New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-09
MRS. SHANN'S TRIAL BEGUN
4 JURY QUICKLY SECT CrREp-PHCSECUTOR STOCK
AN OPENS TIE CASE FOR THE STATE.

UN OPENS TIE CASE FOR THE STATE.
| Trenton. ~ j. Aug 8.-The trial Of Mrs Matte
| G. Shann charged with the murder by poisoning Of
her twenty -ycar.old son. John +. Shann. at their
home I'M Princeton in April was begun this morning
When the entire panel OF jurors summoned for the
term had examined the twelfth man was secured
and the Jury was complete. Prosecutor Stockton
| opcncd The case for the State. rehearsng all the
dot ,,,s of the tragedy and added substantially all
that had been brought out at the Cor"ners Inquest
relating to the mysterious removal Of the dead youth
yiscera the action Of the Insurance companies ana
The local authorities, all OF which led to the arrest
Of Mrs sham and the charge OF murder now
hanging over her. recess WIS 'iie" 'Hc" ' "
hour and a quarter.
aror rooess I'm. examination OF witnesses was at
once begun. rhe first person called was Professor
Charles Mcmillan, OF Princeton. lie made map
yhovinr the first ard second floors Of Mrs. Shahhs
residence and explained H.
p,,en vonzIous was the second witness. lie Is
, carpcnter and has been a boardcr at Mrs Saann's
,I , .ho,, dvc wears The night after Shann's
d,b rr.nk Hordcn q life insurance agent, sent
. notc IN Mrs sham, and she asked him the VIII
ness, to 20 TO Trenton early the next ihor'hs io'
LAWYER About 3 O'Clock In the morning MIS- Sh'hh
called him, and he got out OF pea III" "e"' uo
stairs She said 'three men had peeh Ill "ic "o"so
and had gone away. They had Deeh up'""a III
Johns room. and she afraid they had zone
sometbnp He went upstairs with her into the
deod mans room and that a canopy that had
been arranged over the body stained Win Doou'
There were no blood stains the floor The Witness
sad no went back to bed. Mrs. shann nj 'iH' uh'e
had eve boarders besides himself and he thoneh' u'ey
were all at home that night
Mabel sbann testified that sh" slept with her mo'her
,hs night that John was disembowelled. The move
ments Of her mother and Vanzous about the ho"'c
aroused her and She asked what the matter was. er
mo,ber said: "Nothlng. BE quiet" Later shc oe
mand.d again 10 know what was the matter an" "ei
mother told her thi. story That three men u oo''
n the housc and rng the bell. They wore iohs o''i
coats with the collars turned up and had OH ''o'"
hats They inquired II she had DEAD son III VI.
housc Her mother said 1" Yes" ana they den'"u'u
IN no allowed TO see the body. Mrs shahh ue"'r"'
but two of the men went upstairs to where 'ne oop.
Law. The third remained downstairs ana de'a'"'"
Mrs. Shann there. ,,. \
watson Shann an undertaken OF Kingston, ID ~;
, was called and testified that he was sc.o,u ,,
onsin In the prisoner She had asked MN in, 10 I'm.
cbaroc OF the body He said 1t was dcro'hw,.aaS ,na
fast but Mrs. .Shann would not have IL en- cn" -, A."
iIe aid what he could TO preserve tne Do"G ,n he
iect,ng embalming fluids into parts OF u. ",d him
!m. 10 perform his final duties MIS- aahh o'' .,. %
the, the sbut the body except some stains on LII .a
canopy over II. Al tms punt ''' "o
until tomorrow u ornhp.