The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-18
FIVE WOMEN To
SERVE ON JURY
IN AGOSTA CASE
Attorney Moore's Father pead-Judse
Refuses Request for Ccntinu-
ance Of Trial.

History was made in Belmont county
YES; erdav wien FIVE women We" ton
tative!y accepted as jurors in III" sec
ond trial OF Dan AGOsta, at 81. Cl2lrs'
, Vale. for the staying Of John |. Mayor
non.union miner. near New Latl'rly
on June ., DURING the recent c"ai
strike.
The five feminine citizens. Mrs,
Florence Conway. o. ShaGNS!Gc; Mrs.
Sara lnnGsar, o.. Armstrong NILS
Mrs. Alice Trader. OF JacohHburc;
Laura B. Creighton, Of R"l!"viIie. ana
Emma \. Nanhorn, oF New Castle
were subjected to twenty minutes
examination ny oppo$in@ counsel
! A continuaurH in m" AGosta 'r'hi
! was asked b, tho Gcfons" when FREQ
Moore. counsel tor tho defense. was
notified by TELEGRAM Of III" death or
his father, l. !. Moore, III Los An
Celcs.
ON rcceirt " tn" death MESSAGE
other LAWYERS VI the dcr"Wsn 2~lcd for
a continuance. This was refused by
! Judge W ". Cnn On and Nj Moore re-
maincs in court lhrouchon' IN" ar.
he viii probably lcay" this morning
! for Los Angeles.
! As thorn still remains a score oI
talesmcn to DO examined " IN" V'N're
summoned yesterday. Hill" diItl"HstE
! is scon on passing on tn" Jurors re
CURED
Under tho practices acts Of ONO, law
ycrs said last night. 1hc stat" is allow
cd four 1rnmTtnry challenges ana the
I defense sixteen
No attempt has bncn mad" by mo
defense To sock the removal OF th'
women jurors during their i"nr pre-
amntnry challenges EXERCISED AT last
niohts session. Whathcr tho si''n
/ will SOCK to remove th"m could not be
learned
Many TaIesrnen Absent,
The morning session was dlS'on''n
! Ted Yesterday when the NcE'r' OF ON
few talesmen appeared. It was On
nIained 10 tho court that the majority
Of the men and women on inc pahe'
lived In remote parts Of the county,
which resulted in delaying the oePu'
lies in notifying them.
shortly after r""A ~" ta'fSm"n
gan 10 drift into court and lEdS'' """n
convened court Mt $50 O'Clock ana loon
up,he examination OF the prospective
jurors.
Tho nancl was filed during the cNn'ns
-.,., WHOM = G. Navlor of Barnes
willie qualified The state passed me
privilege ~ rcrcmHtory challenge ana
rrcd Russell Of Bethesda. was the h'S'
iuror TO he challenged by the oeichSe
g n. Winland Of Jerusalem was OPP
roscd 10 capital punishment ou, M'S'
, Aics Trader Of JacUbshure Qua''Ileu
The defense exercised It's second per
en,ntory challenge and eNcus"d tl'J""
! Rarb, Mnrristown farmer. MIS- va
r., n. Creighton OF RellsEtlle. aua'i"t"
and D. NJ Hatcher OF belmont no -
was excused on the third chaI'ense -
| the defense. ,
vrs Emma yanhorn or New Castle.
voyne township. qualified and +. =
EaTro- or Rarncsvillc. was excused on
,hc fourth challenge. f""i "'h'r Ju'o' )
,varc examined and excused.
/ Tho Jury.
rour. adjourned shortly after n'n'
o'clock last evening until mis- m"F"'hs
with eleven tentative luI"'H' '"''
sis, of five women ana S!N men HI" "'''
( Russell Shry. tcams,"r. Somc!ioh'
Harry Morris. clerk. Martins Ferry
howard Corducr. painter. 81. Ila'rs-
Vile
frank Mcmillan. Morristown.
! l,nnes Il. Gates farmer, RealISN'lie'
Warmer Stccd. farmer, HarncsNi'Ie'
Mrs. Florence ronaway. Shadyside.
Mrs Sara Lindsay. Armstrong NILS
Mrs. Alice Trader. IacobsHurE.
Mrs, Laura l.. Creighton, RclIsV!iie'
Mrs. Emma \. Nanh"rn, New Cas''e'
( Mrs. I.uccnda Hopes Of RetheSda was
the first talcsman called. she was eh-
cused owing TO poor hearing.
Mrs. Mary T. Carpenter Of Bethesda
was the fifth 10 lie called and was eX-
cused under the age ruling. She was 20
wears old.
! OF all the women examined but one
,ras opposed to capital punishment. she
was Mrs. Edith l.. Mllhocn of Belmont.
| Mrs. Rose Scott was excused because
she was a relative Of Jose 1. Nichols
NJ tho law firm oc Nichols & Walker.
W J. walker is assisting in the prose-
cut!on.
TIE talesmen excused for being op-
nosed to capital punishment were: Am
mon Hunt, Bethesda; Ed!th L. NIL
hnen, Belmont: +. II. NandTne. Jacohs-
burg: william Rankin. Armstrong NILS:
G. W. Jarrett Belmont Route NO. :;
James Trott, BarnosVille, Isaac Owen