The evening world., 1910-12-13
BROKER ON TRIAL
FOR HIS LIFE IN
KILLING
-Four Jurors Already Chosen
to Hear Evidence Against
Louis v. Seydell.
TRAGEDY AT BUNGALOW
Well-to-Do Contractor Shot
Down by Resident in Aris-
tocratic Summer Colony.
GEDY AT BUNGALOW
tSperiai 10 Tbs Evening woYd.)

Jurors m the box the second day of the
traai Of Louis Victor seydeii for murder
IN h first degree opened before SUI
prSms Court Justice Deboeuf here to-
day, with tho prospect that by to-mor-
row at the latest twelve acceptable men
WIN have been found and the taking of
evidence begun Even for 80 poor a
snscoacle ~ the tiresome examination
Of talesmen the courtroom is packed.
for no criminal case IN the history OF
th4D section Of tho State has created 80
much interest.
The prisoner b a rich New York orok-
er. With offices at No. % Broadway. His
victim was Clement Demaron, the rich
81 poalian In Ulster County and a leader
among his oountrymen. The killing oc-
curred on July "a OF this year in front
Of 6eydelrs new bungalow In the heart
- the Arlstocrauo summer colony OF
West Park. near Esopus. OF which John
burroughs, the venerable w~riter-natu-
rahst, n the dean.
u was on the advice Of MI. Burroughs
that Mr.. Ssydsil bought a place there,
and the two men were fast friends I'M
I'll the tragedy. Then. holding the
shooting to have been brutal and I'M
5ustihable. Mr.. Boroughs signed q
formal denunciation OF Seydell's act,
putting his name at tho head OF a list
which included nearly all of Seydells
wealthy n~eighbors.
Killing Dramatic.
,Demaron met his death under the mos,
dramatic conditions Imaginable. II
WAS on a sunshiny Sunday morning
that Demaroh with three of his men
started up a winding wood Dad which
traverses West Park with a couple OF
wagons loaded with building material
en- route to the site of some cottages
which Demaron was building.
The previous day Demaron and Sey-
dell had had a quarrel because De-
maron insisted on taking his wagons
past Seydelrs place and also because
n of his sub-contractors on the day
before left a mortar mixer at the edge
OF Seydei's estate.
The fatal clash came right NJ seyd-
eN's picturesque house OF logs. In
'front.' Of the bungalow Seyden's two
little children sat In q pony cart. From
h porch the brokers' wife. a hand
SSA1S yObhe S.AAoh wAkuCSStu ING
tragedy.
At the sight Of the approaching
wagons Seydell ran into the house,
Mrs. Seydell has testified that she sa "
Demaron following him and utter,ng
threats. She confessed that she armed
herself with a carving knife, and that
she pressed into her husbands hands
a heavy service revolver which he had
carried through the Spanish war as a
captain in an Indiana regiment.
Victim Held Boulder.
Showing cartridges into the maya
zine of the pistol. Seydell issued from
the house and advanced upon the halt
ed group OF Italians. Demaron stood
In the road with a large boulder in his
hand. According to his helpers. he
had picked up the stone to block a
slipping rear wheel and had no hostile
intent
AZ any rate. Seydell ired his first shot
while the victim was In a half STOPPING
posture. The bullet ~ploughed through
the abdomen. As Demaron pitched for
ward Seydell fred again. This time the
lead pierced Demaron's heart. He die
Instantly.
Not knowing whether his enemy was
living or dead. Seydell Jumped into the
cart and drove 20 Kingston to consult
with friends and an attorney. BY the
lawyers advice he returned TO Highland
and surrendered. He has been a pris-
oner in tho county jail ever since.
To defend him Seydel has retained an
imposing array OF lawyers. His plea
will be self-defense. based largely upon
threats which Demaron Is alleged to
have made before he started up the
mountain
Mrs. SeydeNs evidence IL also counted
upon to help him, Al the Coroner's In
quest she made the unique explanation
that mental suggestion from her might
have precipitated the killing, She swore
that as her husband advanced across
the lawn she, believing he was In peril
of his life, clasped her hands and whis-
pered Involuntary. shoot, Victor
shoot"
TeIepathy Governed Mind.
The first shot followed SO closely
upon this inaudible plea that she felt
sure, she said, that ~tolepathy governed
the husbands mind
on the other hand. other eye-wlt-
nesses declared that Mrs. Seydell. from
the doorway, vas imploring Seydell TO
come back and not to fire. A damag-
ing point against Seydell Lies In the fact
that one OF the bullets was fired into
Demaron's back.
There is no denying that public senti-
mcnt is against the accused man. The
feeling has been especially high among
the members OF the big italian colony
at Highland. Demaron operated a hotel
and a store and did a contracting ous!-
ness in which he employed hundreds oil
his countrymen. He was kindly to
nesdy Italians. The West Park e
dents liked him for his courtesy and az
liability, while Seydell was not part!cu-