The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11
OF THE MOHR
TALESMEN IS CHARGED
Catholics Challenged by State
After Investigations by
Detective.
12 JURORS OBTAINED

PROVIDENCE. r. l., Jan. 10.-The trial
OF Mrs. Elizabeth T. Mohr as an Access
sorry and Cecil v. Brown and Henry n.
Spellman. negroes. for the murder Of
Dr. :. Franklin Mohr progressed much
more rapidly thar had been expected be-
fore Judge Charles f. stearns Of the
Superior Court ordered Al adjournment
tonight. Tho jury was sworn In and
locked up pending tho taking Of evidence
tomorrow morning. which will be PFC
coded by a view OF tho scene Of the
tragedy in harrington.
After a formal plea OF not guilty by
all three respondents the drawing Of the
jury began. The panel was completed
at 8 o'clock. The defence still nae two
challenge that could be made. but the
counsel could not agree upon which two
they would remove from the box. 50 that
the jury stood as follows:
charles Clark. Scituate, painter. foreman.
Alfred Duhamel. Manviiie. clerk.
Harry l.. Shawcross. Johnston, mill hand.
william F. Stockwell. scituate. farmer.
Robert d. Heys. Central Falls, decorator
william II. Greene. Cranston. farmer.
J, Austen Shape. SaylesvtlIe. storekeeper
william II. Mitchell. East Providence,
nut and bolt inspector.
ora A. Hill. South Scituate. farmer.
y rnS, unrfi, NG ManS sca'u North su'r sc
chsri>. +. prus.n. Hsrr,sviii.. mill
hand.
Three defendants Arr Cool.
The coolest one IN the court was Mrs.
Mohr, and next after her In this respect
were Brown and Spellman. Mrs. Mohr.
clad in black. sat with her counsel.
Arthur J. Gushing and James J. Fitz-
gerald. while Brown and Spellman were
at the other side OF the enclosure with
william NJ. Lewis of Boston, ex-Assist-
ant United States Attorney. and John B.
Edwards, their counsel. The State was
represented by Attorney-General Herbert
A. Rice and Assistant Acknowledgement
Claude r. Branch.
Mrs. Mohr again failed in an attempt
to get a trial separate from the negroes
and after them. the court refusing to re-
view the decision of Judge Rathbun on
that point. Mr.. Gushing said that Il
would be impossible for Mrs. Mohr to
have n fair trial because the defences OF
Brown and Speilman are ar~taRonistic TO
hers and because the state would put
In what was said to he confessions made
by one negro.
Long nelofe inc nOlf TOT inc court
70 open the building was besieged by
women. who despite the pouring a
stood waiting TO get into the court room.
They were all turned away and none
except members of the bar. newspaper
representatives and the 100 talesmen
were admitted. Even after the Jury
was completed and the extra members
81 the panel had been excused the room
was cleared ~ all not really identified
with the trial.
Time was gained by the cour. in In
risting upon collective challenging.
Counsel were required to agree on each
MAJ to he removed. which prevented
: the wholesale empty,ng of the box. Judge
Stearns insisted also that because a
mar read a paper and got an impression
II was no reason 10 free him from jury
duty.
Catholic Tul~smcn Challenged.
The State challenged every Roman
Catholic talesnan. When a tentative
Jury had been obtained Hugh Carney
Of Providence was challenged. Joseph
v. Aldrich. II private detective, swore
that he went 10 carney's house on
saturday n questioned him. obtaining
the statement that Mrs. Mohr should he
free. 50 Carney thought. because she
had given chari,ahly 10 the 81. Vincent
de Paul Society and was a Catholic "
Carney denied that he had made such
a statement, but the court thought that
4 doubt should he raised and the chal-
lcnGe stood.
MIR. Fitzgerald. counsel for Mrs. Mohr,
sharply attacked the detective. insinu-
atiug that he had been TO other Jurors
last saturday and questioned them about
their religion. Aldrlch denied this and
Mr. FItzgprald became so insistent that
The controversy drew n sharp rebuke
from the court. with the advice that the
counsel eschew religion altogether.
The jurors were taken TO the crown
Hotel to he locked up for the night.
The most picturesque Of he twelve Is
Hi, No. :. aged -. who IL he oldest
and a typical farmer. The jurors will