Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-22

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court.
The court was opened shortly after
10 O'Clock and promptly on time l'r
Cuilford was ushered into court be
tween High Sheriff Hawley and Dr.
Banks. the Jail physician.
The woman was also accompanied by
her daughter. Eudora, who took seat
in the court room near her mother.
Mrs Guilford was. apparently. very
weak and to The spectators il seemed
to be evident that the woman had been
very i'll. Her face was pale and haS-
gard: she moved slowly. and sank into
her chair as if exhausted.
The spectators were not numerous,
the previous postponementS of the trial
on account of the illness of the prison.
en-, having given rise to the belief that
the proceedings would be again post
poned, today. The central figures in
the court room aside from DR.. Guilforc,
were Judge Wheeler, the trial Judge:
State Attorney Samuel Fessenden of
Stamford. and Attorney J. b. Klein of
Bridgeport counsel for the accused.
In addition to the regular panel of
is talesmen there was special panel
of 40.
The usual preliminaries of an i'm
portant murder trial were not neces-
sary in today's proceedings in view of
the fact that at the January term of
the court the prisoner had been put to
plea on the Indictment.
None of the important witnesses We're
present. Harry Oxley and the other
&c ha, in, q
been subpoened for tomorrow.
1t was about 1890 when the work of
selecting the jury began. Before II
o'clock two jurors had been accepted
from the seven examined. The first
two men We're excused by the court be-
cause they confessed to opinions on the
case. The third man. however. had
formed no opinion and he was accept
ed as the first juror. He is Samuel P.
Thompson of Darien. a farmer. The
next man accepted was the seventh.
Thomas II. Wheeler. a Bridgeport car
penter.
At II Is during the examination of
the 18th juror, Mrs. Guilford gave signs
of collapse. DR.. Banks had been watch
ing the woman closely and noticed that
her face was becoming ashen gray,
sprang to her side. felt her pulse and
motioning to Sheriff Hawley, half car
ried the prisoner to another room.
Judge Wheeler Immediately declared q
recess of 10 minutes. At the end of
that time Mrs. Guilford was brought
back to the, court room and the pro-
ceedings continued g.
Shortly before / o'clock when a re-
cess was taken for lunch. four jurors
had been accepted out of "a examined.
The state had at that time excused
eight and challenged five. while the de-
Tense had challenged the same number
The third juror accepted was George
Gregory of Darien. a livery stable keep
en- He was the 18th examined. w. Fl.
Fairbanks. a farmer. of Darien, was
the fourth juror chosen.
Mrs. Guilfori was feeling much bet
ter when the recess was taken until ,
O'Clock Just before recess Harry Ok
ley of Stonnington and his counsel
Judge Marcus Holcomb. came into
court.
Rufus Todd. Ridgefield. farmer. and
Charles c. Stevens, Sherman, farmer
were added to the jurors selected
shortly after SO O'Clock, and with but
four men then remaining out of the
regular and extra panel of 53 taieSman
il was impossible to select the 18th
Juror and the court adjourned until 10
A. NJ tomorrow. A special panel of
IA talesmen will be summoned. tonight
and it is believed that the trial will
proceed. tomorrow. with little delay in
securing the one man needed to COM
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