New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-20

and white feathers rising perpenoieu-
larry In tho back. was OF the pattern
worn enrly In the summer. Her waist
was Of white silk, with a white lawn
color that had q rufFie in the back.
As. with tho reading Of the name,,
Of the talesmen Mrs. Carmen slipped
back in her chair to a comfortable
nositlon. 40 the other persons, robbed
Of their opportunity TO gasp at snort
intervals, settled themselves Tor what
excitement the jury selection might
bring forth. William Quinn was the
6rst talesman to be questioned. lie
and twelve others had been temporary
ly placed in the jury box, the system
differing from that followed III INC
courts Of New York City. .,
This Illustrates it: On Quinn's fall
ure to qualify he was excused, and,
Instead of proceeding TO the man next
on the list, the man who sat IN seat
No. 2, another man was calieu anu
placed in seat No. I, the examinations
Continuing until one of the men step
ping into seat No. was acceptaDIe
TO both sides.
Oysterman Is Foreman.
The examinations began at 1920.
Seventeen minutes later Robert +. Lud-
lam, an oysterman Of Oyster Bay, was
sworn in as the foreman. The BURST
Of speed so surprised every one, even
the attorneys and Justice Keiby, that
predictions were freely made that the
Jury would be complete shortly after
noon, Twenty-one minutes later the
second Juror took his seat. By 1880,
when recess for an hour was ordered
six Jurors had been chosen. once IN
the morning and once in the after
noon two jurors were chosen WITHIN
five minutes of each other.
Two features Of the examination OF
talesmen stood out: Celia Coleman
will be tho principal witness Tor the
prosecution, and that fairly efect1al-
" disposes Of the theory that the DIS
trict Attorney has withheld ms
strength for the trial. Another polnt
is that william J. Burns is certain 10
testify for the state.
Each talesman was asked by potn
sides whether the fact that prospec-
tive witness was a negro would impair
the value Of the evidence TO be given
b. that person.
Only one or two said they would
give less consideration to the testi-
mony of negro witness than to
white witness.
Mr. Graham, in his questioning,
asked whether the fact that Burns was
a detective Of nationwide fame would
place higher value on his testimony.
Fully half the time the talesmen,
many Of them farmers, said they didn't
know who Burns was. Others hadn't
read of the discovery that Mrs. Car
man had installed photograph be-
tween her room and her husbands Of
fee. One man, ffty-six, said he had
never read a daily newspaper until the
present war began.
Mr.. Graham asked each talesman il
he had heard of the Carman dicto-
graph. and then, after telling those
who hadn't all about it, asked whether
the fact that Mrs. Carman had in
stalled such an instrument would cause
prejudice against the defendant. In
variably the talesman replied that it
would not influence him against Mrs.
Carman.
Dictograph Brings Laugh.
One reply to this latter question,
with the added remark: "Do you con-
slider it sneaky?" caused a long gem
eral laugh. James II. Aston, of Port
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MANS Sons, publishers, who became
juror No. 10, made this hesitsnt reply:
"Well, | wouldn't be prejudiced to
any degree, but | shouldn't like my
wife to install a photograph in my
home"
Mrs. Carman twisted around in her
seat. almost overcome by surprise and
mirth Toward the close of the ses-
sion Mr.. Graham harped on a feature
that had been only an incident in his
questioning of talesmen earlier. In
asking whether the talesmen knew any
of the persons associated with the
case he included Bailey. But after a
time he enlarged on this by adding:
"When | say Mr.. Bailey mean the
man sitting there at the District At
tOrney's table, who is here waiting ap- !