The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-19
L TENTATIVE
JURORS CHOSEN
IN AGOSTA CASE
Three Women Accepted
Expect to Obtain Complete
Jury Today.

Yesterday. the third day Of examin'
ing taleSmen, TO obtain a jury to the
trial OF Dan Agosta. charged with the
Staying OF John |. Major. strip mine
owner, during the coal strike. ended
with eleven tentative jurors accepted.
An additional panel was summoned
by Judge w. W. Cowen. OF forty men
and women. and il is expected that
the jury will be completed today.
The state exercised two of its four
peremptory challenges and defense
eight Of the sixteen allowed the detcn-
dant under the Ohoi practice acts.
AS the Jury IS now constituted three
women are included III the eleven.
Whether the women will be the first
10 sit on a murder trial in the county
gas q matter OF varied conjecture lass
night and in some quarters 1t was pre-
dicted that not more than one teml-
nine citizen would remain in the jury
box when the state opened the case.
Ten talesmen were examined yes
terday and the panel was exhausted At
. o. m. In ordering the new fenlre
the court instructed the sheriff 10
have them in court this morning when
he took the bench.
The jurors thus far Tentatively
chosen are:
Russell Shry. teamster. Somerton'
Harry Morris. clerk. Martins Ferry
James z. Gates. farmer Beallsfilie.
Harner S,ed, farmer. Barncsr!lle.
NJ " Thomas. farmer. Jerusalem.
hardware
Powhatan.
Joseph west. farmer. Powhatan.
Frank Hammond. farmer. Jacoosonrs.
Mrs, Sara Lindsay. Armstrong; NILS.
Mrs, Laura B. Creighton, BeallsViIle'
Mrs Maggie Phillips. BeallsNl!le.
Eleven In BOX.
When court opened yesterday morn
Ing eleven tentative Jurors were In the
bo, Miss Lenora Yarnell Of Jerusalem
vas the first juror called and she WAS
accepted.
The state exercaaa the first peremp-
tory challenge and excused Ho"sra
cordner Of st. Clairsville.
NJ. W. Thomas Of Jerusalem was next
examined. He stated that ne was
farmer and was accepted
This again filled the panel and the
defense excused Mrs. Emma A. van
Horn OF New Castle.
Mrs. Catherine Kanzisg. widow o.
near Powhatan. was examined and ac-
cepted. The defense then used It's sixth
peremptory challenge and excused
Frank Mcmillan OF Morristown.
Mrs, Iona Wheeler of New Castle was
excused when she stated she was OPP
posed TO capital punishment. and Il. Z.
Seff was excused when he stated that
he had an opinion. =.
Arch Brown. hardware merchant q,
Powhatan was then called and accepted.
The defense then exercised Its seventh
peremptory challenge and excused MIS-
Florence Conway OF Shadyside.
Joseph West, q farmer OF near POW
hAtan was examined and accepted thuS
again filing the panel.
The state then used it's second pererp
tory challenge and excused Catherine
Kanz!gg.
Christian sailer a farmer OF near Pow
hatan was accepted and court adjourned
at noon.
Immediately after court convened at
one O'Clock Judge Cowen excused Chris
tian Sailor on a challenge by the defense
prior to the recess on the grounds OF de-
fective hearing.
Frank Hammond a farmer Of Jacobs
burg was the first juror examined after
the noon recess ana was accepted tne
defense excusinE Lenora Yarnell with
their eighth peremptory challenge
Maggie Phillips. widow Of Bealls-
Vile. R. r. No. =, was next called ana
examined and accented. the defense ex-
cusins Mrs. Alice Trader OF Jacobsburg.
This exhausted the venire and court
WAS adjourned.
At the time OF adjournment eleven
tentative jurors. including eight men
and three women. were seated IN the