San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-30
STATE DEMANDS
DEATH PENALTY
F0RM|R Re
Goes on Trial for Murder
in Connection With
Husbands Death.
CHOOSE SEVEN JURORS
Fine Of $50 Against Mayor
Black Is RENTED by
Judge S. G. Tayloe.

n Seven jurors had been selected in the
ftrial of Mrs. Pearl Stowe, charged by
with killing her husband
fGeorge Stowe last May, when the spe-
|cial venire of $50 men was exhausted
Hin the Forty -fifth District Court Tues
[lay morning. Court recessed at ~ :3O
Ito convene again at . o'clock. Mean
[while Deputy Sheriffs F. n. Flores and
Ian Serna were instructed by Judge s. 6.
sTayloe to summon 80 additional tales
linen.
The two men selected Tuesday morn
ling were Gus Buck, number seven and
I,Jhmes T.. Smith, number eight. Five
|iurors were secured Monday afternoon,
their names being Joseph Hillmayer,
Holm i. Thrasher, Joe Nanderstratten,
J. f. Stille and Shelton V. Hoslip.
Judge Tayloe stated Tuesday that the
Ifine imposed upon Mayor o. b. Black,
|who was among ten special veniremen
Summoned who did not appear, would
be RENTED. He explained that the mayor
was entitled to exemption on the
ground that he is a lawyer and public
official. The mayor, however, was tech
hically under the obligation to appear
IN court and claim exemption which he
Hid not do.
State to Ask Death Penalty.
That the state will ask for the death
PENALTY and that the chief plea of the
leefndant will be self-defense was in
tic2ted by the questions propoundel to
aT prospective jurymen Monday after
noon ard Tuesday morning, The fact
that the defendant is a woman seemed
. handicap the state IN its selection I'd
he Jurors. -,
Whether prejudice existed in the
mind of the prospective juror because
she is charged with numbering her hus-
oand, whether the fact that she is a
woman would influence the verdict,
whether conscientious scruples existed
against the inflicting Of the death pen
hlty upon a woman and whether the
,enireman believed in the law of self
Iefense were some of the questions ask
ID the veniremen by states and defense
attorneys Monday. Conscientious
cruples regarding the infliction of the
heath penalty proceed the greatest
tumbling block to the selection of the
ury. Assistant District Attorney W.
!. Anthony and John James conducted
he examination for the state while
leonard Brown and William Schlessin-
Ser are representing MrS. stowe.
Son Also Indicted.
Mrs. Stowe and her son Hugh were
indicted for the killing of the father
nd it had been expected that they
you'd be tried jointly. Defense atto:-
eys however, announced that Mrs.
stowe would be tried first and her son
fterward. Hugh sat beside his mother
the court room Monday afternoon
uring the examination of the venire-
hen. Sitting near the assistant DIS
riot attorney and displaying kecl in
crest in the c. animation of the pros
ective jurors was Sam Stowe, brother
4 the dead man.
Although eleven challenges we're used
y the attorneys in the examination of
eniremen, the majority of those ,ex-
used were challenged for cause, one
pan asserting that he did not believe
the law of self-defense while a
umber of others stated that they did
OF believe in hanging under any cir
umstances. Others had formed opin-
bns regarding the guilt or innocence of
" defendant while other admitted that
ne fact that the defendant is woman
Fould influence their verdict.