Evening journal., 1905-03-16
The Respective Counsel
This Morning Agreed
Upon the Remaining
Six Members of the
Trial Committee
Names 'Of the CIergymen
Who Will Report Upon
Guilt or Innocence Of
the Two Suspended
Preachers

After spending an entire day in Sc
lecting a committee Of fifteen to act as
the jury in the case OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church against the Rev. Drs.
Wilbur +. Corkran and Charles S.
Baker, who are under suspension on
the charge Of stock gambling through
Zell and Merceret brokers, Of Balti-
more, the trial was started this morn
ing. Counsel for the church and the
defendants came to a final agreement
as TO the jury last night, when they
selected six, which with the nine agreed
on from the list submitted by Bishop
Goodsell made up the fifteen. The
trial is being held in the Sunday school
room on the second floor of Grace NJ.
E. Church and will take several days.
Shortly after the conference was
called to order this morning the Bishop
asked counsel If they had agreed on
a committee. Both sides answered
that they had and the following list of
men who VIII sit as a jury to hear the
evidence against the two ministers.
was handed to the secretary by the
Rev. Ralph T. Coursey, Of counsel for
the defense.
LIST OF JURORS.
L. e. Barrett Dover. Del; ]. o.
Reese, Beckwith, Nd; E. H. Nelson,
FELTON,, Del; william Cashmere. Fred
erica. Del; F. G. McSorley. Kent Is
land, Nd; ]. w, Jones. Townsend, Del. .
J. p. Outten,. Cape Charles. Va; V. f,
Hills, Gumboro. Del; c. A. Hill Sails
bury, Nd; G. w Townsend Hurlock
Nd; G. L. Hardesty. Whitesvile, Del;
q. T. Anderson. Snow Hill. Nd; G. w
Prettyman. New Castle. DELI f. p
Roberts. Chestertown. Nd: Asbury
Burke Wesley Wilmington.
On motion of the Rev. e. L. Hof-
fecker, the select number was confirms
ed by the Conference. The Rev. As
bury Burke is the only member Of the
committee who has a charge in this
city.
Bishop Goodsell announced that with
the cheerful consent Of all concerned
Bishop Cyrus d. Foss. OF Philadelphia
will take the presidency OF the court
All those connected with the trial
granted a leave Of absence during the
trial.
Bishop Foss requested the counsel OF
both sides and the committee to meet
with him at once in the Sunday schoo
room where the trial sessions will bs
held. The counsel on both sides fol-
lows:
For the accused. the Rev. ]. A. p
Wilson, of California; the Rev. ]. ID
c. Hanna, OF Philadelphia; the Rev. ]
B. Mann, Central Pennsylvania Con-
ference and the Revs. Ralph T. Cour'
sew and ]. n. Lindale. Of the Whining
ton Conference.
For the church the Revs. A. w
Iightbourne, William Writ King, J. w
Easley and II. S. Thompson, OF tn
Wilmington Conference, and the Rev
w +. McDowell of the Philadelphia
PROCEEDINGS SECRET.
The select committee with the counse
went into session at 9.45 o'clock and a
% o,clock took a recess for dinner. Whei
tbe reporters went to the Sunday Schoo
room 10 get a report Of the proceeding
thew were told that positively nothini
,,,o,,,d he given out until the entire cas-
,s concluded and the report is made Il
The conference. It was explained tina
both Bishop Goodsell and Bishop Foss
the presiding officer at the trial ha'
recommended that nothing be made pun
lie in connection with the trial until tn
end After the session was opened tn
committee was asked what action
would take in regard to the newspaper
( and unanimously voted to make nothini
I public.
COUNSEL DISAPPOINTED.
Counsel IN the case had no say what
ever in this matter and all OF them Of
both sides seemed TO be disappointed tina
tho newspapers were shut out. Severa
of them were interviewed but they al
stated that they could divulge nothing i