Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-23
BOSWORTH JURY SELECTED
Three Hours Required to Find
the Right Twelve Men.
Light on the Line of Defense shown
In Questions Put to Prospective
Jurors-Few Objected to
Death Penalty.

Locked in connecting rooms on the Sec
ond floor of the Hotel Vermont. In Gus
tody Of Deputy Sheriff Ravlin. there slept
Monday night IL good men and true, VINO
in county court are facing Arthur Bos-
worth, the young Englishman charged
with killing Mae I,abelle on tho station
platform at Essex Junction June Z, ana
having evidence which may send the
young man to death by hanging or pro-
cure sentence of life imprisonment, or
perhaps acquit him on the charge on
which he is before the court.
The jury was completed Monday night
at five o'clock after hours of work on
the part OF the court and the attorneys in
the case large number OF talesmen
had been called and these were nearly
all exhausted before the panel was COM
plete Attorney General Sargent and
States Attorney Shaw. who are conduct
ing the prosecution, did not offer many
objections to the regular Jurors or tales
men. a. L. Sherman, who was assigned
to defend Bosworth, is assisted by Attor-
ney S. r. Mouton. Mr.. Sherman raised a
! technical point on tho ground that the
| talesmen were called by the sheriff before
the regular Juror list had been exhausted
| Many of the talesmen stated that they
| had been called Friday by the sheriff
some by card and others by teiepnone
Judge Alfred A. Hall had Ny. Sherman's
objection noted on the court record.
The men who will determine Bosworth's
fate are:
! NJ. A. Kenyon. farmer Of Westford
Earl Aver merchant OF Shelburne
John s Benhnm, salesman OF Milton.
T. coc for ~ RI ~
lington
G. NJ. Huntley, farmer OF Westford.
Martin Hill, farmer of Charlotte.
A. c. Huntley, a laborer Of Bolton.
II. w. Tracy, a merchant of Shelburne.
John |. Spear. a mechanic OF Charlotte.
A. Sykes a farmer of Hinesburg.
Clark Graves. a farmer Of Underhill
Harry H. Page. farmer of Hinesburg.
H. W, Tracy Of Shclburne was selected
as foreman Of the jury.
small, nervous, shifting man, Arthur
Bosworth sat in the courtroom Mon
day afternoon without apparent com
prehension OF the serious business that
was going forward. Bosworth Is Of slight
build. with prominent nose and re-
cedinS chin and forehead.
Dressed in a dark brown coat and
IISHter UTOWN trousers anu constantly
twirling a cap. Bosworth sat bumped
over in his chair while the process OF
drawing the panel was going forward
He was quick to laugh at any humorous
remark on the part of the Jurors, but took
no particular interest in the faces OF
the men who were to determine his fate
Some light on the line of defense tina,
Is proposed in Bosworth's case was had
from the line of questions put to the
jurors and talesmen. The trend OF these
questions was whether the prospective
juror had any scruples concerning capita
punishment and whether he had any
objections 10 the prisoners mental status
being introduced into the evidence; also
whether the Juror thought he could re
turn a verdict carrying with 1t the dealt
penalty as readily as one carrying onl,
20 warrant It, But few had any objec
ton to the death penalty and only
few stated that they had formed 81
opinion that would require strong evl
dence to overcome.
When the oath had been administers,
to the jurors Judge Hall gave them IN
structons as to their conduct during tn
case. He told them that all their per
sonai mail would be bject TO inspcctio
nished them would have eliminated from
their pages all references to the ,ria
: The jurors were then taken In chsrg
: by Deputy Sheriff Ravlin and went /
, the Hotel Vermont for the night.