Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-01
THE NORTON TRIAL.
Efforts TO Secure 2 Jury at
Last Successful.
County l;ir,nsy Dalf0Fih Opens the
Case for tha State.
Damaging Evidence as to Notion .
Actions Toward Mrs Cooley.

ACtfoE4 XE"t.fG aT9 ClCleE,
Spec,si u kennebse Journal
SKovazeAs. Sept. 30.-At ;ae opening
. of cour, this morning the sreclAl jurors
were called Samuel Alble o. Scion bad
formed a. opinion sni WAS ordered aside
by the court Chsiles Faisrrother of
Skoxhe gan The same Semue. Stinchfeh
Il Scion bad formed an o. d oa but thought
b. u,d Try he case fairly and IMPARTIAL
l. hut sss orlere1 aside. E. A Whitney
q. Madison wAs sNorn, making the eighth
jattr. ~ om.s ilalsay Of P.t-hel1 bai
read the ps ps;- and formed sl tpinicn
+ ant b. WAS ordtre as de. Aener E.
4 WhipEie q Solon was pre JUDGED and went
I aside. Andrev Il. Green of Fsirfield could
uol Try the case impsrtisliy and WAS or
/ derei .siIe Wm NJ Hobbs Of Norridge-
w0ck for the same reason went SIS De .Jo-
s7ph Buke- CT Skowhegan went ASIDE. c.
VI k0lfe Of PiJlste was sworn IN As ninth
juror Y. X conn3r Of Fairfield hal
formed An spinio1 that would bias b bm
! aGd hv wss ordered aside. Ephraim Law
I tnee Of Maii,an f1r the sane reason went
( ASIDE join Sn.Ifh OF No'ritgewUc6 was
Eoi certain yh ther tc ~ss reit ted 10 tie
resp ndaIt or Deceased bat though, be wa
rot II 'ha degr. of second cCus n by b o d
or msrrisg- AID thought te could impa--
risiiy hear The evidence, bur he was or-
dertd asid.
Prescott 4 Smith, Of N0rri 1gewock k vas
sworn 80 Tie tenth Juror, /-nas F Hath
ON, of Soicn va, ordered al e George
/ Gushing, S&os hegan was prejui'rei aud
went a-iee II j. Allen, Skowhegar,
ssme Llewelyn Hose, of Fairfield.
thou 4hI he could act Impartially and va,
sworn h nj 4min S5inson, Piushel1. WAS
biased. Roscoe + Hunter, Pittsfcld. ex-
cased on account Of i'll health. 4. G.
Grant Fairfield, challenged by deftnse.
Fred T. Blackwell. Madison, challenged
I by defence. Eilis IL Tobey, Noirdge-
week, yas pre- judiced AMI vent aside
/ This exhausted the special draft of Jurors,
with but ELEVEN men on the panel The
g .ur. said Mr. Sheriff, direct you in
your official capacity 10 sci, CT ffom the by
,tsnders or ,ha County at la'gs an iutelli-
gent person To serve ss twelfth juror. The
sbt II returned Joha Fame. of Skop he
gan who had formed an opinion of ~
cided nature aCd was ordered aside u.
vas -, for the same, + 5. Dat on. W
b. Snow. VIM Blunt. A. ". Lang. Cht-
Pul.en. w. } Estertrook, all of Skowhe
gan. John c. Webb. of Skowhegan. was
challenged by d fen,e; Hs Was also Chaties
b. Haskell Of pitsfitll. H. 4. Archer
Skowh g,n, was seorn "a the last jur,r
and IN ptGel vas compete The court
appointed O-nl E. Libby, If petrci fire
uan
Th' jury i m ,or The charg' Of u pu'ies
J nes sui Williams F,fty-.x Jurors hli
teen cslct before the panel wss mlde up.
and ! NV stanis conpos Il OF TIE follow
ing:
Orrin L Libby, forerar. Detroit; LeRi-
q Baker. No>cog; John K. Webb Skow-
hogan; lleory c. Thompson. S;srks; Al
bert l. S,lse.tsr Pitt.i IA; 10 IN & o1
win Ha tla-d; Samuel Chapman, Athei
+, \. Wht1eg, NaiSoY; &. ". Il lfe
r,lstit-l; Fresco. A. smith, Norriig.
wock IL w~ lyn Hose, fai.feli; II. A
Archer, skowh gan.
J J Par.io. Egg, jul cnu.."l fcr II
defense, MT heing IN Cou't, his a,s,c'a'e
Hon. :. J Walton, asked for an adiou-n-
Il ent un; Il ihis afternoon at o'c'ock. \ pho
tographrt yisitd n. jsil ct Norriisewrck
early ihis mcrnif to Try - snap his camera
At Norton for lsenngs, bot Norton vas
aware o. y hlt was going on snl sto led The
pist" He sAi 70 hs counsel in curt his
fortn WON: "'rhcv came up 10 tha js-l 70 .
1ry p.ctnre. tu' il they go, IT, It was a
d l h,n'ciy ,ne.'
The Courr c,me in at > u'cl1ck p m.
Fiy' mis- u'cs tat-r Deputy Mitchell 40
letta vi il Norton, Hon. $. J Walfer
ard 'htt hs associate. ! j l'ar'in vt-