The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-24
.HAINES' LITTLE
SON SOBS WHEN
FATHER APPEARS
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tinued crying, quietly, at intervals
when the prosecution mentioned the
statutory penalty imposed for the
crime with which Haines is accused.
Haines, who was seated Immediate
Iy beside his counsel. Judge Robert
E. DeForest and two seats removed
from. his counsel, Jacob Klein, who
today conducted all questioning of
jurymen, appeared cool and collected,
viewing proceedings with >dispas-
sionate interest.
His right arm rested upon the
counsel table, his feet resting beside
the forward legs of his chair. His
head was turned towards the witness
box, and with few exceptions he kept
this position without variance Of a
fraction of an inch during the two
hour morning session.
Haines since his Incarceration in
Jail has grown perceptibIy thinner in
body and has grown a black mus
tache. He was attired in q dark suit
of clothes, a blue sweater and among
the court attendants and attorneys
was the most inconspicuous figure In
the enclosure
At the conclusion of the morning
session, of a panel of thirty-five jur-
ors originally drawn, only IT remain
ed, with four chosen. After three
challenges by the state. two by the
defense and 10 excused by the court,
Elmer H. Wakeley, Of Monroe, a ma
| chinist and married, was accepted
on the jury.
Up to the. noon hour those chosen
were WakeIey, Stanley Botsfords a
married rea1-estate dealer of Mon
Echant of Darien, married, and James
Toohey who gave his occupation as
| a jewelry dealer of 563 Warren st.
Bridgeport married.
Careful guard of sthe prisoner is
being kept by Sheriff Pease who has
beside Haines.
h The first intimation of the lines
along which the defense may be
conducted was disclosed today in the
questio Joining OF jurors. Besides the
customary questions asked by States
ing, the defense closely questioned
each juror as to his feelings upon the
use of liquor. Particular stress is be-
1 ing laid upon the posi- biIity of objec-
ton to liquor when used to such ex-
cess as to leave a man accused of
murder 'in such a, state of mind that
he could not distinguish between
right and wrong
Is This line. of Questioning is taken to
| indicate that the defense will attempt
to base at least one defense upon the
ground that generalization was impos-
sib1e.
Jurors were encountered this morn
i ing whose scrupIes against capital
punishment were pronounced. These
were immediately excused by order of
the court. No unmarried juror had
been accepted during the morning ses-
/ sion.
i Thomas G. Ward Of Huntington,
foreman for gas company, testified
that he had worked for IS years for
one company and then suddenly hast
ened to correct the statement by the
fact that his connection had only last
/ ed IT years and II months.
/ The presence of Drs. John G. Lynch
and d. M. Trecartin in the courtroom
4 led to the belief that alfenists may be
called to testify in the trial.
At noontime buts17 jurors remained
ITO be called from the original panel,
leight being required to fill the jury
/ box. Preparations to call an additional
panel were being made by the court
officials.
Jason S. Haines, who was put on
| trial today for the murder of his wife
/ in their Trumlbul1 homestead on the
! Chestnut Hill road during the morn
ing of Sept. ~, 1915, is a well. known
resident and property holder of this
| section. He formerly lived in Fair
Held, but coming of an old family OF
Settlers he took up his residence in
the homestead of his ancestors early
i IN L. 4 o.
Ha1nes is accused Of having had
an alteration with his wife on the
morning of the shooting. to have fired
4 at her IN the home as she was calling
/ for aid sby telephone and to have
| pursued her as she fled from the
| house in a mortally wounded condi-
ton and to. have emptied the shot
! gun into her as she ran across the
i Tagging OF the rear yard.
When found Mrs. Haines was dead
i terribly dishgured from a charge OF
the left side of her body.
The Trumbun and Bridgeport po-
lice authorities were notified and be
/ gan active search of the countryside
for Jason Hatnes. who was known
/ to be hiding in the woods. He was
4 not seen until Septem Der 10, when he
| appeared in the town of Newtown
and his identity suspected, he was in
vedgIed to have some drink at a local
1 resort until his identity was estaib-
lished and was then placed in GUS
i tody. He was brought before a
| grand jury and held for trial by the
i superior court
Haines upon being captured APP
peared to have been suffering from
4 the effects Of alcoholism or dementia.
4 He declared tina the had been walk
ing through the woods and along
i roads for the several days that elaps-
i ed between the time OF the crime
and his capture.