The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
THE TRIAL BEGUN.
THE ENTIR hay CONSUMED
in GETTING A JURY.

Z ~ * 4
THE ENTIR bay CONSUMED
in GETTING 4 JURY.
Hearing Of Evidence in the Barbee
Case viii Lagin Ghis Morning and
Hard s'ighy Will Ensue--Arteiia
sli,ri4eii Arraignsd and Her rial
viii Probably Fake tiacc Next
Week--oller Court Notes.
The Superior court Of Durham cpnnts
convened yesterday FORMING IT o'3o
O'Clock. The jlry in the ease of the
State VS. L Muodridgs. assdui, with
dea}il> weapon, reported that The. hsd
been "'iung, all night ard could not
seree upon yerdict. the jury vas then
discharged and the case continued until
mex, term. In the case Of the State VS.
Frank Bowling. larceny, he defendant
plead sui y but has not yet been sen
fenced. Henry Jones, Who was onnd
guilty by the jury Wednesds morning
O, assault with deadly weapon, was dis
charged upon the payment Of cost,
Artelia Mitchell Arraigned.
Artelia Mitchell the sma negro girl.
who was arr sted some time ago charged
with the mnrasl Of the infant child Of
Rev. Frank Sowell. colored, was brought
into court and arlaigned, but the day
for trial was not ST The dcf:-'snt.
though her council plead mot guilty"
The defendant In this case was Iurs-
ing the infant Of Frank Swell and on
the aft rnoon when she was arrested the
child was given Carbolic acid VIII ch
caused its death. She denied from the
frs, that she administered the poison
but at the preliminary hearing the
mother of the child said that no one had
beeu near the child but the nurse; that
she carried the child in an adjoining
room where the acid WAS and few min-
utss later il was found that 1t had been
given acid. on this evidence she was
hound over TO court and the grand jury
a, the September term, 1896, returned a
true bill
The case will probably come up the
latter part Of next week. though II IS not
CERTAIN yet whether it can be reached at
this m.
On Trial for His Life.
Immediately after Ar'elia Mitchell
had been arraignei the case Of the State
VS.. Reuben Barbee. charged with mur
dering William Cole, on the a7th OF
Juue. 1896. was called
1t was then 1890 o'clock and thecourt
room was packed to its utmost capacity.
The So icitor called over the list OF wit
pesses for the State and announced that
the STATE was readr for trial. The at
torneys for the defence then called their
witness and announced that they were
also ready.
Then began the tedious task OF select
ing jury and the entire day was con-
sumed before twelve men had been Sc
cured who were thought capable OF
hearing the evidence and render ne -
impartial yerd.-t without fear or favor.
Tie greatest trouble the attorneys for
the defense found va that nearly every
man they ca led up TO be examined had
formed and expressed an opinion that
the prisoner was gnity."
Several Of the special yenire who had
been suG. nioned were excused On &C
count OF sickness aud other causes an
soms eight or ten ho failedto anawer
10 their names were fined sc and noti-
fed to app sr before his honor ar
sb " cause why The fine should not "
r.~ red against them.
re frs, jLr, man selected MS y. J..
K ,.s. OF Mangum township. Who vas
the sixth mn examine. The mex. two
wer. told to stard aside and, the ninth
man examined vas s-ie.ted As the sec.
ond Of the tw. .e--he was wesler Hen
dsrson, co orsd. 81 this cit,. The neS.
two selected we're l. Hsll AMI 2.
Fletcher, both OF Ok Grove tosrship
Who were the twenty sixth ana tMent
seventh men examined. II was Their
1870 o'clock and court took recess Of
one hour.
Court assembled Il q 30 o'clock when
the task was again taken up. rwelv,
more men we're put through the test aud
A. B.cs, Of this city was & ec.ed a.
the fifth man. The next jurymar wa
harder 10 find than any o. the formsi
Eve and twenty two men were called br-
fore a selection wss made. Finally two
NOR. were selected succession they
we're n n. Markham ana X Chisen-
hall, both Of whom live In Durham } ne
uext three chosen we're 7 A. Allison, OF
East Durham. Jonathan jenkins and j.
r. Evans, both Of Durham. After that
II b. gan 10 looa ike II WAS impossible
TO get the two remaining jurors but aitei
rxarrininx sixty.vae OF the veuire sam
moned I. d. Rogers, who lives bel"
Il ;, Durham, was sworn 10 Thes nt'',
meet one more aud at 7:3J O'ciocE a
night Il. n. George, If Cedar ForF
township, was chosen to Gil the yacane,
The jury was then emPanelled aud al
officer sworn 10 10 take charge Of then
after which court adjourned until ga
@ clock this morning when the exaini
nation Of witnesses ~ill begin.
is learned that there are larg
number Of witnesses on both sides an
it's robable that the jury will not b
piyeu the case until Monday si.ernoo
or Tursday. A desperate fight will b