The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-16
TRIAL OF VIM. WILLIAMS
SLAYER OF JOHN WHITE BEFORE
 COURT.
Interest in Case is Widespread in Pen- sacOlR, and Entire Day Was
 Spent in Selecting
 Eleven Jurors.

Pensacola, Fla, Aug. lO,-Nbpeclai. -Intense interest Is centering about the trial of William Williams for the murder of John White was started.
 The entire day yesterday was taken up in tho selection of jury and, up to o'clock last night there were but eleven men satisfactory to both sides of the trial. The twelfth and last man was secured after a short time when court convened this morning at 10 o'clock. The trial Is proceeding. but 1t is not thought that 1t will be finished before Friday. and a verdict is not or dinarily looked for until about Friday afternoon.
 Williams. the alleged murderer. has manifested the greatest of interest in the selection of a jury. Added to his own interest is that of his wife, who sits constantly by his side and urges him to activity many times. She also takes great interest in the selection of a jury and more than once upon her representations a temporarily accepted turyman is rejected.
 Everyone of those selected at the session of yesterday were from the ru- ral districts. One of the first jurors on the first panel was F. c. Brent. A re- tired capitalist of this city. He sat for some hours in the jury box until the State rendered the panel then made up. The defense called MT. Brent to the front and in reply to questions the gentleman stated unequivocally that he had resentment against person who would be guilty of committing such a crime, filed with the enormity of that attributed to Williams.
 He was rejected by the defense upon this reply Prof. H. F.. Graham, form erly supervisor of city school and prin- cipaI of Pensacola High School, was n. fpr hut were strongly fixed and it finally was developed that he held no great love for a man who would shoot down two of his fellow citizens. He was excused by the defense The selection of the Jury occupied more than eight hours. The members. being all from the coun try, seemed to have no settled opinion of the deradful tragedy. hut had heard of 1t. In the city. as had been expect ed. everybody held an opinion. and somo of them stated with positiveness that this was of such nature that 1t would take monumental lot of evidence to remove. Without exception they were all rejected. This had been expected. however. The witnesses for the State are almost exclusively from this place, and many printers and newspaper workers are in the bunch. James White, the son of the murdered man, has recovered sufficiently to be in the court room and he IS one or the most material of witnesses. He sits with the States attorney and frequently gives out some good points.
 One of the other chief witnesses is Robert Mcclellan, who Is a printer. and who, upon hearing the shots. rushed into the store and disarmed Williams as the latter was in the act of breaking" his pistol with the idea of again filling the emptied chambers and inhictine either death or injury to the rest of those In the store This witness went on the stand today.
 The case for which Williams is today on trial Is that of murdering John White. Whatever the outcome of this case he will be placed on trial almost immediately at the conclusion for the murder of Edward Dansby, the clerk he killed This will he the most bitterly fought case in tho history of Escambia County courts.