White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-02-18
WILLIAMS TRIAL ENDS IN
MISUNDERSTANDING
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.oasonable stories be put into evi.
DANCE respectively by the state and
i .ha defense, the one inconsistent with
.ha other. would the juror give the
aocnsed the benefit of the doubt and
acquit her?
instruct Attorney IL. W. Edwards
asked each venireman in turn IL he
- she would let the sex OF the &C
e,sed have any influence In arriving
AZ a verdict, and this proved to be
tho obstacle to the majority of the
avcused ones being permitted to serve.
ITnon the question of whether or not
.ha iurors belle yed In capital punish
n,ant to which some declared they
we're opposed, he district attorney
did not object. Judge c. J. McFadden
called the attention of Mr.. Edwards
~ this. TO which the latter replied
that the state would waive that
ground for challenge. The court read
from the statute to show that such
;nrors must not be pei mitted to serve
and excused one upon that ground.
thereafter the states attorney still
waived the point by p~assiyely waiting
for the court to act. which the latter
did not do. Some three of those &C
cepted so declared themselves. yet
we're permitted to serve.
Several OF the out-of-town yenire-
men failed to arrive. few coming from
The country and those from as close
AZ Ruth did not arrive. Some COM
ing from White river places were
compelled by weather and road eondi-
lions to travel Ia the night to reach
Fly in time for the opening OF court
The yeniremen challenged and ex.
rused for cause we're: j. IL. Eager.
NJ. r. Collins. George >Helbig. Alfred
Tamblyn. Richmond Gillespie. Mrs.
Alice Knox, John c. Hickey. and A. J.
o'connell.
On peremptory challenges by the
state these were excused John Null
len. Baitley J. smithson and John
Monaghan. BY the defense: Charles
Bondurant. j. +. Callahan and Mrs.
Ollie Soaring. Both sides waived their
fourth %peremptory challenges. thus
completing the jury
The names of only Two women were
drawn from the box containing the
names. The first. Mrs. Knox. had
discussed the case with the district
attorney prior 10 her name appearing
in the y%enire, thrs disualifying her
self. Mrs. Soaring passed every test
for cause. but the readiness of her
Affirmative answers to questions as
To conyieting a woman appeared 10
influence the defense in promptly ex.
cusing her on a peremptory challenge.
Mr. Vargas questioned each of the
yenirewomen as TO whether or not
il II be shown that the defendant was
living with a man to whom h was
not married would prejudice her n
received negative replies.
Andy c. Barr, sho was passed for
cause, was excused because he was
suffering from rheumatism. Miss Vir-
ginia Carothers. who was on the
Yenire. but whose name was not drawn
from the box, was excused because
Of having an invalid mother requir-
Ing her attention. +. Il. Grants name
was drawn. but the court ordered
his name passed as he could not
make the trip from Ruth.
The jury was selected as follows:
II II. Stevenson. W. NJ. Parks. Walter
Cummings, Robert T. Nichols. F. c.
Rowan. George II. Earl, George IL.
Gubler. f. II. Turner. Herbert Alfred.
r. L. Tucker. Ralph Frank and Al
bert F. Anderson.
The opening statement OF District
Attorney Edwards was brief. outlin.
ing the frequently reported facts OF
the killing January ~ in Ely of one
Jesse II. Coverly. by a woman pass
ing under the name of Dawn Mar
garet Williams. by shooting a bullet
into his brain.
Frank w. Willard was the first
witness. He identified a sketch he
had drawn OF the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Buster. on Campton
street, where the shooting occurred.
u. oyama. a Japanese photographer,
likewise identified two photographs
he had taken OF the interior of the
Buster home the day after the kill
ing. The defense resisted their ad-
mission but gave in and on cross ex'
animation questioned the accuracy
Of the photographers testimony on
The distance of = certain chair from
4 table.
DIR. W. w. Cook. whose testimony
afterward proved to be a bone OF
contention. swore that he had per-
formed a post norton examination
of the deceased, that he had extract.
ed a bullet from the brain and pro-
duced the bullet from a paper In his
vest pocket. lie indicated the en-
trance OF the bullet as being at the
left In tho unnar lin eoursinR inward