The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-06-06
THE TRIAL
PROCEEDS
Jury In Ellsworth Case IS
Chosen and Preliminary
Testimony Being Taken
(From Tuesdays Daily)

Frank Ellsworth for the murder o
Earl Dockray opened this morning
with smaller number Of people In
the court room than was present
yesterday. This was due to the fact
that the large special venire called
for the selecting OF the jury was
excused yesterday and to the fact
that it was understood that the min
or Witnesses would be examined to-
day The number of spectators in
creased during the day and this aft
ernoon the court room is filled with
people who are eagerly intent on ey-
cry word OF the trial.
Defendant Shows Effect Of Strain,
Yesterday the defendant, Els
worth, maintained a steady COM
posure throughout the proceedings
and was apparently little affected
by them. The selection Of the jury
yesterday afternoon, however, and
the pledging of each man before he
was allowed to take his place in the
Jury box that he believed in inilict-
ing the penalty Of death and ac-
cOrding to the law, was willing to
accept strong clrcumstantlal evidence
as sufficient for conviction, had a
visible effect on the prisoner at the
bar. Today much of the outward
composure of the defendant has CIV
en- way and he is carefully intent
upon every step.
Ellsworth is man of thirty or
less. with "a well built up body, per-
haps five feet nine inches in height,
He has smooth light brown hair
which he parts in the middle, gray
blue eyes, well defined features and
Is smooth shaven. He has a high,
though narrow, brow a strong prom
inent nose and an abnormally broad
and long upper lip, His face and
makeup show latent strength, His
countenance shows one who has hab-
itually and knowingly INDUCED him.
self in dissipation.
The Jury.
That all the principals in the case
were unknown here was conyincingly
shown in the examination of the
large special venire in selecting the
Jury Both Ellsworth and Burk, the
other man held under a similar in
dictment, were unknown even by
name to most of the veniremen and
none of them knew the prisoners.
So well has the evidence in the case
been guarded that practically none
of the venlremen could show a
knowledge Of the facts that would
disbar him from service, In rev
cases the prosecution found ground
for affection to men who had signed
the subscription list for the fund TO
reward the captors OF the murderers
OF the Dockray boy. Most of the
men who we're challenged for cause
were barred on the ground that they
objected to capital punishment or TO
conviction on circumstantIal evil
dence. The jury which will hear the
trial Of the case and decide Els
worth's fate, is as follows:
--- Lard, transfer man; W.
II. Coble, real estate agent; G D.
Murphy, nursryman; C. S. Linn, lum-
herman; r. i. Moss, real estate man;
O. 0. skipwith, grocer; John Rid
ings. blacksmith; ALI Stanley liv-
eryman: G. A. Gosser, cigar maker;
J. w. Minter, dairyman; O. schang'
butcher.
Judge Browning was very explicit
in instructing the Officers in charge
OF the jury and of cautionlng the
members themselves to be extremely
careful in their talk and actions.
Large Number of Witnesses.
The large number Of witnesses
sworn this morning after the case