The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26

fact. the attorneys for the defense an
peare TO be quite confident Those
for the state are Saving wod" ant
saying nothing The next move, tC
be made tomorrow. will be awaited
with interest
Defendant in Court.
8 Dr. ]. II. Feist the defendant in
the case, was present in court this
morning accompanied by his attor-
neys and his brother from Alabama,
Bert r Feist He seemed calm and
. unmn'led and greeted his friends
with his usual genial smile and affa.
Bile manner. lie is represented by X,
IT McConnlco, Gen. Robert Vaughn
Judge j. NJ Anderson Rutherford &
Rutherford and Alfred T. Levine ]
10. Mangram, former husband of the
murdered woman. and prosecutor In
he case was prescpt in court this
morning together with Mrs. Logan
Trousdale, sister of the dead woman,
They occupied seats behind the table
Of Attorney General Bass and with
/ them were Mrs Martha CullOm and
| Miss Cola Culom. with whom Mrs.
| Mangrum had boarded The state Is
; represented by Gen. Bass. W. IT,
Washington and litton Hickman.
| Buford Duke and John Norton are
engaged by the defense TO make a
stcnoeraphic transcript Of the eyi,
d,ncc and proceedings in the case.
Owing 10 a wreck M ihe road At
torney General Bass was somewhat |
delayed in getting to court and the /
parties just sat around for awhile /
awaiting his arrival When he came /
however. a conference was held by
The LAWYERS for the prosecution and
hen the Witnesses for the state We're
informally called. Five Of them IN.
der Subpoena failed 70 answer to their
names. and Mr. Bass announced that
The state was not ready for trial un-
less those who We're uader Subpoena
ana who had failed 10 answer put in
their appearance He asked for writs
OF attachment for he following five
witnesses. who were in and around
the city and who had been seen dur
ing the last day or two, according 10
Gen. Washington; J. K. Gentry 81.
mon jenkins. colored: Marshall
Thompson r H. Mitchell and Jos
eph Franklin, c0lnred.
Work Of Getting Jury.
The case was then passed over IN. !
til tomorrow morning to allow the Of
fcers to GET the jurors mp and the
remaining witnesses as well. The
in court remained awhile,
and the attorneys for the respective
sides conferred with ,aen
Ii is not anticipated that a great
deal of trouble will be experienced in
securing a jury The old story Of
forming and expressing an opinion
from reading the newspapers is no
going 10 figure So greatly this time. it
is said, for the reason that much Of
the matter written about the case
was simply rumor, gossip. hearsa%
theory and supposition and did not
parpOrt to be The statements OF wiz:
nesses. II -ook many days to secure a
jhry in the big Cox murder case. bu,
in that cas- the statements Of wis;
nesses had been written mp exten-
siyely, and then here being four dc.
instead of one, the number .
Of peremptory challenges was mu2n
greater.
Peremptory Challenges.
In this case, there being only one
defendant. the defense will have only
lwenty-four peremptory challenges
and he state Only s.x-jhirty in all.
0f course he usual challenges for
cause will obtain, The first pane
therefore in the cFist ca will con
ain about forty-two names. as against
about 1872 in the Cox cas- Each
Juror selected and each challenge ex.
laus'cd cuts hte number in the panel y
me each time. Should enough panels
De exhausted TO use mp the FIRST ye.- -,
re before securing jury q second
'enire of yeral hundred viii then be-
summoned
There have been ahou. 100 witnc-
IS summoned in the case most of
H'it -U 'I' Htditr 3. Us una lHfN.u.
The trial of the case VIII likely con, b,
ume about cen davs.
Or. Feist was indicted IN April . -
COG, as follows:
State OF Tennessee. Davidson Coun
n.y. January term OF The Criminal a
Court 1906. .
The grand jurors for the state Of
Tennessee duly elected empaneled
worn and charged TO inquire for the
body Of the county o. Davidson and +
state aforesaid. upon heir oath aforc- a
aid present.
That J Herman Feist NJ sad O.
ouniy yeoman. heretofore to-wit. On 5
he lilh day Of December. 1905. with q
Orc and arms in the county afore- &
"a d, unlawfully feloniously. wilfully b
Bremeditately and ms
iciou iy did make an assault upon tho
Iody q one Mrs Rosa Maucrum aafi
ler. the said Mrs Rose Maugrum, he. i
he said J. Herman Fist. then and ,