The Washington times., 1918-07-24
CANDLES COUNSEL.
| Plans TO ATTACK.
SIGNED CONFESSION.
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U0Yntng, making = total OF thirteen
Who hsVS 0dAlihed out of the SOW
enty~9tx examined 90 far. Those &C.
Il A snaith. 7. A stoneburnsr, 4
= Wa1kor, RASiOus Mcdonald. w. A.
1attinEfY, JeSsie Morria, W. 3. Kid
WeTl and ]. wesley KidwelL
". H Norton, IT. who was &c
cspted yesterday, wAa excused today
tecauga - had conscientious scruples
0ga1nst capital punishment
~ sExteen to he ChoseA.
ICourt adjourned today at noon after
NO panels had been exhausted. It
will reconVsne tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock to examine another panel
of twenty IN an effort to secure the
three more Jurors needed TO complete
She panel OF sixteen. The defense VIII
strike four.
Indications today were that Il may
heeome necessary to go into one or
more neighboring counties for Jurors.
Under the laws Of Virginia jury
must be drawn from among those re-
siding within q radius OF not more
than three miles from the scene Of
The crime Having exhausted such q
lst Il becomes necessary to go into
smother county. Only q few names of
9ualined jurors remain.
sinea the Werres case has at
tTacted 20 much attention the ma
5oPity Of those excused from service
BASED their claim for exemption on
ne fact that they had read the
RaVrgDapeF accounts Of the crime.
Judge John T. Goolrick commended
ChO DSOplO Of Alexandria county for
3haif Newspaper reading. He said 1t
EanSetsd great credit on the men Of
tAo county.
ga nan is not quaIifed to sit on q
3arS 81 this time who does not read q
nsRspapsr." said Judge Goolrick
There Is concern in court circles
OvUf where q jury can be got to try
the eases OF Newman and the Bur
goaB woman Indications are that all
Juror available In either OF the three
eases VIII be used in the Gamble
soaring.
That the signed confession Of Gam
lie tnay be attacked by counsel for
ne defense appeared certain today.
ThS first confession was signed By
Robert L Newman. the other soldier
a the case. when the two men were
taken to Richmond, Va, from Camp
Lee, where they were held as de-
OortArs. Gamble signed q confession
n Richmond OF the following day.
Il WHs % upset on the night We
were taken TO police headquarters
hat didn't know what was do
fng," Gamble told The Times repre-
sensitive. ''Some detectives took me
into q room and got me 20 muddled
that I don't know what all / said
and done. On the next day they told
M to sign q paper and I did So"
Charges that the officers used third
dagrse methods to obtain the confess
oaon may b made BY counsel.
At no tine, not even in the signed
eontssalon, has either Gamble or New
neu admitted having struck the blow
that proved fatal 10 Wsrres. In their
alleged confessions, both admitted
having lift the Washington man,
either with q beer bottle or with q
bar Of iron taken from the hre-escape
% q washington hotel.
Pieces ef broken beer bottle were
nOund near the body beside . roadside
n Alexandria county, but the iron bar
hAs not been found
Mrs Catherine Burgess. the woman
n the case, who left her home at
laurel, Ed. and went away with
Gamble, IL certain to prove an i'm
poFtaHt witness, but neither the pros
esntion ncr the defense will divtIlge
what evidence shs will be asked TO