New-York tribune., 1896-05-26

49,. hun. after the last man required to ill the
,.x ras renewed and was not successful until
,.,s Yesterday afternoon. AS the day began to
r.re with the jury still incomplete, it was
.boueht that at least another day would be taken
m with the examination of talesmen. Shortly
bssors o'clock however. Richard NJ Montgom-
,rv who is engaged in the real estate business
nth Offices at No. 81 Pine-st.. and living at No.
1Wes. Seventy -fourth-st.. was called, and after
searching examination by Assistant District
Attorney Miller and Mr.. Brooke. senior counsel
hr the defence he was pronounced satisfactory
I, both sides, and took the seat in the box va
cated fy Mr.. Haight
AN INTELLIGENT JURY.
The Jury is generally believed to be an unusu-
oily intelligent one. AS Mr.. Brooke gazed on the
twelve men in the box as they rose to listen to
the Recorders admonition. he was heard to ex-
claim with evident pride. Isn't that jury! It's
tie best one have ever seen in my life! As
sistant District Attorney Mcintyre said after
ward to a Tribune reporter that for collective in
;ellgence and ability he had never seen the jury
equalled in the whole Of his practice at the
bar The men in the jury box are:
l. Charles B. Poor foreman)s manager. No. "A
David S Hotaling. real estate. No. IS Broadway,
No. L7t6 Washington ave.
/ Charles sam, shoes. No, 2s West one-hundred-
snd-twenty- -ffth-st.. No. 6l East One-hundred-and
dxteenth-st - 49, ,,,<
sath.ss.. Sst' No, G Il East i' Fifty -ninth,st
8 Edwin B Holden coal, No. Broadway, No 30
:. Ricsard N Montgomery real estate, No 81
Pine-st.. No. 81 West Seventy -fourth-st; IT,
-. George T: Montgomery Tools No 1oS Futon-st''
No. .. West Eighty-seventh-st.
9. Henry Holding, builder, No. Sl5 East One
g. John B. Huntoon. ice No 1S4 Jane-st. No so
10 Lowell NJ. Aldrich Ice, No sls East Sixty
thrd-st. No 25s East sixty-eighth-st.
II. Edward H. Friedrich. harness. No g. East One
i2 William Montgomery, drygoods. No. S22 West
One-hundred- and forty -hfth-st.
1t will be noticed that among the names OF the
5urymen there are three Montgomerys. There is
no significance in the fact, however but that
Of an interesting coincidence. The three men are
not even distantly related to one another.
CONSCIENTIOUS sCRUPLEs.
One Of the peculiar features that have marked
the last fortnghts work in the examination Of
talesmen has been the large percentage of men
who have professed conscientious scruples against
the infiction Of the death penalty. Fully sixty
out OF every hundred who assembled the stand
gained exemption on this plea. The persstency
with which talesmen, after another. urged
their inability TO serve because Of their objection
TO capital punishment more than once called re-
Dukes from Recorder Goff who did not hesitate
to assert his belief that many citizens did not
scrupe to commit perjury in order to escape going
into the box. The knockout hypothetical ques-
ton to obtain the riddance OF undesirable tales
men without exhausting peremptory challenges
was In the first week literally resorted to by coun-
Gel on both sides. but the clamor that was raised
against Its too frequent application quickly led to
Its disuse. and excused by consent was the
method adopted by Messrs. Mcintyre and Brooke
In Its stead
Mrs. Flemng's counsel have up TO the present
permitted nothing tc escape as to what Will be
'ner line Of defence. the nature OF the evidence
'ney propose to bring forward in rebuttal OF the
eesrgs against the defendant Until the end OF
M Srooke's examination Of Mr. Montgomery 1t
was not definitely known whether the defence