The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-14

chtitlcd 10 n parole, Willett snapped
back.
Mr.. Fallon forcshadowed willett's
charges that Mr.. Osborne tried TO husl,
up immortality AT Sing Sing. In his al
dress TO the jury. saying that the War
den said to the %convicts. "Of course I'll
tell nothing tn the District Attorney. no
he can't proceed Then. a few days
later. lie said. Mr.. Osborne said. "l'li get
the investigation vailed Of. I'll get hold
Of MIR. Young. "a brother OF Supreme
Court Justice J. Addison Young. a good
friend OF mine He'll get the District
Attorney to pull on this thing" Later.
he said. Osborne told Harvey. before Or.
Diedling. TO shut up"
Then. coming to the actual issue Of
perjury before Dr. Diedling. Mr.. Fallon
pointed u finger at Mr.. Osborne and
cried:
"He knew he lied. WHY didn', he an
swer like an honest man--Oh. no. not
Osborne. He said those cases had never
been brought before the court. an out
and out falsehood.
The prosecution aims no blow at
prison reform. We hold no brief for
or against except So far az the sys-
TEN, AS carried out by this man. could
supply a motive for perjury"
III" then went on TO charge that
through the Mutual Welfare League sys-
tenn the convic's elected sergeauts at
arms. practically ran the prison. and
many used this authority as n cloak
for unspcakable !mmoralities. Most OF
those in the Harvey cases were con.
nected with the league, lie said.
The testimony OF Harvey. a slim youth
of almost blush pall0-. was such that
the only woman in the court room retired
nnsfly .fA Instt.a Tn,,pkiro s.n,, In
sisted that he leave out details" Har-
vsy testified to having confessed to Mr..
Osborne and 10 the prison court. which
the State wanted as proof that NJ.
Osborne perjured himself In denying h
such cases had occurred. For the same
purpose they introduced "A gray slip
signed by the warden recording the pun
ishment OF men In the cases.
Jury Quickly Chosen.
Mr.. Battle got from Harvey the adj
mission ihu, his record at E,imira Re-
!orinatorS. where lie served two terms.
Was of the same unsavory nature al
most as al Sing Sing. and also that
Willett had corrected Harvey's statement
oefor" he wen, to the Grand Jury.
The celebrity With which the jury was
obtained wus a surprise to those who
expected Il would take - full day and
mitch w~rangliug. II required just two
hours and the examination ~ th!r;y-
three OF the $50 talesmen drawn to tind
twelve mon satisfactory to both sides
only nineteen of the forty allowed
challenges were exhaustcd--ten 10y the
defence and nine by TN. state. There
were two p~eTemptcry challenges.
The Jurors almost withou, exception
are men Of middle age. most ot them
with faces tanned and lined by work In
the open air. Four are farmers.
In questioning talesmen the dcferce
asked each II Il, had seen a circular con-
tanning an editorial from a Westchester
paper hostile TO Osborne. and the state
had a clipping from a New York paper
which took the other side. Both had been
distributed widely IN the county. other
questions were whether the talesman
would let Mr.. usl,rne's wealth influence
him and as t. his politics. The Jury Is
composed AS follows:
John Rose. foreman. gardener. Mount
Pleasant.
James 1'riggs. farmer. North Salem,
Arnold Ihlin. foreman OF a gas COM
pany. Scarsdale.
Joseph Mulvey. builder. New Rochelle
Robert Hewitt. farmer, Pelham.
william w. Bullock. carpenter. New
Castle.
David TaN,er. farmer. New Rochelle.
Augustus Travis. retired hotel nan
Ar1sley.
Morris Levi. merchant. ~Tarrytown.
Charles W. Knapp. farmer. Lewishoro.
I.einuel S~chrenkhe!s.n, inspector. Har-
r.Son.
oscar SerSeryran. merchant. Hastings.
tn. Jur} spent the night at the Ora