The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-06
Five and Onc-Half Hours Con-
SuIncd in the Selection
OF the Jury.

packed yesterday while the work of Sc
lecting a jury to try the Haywood case
from the 250 special veniremen was going
on. 1t began at half past nine in the
morning and continued till half-past ore
O'Clock, when a recess until three O'Clock
was taken for dinner. By this time eight
of the twelve had been selected. The first
man had been selected out of the first
twelve names drawn. He was A. r.
Hodge, Jr., the sixth venireman called up.
III the first three hours, by 1926, half the
jury had been chosen. Then it was ten
minutes after one o'clock before the
seventh man was chosen. When the
court re-conyened in the afternoon, the
ninth chair was filled in few minutes.
Then the work went steadily on with q
few Interruptions until Colonel Argo said
Yes the twelfth time, at exactly twenty
seven minutes past four O'Clock.
Ernest Haywood was in court promptly,
with his brothers A. w. Haywood Dr..
Hubert Haywood and Edgar Haywood
and his cousin, DR.. Fab Haywood. With
him were all his attorneys, James H. Pou,
Col. T. NJ Argo, Col. j. c. l.. Harris,
Capt. w. H. Day, S. G. Ryan, J. N. Hold
ing. w. n. Jones, Elmer NJ Shaffer and
Charles L. Harris. Mr.. Haywood looked
thin, but like a different man from the
Ernest Haywood that appeared at tie
Habeas Corpus proceedings after a hun
dred days in jail. He seemed cool, col
lected and cheerful.
The State was represented by acting
Solicitor Walter E. Daniel, of Weldon;
Senator Donnell Gillian, of Tarboro;
Senator John E. Woodard of Wilson;
Senator H. E. Norris, of Raleigh, and K.
C. Strong, of Raleigh. With these sat
Rev Dr.. Thomas A. Skinner. father of
Ludlow Skinner, and Mr.. John H Winder.
of Columbus, Ohio, brother of Mrs. Lud
low Skinner.
After the minutes of the previous days
session were read by the clerk and ap-
proved, the case of the State against
Ernest Haywood was called. The State
through Solicitor Daniel announced its
readiness to proceed, and James H. Pou,
of counsel for the defense. said that 50
far as they were informed all the de-
fendant's witnesses were present
Then the special venire as summoned
by Sheriff Page was returned and the
work of choosing the jury was commenced
without delay.
Just two hundred in round numbers Of
the special venire We're exhausted IN Sc
! lecting the twelve men who are to serve.
Of the twentythree peremptOry challenges
allowed the defendant only fifteen were
used The State is allowed to stand
twenty-three at the foot of the docket,
and to peremptorily challenge four Jurors.
Seventeen were yesterday stood at the foot
Of the docket and there was one peremp-
tory challenge by the State. The
| defense challenged sixty eight for cause,
and the State thirty five OF these thirty
one said they had formed or expressed an
opinion that the defendant was guilty as
! charged and two that lie was not guilty
as charged. Thirty-seven were excused,
three failed to answer and were fined SIS
| each. and nine were reported as not
| found, being away from home. These
were j. 7. Ragan, Carey J. Hunter, D. y
Carpenter, J. o. Moring S. s. Barbee,
/ Charles z. Mcnamara, W. r. Timberiake,
G. D. Hayes and William Moncure
A somewhat sensational incident Of the
afternoon session was the arrest by Judge
PEBBLES of Mr.. J. Walter Myatt, Of John
ston county, for an alleged attempt to
| influence veniremen against Haywood.
The Judge was told Immediately after re-
! cess by Col Argo and Mr.. Pou that Nh.
! Myatt had been heard to express his
opinion to one of the members of the spc-
! cial veniremen. The judge immediately
| had Mr.. Myatt's name called. Re was not
| in the room, and a deputy was sent to
! arrest him. When brought before the
Judge he said mat he had never thought
/ of such thing as attempting to n
! fuence q venireman. He had expressed
! his oninion to his brother-in-law, Mr..
! Stallings, but he understood he had been
| excused from attendance as juror.
The Judge excused Mr.. Myatt who then
| said he considered that he had a right to
/ know the name of the man who had IN
| formed against him. Col. Argo SAID i
was Mr. Heilg OF this city Ihen Mt
Norris asked for a full investigation OF the
whole thing, and the judge sent Tor NJ
HeiHg, but Mr.. Myatt apparently satls-
fed with knowing who had told tins story
on him. withdrew from the court room
Mr. Myatt last night, being called uE
bv telephone, said that when served Wl'h
tho summons to court, he was getting
readv to go with his wife and baby to
his home in Johnston county. that he was
greatly surprised at being arrested upon
! the charge of attempting to influence
iuror: that he had never IN his long ne
been guilty of such q thing, ana tili'
he had done nothing to warrant what iie
thought was an indignity heaped uFof
him He said that he had talked OF the
matter with his brother-ln-aW, put is
understood that he had been excused q
= Juror and that if every man III Rale'gi
Yesterday who had expressed an oplnioi
ON the case had been arrested, scol''
ouId have been before the Judge; thd
ho was a conservative, laW-abIdlng cltlzeh