The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-22
SELECTING THE JURORS.
Opening of the Nancy GuilfOrd Trial
Yesterday.

puiiioiu u, lHe HiluWlle, was to-ud.
placed on trial before Judge George w
Wheeler and a jury, of the superior
court, on a charge alleging second de-
gree murder in the killing, by Grimm
al operation, of Miss Emma Gill oil
Southington.
The court was opened shortly after
10 o'clock and promptly on time DR.
Guilford, the prisoner, was ushered into
court between High Sheriff HawleJ
and DR.. Banks, the Jail physician.
The woman was also accompanied by
her daughter, Eudora Guilford, who
took a seat in the court room near her
mother.
Mrs. Guilford was, apparently, very
weak and to the spectators it seemed
to be evident that the woman had un-
questionably been very i'll. Her face
was pale and haggard; she moved
slowly, and sank into her chair as il
exhausted
The spectators were not numerous,
the previous postponements of the trial
on account Of the illness of the prisoner,
having given rise to the belief that the
proceedings would be again postponed
to-day.
The central figures in the court room,
aside from DR.. Guilford, were Judge
Wheeler, the trial judge, State Attorney
Samuel Fessenden of Stamford, and
Attorney j. H. Klein of Bridgeport,
counsel for the accused
| In addition to the regular panel of IS
talesmen there was special panel of
40.
The talesman called for the jury are
as follows:
William Liebrum, Bridgeport, Ed
ward f. Hallen, Bridgeport; Arthur S.
Mansfield, Brookfield; Edison N. Haw-
ley, Brookfeld; Seth w. Raymond, Da-
rien; Samuel P. Thompson, Darien;
Thomas H. Wheeler, Fairfield; James
Cummings, Fairfield; Henry l.. Ohm
stead, New Canaan; w. Stanley Lock-
wood, New Canaan; Walter Hall, Nor
walk; Stephen Smith, Stamford; An
drew J. Bell, Stamford; Charles B. Cur
tbs, Stratford John e. Holmes, STRAIT
ford; Samuel e. Banks, Westport; l.. X.
Keehr, Westport; William Beard, Beth
ell; George l.. Dickens, Bethel; Charles
Stuart, Brookfield; Newman M. War
den, Brookfield; George Gregory, Da-
rien; William H. Fairbanks, Darien;
Bennett Seeley, Easton; Jesse Wheeler,
Faston; Ezekiel c. Mead, Greenwich;
Gilbert f. Ferris, Greenwich; Benja-
min F. Hyatt, Greenwich; S. Byron
Brownson, Huntington; Charles p. Bid
well, Huntington; Homer e. Clark,
Monroe; Birdsey H. Sherman, Monroe;
Russell l.. Hail. New Canaan; John e.
Gelleck New Canaan; David III. Lock-
wood, New Canaan; Amos Hodge, New
Fairfield; Samuel H. Sanford, New
Fairfield; Patrick Campbell Newtown;
Edward b. Booth, Newtown; Ebenezer
Hill, Redding; Harry A. Lounsbury,
Redding; Thomas f. Green, Redding;
Joel L. Rockville, Ridgefield; Rufus
Todd, Ridgefield; Robert A. Edmonds,
Ridgefeld; Frank Hungerford, Sher-
man; Charles c. Stevens, Sherman;
William P. Lockwood, Weston; Walter
P. Rowland, Weston; Horace c. Hurl-
burt, Weston; H. r. Sherwood, West
port; Austin Jennings, Westport; w.
HI. Bradley, Westport Richard Fl.
Fitch, Wilton; Samuel Buttery, Wilton;
Justice K. Raymond, wilton.
The usual preliminaries of an import
ant murder trial were not necessary in
to-day's proceedings in view of the
fact that at the January term of the
court this prisoner had been put to plea
on the indictment. Accordingly mat
tiers took on very business-like aspect
at once and the prosecutor was in
structed by the court to proceed.
Meanwhile, Eudora Guilford, daugh- !
ter of the accused, watched her mother
very closely and gave evidence of fears /
that the prisoner might collapse
None of the important witnesses were
present, Harry Oxley and the other
Soutllington witnesses it is said, hav-
ing been subpoenaed for tomorrow.
1t was about 1920 when the work of
selecting the jury begun.
Before II o'clock two jurors had been
accepted from the seven examined The
first two men were excused by the
court because they confessed to opin-
ions on the case. The third man, how
ever, had formed no opinion and he
was accepted as the first juror. He is
Samuel P Thompson of Darien, a
farmer The next man accepted was
he seventh, Thomas Fl. Wheeler,
carpenter.
At LIS during the examination of
he thirteenth juror, Mrs. Guilford gave
signs Of collapse DR.. Banks had been
the woman closely, and no.
icing that her face was becoming ash
m gray, sprang to her side, felt the
pulse and, motioning to Sheriff Hawley,
lalf carried the prisoner to another
'oom Judge Wheeler Immediately de-
dared a recess of 10 minutes. At the
md of that time Mrs. Guilford was
brought back to the court room and
he proceedings continued.
Shortly before 1 o'clock when re-
,ess was taken for lunch four jurors
lad been accepted out of "a examined.
rhe state had at that time excused 10
md challenged while the defense had
hallenged the same number. The third
JUROR accepted was George Gregory,
f Darien, a livery stable keeper. He :
vas the 18th talesman examined. w.
/. Fairbanks, farmer, of Darien was
he fourth juror chosen.
Mrs Guilford was feeling much better
When the recess was taken until two
clock. Just before recess Harry Ok !
ey of Southington, and his counsel,
udge Marcus Holcomb, came into {
curt
Rufus Todd of Ridgefield, farmer, I
nd Charles C. Stevens of Sherman, also {
farmer were added to the jurors Sc {
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