The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1909-05-07
Has Occupied Attention Court.
For a Week.
Nov in Hands Of Jury and q
o|tiCt CT Disagreement Expect
/ eG at Any Time.

~ the most important cases that
~ Ittracted the notice Of this sec
~ nd engaged the attention and
~ Grafton OF Jury has occu- |
Hed ,he attention OF the court this
~ eek, From the moment II was called
4 Aul IL was given TO the twelve
= Zen who should weigh the testimony
Md render a verdict, 1t was strug-
yStse between giants From Winchester
~ Prestonsburg and from Ca'lettsburg
&N Huntington, with the best OF the
S&5uisa bar, the renowned in the pro
S,sslon OF law-that science which has
seSJen called the perfection OF common
iS&tense had been summoned 10 prose
y>lute the slayer OF John Whitaker ON
q that fateful Sabbath night Of Septem-
Sber last, and TO defend and give
- back Dir. Marcum 10 an anxious wife .
Ssnd children, freed by the verdict Of .
twelve men, good and true. And !
y while the interest and concern Of the
public were great the battle waged by |
Athe stalwarts OF the bar was no less
q strenuous. The play OF these OPP, !
Sponents was, in some respects, like
Apnto the strife waged by players Of
lethess. No move was made With.
HSout It's motive, and no move was
1made unmatched by the other side.
aStep by step the game was fought
Railways noticed by the attentive on
Blocker, often noticeable for the skill
Ssnd brilliancy OF the move.
4 The case was called on Thursday
fnornlng and. contrary to general 6X-
spectatlon, both sides announced ready,
Pud presently the tedious work Of
Smpaneling a jury began. Sheriff X.
d Stone is related TO DR., MarCum,
die only defendant on trial, although
frank Blevins, now dead, and James
Alemore, OF Prestonsburg, had been
Unity indicted for the killing Of
b'ttaker, and the court appointed
tAH Johns special bailiff TO sum
" n what Jurors might be needed.
alhe prosecution presented such nm
aay as Commonwealth's Attorney
3hn Waugh, Frank Hopkins, of Pres
Kinsburg.. CaIlie Howard, Of MaEufiin
Younty. and A. Floyd Byrd, Of Win
lhcster Opposed TO these were John
lb Marcum, r. r. Burns, NJ. c, Kirk,
Il W Castle, A. ]. CARED, G. W.
Ikaggs II. c. Sullivan, Judge w. w.
llarcum, W. d. O'Neal,Jra NJ S. Burns
1nd T. y. Marcum.
2When Greek Joins Greek then come
g. tug OF war" The examination
y the regular Jurors occupied tn en-
M5ure afternoon, and when the panel
Ma exhausted only seven jurors had
81 ocn obtained The defense was
81 Killing that special Bailift Johns
bould summon bystanders and Others
H. were competent jurors, but the
" iosecution insisted upon names be
drawn from the jury wheel FIJI
names were drawn and the of
Eprs were soon on their way tt
Lmmon these parties. Near and far
I'd far into the night they rode t'
hrform this duty But on Thursda,
NJ and Friday and Friday night
orm swept over this county, Rnt
4 he rain fell in torrential fury
4 reel,s and all manner of stream
rrW ont of their banks and iloode
- hs county from RockCastlc to Ben
reek aud from Louisa to Laurel an
NM In day long for two days, the Cour
I9t and the net result was -four nor
Jurors. The people summoned sin
hy could not get here, At 2.r' n
Saturday the Court gave It UP an
Miadfourned until Monday morning. NJ
nIpng after Court opened On Monda
n' the twelfth aad last juror was Obtain
H. and at about eleven o'cIoc
: ale taking Of testimony began.
M The following jurors were telecte'
y IGus Moore, Wm, Holbrook, Chas Hi
AHelps c. B. Stuart, Henry Bishop TO
L Gaines NJ. NJ Baker, Con Bishop
lIY y Webb, Lys Prince, Dock Carter &
III W.T. Kane
The examination in chief
HH witnesses for the prosecute
continued all day Monday and
10 about eleven o'clock of Tuc'di
when 1t rested and the defense t'
the floor. The examination of with