Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-20
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
October Term. Hon. S. C. Strout. Pre-.
siding.
w. S. CHoATE, Clerk.
A. l.. MCFADDEN, Sheriff.
A. II. WHITMAN, Stenographer.

Wednesday, Oct. 10.
The superior court reconvened at Il
o'clock today, for the purpose of trying
Rose e. White for murder. In addi-
ton to the regular panel of the tern
venires We're sent out for 26 Jurors, all
of whom reported except one.
The accused was brought from this
Jail and placed in the prisoners box
being accompanied by her sister, Mrs
Cora Witham. County Attorney Hesel-
ton appears for the State and E. w.
Whitehouse. Esq, for the prisoner.
The drawing of the jury was proceeded
with and when the panel was finally
completed 80 names had been drawn
from the box. Counsel for the defend
ant challenged peremptorily (O, and
CD after the panel had been formed.
The government exercised the right of
challenge in 80 cases. Seven We're ex-
cused for cause. James S. Warren was
appointed foreman by the court
The jury as constituted is as follows:
James S. Warren, Benton, foreman
Herbert Thompson, Pittston; Edwin c.
Getchell, Nassalboro: Granville San
born. Readtield; Joseph X. Bremen,
Clinton: Charles N. Ware, Augusta;
David F. Fuller. Hallowell: Frank S.
Collins. West Gardiner; G. H. Kilbreth,
Manchester: ]. F. Pollard, Waterville;
Peter A. Murphy, Waterville; Fred c.
Harding, Albion.
The jury will be kept together and
not allowed to separate until the rendi-
nf int Ill
Getchell and Frank Ham were desig-
mated to have them in charge.
Upon the completion of the panel
the clerk read to the jury the indict-
ment which charges the prisoner With
having. on the 18th of June last, made
an assault upon Everett White, and
killed and murdered the said White,
with malice aforethought.
County Attorney Heselton then
opened the case for the government
giving his views of What constitutes
malice as applied to the case on trial.
and stating what he expected to prove.
The government would show that the
accused and Everett White had been
married about a year. but had been
separated the most of that time. For
a week prior to the death of White
they had been living together in Chef
sea, and on the day the crime was COM
mitted there had been constant bicker-
ing between them. White was intoxi-
Gated and had brought liquor to the
house the night before which was
seized by the officers, resulting in Mrs.
White being taken before the court on
June 18th. as the one in charge of the
,icac fI,a% ,t,o
tention to what a scrape her husband
had got her into, and stated she was
going to get a bill from him. The
government would show that at about
6 O'Clock of that day White and his
wife were in the bedroom while in the
kitchen We're the mother of the prison.
er and two men by the name of Regen
and Samuel White; that the prisoner
and her husband were quarreliing in
the bedroom. when suddenly the two
men in the kitchen heard Everett
White say in the bedroom, Pull, pull
Damn you. pull" and Immediately
there was the sound Of a revolver
when they rushed in and found White
stretched upon his back on the floor
and his wife kneeling beside him, and
while kissing him, saying, HE shot
himself White having mortal
wound in the left temple from which he
died that night. The government
would also show that she at that time
undertook to get the witnesses to say
she was not in the room at the time
of the shooting. The government
would also show that there was no
burning of the flesh about the wound
as would have been the case, as they
claim, had the wound been inflicted by
White.
AT the conclusion of Mr. Heselton's
opening the court announced that
counsel desired that the jury have q
view of the place of the alleged offence
and directed that they proceed to the
place at o'clock p. NJ, in charge of
officers, and report at court Thursday
morning at $50.
The court then took a recess until
morning.
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