The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-20

essesMs. Piles objected and vas sustained.
Thenscsne the states turn, for the same
jurorsws strongly oDposed TO the plea Of
insanity and said only overwhelming evs.
tencs: would overcome his prejudice. upon
whsc.s Nr. Plies began putting supposi.
:stsorys questions 10 HIM Miller objected
and siie coa.: sustained him.
Mrs. Martin then challenged the juror
bat Mas overruled by the court Mr.. Piles
then semoyed Clark BY psremptory cnal'
ienges Dennis BicknelI. Houghsoa fruit
grox{r, y as substituted for him.
Mr.. Miller excused Bingham II II said
by thy prosecution thai this juror 10 one ol
the :aender-hearted kind and has .
iends:acy TO vote for acaui.taI from the
arst ballot
Joeaisyin, the weii-known bath-keeper
and sard politician. was placed in the boz
and Fat throu Oh severe test. Joseph lost
his p!sace in the city water department re-
Gently and he was, in addition to the regu.
lar Questions. asked by Mr.. Piles II he bore
iii-ssH 10 the firm Of Ronald d Piles.
JoseEh had no bitterness in his hear,
to*aEt the reform administration or the
firm Is which the mayor is member, and
was gjassed.
MR. Piles excused Bailey. and the sheriff
brought Horaiio Alien. . Cherry valley
farn,*r. into court 10 I'LL the gap. He told
Mr.. Miller that the fact that the defendant
was 4 woman would not influence him in
his vtrdict. He Vas dead set against Z
plea Of insanity. however. and Piles asked
10 have him excused for cause. The court
excused the juror, although Assistant
Prosecuting Attorney Mcbride made
strong objection.
Edward Godding. steamboat man, was
caiies: into court and put into the seat
Alier had been holding down. He con-
fesse,s he would like to get OF the jury, but
- Ia was too honest TO say that he had
formed an opinion not TO be shaken by evil
denc4. he was compelled to stay. He said
that Re was . warm personal friend OF Mr..
MiiieS's. but that this would not influence
his j,ssdgmens.
d. *. Mckinley. the well known ex-
deputy sheriff, got into Preston's. chair
wher:th latter gentleman stepped out q
victiip to Mr.. Piles peremptory challenge.
MCKINLEY plainly did not want to serve
on thy jury and stepped gaily down and
out when challenged for cause by Mr..
Pics: Mcbride denying the challenge ~
usuasbut being ovcrruled by the court.
II. ID. Williams, Fremont ho,eIkeeper.
filed the empty seat and the game went
on. This juror Was another man who had
servesi on jury when murderer was be-
ing tsied. Fearing that his heart might
have been case hardened BY this expert.
ence, Mr.. Plies asked that the court excuse
him-tbut because he had been summoned
on aaa open vsnire. This challenge WAS
overraled by Judge Humes. who held n
bsforr that If the juror Was properly inn
panesed on this jury no such challenge
woula be sustained.
Thf prosecuting attorney called Mr..
Kennedy down. and Robert Marshall, .
jolly looking Irishman. who said he kept
q grocery store Mt 1905 Fourth street. took
his SCAT in the jury box. Mr.. Miller exer-
cised:.one of his lat premptory challenges.
and &odding was excused. No more jurors
regularly summoned were at liberty, both
Judge Osborn and Judge Bailinger having
. casa on trial, and Judge Humes issued
the cspen yenire. after which the court ad-
iour,;cd for the day.
During all this long and tedious routine
the cpurt room was crowded with specta-
tors.s
Th1 swarm Of attorneys which had
crowded the space inside the bar in the
morning very scnsibly concluded to wait
untiii today for the interesting part Of the
trial, and through the afternoon the bar
had s deserted appearance. 1t is too early
in ths case to say what the defense offered
will Se. but from the drift of the questions
Of Mr.. Piles 1t seems TO be indicated that
10 h. eav~
cutiesn will probably try to make it appear
that she shooting was done IN the heat of
passion and thus secure conviction of
man.laugh;er.
Tks states case Is, as the prosecuting at
torn1y seems to think. somewhat improved
by TIE temperance Of Mrs. Kennedy. 1t
will Aow be possible. at least. to prove that
Mrs. boyd Was in the house on the night
Of thj murder. Wild rumors limiting the
concsaiment of the other witnesses for the
statei Mr.. and Mrs. Reed, were current
yesterday. but for all that no one will
doutt that they are gone for good
aud GALL. Other rumors are in cir
cuiayon which are probably bet
ter founded. One Of these is in
relation TO the sensational letters which
may be introduced in evidence. No one
doutss that these letters are in existence
and sif they are not introduced it will be
onlyi because the defendant can be &C.
quilted without them. Ii is q we'll. known
fact MAT the aged father of the murdered
MANI trying every means TO keep out OF
evidence these letters. for they will cast a
very BLACK shadow on his sons reputation
DEPUTY Prosecuting Attorney Winstock
III Ia
tcrdsy afternoon that he had great doubts
a. l., whether the defense had letters Of
such:a nature.
lid also stated that he had never heard
that: che alleged pregnancy OF Mrs. BOYD
couts he proven positively. A prominen,
attorney who has made careful examins
ton Sf the room where the shooting tool
placs and also Of the testimony
a, the coroner's inquest. SAYS thai
all tee circumstances go TO prove thai
Royi was standing over the woman whe,
the shots which caused his death wer.
fired; This. II is said. will be used By the
deie3ce 10 confirm the report current few
days after the tragedy that Boyd has
throiSn the defendant on the floor and wa
beating her when he was shot. This pom
may be made clearer by the time the de
;endant has testified.
,ss expected that by today noon iur,
will aaye been empaneled 10 try the case
though in view OF the tact that the dcfens.
has seven and the state three premp
sorys challenges, il would be quite possih.
to p.oloas the selection of the jury unit
adjournment.
The WILDLY leland ExcuPsion.
TIE people Of Whidby island hss
plarsned an excursion and eiameake a
WesS Beach, charming resor, " aieh vii
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