New Britain herald., 1925-03-26

of each In turn. During the proceed.
 lngs he continued his intense Inter-
 est Tn the selection of the Jury and
 again continued to give his final de-
 eislon on each man examined.
 Talking to Herald reporter, At-
 torney Murphy. associate counsel
 for the defense said that he has
 found Chapman to be an exception
 ally keen judge of men. and having
 studied man Chapman will not al.
 ter his decision even if his counsel
 think differently.
 "roo skittlsh"--"No mind of, his
 own"---''could be swayed too easily"
 --these are some of the remarks
 made by Chapman in decdiing against jurors. absolutely satisfac-
 uon with the jury has been express
 cd by Chapman" Attorney Murphy
 said, He added. He ought to be
 satisfied with it anyway because 1t
 is of his own picking.e
 New Bgitain witnesses present in the courtroom ready to testify if final juryman was accepted were the following: Chief William c. Hart, Detective Sergeant William P. Me Cue, Doctors Peter W. Fox and George Dunn who performed the operation the dead policeman, Medi- cal Examiner Waterman Lyon and pr. Carl Hart who performed the autopsy, Henry Heller of Glen. street and Adoplh La Chance, who saw the murderer leave the stoer after the shooting. Samuel Davidson, one of the owners of tho burglarized es- tablishment, Bernard Carlson, who saw the murderer In the Beaton X Caldwell alley, James White who saw him in Corbin, place. and Miss Edith Larsen. former clerk at the Davidson X Leventhal store who Is reported to have seen the murderer removing screws from the lock on one of the front doors Of the store on the after- noon previous to the murder.
 The quizzing of the third panel of 30 veniremen called last night from various towns was started this morning shortly after court resum- ed. A total of 36 men .answ cred the roll call, four of the 30 being ex- cused for illness and other causes.
 c. Edward Buckland, sr.. of Hart ford, was the first called and he stated that he was opposed to the death penalty. Timothy Kennedy, Il farmer of Windsor. was found to have fixed opinion and he was ex- cused. Christopher McNary of South Windsor was excused because he has business dealings with States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn and Ed- win l.. Richard. &, farmer from East Hartford, has formed a fixed opin- ion from what he has read. :. John R. Lambert, Glastonbury i farmer 29 years of age, stated that l he would rather have the accused 1 take the stand, but he would try to do his best, States Attorney Alcorn challenged him. John r. Wallace of Windsor Locks was opposed to the death penalty.
 Morton w. Scoville of Hartford | has formed fixed opinion and he i was excused. Frederick NJ Snow, farmer from Windsor. had an opin- ion, but it was not a fixed one. He | a long cross examination | by Judge Groehl. The defense used up it's 23rd peremptory challenge on him and he was excused.
 Charles A. Relyea of Hartford was opposed to the death penalty Les lie C. Seymour of Windsor Locks stated that he has been out of the 1 state for the past three months nn- til one. o'clock yesterday morning. | He has formed no opinion on the l case because he hasn't read the pa- | pers. He was asked about his, health l and he stated 1T feel pretty good for an old fellow" When asked by | Judge Groehl if he thought being locked up for two weeks with the Jury would affect him in any way he a nswered, Not if had something to eat" He was challenged by the defense, their second last opportuE- Ity to turn juror down. t.
 Willard Drake of Windsor Locks f was a justice of the peace there two years ago. After lengthy question ng, he was challenged by the state. Charles R. Risley of East Hartford was opposed to the death penalty. The next two called, Walter A. Fitz- gerald of Windsor Locks and Henry L. Cutler, Sr.. of Windsor Locks were also opposed to the death pen ally. Henry A. Spafford of Glas- driver of 8 school bus, was excused by the court.