatly dressed in
dark clothes, and paid the greatest at
tention to the proceedings.
Among the spectators was Father
Taylor, whose son came to his death Al,
the hands Of these men that are now on
trial for their lives. Elizabeth List, the
wife of Lewis List, and mother of Lewis
f., was also there, and the deep.drawn
lines in her face showed the suffering
she was undergoing for the peril in
which her husband and son were place
Martha List, wife of Lewis i. List, bore
traces of the great sorrow that was
crushing her, and of the deep anxiety
she feels for the fate of her husband.
She had two of their five children with
her, and a person scarcely knew who
~as to pity the most, the old gray head
ed, heart.broken father of young Taylor
the murdered man, or the wives ami
mother of his murderers.
AT 80 o'clock the empannelling of
tn" jury commenced, and as ono after
the other was called, and either had
formed an opinion or were challenged,
some of the spectators commence to
move toward the door to get on the out
side before the pannel was exhausted,
but alas for their hopes, for as soon as
the Sheriff found that the slips in the
box from which the jury were drawn
were growing beautifully less, he had
ordered the doors to be closed, and they
found themselves prisoners, with
every chance of serving their country
a, one Of the twelve good men and
= true"
The panuel was exhausted shortly
after the llth Juror was accepted, and
seven talismen were drawn before the
twelfth juror was obtained.
The following were challenged by the
State John Beck, J. A. B. Perkins,
George W. Weldin, Jesse James, Jo-
sDph d. Talley, Wesley j. Husbands,
Thomas NJ. Robinson, Edgar Lukens,
Caleb Taylor and Andrew TraynOr.
The defence challenge the following
John G. McIntire, Charles S. SamoD,
William W. Lyman, John II. Emory,
Elward d. Kemp, William H. Har.
wood, james A. Hudson, Amos A.
Ea,tburr, Alou7o Christy, George II.
iartuf, Joshua w Brown, Isaac Dar-
lng'on, Alfred ID. Entriken, Daniel W.
Sh)ckley.
The following had formed or express.
ed an opinion that could not be changed
by the law or the evidence William
Thompson, Joseph b. Blackburn, John
Lewther, John Seal, William IL. Sim
pers, William Baxter, Alfred Is. Der.
riCksOu, William A. Gordon, George
b. Thompson, William A. Scott, Samu-
tl Wright, Jr. James Green, Alfred
litter, Joseph Sutton, Ashwell Peters,
Samuel Culbert, William Brown.
ln answer to the question by the
Attorney General the following said
that they had conscientious scrupes
against rendering a verdict Of guilty,
where the punishment was death
Henry II. Moore, II G. Won Hickel,
Henry j. Cues, Wilbur d. Wilson,
William Woodward. Theodore +.
Clark presented an excuse that was
satisfactory to the Court, and was ex
|clsed from serving.
The jury as finally drawn stands as
follows Milton Steel, Samuel c. Eaton,
William Cummips, James w. Nor.
Il%y, Samuel g. Derrickson, Edward
Mcdonnell, George Steel, Frank T..
GaIlagher, james Dennison, Amos ID.
longman, William M. Vandegrift and
John McHugh, talisman.
Eight names were called before the
ltSt Juror was selec ed, and nine before
ne second man was obtained. Then
phIy six were taken from the box, and
NE seventh proved satisfactory; then
me name was called and rejected and
Tue next one was accepted. But two
names were drawn when the fifth juror
was chosen, and five when the sixth,
seventh and eighth were satisfactory to
COUNSEL on both sides. Five more
names were called before the ninth
lror was found, and three when the
eIth was sworn. -Four names were
stlle'l by the clerk, and the fifth was
aAen as the eleventh juror, and eight
more before the jury was complete.
Immediately after the jury was EN-.
ahuellcd tho indictment was read to
n,tJury and the trial proceeded with.
atlorney.General Gray and Deputy
aVorney-General Cooper appeared for
We State, and Austin Harrington
n' Harry Sharpley, Esqs., for the de-
cnce
Mr.. Sharpley asked that all the wit.
tsSts On both sides be excluded from
le Court room, aud the Court Otdrred
uel 10 retire AZ their names were
allied.
he case was opened at s.45 O'Clock
Deputy Attorney General Cooper,
no addressed the jury and said that
Iaer the law of this State, whatever
nhie Lewis +. List was guilty OF,
1Sls List was also guilty. They are
olh Indicted for murder ia the first
ssIee, which is taking the life of
uother with malice atorethOught. The
I's ,s Oh deadly weapon was a case of
lpressed malice, 10 also was case
uere design was shOwh To tai
uman life. He said there We're also
'eS of implied malice; If, for instance,
was tn throw piece of timber down
'ae street where persons were passing,
was an unlawfu act ant showed i'm (
Asd malice.
nut If, one the other hand, he should
s some particular person passing and a
utow" aU" it down with the intention of
"lklhg him and should take his life, {
oSp Spnid b case of expressed malice
!" !" sl ne would be guilty Of murder in