Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-07

Seven of the needed twelve jurors were secured in the superior court here We'd nesday in beginning the trial of Mrs. Mabel L Kenyon, wife of Alvin Ken. yon of Pawcatuek, Stonington, on the charge of murder in the first degree in shooting Dr. Herbert Tetlow of Pawca- tuck on June 11th last.
 As fast as the jurors came through the questioning by counsel for the state and tho defense and were declared ac- ceptable, they took seats in the jurors chairs in court so that when court ad- journed for the day at in the afternoon the following were lined up there:
 John H. Wilson, Preston.
 Louis A. Starkweather, Franklin.
 Myron Smith. Rozrah. ..
 Robert A. Peckham, Preston.
 John D. Rogers, Norwich.
 Frederick w. Cary, Norwich.
 Edward D. Tarbox, Lisbon.
 Thrty-fve men out of the panel of ss were examined to secure the seven who were accepted. The following were those who appeared:
 E. B. Cheney, 42 Lisbon, excused by defense. N
 John H. Wilson, Preston, accepted as first juror:
 George A. Kennedy 47, Lisbon, ex- cused by the court
 Louis A. Starkweather, 3s, Franklin, accepted as second juror.
 Michael Brassil, "A, Franklin, excused
 Eugene W. Clark, Franklin, excused by the defense.
 Walter S. Tarbox, 25, Preston ex- cused by the state.
 Eddie Lambert, 35, Sprague, excused by the defense.
 Joseph A. Fitch, Norwich, excused by the court, deaf
 John C. Perkins, 65, Lebanon, excused by the defense.
 Elmer G. Starkweather, 73, Griswold, excused by the court, opposed to capital punishment
 Horace Dawley, Griswold. excused by the court.
 Myron Smith, CT. Bozrah. accepted as third juror.
 Robert A. Peckham, 72. Preston, ac- l cepted as fourth juror.
 John D. Rogers, 49, Norwich, accept ed as fifth juror
 Frederick Y. Harris. "A, Salem, ex- John L. Smith, s3, Sprague, excused | by the court. Edmund L. Weeks Jr., 35, Lisbon excused by the defense. Jeremiah J. Mahoney, 40, Franklin excused by the court. Frederick ". Cary, AS, Norwich, ac cepted as sixth juror.
 Timothy J. Dixon, 35, Salem. excused by the court, does not believe in capita | punishment
 Heman A. Davis, s3, Preston. excuse, by the court, does not believe in capita punishment
 Daniel Day. 4s, sprague excused b. th ecourt, opposed to capital punish | ment
 James W. Huntington, AZ, Franklin excused by the court, would be pre- judiced by the fact of immoral relations
 Clarence D. Boynton, 50, Norwich, ex cused by the state.
 Henry M. Betting, 54, Preston, excuse by ,he state.
 | Alexander B. Pendleton, 7s, Bozraf
 James H. Osborne 5a, Franklin. e1 cused by the court. don't think much ( capital punishment. , Elias F. Corey, 65, Sprague. excuse , hy the court. shouldn't care about vo ing for verdict for murder in the fir. degree
 { John P Hollowell. s4, Preston, ez l cused by the defense. Edward D. Tarbox, 5s, Lisbon, ac cepted as the seventh juror John E. Fargo. 3S, Bozrah, excuse . l bg lhG COul HOl III HIS HI NCLO' of murder in first degree without ey witness. Frederick A. Gallup, 53 Norwich, e, { cusfd by the court. William H. Brown. ST., Griswold, e cused by the defense. John F. Post. e4 Norwich. excused I . l the court, opposed to capital punisl I ment Mrs. Kenyon, the accused woman, ss with her counsel. Judge Herbert W. Rati : bun and Attorney John J. Dunn of Wes g erly, at the end of the long table in tF
 court room. where she directly faced u
 jurors as they took the stand to answ, . the interrogatories of State Attornt Hadlai A. Hull and her own counsel. A torney Benjamin H. Hewitt, prosecutor
 the Stonington court, is assisting the sta
 attorney
 It was often Mrs. Kenyon's decisis C that was the last word to settle wheth, 3 juror was to be accepted or not, f . when the prospective juror had passt e the approval of coursel on both sides, h e attorneys conferred with her and appa
 ently deferred to her judgment in accep l, ing or rejecting the juror. Seated ne 5, to Mrs. Kenyon was her son, Charl
 Church, whose revolver it WAS she h. 7. on the morning that Dr. Tetlow. was sht
 The young man is the son of her fir r, husband. She was gowned as she W