The Newtown bee., 1893-11-24

dCNuNth iI}lS II i|s | O4INiI LIN NiifAii'Ni S' ryvillc accepted; Orange E. Hunter, rerryvilIr, excused by the court; Hem I'D E. IiinInan, mechanic, Plymouth, ac- ceptcd; John NJ, Burr, farmer, Torring- ton. accepted; Willard A. Coles. Tor rington, excused by the court; Alstine VI. Brge, TOrrington, challenged by the counsel for the state; Elijah Woodward, rorliugton, excused hy the counsel for he state; John <. Pratt, farmer, liar winton,arcepted Albert Sporry, Goshen, excused by the court;
 JAMES F, VAIL, FARMER, GOSHEN, accepted. This completed the number of l2 jurors as follows:
 George Kinney, LitchHcld.
 John II. Wood, Thomuaton.
 Henry L. Jackson, TurriugtOU.
 Frank \. IIopkiks, Torrugton.
 Robert L. Alton, Goshen.
 Charles B- IIalIcIt, WinStcd.
 Edgar l. Pond, Plymouth.
 Henry E. lliumHu, flNmOuth.
 John M. Burr, TOrringt0u.
 John N. Pratt linrwintOn.
 Charles <. Birgc, llIrwinton.
 James r.. NaiI, Goshen
 They are an intelligent appearing com pany of gentlemen and look perfectly lble to cope with the intricate case that Is before them. Alter the last chair had been filled hy Mir Vail, Clerk kilboru ad- ministCrcd the oath and read to them the indictment.
 The state opened the case with Will liam shelton on the witness stand. Mir shelton exhibited plans of the house and ,f the surroundings. In answer to Ques- rion asked by the state, Mir shelton indi- cat"d the positions that various pieces of furniture occupied at the time of the .irath of Mir Manneriug. The articles were then described and the Outbuiding> al, tiOncd in regard to the tine the maps were made, Mr Shelton was unable to state positively without referring to his
 memoranda, whether the plans were 1 drawn during the latter part of August
 IT the first part of September.
 THE FuKNIrrRE DESCRIBED
 was not in the house at the time the plans were made, having been sold at auction. | The pieces were seen in other places, however, and their locations in the house obtained from some source. What the | source was Mir shelton could not remem- Der until Lawyer Williams suggested a | Mir Whiteman, when Mir Shelton admit ted that he was the informant. The pO- SitiOn of stove in the back room was not | indicated for some reason and Lawyer Williams requested Mir shelton to look | through his memoranda in reference to rhis particular stove. On redirect exam nation Mir shelton stated that the plans mad been exhibited before the grand jury. | (rhe grand jury met in June). The next witness, William Whiteman | of Washington, was born in Hastings, ] England. He was well acquainted with both Mir and Mrs Mannering in England, 1 visiting them once or twice week. He came to America, for the first time, two l I,ct E., A ;t;, l the ManneringS several times, and other | friends, he returned to England. He l came to America a second time on the I'd | Df last December and after staying at various places went to Mr Mannering' 's
 shortly before the latter's death. It was on a Thursday and they
 WERE PACKING TOBACCO. The next day MT and Mrs Mannering 1 drove to New Milford to cash a check | and deposit the proceeds in bank. Four 1 weeks later, on the Thursday before Mir | Mannering's death, he in company with Mr and Mrs Mannering, drove to New l Milford to have photographs taken. They 1 tlso went into Bray's saloon and drank beer. On Friday MT Mannering was bad | ly intoxicated. On Saturday, Mir Man | nering said that, as he had to move from where he was and wanted to look at mother farm, he was going to sober up md was going to take salts and salt petre % help him become sober. "WhO heard him say t:" asked the lawyer. Witness, ''I did and l think Mrs Mannering did .'' What time did MT Mannering go to bed pn Saturday night?' again asked the law yer. Witness, "At o'clock and I an lour later. Mrs Mannering at that time vas in the front room sewing" The wit .ang flas, fI,,E lay on which Mir Mannering died), he rose at 30 q. m. and saw Mrs Manner ng first in the front room (called kitch-
 n.) After placing some wood on the fire n the back room (called sitting room) he vent to feed the pigs. Coming back to
 he house for warm water, which he ob-
 aimed from kettle that stood on the log
 tove Ca stove for logs) in the backroom, 1e saw Mir and Mrs Mannering talking md MT Mannering
 WAS MIXING SALTS
 md salt petre. Mir Mannering was next cen in the COW shed. (Witness indicates
 n the map the place where cows and horses were kept.) He was trying to pull down hay for the cows, but could
 ot and asked the witness to climb up md throw some down. Mr Mannering ildu never DeIOfe aSkeu the witness to d0
 his but always climbed up himself. Af- CT feeding the horses the witness return
 d to the house; five or six minutes af- ierwards saw MT Mannering coming 'lowly from the barn. ssAfter MT Man 1ering came in, the witness continued, ''he. said, T feel terribly queer, Will. | never felt like this in all my life.', He sat down in chair and took off his hat. He was sweating and Mrs Mannering wiped his face with towel. He wanted ! drink, but before it could be obtained had spasm, during which his eyes rolled up, his legs stiffened, his head bent back and there was terrible look on his face. He was trembling and appeared to be in pain. He had one arm around Mrs Man. nering and was holding me with the oth- CT. He asked me several times to be nd hia head fnruard hnt \ cnuld nnf in if