The independent-reporter., 1920-02-12

b.ea lBa4 aa Cedar stree. aad II is
asderf food that they Joaed one OF
f5a local ordeez in town - MAN and
vie. during Their stay here.
Somerset Pomona Graoge vas called
AID accepted.
After recess ". W. Nye OF Fairfield
was excused because OF the illness OF
his wife. Ralph Yeaton oil Norridse-
woek was excused and Forrest l..
Head Of Fairfield who stated that
lie was personal friend OF Mr..
Burke, was also excluded. George l..
Gilman OF bingham, a farmer and
married was accepted as was o. X.
Fuller, an auto dealer OF Hartland.
Charles r. Ames OF Pttsdcld who had
earlier asked TO be excused. was call
ed, but allowed to step aside and +.
II. Yeaton OF Mercer, a farmer stated
that he had two small children, had
previously asked to be excused and
W do dltO GU ~ oA' - tAFnihat ~At'Ni q
l.. Hatch OF Fairfield, shoe clerk.
stated he was Il sufferer from chronic
asthma, sustaining severe attacks
night and morning. The defense
challenged and he was excused. Fred
Parkman, second hand dealer Of
Skowhegan claimed poor memory and
was excused. Frank G. Emery OF
New Portland. connected with the
G. II. Bartlett Mfg CO., was called
challenged by the defense and eX-
cused e. i. Andrews OF Bingham
grist and sew mill man knew both
BARLEY and Burke by sight. Didn't
feel hardly competent to sesye he said
but was accepted. t,us completed
the panel but Mr.. Mills of St Al
. bans and Mr. Mcclure OF Skowhegan
were challenged by the defense and
were excused. Percy r. Ames OF
Pittsfeld, farmer. was accepted, but
- later excused because of sickness in
- his family. Scott Jones of Solon who
at the forenoon session asked to be
excused was called but allowed tC
= step aside. Elmer II. Worthen OF
. Cornyile, a laborer and married, was
challenged by the State and excused
George Soule of Skowhegan, carpen-
ter and millwright for the American
- Woolen Co., was accepted, again max
- ing the twelfth man on the panel
w r. Tibbetts was then excused be
cause of illness in his family. f.. S
y Paine. a farmer. of Anson. was ac-
y cepted. Henry Hight, salesman in
p Ordway's at Skowhegan, was excused
Ira Poland was called and challeng-
ed by the defense. Bernard L.
Avery. a farmer of St Adams. made
the twelfth man on the panel for the
third time The men were allowed
to telephone to their homes under the
care of officers and court was sus-
pended until 30 o'clock this morn
ing. Edward f Merrill. County At
torney, will open the case for the
State shortly after the court comes in.
Sheriff Mooers Is on hand with a
large force of deputies. Fred Hay
den is Court stenographer and the
press has been assigned to quarters
in the rear of the space within the
rail
Two people who have been as close
ly connected with the terrible up
riyel tragedy as any in Jackman are.
as naturally would be inferred first
the widow and secondly Chris Boyle,
the manager of the dead mans hostel
cry, the Moose River House To Chris
Boyle the day after the murder came
the shocking news and it was his duty
as the friend aud trusted employee
of the dead man to break that news to
the widow This duty he performed
but in what manner it was accom-
plished and how it was received had
best be left yeiled for the present. at
least. aside from the simple reply Mr.
Boyle made to the newspaper mar
that she took it very seriously"
Mrs BARLEY who was in Skowhe
gan at the time the Grand Jury was
in deliberation over the matter of in
= dieting Burke, met the Reporters
# representative in the lobby of the
d court house and granted him a few
S minutes interview. She is an attrac
+ tive woman of the blond type. the
a likeness herewith reproduced not be-
= ing complimentary in the least. She
d was attired IN black, with a flowing
veil, emblematical of her widowhood
{ and in spite of her cordiality there
n was noticeable a subdued air of the
8 great sadness which heightened by the
/. mystery surrounding her husband
;, demise hangs over her She was for
. merly Miss Zola Moore, and prior tt
her marriage to Nelson BARLEY she
), was employed at his hotel. She men
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