The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-28
JURY Is SELECTED IN CASES AGAINST ALLEGED WRECKERS Archie Lee First to Go on Trial in Train Wreck
 ing Cases
COURT WILL RESUME
 TRIAL THIS MORNING
Defense Expected to Attempt to Re- flute Confessions Alleged to Have Been Made to POlice-State May
 Spring Several Surprises

Establishing the fact that the Sea boa I'd means and not through an accident marked the opening of the trial of Archie Lee in the second division of the crimi- nal court yesterday afternoon before Judge Harrington P Hef1in. This tria is the first of the noted train wreckine cases on the present docket.
 Archie Lee was indicted jointly with w Shan Henry and Amos Smith on the charge of having felonious!y removed a Line railroad at weems on June g, there by causing the wreck of the New York express and the loss of three lives, besides the serious injury of several.
 The Archie Lee trial began promptly at o'clock yesterday afternoon. The en. tire morning session of both divisions of the criminal court was taken up in or ganizing the juries under the direction of Judge William E. Fort and arranging the docket for the week.
 Jury Is Selected
 Early in the afternoon Solicitor Hugo l.. Black announced that Archie Lee would be the first of the alleged train wreckers to go on trial. The selection of a jury then began. Both the defense and the prosecution used several challenges in the selection of the jury. Following are the names of the jurors that will decide the fate of Archie Lee:
 James Walker, Jr., real estate; William H. Conant, stationary engineer; A. Harry Sawyer, real estate: John F. Vaughn, car ....se John w. Ingram, blacksmith; Daniel N. Fike. carpenter; w. A. Perry. insurance agent; John B. Bethea. Sr., real estate; Sam B. Guthrie, mail carrier; Elijah J Brown, farmer, and Basil Cargile, a tim Der helper.
 The defense is representa- by Jones Bar. ton and w. K. Stewart. Solicitor Hugo l.. Black, assisted by Circuit Solicitor Jo- seph R. Tate and Hugh Morrow, are rep resenting the state There is every indi- cation that the trial will last throughout the week and will possibly not go to the jury until the early part of next week.
 Courtroom Crowded
 The courtroom of the second division oi the criminal court was crowded to ca pacity yesterday afternoon. In the cor riders, witnesses, court bailiffs and deputy sheriffs mingled and jostled in feversf interest over what was transpiring with in the portals of the courtroom The state is represented by about 30 witnesses ane the defense has on hand approximatell 75 persons who will testify.
 J. P Carter, conductor, and c. D. Car son, baggagemas ster of the wrecked train testified yesterday afternoon as to th' actual conditions at the scene where tht engine and passenger coaches left th' tracks at Weems. J. D. Perdue, a gen eral foreman at the Sea board Air Line shops, testified as an expert on conditions of the tracks.
 Following the testimony Of Perdue. tn, court recessed until 9:30 o'clock this morn ing.
 This morning the state will place wit nesses on the stand to amplify the proo of the unlawful means to wreck the trair by the accused and also the alleged con fession of the defendant and Amos Smith and the statements made before the grand jury that indicted the trio of alleged wreckers will mark the heavy Lombard ment of the guns of Solicitor Black or the forces of the defense.