St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-10-28

Sicily. two others were excused fo
cause. and the defense exercised it
| fourth peremptory challenge on No
Breaux of Arnaudville. Anothe
batch of four were then brough
in and all soon were excused TO
cause.
/ Armstrong Smith, of Arnaudville
| a farmer. single. proved after lonl
examination by the defense and ;
| short examination, by the state, &C.
| ceptable to both and became tn
sixth juror.
| Court convened at 1905 with ;
crowded room. The quiet and de.
corum of the crowd has been re-
markable all along and in strong
contrast with other famous trials.
Carriere again appeared cheer
/ full and smiling, but he appeared te
be beginning to show signs of strair
by twisting his ring or handker-
chief frequently.
4 The first Juror examined on his
voire dire was Alvin Hanks. a moss
manufacturer of Port Barre. WheI
| shown shown certain article ap-
pearing in the New Orleans Item
shortly after the killing of Swords
he said he did not remember hav-
ing read it, but had it done SO il
would have made no impression as
| he did not consider the Item re-
liable Mr., Hanks was acceptable
to the state and defense, and be-
, came the seventh juror.
J. B. Mills of Sunset. a farnfer and
married, who said he was not po-
| litical friend of the deceased, was
quickly accepted as the eighth al
ror.
Henry Verrit proved to have
scruples against capital punish
ment and was excused for cause.
Paul st. Amy had fixed opinion
and was excused. Adolph Reed Of
Eunice, and Howard AlleG. unmar-
| Pied, a drug clerk II II as'lIngton,
were questioned ut length. rhe .ie-
Tense finally used its fifth peremp-.
tory challenge on ifael. while Al
g. Dekerlegand ct Arnaudvlile
said he was 62 years Of age, and de-
Tense counsel questioned him at
length as to why he did rot claim
| the age exemption against jury
service. Mr.. Dekn; u,gand Thought
Lit duty to serve il foIn9aLant, ltE1
finally did clai the exemption
lad was exeused. WlhIe Bpiley,
aged 81, married, farmer from
Plaisance, qualified readily as the
tenth juror.
R. H. Barry, Jr., Of Sunset, and
uJles Darby of Arnaudyille, were
quickly excused as having a fixed
opinion, as was Austin Reed; sick
ness excused Charles Delacroix of
Arnaudville.
The state used its second per-
emptory challenge on Marshall
Doncet, farmer from Grand Prai-
RE.
Dudley Berwick, lumber mer-
chant of Eunice, had formed an
opinion but thought it could be
changed by proper evidence. In
answer to a question by Attorney
Perrin, Mr.. Berwick started a state
ment to the effect .'he could not
conceive of any evidence that would
Justify fugitive from justice in
killing. Here he was stopped by
the court. Attorney Rosenthal of
defense made motion that all ju-
rors all ready in the box be dis
charged on account of the partial
remark made by Berwick. The
.sonrt overruled the motion on the
ground that the remark was unin-
.entlonally only partial and that the
jurors had been repeatedly warned
% pay no attention to extraneous
remarks.
George Guitroz of Arnaudville and
,'heo Deyaleourt of Sunset were
excused for cause both having
fixed opinions. During the day
L. Austin Fontenot for the state
and Attorney Perrin for the defense
largely conducted the examination
of the talesman.
Sol Cannon of Eunice, was
friend Of Sheriff Swords. but re-
fused to state whether he had al
ways voted for him.
His examination brought forth
perhaps theS sharpest tilt between
counsel Of an otherwise quiet trial.
Asked If he would require Carriere
to prove his innocence he said:
Yes, because he knew he done
it.
He qualified this by saying his
opinion was based on hearsay and
could be changed by proper eyi-
denee. The court took up the IN
terrogation. decided Cannon had
misunderstood some of the ques-
fions of counsel, but was in fact
competent juror. The defense ex-
ceDted to the courts rulings and
exercised its sixth challenge.
Court then recessed.
During the afternoon session the
tension of the trial became ma
terially higher, as evidenced by the
increased severity with which
talesmen were examined by both
state and defense. and the. frequent
sharp exchanges between counsel.
IN most cases the state appeared to
have the best of the argument as to
the competency Of jurors and was
upheld by the court. The defense
filed several bills of exceptions.
DR.. Merrick w. Swords. of New
Orleans. a son of the slain sheriff,
came in on the afternoon Frisco and
took his seat with The counsel for
the state. and B. F. Nannoy. close
personal friend Of Swords. who has
advised with District
Attorney Garland and I. Austin