Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-13
NURSE IS INDICTED
AS AN ACCESSORY
IN COBURV KILLING
Mrs, Weaver Accused Of
Having Dared Slayer to
Fire Fatal Shot Court
Room Crowded

AT l o'clock Wednesday, the
following jurors had been ac-
cepted for tn etrial of Philip f..
Fox:
WI. Beard, of $40 Lakewood
avenue, employee of Western
Electric company.
l. T. Cook, of Langley ave-
nue., master mechanic for Ar
mcur Fertilizer company.
w. Il. McKamy, of 10 Gordon
Terrace, an electrician.
s. ID. Skinner, of 184 Lakewood
avenue, contractor.
7. Il. Lewis, of SO Par11avenue,
t travelling aslesman for the
American Porto Rico Tobacco
cOmpanys
j. T. Mattison, express clerk,
of 8 Ward avenue.
j. L. Edwards, carpenter, OF
2O5 Windsor street.
With the dramatic announcements
by the state that Mrs. Margaret
Weaver, the trained nurse who has
been under surveillance for several
weeks, was indicted last Friday as
an accessory before the fact and that
similar indictments will be sought
against persons whose names were
not disclosed, Philip E. Fox, Ku
KluX Khan editor and slayer OF Cap
tain w. S. Coburn, attorney for the
Simmons faction of the khan, was
placed on trial for murder Wednes-
day in Fulton superior court, before
Judge G.; I'll. Howard, and seven
jurors had been chosen when court
recessed at l o'clock for an hour.
Both sides announced ready at
1880 o'clock, after the usual pre-
and the work OF select
ing jury was begun. The Asst
two veniremen called were accA F4sd
and third was obtained out OF the
first five called. Neither Site was
injecting the Ku Klux Kan issue
in the selection of jurors.
Three panels of twelve men each
were exhausted in obtaining the sew
en- jurors, the defense exhausting ten
of the twenty strikes allotted it and
the state having run through only
three of the ten strikes allowed the
prosecution.
Wife BY Fox's Side
Mrs. Fox made her appearance In
the courtroom about noon. She took
chair next to herr husband, and
patted him on the arm, which
brought smile from the defendant.
Mrs. Fox was attired in black, wear
ing small black and gold-lace trim
med hat. A black coat with sqliir-
rel gray neckpiece hung Loosely from
her shoulders.
Directly behind Mrs. Fox sat Mrs
Coburn, the widow, and members OF
her immediate family. She was
dressed in deep mourning
According to the solicitors office.
the Weaver woman, who has not
been arrested, it is stated, is alleged
to have been in company with Fox
from the Saturday prior to the shoot.
ing until a few minutes before the
khan publicity chief entered the Of
flee of Captain Coburn on the aft.
ernoon of November and shot him
TO death.
Said to Have Urgde Fox On
1t was this woman's dare, it Is
alleged by the prosecution, that
steeled Fox's nerve after, according
to the prosecution, he is said to have
declared he had planned to kill four
men and that his "heart had failed
him after he had drawn his gun on
three of the men.
According to the prosecution, the
Weaver woman has admitted that
she told Fox:
why you big fat baby, you
haven't got the nerve to kill any
ore"
To which Fox replied, it is al
legged by the solicitors office:
I'll show you"
According to the solicitors Office.
the Weaver woman's home is at
Cleveland, Ohio, where her father is
said to be engaged in newspaper
work She was detained in Nash
vile, Tenn, about ten days ago, but
was released after she had been
questioned By attaches of Solicitor
Boykin's office.
Early Arrest Expected
The Indictment against her. it Is
announced, was returned last Friday
and the prosecution anticipates that
the woman will be arrested and
brought here before the Fox trial is
completed
In addition to the other indict-
nents charging accessory before and
the fact, which the solicitors office
states will be returned, the prosecu-
ton also announces that indictments
charging accessory after the fact will
be returned in the case.
With the Indictment Of the, Weav-
err woman, the state announced that
they had established the where
abouts Of Fox from the Saturday be
fore the shooting until he went to
the Hotel Ansley and registered ear
ly Monday, November 5. Fox's
whereabouts during this period, 1t
was stated had remained a mystery
until the information obtained from
the Weaver woman is said to have
revealed he was in Der company dur
ing that time.
Knew His Intentions
Mrs. Weaver, it is alleged by the
state as the basis for the Indictment.
knew prior to the shooting that Fox
was going to shoot Captain Coblirn.
In addition. it is declared by the pros
ecution, the khan editor exhibited
to several persons the As caIiber au-
tomato pistol with which the shoot
ing was committed. Fox, it Is FL
legged, became acquainted with the
w CdbSI WOlIeti Willie ljC was cIlSdS-
ed in newspaper work at Dallas,
Texas, and she came here during the
Elks' convention last summer, it is
stated.
Preparations for the trial took
shape rapidly Wednesday morn
ing in the criminal court on the
second floor of the court house, with
the chamber packed to capacity.
Judge G. Fl. Howard mounted the
bench at 9:01 o'clock and organiza-
ton Of additional iurY panels was be.