Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-10-22
The Wallace C. Everett Trial.
Charged with the Murder Of Edgar l
Radcliffe Of Paris.
One Of the Strangest Cases Ever Tried in an
Oxford County Court.

| E. E. Whitney, Bethel. Excused as
having formed an opinion.
Dana o. Dudley, Woodstock. Accept
ed and sworn.
Mr.. Dudley's choice completed the
jury, forty-seven in all having been call.
ed to select the twelve members. Judge
Strout appointed N. Dayton Bolster fore
man of the jury.
The striking thing about the examina.
tion of the jurors was the unanimity
with which they stated that they had
formed some opinion about the case,
and the fact that the large majority OF
them seemed to feel that this opinion
would affect them in acting upon the
evidence. Whether the number of
apples which were needing to be picked
at home had anything to do with this
condition, was question regarding
which there was some surmise among
the spectators. After number had
answered to that effect, Judge Strout
endeavored to change the programme by
so wording his questions as to put the
juror in the position of giving more
weight to hearsay evidence and news
paper reports than to the testimony
given under oath, but this seemed to
make little difference, as most of the
jurors still seemed to feel that their al
ready-formed opinion might affect their
action.
1t was just about IL o'clock when the
twelfth man was sworn, two hours hav-
ing been consumed in the drawing of
the jury. Mr.. Swasey being entitled to
two more challenges, desired to take the
noon hour for consideration of the jury
as made up, and after some discussion
by court and counsel, this was granted,
and the court adjourned.
Sheriffs Albert F. Berry of Denmark
and II. d. Cole of Bryant's Pond were
placed in charge of the jury, who were
kept, according to the law, virtual
prisoners, no communication being
allowed with any one outside.
The interest in the case was manifest
ed in the crowd which filled the court
room at the afternoon session, large
portion of them being women. The ex-
pected interesting proceedings, however,
did not materialize. Immediately after
the court came to order, Mr.. Swasey
stated that he had no challenges, and
the jury as constituted was satisfactory.
County Attorney Barnes then suggested
to the court that, although he would
prefer to open the case first, in view of
the condition of the weather and the
shortness of the afternoon, he thought If
view of the premises was to be taken,
it would be better to take it at once.
The court acceded to this, and teams
were at once procured to take the jury
to the scene of the affair on Crocker
Hill, about five miles from the court
house.
Accordingly the afternoon of Tuesday
was spent by the jury in viewing the
premises, and by order of the court they
did not return to the court room that
day, so that the afternoons proceedings
in the court room occupied only few
minutes.
The jury as finally made up was as
follows:
n. Dayton Bolster, Paris, Foreman.
George II. Barrows, Sumner.
Charles +. Berry, Buckneld.
Oscar q. Chandler, Sumner.
II. w. Coy, Oxford.
Dana o. Dudley, Woodstock.
w. NJ. Flint, Sweden.
Frank Gicrease, Dixneld.
George b. McMennamin, Rumford.
Roscoe G. Stephens, Sumner.
Elvern +. Whitman, Woodstock.
r. d. Wight, Gilead.
The jury was accompanied, on its trip
to the scene, by the two officers in
charge, the four counsel for the state
and for Everett, and Everett himself, in
charge of Jailer Farrar, no one else be-
ing allowed to 60.