The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-04
Jury SELECTED DURING EARLY
HOURS TODAY AND TRIAL
PROCEEDS.
NEGRO IS UNM0VED
Watches Proceedings Without Any
Sign Of Agitation.-State intro
duced Two Witnesses Dur
ing Morning.

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wasted in getting down to trial, and
az q result Of rapid work there were
eight jurors selected during the af-
| ternoon session This morning the
remaining four jurors were select
ed without either side exhausting
their challenges.
The state introduced two witnesses
| during the morning hours to show
that Johnson was seen in company
with Joe Larkins, who was con-
gicted Of this crime in March last,
on the evening before the murder
OF Jack Jones.
Out OF a special yenire of one
| hundred men service was had on
eighty-two, and two of this number
! failed to put in appearance, leaving
only eighty from which to select
jury in the Johnny Johnson case.
OF this number eight were excused
by attorneys and ten presented GER
! tificates of illness. The state exer-
cised the right of challenge in eight
instances, while the defense chal-
lenged eleven veniremen. There
were nine challenged for cause.
The jury selected Is as follows:
b. F. Stout, farmer, Ennis; j. c.
Wolover, farmer, Italy; j. L. Wood
all, farmer, Waxahaehie; Mack
Weatherford, farmer Ferris; j. r.
Ross. farmer. Foreston; A. f.
schrader, farmer. Milford; S. p.
Wilson, Waxahachie; J. T. Tyson,
farmer, Ferris; r. S. Hodge. farmer.
Bardwell; Paul Dahnke, merchant,
Boyce; C. II. Sharp, farmer, Italy;
III. II. Farrar, salesman, Ferris.
There were fourteen of the We
nireinen who were not needed
| evidence IL Circumstantial.
The first witness introduced by
the state was Tad Satchell, who tes-
titled in substance that he knew Jack
Jones during his life time and also
1 knew the defendant. Johnny John
son He said also that he remem-
ing of Jack Jones, that he was at
Harry Parks market when he heard
OF the killing Of Jack Jones. He said
he went with Feray to Johnny John
sons home on Sunday morning of
the killing. The witness told of see
ling Johnny Johnson and Joe Larkins
in conversation in an alleyway near
the Jackson garage on Saturday at
ternoon before the killing. The wit
ness also told of seeing Johnson and
Larkins to gether before that time
at johnson's home. The witness al
so told about seeing blood spots at
various places in the garage The
! witness claims to nave gone with
lFeray to the home of Joe Larkins,
where they We're Joined by Armon
Yates. Walter Hargus and others
later, Were met at the door and
informed by Rosa Larkins they could
/ not come in, but they went in and
searched and found the pair OF ov-
erals and a coat with blood on
them. Feray got up into the loft
aud found the coat. The witness
was left on watch OF the house until
Others CAME to relieve him. When
witness started to town he saw
! Weaver Hickman and Red Watson
with Joe Larkins. The witness
claims to have seen Johnny John
son Saturday night about 10 O'Clock,
when he and his wife. Stella. had
a fight The witness claims to have
seen Johnson at gate talking to viii
Harris about 1880 O'Clock Saturday
night, but did not see him again
until he was arrested and brought
back
ON cross examination the witness
said in substance that he went to
work at o'clock on sunday morn
ing OF the killing, He declared he
only saw blood near stove and in
the sleeping room, Said he saw ne
groes in the alieyway about o'clock
saturday afternoon. The witness
told OF having passed Johnny John
sons house on Sunday afternoon
and saw Larkins there. he told OF
hearing some one talking TO Will
Harris at the gate at / O'Clock Sat
urday night aud that Harris said il
was Johnny Johnson. Witness said
Jack Jones Was small man, that ne
weighed perhaps 1870 pounds. lie
expressed the opinion that Joe Lark
ms was lsrge and strong man. Rosa
Larkins told witness sunday morn
Ing that Joe came home between
II aud I , O'Clock.
! Witness l. CorretoFate.i.
The second witness Tor The state