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|PILCHARD TRIAL DRAWS
LARGE CROWD TO COURT
Little Difficulty Experienced In Get
ting Jury In The Worcester Coun-
ty Case. Jury Completed From
Special Venires or Twenty-Five
And Five men. Alfred NJ. Brins-
field Foreman.

The trial of John A. Pilchard, in
dicted by the Worcester Count.
Grand Jury for the murder of Step
hen H. Long, colored, Supervisor o
the Colored Schools of Worceste
| county, began this morning at tel
o'clock in the Circuit Court for this
County, having been removed from
| Snow Hill at the request OF the de
PENDANTS counsel. Pilchard is chars
| ed with first degree murder. Probab
| ly never before in the memory of the
| oldest inhabitant has there beer
| such an imposing array of legal tai
| ent upon a single cas- Elm the Dor
! chester county court. Representing
! the prosecution are States Attorne!
| William G. kerbin, OF Worcester
| county, who is assisted by Attorneys
Eugene ODunne and Harry W. Nice
! OF Baltimore, F. Leonard Wales. Of
| Salisbury and former Congressman
| WILLIAM n. Andrews and States AT
| torey A Stengle Marine, of Cam.
| bridge Upon the side OF the de
| Tense are Attorneys Miles & Myers
| OF Princess Anne; Station &Whalen
vi SuOW Hill, 1NdI w SSSOIl, VI ~
comac and Harring, Harrington 4
| comac and Harrington, Harrington
On Saturday last realizing that
the regular panel OF the Petit jury
would not suffice to secure a jury tC
| try the case Special Venire OF
twenty-nine men We're drawn and
this morning after this list had been
exhausted with only eleven jurors
selected another venire of five men
were summoned by Sheriff Mowbray
from the large crowd that had as
sembled to hear the case.
The jurors selected AREA. NJ
Brinsfeld. George w. Bradshaw,
William Z. Layton, William B. Now
bray, Harry L. Brohawn, Hiram In
sley, Raymond Everhardt, George NJ.
Newcomb, Greenbury A. Anderson,
Columbus Wright, William E. Trego
and Granville Smith.
The members of the regular panel
were.
Alfred NJ Brinsfield, George W.
Murphy, Alton H. Spear, Lloyd S.
LeCompte, James McAllister, Russell
S. Davis, Walter H. Meekins, T. Car
ter Hughlett, John f. Willis, George
w Bradshaw, William E. Layton,
Fred E. Ruark Harold Osborne, John
Hurley, Robert W. Pink, William B.
Mowbray. Ernest H. Christopher,
Fora w. Willin. Wilfred Tyler, Geo.
Gerlach, Solomon J. Shorter and
Howard Sullivan Leon f. Bradley.
Hiram ]. Dolby.
Those of the special yenire were:
William Goodman Wheatley Win
ME Wainwright. George NJ. Henry,
Gilbert A. Melvin, Harry L. Bro
hawn, Hiram Ihsley William a. Car
Webb, William F. Hoge, James R.
Jones, William T. Richardson, Ray
mond Everhart, George NJ. Newcomb,
Howard c. Jones, Greenbury A. An
derson. Riley ]. Wiley, Joseph E,
Payne Thomas B. Windsor. Ray
mond S. Handley. S. Dorsey Will
liams, Columbus Wright, James E.
Andrews, William C. Tregoe and
John E. Gore.
The additional five summoned in
order to complete the jury were
Messrs. NJ A. Glover, Granville
Smith, Darcy c. Brinsfeld, Edwin
c. Hopkins and Fora L. West.
Of the regular panel the first man
to take the oath, former Sheriff AL
fred NJ. Brinsfield, was satisfactory
to both sides and was accepted, be
coming the foreman of the jury; the
next man, George w. Murphy waA
challenged by the defense; the next
man, Alton H. Spear had previously
formed an opinion and was excused
by the Court; Lloyd L. LeCompte was
challenged by the State; James Nc
Allister was excused on account OF
conscientious scruples; Russell 5.
Davis was excused on account OF a
statement made to the counsel of the
State; Walter H. Meekins was ex-
cused by the Court on account OF con
scientious scruples against capital
punishment; T. Carter r. Hughlett
was challenged by the State; John
F.. Willis was challenged by the
State; George w. Bradshaw was &C
cepted, becoming the second juror;
William E. Layton the next man to
be sworn, was also accepted, becom-
ing the third member; Fred +. Ru-
ark was challenged by the defense;
Leon E. Bradley was challenged by
the State; Hiram J. Dolby was cfral-
lenged by the State; Harold Osborn
was challenged by the defense; John
Hurley was challenged by the State;
Ernest H. Christopher was challeng-
ed by the State; Fora Willln was
challenged by the State; Robert w.
Pink was excused on account of con-
scientious scruples; William B. Mo-
bray was accepted, being the fourth
member secured from the regular
panel; Wildred d. Tyler and George
GerIach were challenged by the de-
Tense as were Howard Sullivan and
Solomon ]. Smith.
OF the venire of twenty-nlne,
Harry L. Brohawn, Hiram lnsley'
Reginald Everhardt, George M. New
comb, Greenbury A. Anderson
Columbus Wright and William b.
Trego were accepted making eleven
Jurors secured. OF the special ven
ire of five the second man called
Granville Smith, was accepted, COM
pleting the panel.
OF the special venires the follow
ing were objected or excused: Will
| liam Goodman Wheatley excused on
account of conscientious scruples
Winnie Wainwright, challenged by
the defense; George NJ. Henry, ex-
! cused on account of conscientious
scruples; Gilbert A. Melvin challeng
ed by tho defense; William A. Car
ter excused on account of conscient'
ious scruples; Walter T. Stevens ex-
cused for the same reason; P. Wat
son Webb challenged by the de
Tense; VIM. F. Hoge, challenged b!
the defense; James R. Jones, excused
by agreement of counsel; William T
Richardson challenged by defense;
Howard c. Jones, challenged by de-