The Washington herald., 1922-04-26
OBTAIN
20 JURORS DELAYS
MISS KNOx'S TRIAL
Only IA Selected From
First Panel of 46
Veniremen.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Nurses Letter, Written to
Eastlake in Prison, Said to
Be in Prosecutions Hands.

MONTROSS, Va, April 20
Trial of Miss Sarah Z. Knox, Bal
timore nurse. charged with the
murder of Mrs Margaret East
lake at Colonial Beach on Septem-
Der 30. last. was abruptly halted
this afternoon when the first panel
Of forty-six vcniremen was ex-
hausted without jury having
been chosen. Only fourteen of
been selected. Meanwhile twenty
four additional veniremen have
been summoned and the work Of
selecting the remaining six tales
men will be resumed at 10 O'Clock
tomorrow.
Miss Knox entered a plea of not
guilty when court opened today
after her attorneys, Harry NJ.
Smith, of Richmond. and Fred
erick W. Coleman. of Fredericks-
burg, made the usual motions to
ouash the indictments and all
counts in the case.
Accused Nurse Enters Courtroom.
The accused nurse entered the
courtroom attended by Sheriff r.
L. Griffith and Jailer Stanley
Walker just after Judge Chinn had
taken his seat on the bench.
when she was told by the clerk
of the court to stand up.
Are you guilty, or not guilty?"
she was asked by the clerk.
She started to reply when the
motion to quash was made and
overruled. Then she was permitted
to answer the question.
Not guilty" she replied in a
voice so low that it could scarcely
be heard by those beyond the
rail.
The fourteen jurors selected are
J. S. Parker. r. b. Dameron, Will
lam HUT, James Il. English, c. NJ.
Hogan, W W. Pritehett. G.. l..
Garner, w. c. Thompson, +. Y.
Sandford. + G. Luthy, S. o. Miller,
d. Fl. Goldman. w. ii. Ayres and
J. L. Nash. From the total of
twenty to be chosen. four will be
dropped by the state and four
will be dropped by the defense.
thereby bringing the panel down
to twelve, the legal number.
Willing to Stay Three Weeks.
l. wilkins was excused because
he was firmly convinced that "she
was the one who did the work.
Hogan was the only man out of the
entire forty-siX examined who said
he knew practically nothing of the
case. Pritchett said he was will
ing to stay as long as three weeks
in order to arrive at a verdict.
Miss Knox shows signs of her
long confinement by the pallor of
her face. She was clad in a white
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cotton gloves and low black shoes.
from the Jail to the courthouse,
principally to frustrate the news
paper photographers who were
lowering about for a chance to
snap" her.
Mayo Said to Have Letter.
A letter said to have been writ
ten by Miss Knox to Eastlake when
they were first arrested last fall, is
said to be in the hands of the Com
monwealth's Attorney Watt T.
Mayo. She and, Eastlake were con-
fined in the Jail here. Eastlake on
the upper tier and Miss Knox on
the lower. During this time, 1t is
passed them up to him, rather than
to take chances on being overheard
talking to him. 1t Is one of these
letters that Mr.. Mayo is said to
possess. Much secrecy Is pre-
served concerning the letter. but
apparently IL has to do with the
ownership of the pistol.
The trial will be resumed tomor-
row morning at 10 o'clock when
the work of completing the jury
will be taken up. Il is expected
that the Introduction of evidence
urill hanrir, L. tha ~