New Britain herald., 1925-04-24
BAD DREAM GOOD
 OMEN, SAYS GIRL Olympia Maori Comes to Court
 in Better Spirits Today HELPS SELECTION OF JURY
She Herself Rejects One Man After Both Sides Had Accepted Him To Scrye-May Have To Call New Panel of TaIcsmen

] " piSh O Jury lO try ol9Ilpld MdCTl for first degree murder continued here today.
 During the first two days of the trial only three of the 50 talesmen examined were accepted as jurors who will hear the testimony for and against the 20 year old defendant charged with the murder of John Bagnano the alleged father of her baby.
 Third Juror is 77
 Late yesterday the third juror. ac- ceptable to both the prosecution and defense was picked. He is Sedley D. Bartlett, TT, East Haven paper hanger. Earlier In the day Frank J. Beach, 60. Milford farmer, was &C., cepted and on the first day, when 2S potential jurymen were examin- ed, Daniel B. Perry, 5S, fisherman. Milford, was selected. The last two named have children of their own with daughters about the age of Miss Macri. Bartlett, although child less, answered Defense Attorney Jo- seph Koletslly's questions to the lat ters evident satisfaction.
 New Panel Likely
 The possibility that a new panel would be drawn was evident yester- day when the number of talesmen excused by the court mounted to 27 while the state challenged ' and the defense IS.
 First pictures of the defendant and her counsel since the trial be- gan were taken after court yester- day afternoon when the attractive young woman and Mir. Koletsky were posed in the sheriff's office. True to the sheriff's announcement before the trial no pictures have been allowed taken in the court room. No crowd waited outside of the courthouse yesterday afternoon to catch a glimpse of the prisoner as she was taken back to the county jail.
 Fourth Is Chosen
 A few minutes after il o'clock the fourth juror was accepted from the 1 talesmen who had been examined in the witness box. He was Walter l. Candee, 31, a farmer of Seymour. married, with three children, two of whom are girls aged ? and 3 years.
 Candee was the seventh talesman called. Up to the time he was ac- cepted the defense had challenged IS, the state 8 and the court had excused 32.
 When Miss Macri appeared in the courtroom shortly after q. m. she appeared much more composed than yesterday. She took her seat as usual beside her counsel when court opened and closely watched the face of each talesman.
 Dream a Good Omen Before court she told those around her that she had dream last night and 1t was that she was enmeshed in spider webs. She said that she awoke with start and immediately called to the jail matron. Miss Macri made no further comment as to her dream except to say that she thought 1t was a good omen.
 AS the chair on which Miss Macri had been sitting was trifie high so that her feet did not touch the floor stool was provided for her today on which to rest her feet.
 The first talesman called this morning was Orson B. Hotchkiss of Bethany who was excused by the court for physical disability. The second was Fred Lasher, 52. of Mid dlebury who was excused after he had told States Attorney filling that he formed an opinion.
 Frederick French, 54, a black smith. of Oxford, was excused by Judge Avery when he admitted he was opposed to capital punishment in the case of women.
 Wants Men Pure"
 Benjamin r. T1lquist 47, farmer of Oxford, was challenged by the state. He said in reply to Miss Ma cri's counsel that he believed "a man should be as pure when he takes a wife as he would expect the woman to be when he takes her for his wife" He also was opposed to man sowing his wild oats."
 Samuel D. Blatchley, 56, a dairy man. of Guilford. was excused by the court after he had admitted he had fixed opinion. He said he had conversed with witness who had been on the scene of the homicide.
 Wouldn't Hang Woman
 Frank S. Andrews, A, a farmer of East Haven also had an opinion to the effect that the death penalty should not be inflicted upon a woman. The next talesman, Can dee was accepted,
 After Candee had been accepted as juror, the next talesman called Kenneth Wooding. S2, farmer of Wallingford and unmarried. was ex- cused by Judge Avery after he had admitted he had a fixed opinion that the girl should not be hanged.
 Ralph Beers S1. a retired farmer of North Branford. was excused by the court for state of health.
 Girl Excuses Hall
 Miss Macri herself rejected the | next talesman, Edward T. Hall, 75. l a retired farmer of Cheshire. after | he had proven acceptable to both | sides. Hall is a widower and has | one daughter 27 years old. He ad- mitted on examination by Attorney | Koltesky that he had served on iur- ies often in the past 20 years. The | peremptory challenge used in his i case made a total of 14 for the de- | fense. Judge Avery called a short 1 recess at 11:40.
 Select the Fifth.
 The fifth juror was secured at i
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