Evening star., 1927-04-19
ONE JUROR CHOSEN
IN SNYDER TRIAL
Hotel Publicity Man Is First
of II Sought for Muir
der Case.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 19.--AFilliam H.
Young. a hotel publicity man, was Sc
iected today as foreman of the Jury
which Will hear the Snyder murder
trial.
Young. who lives in Elmhurst and Ii
married, but has no children, was ths
fifty.ninth talesman to be examined
None Of his predecessors had proven
acceptable.
Before being accepted, Young said
that he had no scruples against CAPT
tai punishment; thar he believed mer
and women should be treated alike in
criminal matters; that he would not
take into consideration failure of a
defendant to take the stand, and that
he would follow all instructions Of the
court.
Acceptable to All.
He was first announced as accept
able by the State, then by counsel
for Henry Judd Gray and last, after
long conference, by Mrs. Ruth
Spyder's lawyer.
Young is of middle age, of dark
complexion and hair, Of stocky build
and stolid expression. He answered
all questions in a voice scarcely au-
dible.
Both Gray and Mrs. Snyder
watched him closely. When his ac-
ceptance was announced, Gray made
no sign, but the woman smiled
family.
Month Ago Tomorrow.
Gray and Mrs. Snyder are jointly
charged with the murder, just q
month ago tomorrow, of the woman s
art.editor husband, Albert Snyder.
1t has been indicated that each
defendant will attempt to shift the
entire blame to the other. In court
they sit not 10 feet apart, but never
so much as accord each other a glance
of recognition.
Both Gray and Mrs. Snyder were
said to have spent comfortable night,
but Gray was not hungry this morn.
ing, his breakfast being toast and
three cups of coffee. Mrs. Snyder s
appetite was said to be normal.
Neither has shown the slightest trace
Of emotion In court.
Defendants Are Calm.
The defendants were as calm as
yesterday. Mrs. Snyder again sitting
across the defense table from Gray
and behind him as they faced the
jury box. Mrs. Snyder was seated
beside a gray-haired Jail matron and
Gray by a prison keeper
Challenged for cause by counsel for
Gray as having admittedly already
formed an opinion as to the guilt or
innocence Of the defendants, two tales.
men were excused. Reducing the mum.
hn fn -sxy la
chan half, an hour after court opened.
The remaining six were still with.
standing the battering Of attorneys,
when court had been in progress an
hour.
Shortly before 1890. however. the
number III the box began dwindling
again.
AS court started the room was
filled with reporters, artists and tales
men. An additional panel OF 40 tales
men were.in readiness to supplement
the original zoo from which so were
excused yesterday. -
d at 1929 Justice Scudder entered.
and as every one rose, the defendants
came in another doQr.
- Judge Issues Plea.
Taking cognizaiiee Of yesterdays
failure to secure even one juror, JUS
tice Scudder addressed todays first
group, telling them than it had al
ways been the pride and boast OF
Queens County that a jury could be
secured without recourse to a special
panel"
Louis B. Franklin. treasurer of the
Protestant Episcopal Church at Flush.
ing, was excused after District Attor-
ney Newcombe announced that he and
the church treasurer had been friends
for many years. His place was filled
ana the examination went forward.
Crowd Stays Away.
Discouraged by being barred from
the opening session of the trial, the
crowd that thronged Courthouse
Square all day yesterday failed to put
In an appearance early today.
How soon the jury box may be ex.
pected to be filed was a matter of
conjecture. The two.part defense
used only 6 Of its 60 peremptory chal-
lenges and the State but one.
The rest Of the talesmen were ex-
cused for cause, most of them be-
cause they had already formed an
opinion as to the guilt or innocence
or Mrs. Snyder and Gray.