The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-19
AWOMAN PICKING JURORS.
HrlY IRELAND MAS MUCH TO SAY
IBOUT HER TWELVE PEERS.

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she,s the Woman who Got Hundreds or Thou
sandp or Dollars Out OF William ID. wood
Also tho woman who Got n Confession out
Of Rnrbarn Aub-Sbc IL on Trial fur Forgery.
NAV Kellard was on trial yesterday In tho
General Sessions for forgery. She Ia tho woman
vvho sunQ Barbara Aub into making n confession,
and thus secured tho release OF Walter l.. s.
LanRcrman, convicted OF a serious crime. Sho
IN also tho woman on whom William u. Wood
sounndcrcd several hundred thousand dollars
buying diamonds, houses, horses and carriages
for her. He gave her among other things checks
and notes representing large sums OF money.
Miss Kellard lost no timo in cashing the paper
through Mrs. Mary D.. Spencer, florist and
money lender. who got large slices OF tho notes
for finding the cash. When Wood had squan'
dered his fortune on Miss Kcllnrd he continued
to give her checks and notes-but theSe "ere
forged. Some one signed the nnmo OF Woous
wife to them. Mrs. Spencer, the money lenuer,
always had ready cush when Miss kellard called
with tho notes.
Mira. Virginia Wood, wife Of William, paid up
forged notes time and again. But they came so
fast that she decided to put a stop to tho for
geries. She caused her husbands arrest anu
had him adjudEed n lunatic.
Then Mrs. Spencer. tho money londer, came
forward. She had loaned Miss kollard $1,000
on two forged notes for $4,000. expecting to
make $500 by the favor. Mrs. Spencer says she
did not know the notes were forgories. But she
never could collect on them, so she and Mrs.
Virginia Wood appeared before the Grand Jury.
and on Aug. ii May Kellard was indicted. She
is charged with uttcring forged notes.
when the case was called for trial yesterday
Miss Kellard was in court with her counsel,
Robert ]. HARE. the lawyer who defended Lam
german. She wore good clothes and was not at all
nervous. When n newcomer entered the court
room tho young woman tugged at her lawyers
coat sleeve and asked:
"Who is that man T. or. "I've seen him be-
fore. Find out what he's here for"
William ID. Wood was led into the court room
by q keeper from the Middletown Insane Asy-
lum. His wife came in and shook hands with
him. but after a few words in an undertone sat
down in another part of the court room.
The first man examined for the jury was VIII
liam H. Schilling. u butcher, of 175 First ave-
nue.. He had never heard OF May kellard,
Wood, or Barbara Aub, or the aruness Blanc,
or Langerman. His answers made Miss kellard
smile. He was accepted.
George II. Bend, Il member of the New York
Stock Exchange, was acceptable to the prosecu.
ton, but Miss kellard whispered to her counsel
and Mr.; Bend vas erem ,pdtpriiSyo challenged ALE .,.,
asked Il be- knew Miss kellsrd. answered:
"She is a thoroughly bad woman"
He was excused. Gobhardt Ratz, a saloon
heard of Miss kellard. and he was accepted;
Charles Bradley OF 60 Lewis street, q retired
grocer. and George J. Brrbert. a plumber o., 724
were challenged at Miss Richards instance. 1t
was q case Of " don't like his looks" or ",He
seems to be too much of a fsmil man. or That
642 Lexington avenue; Michael Burns Of s33
Broadway, a shipping clerk. and Eugen Blum,
dealer in plumbers supplies A. ls4 Waverley
then taken until to-day.