The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-02

quest TOT the mucQ desired i've nun
dred and nifty citizens or New Haa-
over county.
AGAIN HARD AT WORK.
Counsel in the case spent all yes
terday afternoon studying the new
jury list and several burnt midnight
oil last night bent on the same pur-
pose.
Every juror that has done jury
duty in the past two years or who is
not a freeho1ders or who has not
paid his last years taxes will be
known by Tuesday morning to these
Jealous counsel. For all this infor-
nation records have been and will
be searched. Many of the new
jurors will be disqualified by these
causes Of challenge.
ARE THEY CONFIDENT?
Counsel for the defense, since the
selection of the seven jurors, seem
more confident than ever of a VIC
tory. Not for the reason that they
believe the jurors will be partial
far from it-but because they con-
fdently think thai they have secures
unprejudiced, reasonable minds.
That being SO both sides and the
public should be satisfied.
r DEGREE NOT EXPECTED.
A verdict not of greater effect
than murder in the second degree,
which Is punishable by not less thar
ten years nor o than thirty years
imprisonment in the p~enitentiary. is
expected.
TRIED MURDERER BROCK.
OF the now much seven
Samuel Northrop is the only veteran
capital case Juror. He served in the
John Brock case and with his eleven
colleagues returned a verdict of muir
der in the second degree.
AS can be distinctly recalled Brock
slew his wife and buried her body
in a marsh at Queens Inlet.
HOME OF THE JURY.
From now until the end Of the
trial the seven jurors already select
ed will make the court house their
nome, except when taken out to
Deputy Sheriff William Sheehan. The
other five jurors as soon as selected
Will enter upon this temporary but
tiresome life.
The judges room n the solicit
tors office in the court house have
been converted into sleeping quarters
and there yesterday afternoon were
Installed thirteen comfortable cots,
equipped with all necessary cover
ings- The unlucky number gives a
resting place to the special custodian
of the jury.
MORE FERMENTATION EvI-
DENCE.
The state is certainly to
prove strongly that Terry i'm no un-
certain and no choice language
threatened the life of Bland. To the
list OF witnesses, some of whom are
very prominent men, who are to es-
tablish this fact, has been added an
other. Yesterday a subpoena was
issued for City Attorney William J.
to dire threats made in his presence
by the accused against Bland.
LENGTH OF THE TRIAL
1t is conceded that the length of
the trial from the time the taking
OF testimony commences until the
jury gets the case will hardly be an
hour less than a week, as 1t is ex-
pected that the argument alone will
consume two days and the judges
charge fully half a day, to say moth
ing of the time taken in the exami-
nation Of nearly one hundred wit
neSSeS.
WILL COMMENCE WEDNESDAY.
The taking of testimony is expect
ed to commence Wednesday morn
ing, as certainly the new venire
should supply the wanted five jurors
and that, too, Tuesday.
TWO EXPERT STENOGRAPHERS.
Everything possible to expedite
matters during the trial will be done.
Two expert stenographers will be
employed. One will work in the
morning and the other in the after
noon, SO that the court can be kept
supplied with typewriter copies Of
the proceedings without delay.
Miss Stella Shrier, who IS a we'll
known and able expert in this line.
will be one Of the s~tenographers.
TERM EXTENDS.
But for the Terry case the present
term OF court, which was only ap-
pointed for one week, would have
ended yesterday and the following
fortnight's term would have been
convened tomorrow morning. AS it
is. the present term will have to be
extended until the murder trial ends.
though the court will have to rest
tomorrow. and the other term will
in the morning be adjourned until
Tuesday. February 9th.
TRULY A DAY OF RESI-.
The counsel in the case will GER
tainly appreciate this Sabbath as a
day of rest. Messrs. Lewis and
Schulken went to Whiteville yester-
day afternoon to spend Sunday at
home. They will return tomorrow.