Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-30
ERROR OF JUROR
HALTS THE TRIAL
Guernsey Visited Scene of Shooting
Without Consulting Court or Coun-
sci in the De Massey Trial.

what effect 1t may have on this case,
! though. We will now separate for the day.
and 1t becomes my duty to admonish you
| not to converse among yourselves nor with
this case"
Justice Blanchard added very earnestly
that the jurors were not to go to the scene
OF the crime and that they were not to be
influenced by anything not produced before
them In court. Then he discharged the
jury until 1890 o'clock this morning.
After the jurors had gone Justice Blan-
chard sent for Assistant District Attorney
Ely. and they discussed what had hap.
pened. Assistant District Attorney Taylor,
who is In charge of Mr. Jerome's appeal
bureau. Joined the conference When It was
over Justice Blanchard said he didn't know
what he was going to do. He would con-
slider all the phases Of the case and look
up the law on the subject over night. and
this morning he would make known his de-
cisfon In open court. 1t Is possible that
Justice Blanchard. to obviate any error,
may decide to send the jury as body to
the scene Of the killing.
Fired Three Shots.
Policeman Werzansky, who arrested Mrs.
de Massey, swore yesterday that Simon
identified her as the woman who had shot
him. The policeman arrested her in the
street and took her to Simon's office
Il asked him, What did she do?'" said
Werzansky, land he replied She fired
three shots at me- Then I said, Put your
hand on the woman who shot you'-there
We're others in the roOm-and he put his
hand on the defendant. and said. This is
the woman who shot me- She said No I
didn't do it. Then I showed her the re-
volver and said is this your revolver? and
she replied. No. 1t doesn't belong to me-
1t appeared that Mrs. De Massey wasn't
very much excited She carried handbag
parasol and paper bag filled with sam
pies. She went calmly enough to the sta
ton. and Capt. Kemp asked her why she
had killed Simon. She said she hadn't
After the French woman had been locked
up, Werzansky and another policeman went
to her bag and got the keys to her apart
ment. They searched the place. and in a
sewing machine drawer they found a box
of cartridges. They took them back to the
station, where ex-Assstant District At
torney CardozO was examining her. He
asked her how long she had had the sewing
machine. and she said for some time No
one else had access to it. He showed her
the box with cartridges and she said there
were pins in it. When he opened the box
and showed her the cartridges she said she
had never seen them before and she didn't
know what they were. The cartridges fitted
the pistol with which Simon was killed.
She told Mr.. Cardozo that Simon had meyer
insulted her or offended her in any way.
Defendant Very Animated.
Mrs. Annie Menzies a police matron gave
some testimony that greatly interested the
woman spectators and others She said that
Mrs. de Massey carried a silk bag which
was hitched to her waist with sllken
string. She carried the bag between her
underskirt and her outside skirt Just what
she used it for did not come out but the
prosecution suggested that the revolver
could have been carried In this bag.
Mr. Ely called on Mr.. LIE Ba .bier to pro-
duce the bag. Mr.. LIE Barber promptly re-
piled that he couldn't produce it.
Mrs. de Massey was just animated and
clipper yesterday at any time since the
trial started When Policeman Werzansky
told of how Simon identified her as the
woman who shot him she became very
angry and said in voice audible to almost
every one In the court room: You lie!
you lie! After that she took things calmly
enough.