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ATTENDING TRIAL
snead Murder Case Attr = Crowded
Court Room and Pre-
cautions Are ng
Tak
SELECTING The JURY
Boyce viii Be Charged With Break.
Ing up the snead Home by the
Stealing Of the
Wife.

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FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. L.
That A. G. Boyce, Jr, broke up his
home, forced him to place Mrs. Snead
in a sanitarium to escape his atten-
tions and that young Boyce then, with
the aid of his father and nurse, stole
his wife away and eloped with her to
Winnipeg, Man, will be the story un-
folded to the jury here by j. B. Snead
millionaire banker of Amarillo, Texas,
now on trial for the Staying of A. G.
Boyce Sr Snead shot the elder Boyce
to death as he sat in the lobby of
hotel here, and from the statements
Of his attorneys and their work in
selecting jurors, it is certain this
story will be used as the basis of an
"unwritten law plea in justifyina
the shooting. The defense is fighting
for jury of married men.
Two jurors were seated when the
trial was resumed this morning. Let
ters and kilograms which passed be-
| tween Mrs. Snead and young Boyce
while Mrs Snead was confined in the
sanitarium, will play an important
part in the case They will be intro
duced by the defense and are expect
ed to involve others in the elope.
ment.
4 The various threads of the case
now present hopeless tsngle ol
4 charges and counter charges AS ss
result of the attentions and elopemen
of young Boyce, his father was slaiI
and Edward Throckmorten, an impor
tant witness for the state, is still in &
4 serious condition from what the
prosecution alleges is poisoning.
4 Both families involved are wealthy
the men on Snead's bond representing
nearly a billion dollars in wealth
while the Boyce fortune and those ot
the family friends are back OF the
prosecution.
4 Bitter feeling is evinced on ever.
side and today, as heretofore, every
person entering the courtroom was
carefully searched for fire arms.
Only one juror was obtained during
the morning session OF the trial of
B. Snead for the murder of A. G
Boyce Sr, today. The third jurol
selected is J. A. Mileaney, so. He il
, married and has two children.
Il The other two jurors are A. A. Phil
, lips, a farmer and W. w. hampton
grocer. Both are married and hav,
. families.
, The defense showed clearly today b.
: its questions to veniremen that i
. wants only jurors born in the south
married and having families and VIII
, strongly advocate the protection O
the home. All veniremen who ha
!, formed opinions on the case fror
q reading newspaper accounts OF tn
! killing OF Boyce were excused. Thre
who said they had formed an opinion
but could change it, were challenge
9 by the defense.
The courtroom was crowded to tn
:, limit when the case was called, nearl
: a score of women crowding their wa
!, into seats we'll toward the front The
:. were searched along with the men, b
: deputies guarding the doors for fir
: arms, as a bitter outbreak involvin
: the entire countryside is feared b
: the authorities.
:, Sensational developments CROWN
: out of the alleged poisoning of Et
: ward Throckmorten, the states sta
: witness. were promised today Throcl
!. morten is still in serious conditio
and arrests are promised as soon a
the investigation is concluded.