Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-21
CAMPBELL TRIAL
HALTED BY COURT
Justice Adkins Adjourns Case
Until 200 Veniremen
Can Be Sworn.

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chair just to the rear Of his attorneys.
He entered the room with smile on
his face and paused to shake hands
with Hamilton before taking his seat.
He nodded . greeting to his friends
| and relatives.
A moment after Judge Adkins had
taken the bench, Collins rose and Sug-
gested that all the jurors be sworn In
as a body. This was done with dis
patch by court clerk.
Collins then called attention Of the
jurors to the prisoner and to members
of counsel for both sides, each Of whom
he identified by name.
The assistant United States attorney
announced that James r. Kirkland and
John J. Sirica, assistant prosecutors,
would assist the Government.
Jurors Questioned.
After announcing that the charge
against Campbell was murder in the
| FIRST degree, Involving the alleged
death of Mary Baker, at Sixteenth and
B streets, on April IL, 1880" the
prosecutor read the complete list OF
witnesses to be used by the Government.
Justice Adkins then took over pre-:
Jurors After emphasizing the gravity OF
the charge against the defendant, the
Justice proceeded to question each MEM
Der of the panel on the following
points: Whether they were acquainted
with any members of counsel; whether
they knew the defendant; whether they
knew Mary Baker; whether they mad
formed any opinion as to the guile or
innocence Of the accused, and whether
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imposition Of the death penalty.
Two Jurors, who raised their hands
to indicate they could not vote to send
o man to his death, were promptly ex-
cused by the court.
Sam g. Watkins was the first to be
excused for having already reached an
opinion in the case. He was questioned
carefully as to whether this opinion
was so firmly fixed in his mind as to
prevent him from rendering an i'm
partial verdict on the evidence present
ed, and when he insisted he could not
change his mind, the court released
him from service.
Had ''HHind Made Up"
Miss Olga Sieverling, Of ITO H street
northeast, was the second to be excused.
She announced that her mind was
made up"
M. e. winston, Of 32-A Beach street;
Oscar p. Ellis, 1898 Carlton avenue
northeast and c. Edelen, 1881 Connecti-
cut avenue, also were excused In quick
succession for having reached convfc-
tons as to the guilt or innocence OF
Campbell.
Eight members OF the original group
called to the jury box were allowed to
leave the box when they announced,
in response to q question, that they
had Scruples against imposing the death
penalty. Several of them explained that
this scruple applied chiefly to cases in
which circumstantial evidence will play
a part. These eight were H. G. Mac
Fate. w. L. Welt, T. H. Thatcher, 9.
B. Grifhth, L. r. Peake, G. II. Mersch,
r. c. Towles and James ]. Patterson.
New Panel Called.
other Jurors were substituted in the
vacant places and the process Of eliHnt-
mating those disqualified by reason of
personal convictions or other causes pro-
ceeded under Justice Adkins direction.
When the box finally was filed with
12 men and one woman. who had none
of these convictions or scruples already
referred to, the justice put further ques-
tons to them that resulted in q further
thinning out Of the prospective venire-
men. Among these questions were:
Has any one discussed this case with
you since becoming q Juror? Do you
have an opinion as to the value Of tes-
timony of ballistics experts. Did you
know any member OF the family OF
Mary Baker?
The court, for an unannounced rea-
son, excused Maurice Levy and Mrs. v.
w. Randall. It was presumed the ac-
ton was taken ut the request Of the two
jurors, on some personal grounds.
AS the panel of prospective jurors was !
depleted. q new panel was brought in |
at 10 minutes Of IL O'Clock.
Women Are Challenged.
Defense attorneys made known their |
intention to exclude women from the |
fury when they challenged Miss Frances |
Barley of 1854 Kanawa street, Chevy
Chase, and Miss Miriam Cavannaugh Of |
20 v street northeast.
A moment later Mrs. Henry II. Gil |
ligan, wife Of q well known lawyer and |
member of the Board of Education, |
was excused for cause by Justice Ad- |
kins after she said she had q daughter |
who was a friend of Edward Callahan, |
stepson Of the defendant.
Harry q. Albrecht of S241 M street |
was challenged by the defense after he /
had declared he possessed no fixed opin-
ion.
-Four persons then were excused for |
cause, Mrs. Augusta Noack, 1922 Sixth |
street southwest; Charles Turner, col |
ored, 1113 Rhode Island avenue; Walter |
8. Walton, 651 Lexington street north |
east, and Eugene Wise, colored, GOT |
Westminster street.
The Government challenged q. z. |
Roberts Of SO @ street northeast.
Seven More Excused.
Seven persons then were excused for |
cause, most of them declaring they had |
discussed the case after reading news |
the guilt or innocence Of the defendant. |
They were Thomas Wingield, 1854 |
Eleventh street northeast; Howell Pee |
pies, District freight agent of the |
Southern Railway; Henry Waters, 44l0 |
Seventh street: Miss Dorothea Stinch- |
comb, 1881 Thirty-flrst street; Miss |
Lillian Zepp, 1874 Lanier place; p. A. !
Bacon, 1889 Newton street, and Edward |
Chase, 725 Sixth street southeast.
The defense exercised another per-
emptory challenge after the questioning |
by Justice Adkins of Max Yaffe, 1888 |
Fifteenth street.
w. z. Benton, $500 Alton place north
east, and F. B. Rollins of 1850 Oats
street northeast, were excused for cause.
Alfred A. Nelson. 1140 Abbey place
northeast, was challenged by the de-
tense.
Albert p. Dobbins, 1902 Seventeenth
street northeast, and Charles L. Rouse,
307 Grant street northeast, failed to
answer questions propounded by Justice
Adkins to his satisfaction and were
excused.
Circumstances Is Bar.
After saying he opposed circumstan-
tial evidence and would be unable to
convict any one on the basis of such
testimony, Leo Spaight, $40 Fourth
street northeast was excused for cause,