The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-10

In a court officers room down stairs was the aged mother of the two men, the divorced wife of the murdered man. She was hoping and praying for the freeing of her sons.
 The rear benches of the court room were filled with the men and women of the Andrews family. With them sat the young wives of the two accused men. both with babes in arms.
 Natural Children of Andrews.
 And. dividing interest with the two prisoners, were boy and girl of Il and 12 years. They were the principal for they were at the home of Jamee Andrews when the double crime wst committed. They were children James Andrews, but their mother h l never been his wife. He had. how$ 1T. always done the part of a fatht by them.
 One important witness was still miss ing when Judge Miller called the case for trial. A deputy sheriff had been sent down in Monroe County to bring him back. Solicitor Thompson wanted proceedings postponed until he heard from the deputy. Within an hour a telegram came telling the solicitor that the deputy was on his way to Camden with the wanted witness and the case was again called.
 Hon. J. N. Miller, for the defense, pre- sented a written motion for the quash- ing of the venire, setting out that there had been certain Irregularities in the drawing of the venire and the submis- sion of the names to the defendants. The principal specification was that the court officials had confused the names of Joe Lambert of Prairie Bluff and Joe Lambrect of Bakers Bluff. He was sustained in his point by an argu- ment by his associate counsel, P. E. Jones. The arguments made were an- swered by Solicitor Thompson and Colonel Quarles, attorneys.for the pro- secution. Judge Miller considered the question, overruled the motion and then ordered the case heard. The defense noted an exception and the court ad- journed for dinner.
 Drags on Through Afternoon.
 The selection of a jury through long rainy afternoon went monotonous- ly on. The county has been wrought up over this case Men have talked of 1t, and they have formed opinions. It is the most sensational case Wilcox County has ever had, and from It's dis cussion has come fixed opinions. and for all of which, the courts found 1t difficult to get jury whose members had formed no opinion, had expressed no opinion, and were satisfactory to both the State and the defense.
 The usual number of veniremen who show up at murder trials and say they would not hang on circumstantial evil dence answered the judges questions and were excused from jury duty.
 The court began the jury selection at 1:30, and it was thirty minutes be- fore the first qualified juror had been selected. The defense found 1t neces- sary to challenge frequently and often. Four of the jurors came up and in an- swer to the question, Have you a per- sonaI interest in the conviction or ac- auittance of the prisoner" said they had such interest. It developed by other questions that three Of them wanted the prisoner convicted and one wanted him acquitted.
 venireman Tells of stewart.
 The sensation came. however, when yenireman Morgan was being exam-. ined. He said that one of the witnesses in the case had talked to him about the murder of the accused man. He gave the name of J. B. Stewart, a well-known young man of Wilcox County, and a witness in the case. He had heard stewart say that Hanging was too good for the prisoners"
 Mir. Stewart was immediately called before the bar. He had. he said, ex- DTeSSGQ declared that he did not know the men he had talked to had been summoned as special jurors.
 After questioning Mr. Morgan further Judge Miller sentenced MT. stewart to i've days imprisonment in the county jail. And to the sheriff. the fudge said, when administering the sentence, When I say put him in jaii' put him in jail"
 The defense, in the questionings of the veniremen, took notice of the daily newspaper reports of the trial as so far made. The attorneys for the defense wanted to know if the special Jurors had read any reports of the trial in the newspapers. which would affect their verdict.
 After three or four questions of this nature, the solicitor protested and the questions were left off. The examina- ton of the veniremen continued far into the darkness of November night before twelve men acceptable to both