The evening world., 1892-01-18

Already two days have been spent In Part
III. OF the Court OF General sessions In the
prclminaries Of the trial OF Medical student
Carlyle W. Harris, who Is accused u having
poisoned Helen Nelson Potts, the beautiful
girl whom he mari led In secret while she was
student at Miss Days Cumstock school, a
private seminary iu West Forticth street.
When Recorder smythc took his seat this
morning oil the jury seats IN the jury-ooX
save one were occupied. These are the eleven
men who had been elected To sit In the ease
when court adjourned over sunday:
SAMUEL D. ". MCKEE, clerk. No; loo, roE,th
HnsI SIiS sTANoLANp. m.sh.nisal N;
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A RARSEY JJ''i JJ' ibRUWN''' ''sl ssperin,snden,, First,
III MundsS
SRs s.s Il Il. Hasns .ss ss.asa. &C.
slS Nest Thitis street.
No. 81 Park place; residshoe 40. 3aSwest fnu.
TWASSis u. JACKSON, iron and steel, No
2is West Tmenty.eishth street, residence. No. 40
Wyst Sit MasEs .ss ae,., T., linen and whit.
sySa1s Ard One HppaJsa si} ro,,s tI.i r,et
d1TfsS ~ Il Es;f sss xs., .,r;s' No ., John
s.GRAwEoRD MASON. r.sco aud sign painter.
BELL, JOSEPH. paokins box manufacture, /,
The greatest Interest centres In this trial
because OF the respect ability OF the families
OF the VI fortunate Helen Potts and OF the
pris oncr, and because OF the adroil manner
In which the poisoning is alleged to have
been done.
The trial Is expected to last at least two
weeks. and q hitter contest will be urged on
\ both sides. 1t will be n memorable legal
battle
| The defense Will present q powerful array
OF expert medical testimony to combat evil
dcLce that Helen Potts did die OF morphine
! poisoning
0lhe prosecution claims that II can "flcr n
sufficient motive for the crime III the tact
that after Iiurris secretly welded III, len Potts
and she had undergone criminu! operation
he met another girl OF whom he became
cnamorcd and TO whom he proposed marriage.
A conspicuous ngure this morning within
the inclosure occupied by the prosecuting
attorney was william a. burlington, counsel
| for the New York County Medical society.
When the prisoner entered the cuirt-roC IN
at III o'clock, he was greeted Win an airec-
| ttonate embrace by his mother, VINO immedi-
| ately took u seat at his side.
| An entirely new special pa el Of jurors Mas
subpoenaed for this mornings session and OF
| the ufty or more taesmen the first one called
was William Bal0uch, or As Cedar street. lie
had scruples against condeinning prisoner
to capital punishment and Recorder smyth
excused him nt once.
simon Loewinsoa was called next, but was
| excused by consent OF both sides,
Morris Freeman was also excused BY con-
sent after he had stated that he had never
| had any experience rs juror In either u
criminal or u civil case.
said In answer TO Assistant District-Attorncy
Weliman's questions that hc had four chii.
dren, one OF whom was nineteen-y ar-ou
girl. The prosecution was willing, but the
| defense challenged him.
| William McGOvern had conscientious scru-
pies against capital punishment as inflicted
under the process Of electrocution, and he
| was excused. -
Hart r. banks. the well-known song writer
| and composer Of " silver Threads Among the
Gold" was excused for the same reason.
olin 7. Ely. dry-Soods dealer at one
Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and
seventh avenue, WAS acceptable TO Assistant
Distrtct-Attorney Wellman.
Counsellor W. Travers jerome Tor Harris
put him through series OF long-drawn-out
questions which were more or less confusing.
| The Recorder, however, made the iHterro-
gatories plain and Mr.. Ely was enabled tC
answer them underktandingly.
| He said he would require each and every
circumstance In tine development OF the trial
to be proven beyond nll reasonable doubt be.
fore he would give that evidence any con.
| sideratiOn.
The Recorder told Mr.. Ely to take the
vacant seat, and the defense had to use an.
| other peremptOry challenge to get him out
oft.
Inc Court at 2 O'Clock took O recess.