The Washington times., 1929-07-24
IN FIGHT.
To ESCAPE
CHAIR
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had formed an opinion" on the case
from newspaper accounts but she
felt she could disregard this opinion
and try the case on the sworn testi.
mony,
Questioned by Defense Attorney
John r. Seidel, Miss Dysinger said
she never had served on d jury.
You have an opinion as to the
guilt or innocence Of the defandant."
said Seidel. .'Is that opinion fixed?D
testimony" she replied.
Have you discussed this case?"
Eyes, several times, in my honle."
In reply to questions from Judge
Scarlet, she said she felt she
could lay aside al. preJudices."
Treated Insanity Cases
The first indication that insanity
would be tie defense az SnoOlz,
came when Attorney Seidel asked
Miss Dysinger this question: Have
you any prejudice against the de.
PENDANT pleading insanity at the
time Of the commission Of the
crime?s
s.No, I have not
Have YOU read any books that
would disclose to you what consti
tttes the difference between iegal
and medical insanity?"
mo-
She said that, asa nurse, she had
treated about IS cases Of insanity
at Soldiers Hospital. Marion, Ind.
She had not. however, ever dis
cussed the question OF legal and
medical insanity with physicians.
Miss Dysinger was tentatively
accepted ss juror number one. She
Els q stout, middle aged woman,
wearing spectacles. She took her
seat in the jury box.
The most interested spectator In
the courtroom seemed to be the
elderly. siIyer-haired Mr. Hix. AT.
tired entirely Ia black, he leaned
forward. His hand ctpped to his
ears, listening to every word Of
the examination of fafesnen. When
ever his eyes rested on DR.. SnOolt.
he glowered but the defendant did
not seem to see him.
DR.. Shook leaned back in his
chair and relaxed.
Fingers Gold Pencil
He is tall man. getting little
heavy, he Is quite bald and his
nose glasses give him q somewhat
intellectual appearance. He fingered
gold lead pencil. apparently Civ
Ing no particular attention to TIE
proceedings. He was quite nI1con-
cerned.
Three talesmen were quickly ex.
cused because they were opposed to
capital punishment.
The Judge then declared q is.
minute recess.
Young girls attired in bright sum.
merry fInery made up g majority Of
the spectators who jammed every
inch Of the hot courtroom. Nine
tenths Of the spectators were
women ana girls.
In the corridors, five baiIiffs were
kept busy keeping a throng of
women and a sprinkIing Of men
from breaking through the dead.
line"
Examination of talesmen con.
tinued when court was again
called to order. Ralph w. Upham,
an electrician, was rejected be-
cause he had "a fixed opinion"
Robert e. Codner. clerk, was ex-
cused for the same reason.
Second q Woman
The second acknowledgements ju.
ror was also a woman-Mrs Leona
F. Biven, a middle-aged housewife.
She had read very little Of the
Shook case, being out Of town travel
ing with her husband when the
crime was committed. She had no
fixed opinion regarding his guilt or
innOcense. She had served on two
| juries in criminal cases,
DO you feel you can give the
| defendant fair and impartial
trial?" she was asked by defense
counsel.
81 do she replied.
She took her seat in the jury box
beside the other Wonnsn juror.
| John ". H'a}r, y. portrait srtisl.
I, Formerly OF Ceoacvlle, ONO. was the
! iaird 5ifroe tentafiveJY accepted. he
/ dad no scluptes against capital
| punishment. had foGmed no fixed
1opinion in the Shook case and felt
he could hear the case on the
sworn testimony.
| Other prospective jurors were ex.
cused for various reasons. Harold
F.. Dickinson, a dentist, was opposed
to capital punishment. Herbert p.
| Mann. salesman. had fixed opinion.
\ Court was then adjourned until
E1:30 o'clock this afternoon.
i The defense attorneys. of whom
there are three, declined to reveal
/ how many, witnesses they win call.
e. o. Ricketts,, one of DIR. Shook e
| lawyers, had no statement to make
i beyond saying that whatever de-
1 Tense will be put up will be re-
| vealed at the trial and not until
then"
Seat Hard to Get
PROSECUTORS Chester, in his effort
to prove that the crime was pre-
meditated, win seek to introduce q
i signed confession made by Shook
after 20 hours OF griIling, 1t is the
prosecutors opinion that Shook has
not told "all Of the story
| The defense openly SCOTS at the
ever-recurring runfor that third
party Witnessed the crime, and that
i Shook has been shielding someone.
4 They repudiate the suggestion that
| he had an accomplish.
Press arrangements for cover
ing" the trial are elaborate,s ap-
preaching those OF other famous
dramas. such as the Hall-NIilIs case
and the Snyder-Gray trial. Seats
have been mapped out for SO news.
| paper correspondents and nearly a
score of telegraph and telephone
wires have been strung into the
courthouse.
/ Rhndn IrInnAEIn,. NJ.