The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-25
ONLY ONE
IN EIGI
FOR JURY.
Nearly Four Score Talesmen
Exhausted To Get Ten
Peers of Trumbull Farm
er, on Trial For His Life.
Haines, Little Sons Again
Watch Every Move of Ac-
cused Parent, on Trial For
Staying Their Mother.
HAINEs' JURY.

Staying The1r Mother.
HANEs' JURY.
{ Haass sss..,.l.. pa xahs.ss, ss, Monroe; Ma
2. stanley Botaford, NIenroe Real
estate. Married Age 35-
3. Samuel ,Grunman, Darien Retired.
Married. Age 60.
4. James Fooheys Bridgeport Jewel
ry-a Married Age eS
5. Morris 2Lcbas, Bridgeport Auto
r. III. Sammfs, New Canaan. .Auto
mobiles. Married. Age g.
Z. Louis II Twist Monroe Farmer.
Single Age 81.
8. Andrew p. Bidstrup, Bethel Ho-
tel keeper. Married. Age 460.
9. John T Wilson, GreenNieh. Auto
renting. Married. Age %.
10 George b. Gregory, Easton- Farm
er Married. Age So
H John = Marvin, 50. Farmer Vest
q chsrzeS F. saIlimsn. 81. Faruner.
shortly before O'Clock the Haines
Jury was completed. Preparations
were made for the taking Of ztests-
nnonys1
The secondsday ofesthe FiaI of1a-
SON s. Haines, the TrumbuII farmer
charged withthe murder of his wife
on Chestnut HIIl last September de-
ve1oped into a keen battle between the
state and defense for the selection of
Jurymen.
The county has been secured for
fa1esraGa whose predfsposfti0ns
df fiaf6s ants may be overcome to the
extent Of mpartial1y considering evil
dehce.~ In an effort to ind such men,
talesn1au after taIesman has been ex-
amined at length by Homer s. Cun1-
Infngs, states attorney and Attorney
Jacob B. Klein and his associate conn.
sell, Judge Robert E Def crest
From two panels to the number of
rs, only ten men have been accepted
In the elimination process the court
had exercised its privilege to the ex-
tent of excusing rs ta1esTnen for var-
ious causes The prosecution had
utilized nine peremptory challenges
from a possible Is allowed by the law
and the defense had rejected IA per-
sons. It is not likely that the Limit of
challenges VIII be reached by either
side owing to the fact that at noon
tin1e only two jurymen were needed,
two having been selected during the
morning hours after examination of
Is taIesrnen.
Though considerable controversy
was Waged as to the form of qu estion-
ing to be permitted by the defense, in
which the presiding judge, James H
Webb. took part. it was disclosed that
it was most difficult to select from
among talesrnen opposed to the drink
ing of liquor to excess men who could
set aside their scrup1es to the extent
of accepting upon its trial value such
evidence as might be subrqitted by
aIienists to prove in hypothetical
cases that a man might by the con-
slant and excessive use of liquor
reach q state of mind that at the time
OF q. commission of crime might SO i'm
pair the brain as to preclude per-
son from judging between right from
wrong.
The criminal superior court today
presented a scene of unusual activity.
every seat being filled At the front of
the spectators enclosure sat Hainess
two boys, who watched every move
with the keenest interest
The prisoner, brought down from
the county Jail well in advance of the
opening hour, awaited the calling Of
court in Sheriff Pease,s Office. under
guard of deputy sheriffs-
Later, in the court room, he took the
same chair and attitude marked
his appearance yesterday He seemed
to take greater interest in the conduct
of the case narrowly watching every
talesman examined but otherwise max
ing no gesture or movement that in
dicated his personal feelings
During a recess at which he was
conducted by Deputy Sheriff J. Mills
Tomlfnsor into the corridor of the
building he chatted vo1ubIy with the
guard and also with several of his
former friends Of this city who ex-
tended their hands and wished him
luck.
At the conclusion of a five minute
period he seemed anxious to. be back
ir the court room and led the way,
Immediately seating himself and OBJ
serving the people passing to and fro.
At the opening of court there were
but two talesmen left upon yester-
days panel. Fhirty-hve new names
responded to today's panel, of which
Henry r. Collins, NorwaIk; Charles F.
Short, Newtown: Caleb W. Merritt.
Greenwfch: Arthur p Hatch, Starn-
ford; Tn oma.s p. Cave. Darien: GeorFe
Buxton, Norwalk; Alvin E. Hewitt,
Huntington. and Stephen F. Holmes.
NorwaIl, were excused by Judge Webb
for physical disability or other good
excuse
Carlos d. Brakeman of Stratford ives
the first taIes1nan examined. He had
sat as 5uryman the~F'uda- murder
case His syrnpathies for drinking
men were pronounced. He was ex-
eused by the defense.
Moses H Thorpe. who also served
ON . murder jury. was excused by the
state.
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