The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-21
THE JURY Is CHOSEN.
Men Who Hold the Fate Of Will
cox i'm Their Hands.
TRIAL OPENS THIS MORNING
Page Demur~ TO Information-A Ad-
minisfrator suspended - The
cIapsadIe Ease.

A full fury was secured tn the case Of
ne state vs. william A. wilcox a s.z9 yea
terdaT afternoon. and the statement OF
the case for the prosecution was com !etea
by Mr. Wiltshire at $50. when Judge
Hames ordered an adjournment until %
O'Clock this morning. Before the Jury
was secured, thirty men had been exam
ined. exhaustiEg the regular panel and
requiring three special venires Al POS
IL the afternoon special venire OF twelve
rnen vas issued. al 3:s another was is
sued for FIVE more, and at 4:fs the last,
calling for two men. OF these the first
one was James Bogsrt. and ne was re-
tanned on the jury.
From the outset Messrs winstock and
Ingsrsoli. for the defense, manifested a
disposition 10 night up and down the line
a hard as they knew how. They made
three distinct motions for continuance
on the grounds respectively OF the alb
senee OF material testimony, and OF sur
prise ia the court allowing the state to
indorse additional names on the inforrna-
ton They then successfully moved 70
quash the panel OF Jurors. filed a demurrer
10 the Information. entered the plea OF
former jeopardy. and on the state filing
an answer demurred 10 the answer. The
motion 10 quash the panel was based on
the fact that the jurors had been selected
gone into effect. and the defense now
claims confidently that Il has error
charged up 10 the state.
The jury finally selected. after numerous
challenges. Is made up as follows: T.. A.
shipley. J. r. Byrne. r. T.. Wentworth.
J W Rozen. g II. Knapp. II. VI. Wright.
A s. Miller. T. ). Hartley. Charles Pike.
Charles F.. Love. d. NJ Simonson.
Mr. Wiltshire. in stating the case TO the
Jury. rapidly reviewed the circumstances
or the lettings as they lived In their little
cabin on the South Seattle hillside prior
10 September (. 1925 the day of the muir
der: told OF the visit Of James King and
Wilcox TO this city the fatefui labor day:
detailed the movements Of King and Ern-
est Fettlug. after a recital OF the plans
Of Wilcox and King formulated in the
hunters Home at Tacoma 70 go into the
shingle business on money they hoped 10
borrow from the aged woman and her
sou spoke Of the bottle OF chloroform.
and finally the terrible revelation TO the
son when he reached home in the early
morning and found his mother lying dead
with two handkerchiefs thrust down her
throat and a stocking tied tightly over
her mouth and about her neck.
Wilcox was quite at ease all day long.
and looked extremely hopeful. lie sat be
tween his attorneys. and oft-times took
part IN their consultations. Behind him
was his sister, Emma Wilcox. who ar
rived night before last from Montague.
Mich. a tall. pleasant-faced young wom-
an who watches every move with most
intense interest, and shows in her manner
the anxiety she feels for her brothers
welfare IL Is related that a few days ago
she and her mother telegraphed 10 the ac-
cused man. asking II he would rather
have her come, or would take the money
10 anf,ly to his defense and that he asked
FER by all means 10 come.
Al the close of the days proceedings.
the defense required that the jury be kept
fngether The witnesses. OF whom there
f. a small army, then filed out
Prosecuting Attorney HASTE thinks the
trial Will be finished easily the present
week.