Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-16
DR.. JOHNSON PLACED
ON TRIAL FOR LIFE
Denies He Poisoned Wife, When
Formally Arraigned in Hus-
tings Court.
EIGHT JURYMEN SELECTED
Presentation of States Evidence
Will Be Started This
Afternoon.
EIGHT JURYMEN SELECTED

Eight jurors had been seated at 3:1J
o'clock yesterday afternoon in tho Hust-
inSs Court for the trial Of DR.. Lcn,ue!
j Johnson who is charged with the
murder Of his wife. Alice Knight John
son. Two venires Of twenty men each
had been exhausted. and jus. before ad-
journmcnt Judge .. {. Richa rdson or
dcrcd third venire Of ;hir,y-six ad-
ditonal taicsmcn summoned. u is cx-
pected that the jury viii have been Sc
lcctcd by noon today. and the trial
viii proceed a once. Adjournment was
made until o O'Clock. and witnesses in
the case were recognized 10 return at
il o'clock.
Upon the reading OF the indictmen mt.
which charges the young dentist with
having administered A dose OF cyanide
OF potassium, 10 his bride OF only three
months = Alice Knight Johnson, tho
nineteen -year-old daughter OF Mrs.
George y. knight. Of 1913 North
rwen;y.second Strect-Dr. Johnson con-
adently faced the court and said: Il
am innocent and have nothing to fear
in facing a jury" The selecting of the
jury then proceeded Al noon Ave
Jurors had been seated. and the first
the court rcconvened. and in tho second
venire three more jurors were quickly
seated Inability on the part OF the
bailir TO find many of the mon on the
second lis; caused the early adjourn
ment Only nine OF the twenty a7-
pearcd IN court. or these three were
chosen in about ono hour.
SELECT EIGHT OF TWELVE
MEN To COMPOSE JURY
sitting in the jury box when court
adjourned yesterday were the follow
ing:
Herman :. Rcams. superintendent OF
the Richmond Cedar Works. OF 3ooS
East Main Street; A. l.. Bailey. claim
investigator. OF 500 North Elm; W.
Lamar Edwards. president OF tho Car
son Live stock Company. Of eo+. Yves,
Grace street; Joseph IT. Lcath, clerk
with Harris. Flippeu & Co. OF 400
North Thirty-fourth Street: John y.
Trayior, salesman, OF 600 East Grace
street: j. W. u. Farrar, salesman,
Of COZ North Thirty-second street;
Charles r. Trant, a salesman. Of "6os
East Broad street: II. Cornell! Branch.
a real estate collector. OF sos North
Twenty-sccond Street. An OF the
jurors thus far seated arc mature bus
incss men.
Before leaving the courtroom yes
tcrday afternoon tho usual adminitior
not TO talk with any ono or to read
ncwspaper accounts OF the trial vas
given to tho jurymcn by Judge Rich
ardson Many of tho mon who were
summoned. but who were not seated.
had formed opinions as to tho guilt Or
innocence Of the accused. and many OF
these opinions had hecn formed by
reading accounts OF the case in Tho
newspapers Charles Il. rrant. ono
Of the jurors seated. said that he had
suffered with cyo trouble at the time
of tho alleged murder and had not
. read tho papers.
Among tho men summoned and cX-
arnincd. but not seated were: William
A. Clark. secretary of The Retail. MGR
chants Association; Leon Wallcrstcin.
president OF Strausc Bros. & Co, Inc:
Edward g. Pricc Of 26oS West Grace
street: stanley +. Tucker. of 403 East
clay street: Marshall +. Gordon. who
was opposed 10 capital punishment:
John r Nuckols, of oi05 Fairmount
Avenue. Mr.. Sucko's was excused.
lie knew the principals in tho case. as
he lives only ono Lloc from the Knight
home.
SCHOOL FRIENDS SIT NEAR
PRISONER IN COIIlIROON
The calling of the nine men. three
selected, and six dism iSsed. consumed
the second Nenire Of twenty men. The
talcsmen rejected yesterday morning
We're: John Finder. president or In,
Virginia Carolina Hardware Company.
II. l., SIG Pickett who
had sfTuplcs as to capital punishment:
James G.. Watson. an insurance man
who had formed an opinion: u. CT.
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