New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-20
TWELVE MEN PICKED
IN RECORD TIME
NeiqhborS of Principals in
village Tragedy to De-
eide Prisoners Fate.
NEGRO MAID TO
BE FIRST WITNESS
Coleman Girl May Reveal Sc
cret" of Death Window in
Doctors Office.

DUNkUl y OhANN
s+sr Correspondent o. The Tribune
uoeols. Long Island, Oct. 19-"They
,ssk good to me-
With this remark. following the sc-
,.D,snce at ass o'clock yesterday a.
,,roOn Of the last Of the twelve jurors
v.o will try her for the murder OF
W, Louise Bailey, Mrs. Florence Car
man glanced toward her attorneys In
n. Nineols courtroom and exhibited
her greatest enthusiasm Of the day IN
full. confident smile.
cur;ouslv enough, "they looked good
% District Attorney Lewis J. Smith
and 10 William Bailey, husband Of the
,l,ip woman. ard also probably TO the
one hundred other persons present
who had seen in the first day of the
rroeeedings fun jury selected, one
~ the swiftest if records do not show
8. 10 be the swiftest selections Of a
complete jury in a modern murder triaI
+, county where TO man is supposed
obe an utter stranger to the others.
q wasn't looking for any but mer
who car be relied or to do their duty.
ssd Mrs. Carman. They are very sat
idsstory 20 mo and I shall be pleased
TO trus. my fate TO them"
agrs. Csrman told me this morning
,he would have been willing to accept
any twelve men on the panel without
ny questioning them" said John j.
Graham, Of her counsel
I'm satisfied said Bailey. They
look Intelligent"
I'VE couldn't have found a better
Jun said tho District Attorney.
The attorneys swept through the lis'
statesmen as if mounted on a moving
machine. cutting down this man foi
this reason and that man for thai
cause.
Five Hours TO Pick Jury.
n an only five hours and ffteer
minutes we're consumed and only forty
q the original $50 talesmen summoned
were examined when Justice Kelby de-
,srsi an adjournment until 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning. when the District
Attorney viii open this case.
Celia Coleman. the negro maid. for
nsry in Mrs. Carman's employ, whose
second story. contradicting fatty her
first. was that she saw Mrs. Carman
hurry into the kitchen after the shot
that killed Mrs. Bailey had been fired
her left hand under her right arm, as
i holding something concealed under
hr kimono. viii be one of the first
witnesses, according to the District At
ioney's plan tonight.
In every other sensational murder case
hat has been given great publicity the
defendant always has taken an inter
e'ted. active part in the selection Of
he men who were 20 decide whether
liz was 20 be the forfeit. But Mrs
Csrman did not participate in this i'm
iortant phase Of her trial.
She spoke 10 her cross-examining at.
ioney John J. Graham. only once
shen a prospective juror was being
9uestiOncd, and that was after the law
ytr had made Up his mind to challenge
he tslesman. She sat easily in th'
''atude Of one who might have gained
'er seat in the courtroom through The
nndness Of a friend. and when ques
ions drew answers provoking laugh
@e laughed as readily and freely as il
n'y were grotesquely staged utter
irees, 10 be repeated mirthfully latel
Al dinner table.
Mrs. Carman Confident.
"ot a line showed on her brow or 8
uasG Of worry in her confident eyes
aNnln three feet of the jury rail anC
@''hg sdewise the seat eventually oc
''ied b. the sixth juror, she looked
"'heiy at each talesman undergoing
-'nnnsiion, turning her gaze away
,'s'd the window always when thu
'al'iet Attorney asked a talesman:
have you conscientious scruple.
Fs'hst capital punishment"
4 ou the question brought no sudder
-'s Of color through her cheeks. mol
's her eyelids seen to futter at tn,
rV'peet Of death in the electric chair
w mat flush was always absen'
''n her face. It came al times
-''''' though, when the room warmed
- snd not when questions and an
might have been expected t
-" IN her worry over the outcome
i great deal Of the thrill tha
l 'eeh worked up by spectators il
1 'slVes before 10 o'clock came yes
morning was sapped out stead
" the day wore on. Furthermore
s.s.. were not many persons in IN,
VOm 70 give the opening session
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