The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-09
FARMERS PREDOMINlzE;;
OLDEST IS So YEARS.
Jury Was Completed Just Before Noon To-day,
and on the Reopening of Court This Afternoon
the State Presented the Outline of What 1t Will
Try to Prove.

A jury was completed in Washington
county court to-day to try George A.
Long on the charge of numbering Mrs.
Lucina c. Broadwell in Barre on the
night of May 81, 1919; the state pre-
sented an outline OF the case which it
will endeayor to prove and the jury, to-
gether with court officers and others con-
cerned in the case, came from Montpelier
to Barre to look over the locations which
will be brought out in the trial. frhe
actual beginning Of the case will come
tomorrow morning.
The jury is made up as follows.
Maynard King, 81, Calais, a road pa
trolman.
Ira H. Edison, 90, Montpelier, janitor
Thomas ]. Ferris, 90, Moretown, an
undertaken.
Frank W. Nichols, 81, Montpelier, auto
liveryman.
Raymond E. Campbell, 20, Fayston, a
farmer.
Charles w. Codling, "a, East Montpel-
ier, farmer
John w. Alexander, 80, Middlesex, a
farmer.
John L. Baird, 5s, waitsfeld, a retired
farmer.
M. c. Barber, so, Waterbury,'a a farmer.
A. ]. Patterson, 62, Middlesex, farm
cr.
Walter D. ordway, s4, Montpelier, a
salesman.
Edward E. Kellogg, O.. Montpelier, a
property earetaker.
All of the iurymen are married men
with the exception of Juror Ira H. Edison
of Montpelier, who is a widower Mr..
Edison is also the oldest man. being 60,
while Raymond Il. Campbell Of Fayston
is the youngest, being %. Farmers pre-
dominate in the list, six of the men be-
ing engaged in that line of occupation.
The drawing OF the jury was not com
pleted until after two special panels had
been called and talesmen had been sum
moned from among those in the court
room at the time the last panel was ex
hausted In addition to the usual mum
Der of Is, list OF 81 men we're called
prior to tie trial When the latter list
was exhausted in yesterdays drawing
the court sent out a summons for 81
more men, Not enough Of these q were
on manu- tU-udN Abl lHt tliliHE Vht u NAlN
jury, so the court called talesmen.
The state exhausted its six challenges
to-day by challenging Lyon Brown Of
Worcester, who was drawn last night
and placed in the jury box. The defense
exhausted its last challenge on John
Turney of Moretowh to-day. The state
also challenged Lewis Rock of Northfeld
to-day. while the defense challenged Ira
Holden of Mortified and E. V. Wiley
of Barre Town.
Six others We're taken out Of the jury
box yesterday afternoon by reason Of
challenge, three by each side. They were
F. T.. Morse. Northfeld; L. A. Bullock,
Northfield; L. c. Hammett, East Mont
pelier; Jasper Thompson, Middlesex; G.
i. Wheeler, Worcester, and Jerome
Stone, Northfield There were three
challenges each by the state and the de-
Tense
The Information Read.
When il was announced that the jury
was complete, shortly before noon, the
clerk of the court read the information
brought against Long, charging him with
the murder of the Broadwell woman,
after which the attorneys went to the
bench and made arrangements for the
remainder of the procedure to-day. 1t
was then decided to take the jury to
Barre to look over the various locations
This trip to Barre was made following
the presentation of the case before the
Jury at the opening of the session this
afternoon. 1t was expected that the re-
mainder of the afternoon would be taken
up with the visit to Barre SO that there
would be no time for the presentation OF
testimony before tomorrow morning.
Although there is nothing certain it is
said that Mrs. Gertrude Hunt of Spring
field, formerly Of Montpelier, will be one
of the first witnesses presented by the
state. Mrs Hunt was one of the chief
witnesses before the inquest There are
said to be in the vicinity Of 80 witnesses,
all told, who will be called upon TO ap-
pear in court.
When it became evident that the avail
able Jurors were exhausted to-day, G. G.
Sleeper of Moretown was the first tales
man called. He was Immediately dis
qualified for having served on the grand
jury.
4. II. Kellogg of Worcester was tales
man on the last jury. He had formed no
opinion about the murder, He had no
scruples as to circumstantial evidence or
capital punishment He was retained in
the jury box, only to be challenged later,
W. d. Ordway OF Montpelier had no
opinion relative to the case and had no
scruples as to the death penalty upon
circumstantial evidence He never saw
the Site Of the murder He was retained
and eventually became one of the jury
of -.
Examination Of Papers.
II J. Ferris, an undertaken, had no
scruples relative to circumstantial evi-
dence if the evidence was strong enough.
Longs attempted escape left no impress