The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-07

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 where Walt Disney found I member of that towns board of ed- ucation from 1906 to 1916 was cfal- lenged by the state, afsSr he stated that he had read of the guilty pleas voiced by Levy and Mackenzie. The judge asked him if he had not been advised to discontinue reading the papers when he appeared in court last Tuesday. Mcleod claimed that he thought he had read the article before Tuesday, but was reminded that the pleas were not voiced un- til Tuesday.
 Acceptable to the defense but challenged by the state was the position of Mrs. A. Irene Whalen of New Haven, the mother of seven children
 Knew Mayor Hayes A former legislator, who knew Mayor Hayes, was challenged by the defense, after being accepted by the state. He was Charles w. Brock of Hamden, one of the states lead- ing milk dealers. He proudly boast ed that he is the father of six chll- dren and IA grandchildren
 During his term in the Legisla- ture he knew Howard w. Alcorn, and was member of the finance committee.
 The final venireman to be queried before the o'clock recess today was Mrs. Phyllis McLay of East Haven, the mother of three children. Her only knowledge of the case was the fact that during her wait for call to | the Superior Court room she has discussed with other women on the panel, the belief that women are not wanted on the jury.
 AIcorn Reminds Her | Spec. Prosecutor Alcorn rose at this time to inform Mrs. McLay that since the opening of the trial he has accepted three, but the de- fense has challenged them.
 And so has the defense accept ed," roared Attorney Cassidy.
 So you see, we want lady jur- ors." continued MT. Cassidy.
 Spec. Pros. Alcorn refused to question Mrs. McLay, and when the defense announced it's acceptance, he quickly challenged.
 The tally of challenges at l o'clock today was-State 24, defense 34 court 18.
 Fourteen veniremen were question ed at length without avail during yesterdays uneventful session of the trial. The session was repetition of last Wednesdays montony, when IT were questioned without result.
 At the conclusion of yesterdays hearing, only 69 of the original panel of 172 remained available, and the task of selecting 12 jurors had only been one-third completed. Such condition gave rise to belief that an early order would be enter ed by Judge Inglis, calling for the selection of new panel of eligibles, | Three women were eliminated yes terday, all by defense challenges, leaving but 15 of the original 31 to be questioned.
 Other statistics at the close of yesterdays session showed that seventy-one veniremen had actually been questioned, four had been ac- cepted as jurors, twenty-nine had been eliminated by defense chal- lenges, twenty by state challenges, and eighteen had been excused by the court after actual examination.
 Although only IA were actually examined yesterday, 15 were remov- ed from the list. The extra one was represented by Frederick F. Hauff of New Haven, who was excused without question after presenting a doctors certificate, to the effect that lengthy confinement would be in- furious to his health.
 Of the IA eliminated yesterday, only one was excused by the court for cause. Eight were challenged by the defense and five by the state.
 The three women challenged yes terday were Gladys M. Beattie of Cheshire; Mrs. Andrew K. Thomp- son of West Haven and Cecilia G.. Slayton of New Haven.
 Remaining on the eligible list and awaiting call for Questioning are {: Miss Josephine Sullivan of Derby; Mary Flanagan of Hamden; Mrs. Grace L. Richter of Beacon Falls; Phyllis McLay of East Haven; Elea- nor H. Little of Guilford; Mrs. Louise Hayes of Meriden; Mabel s. Whitcomb of Milford; Catherine Kilduff of Naugatuck; A. Irene Whalen of New Haven; Edith Wool sey of New Haven; Ultima Dooley of New Haven; Alif Tanner of North Haven; Susan Kelly of Ox- ford; Mrs. Dorothy Derry of Sey- mour; and Mrs. Edith Perelmutter of Seymour.
 The eleven men eliminated yeS- terday were: Frank Stevens of East Haven by the court; Clarence Pal mer of Hamden by the state; Will 1 liam G. Schielke of Southbury by the state; Albert P. Sternberg by the state; Lyman A. Howe of East Haven by the defense; Joseph w. Mckinney of Beacon Falls by the state; George Beach of Beacon Falls by the defense; G. Fred Abbott of Middlebury by the defense; Louis w. Hitchcock by the state: Michael Petre by the defense and Harold E. Fowler by the defense.
 Eight of the IA were excused dur ing the morning session, and the remainder during the afternoon.
 Cecilia G. Slayton of New Haven was the first of the afternoon group to be questioned yesterday After almost three quarters of an hour of intensive querying, she was chal-