The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-17

the JuugeS stand, Wnlch invitation
was accepted.
Wednesday Morning.
When court opened Wednesday
morning at 8 o'clock, it took fully
an hour to complete the quota of
iurymen, the last ones selected being
William Jaynes, Canaan, and H. s.
Simons, Sterling.
Dressed in becoming suit of blue
that showed off to best advantage the
rich, red coloring of her cheeks,
Madeline Patterson, took the stand,
Wednesday morning, and told her
story In the morning a large hat
adorned her head, but at the after
noon session it was removed.
Miss Patterson appeared timid and
nervous and answered the questions
of counsels in low voice, accentu
ated by quivering tones, while on the
stand. Jurymen bent forward to
hear each word as it left her lips and
seemed to watch every move. Her
testimony was straightforward, and
though at the morning session she
did not touch upon the details that
led up to the accusations, the i'm
preston she created was extremely
favorable.
Looking more mature but still
! bearing the freshness of youth that
bespeaks life in the open supurbs,
she was the cynosure of all eyes as
she entered the court room when the
trial opened Wednesday morning and
took her seat beside the counsel for
the commonwealth.
The first impression made upon
the spectators was one of sympathy,
resulting from the impressive ad-
dress of Attorney Balentine, to the
jury in opening the case for the
prosecution when he mentioned the
name of Miss Patterson's mother
lying in the graveyard, the loss of
her brother by drowning few
weeks ago at Glenburn, and the
need of protecting other motherless
! girls.
While Attorney Balentine was
speaking, the young girl trembling
in the chair a few feet away was
seen to bite her lips and then, fail
ing to keep back the tears longer,
burst into sobs that swelled the eyes
of many others in attendance. She
finally gained control of herself and
the trial resumed.
| Another pathetic side of the case
is the presence of the mother of the
defendant, who has spent her all to
save her son from the stigma of a
convict's stripes. Howe's sister is
also an attendant at the trial.
The First Tilt.
The first tilt between attorneys
and Judge Searle occurred Wednes-
day morning, when, following an
hour of almost continual wrangling
over technicalities, the court raped
for order and exclaimed:
Now gentlemen, don't get excit-
ed. You're not in Lackawanna coun-
ty now. Let's try this case peace
ably and orderly and we'll get along
all right"
Despite this declaration, Attorney
Holgate was on his feet with objec-
tions that were overruled as consist
emily as the protests were presented.
DIR. F. B. Davidson, Factoryville, a
retired physician, aged SS, was
the first witness called. He testified
to the birth and age of Madeline.
, The prosecution will rely for con-
, viction on the acts alleged to have
: been committed between September
8, 1905, and December ?. 1906, dur
ing which time Madeline was under
6 years of age and incompetent leg.
ally to give consent,
Wednesday Afternoon.
over the introduction, as evidence
of certain postals and letters that
passed between Madeline and Carl
: the attorneys wrangled interminably
Pleasantries were frequently ex
changed by the learned gentlemen
from Lackawanna county. Madeline
) was on the stand, almost all after
| noon, the last witness for the prose
= cution being her father, George Pat
, terson. The prosecution then rested
e and the defense will open THURSDAY
q morning.
Thursday Morning.
: The Thursday morning session o
3 the trial was given over almost en-
I tirely to the examination of charac
. ter witnesses, several of whom testi