Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-03-09

liamsboro township. Both were from
the regular jury list serving at this
term of court.
The State then set aside the next
two men by accepting two of i+e
peremptory challenges, and the court
excused the fifth man because he hat.
formed an opinion. The sixth ma
called was A. L. Vandyke, Kittrail
township farmer, who became thy.
third man to be accepted
A. G. Simms, Henderson furnitur-
salesman, was next called and said he
was opposed to capital punishment
which automatically let him off, and
J. D. Muslin, next called, was seated
as acceptable to both sides. He reside.
on Rowland street in HENDERSON, ami
State Highway prison department ami
before that was a farmer.
A. D. Adcock, automobile mechanic
of Henderson, became the fifth juro.',
followed consecutively by the mex
two men called, who became the sixth
and seventh jurors. They were c. H.
Sneed, Williamsboro farmer, and NJ
T. Chandler, lifelong farmer of Dab
ney township. He was the last man
taken from the regular term jury.
The seventh man called in the spa-
cial venire was w. E. Neathery, Mid
dleburg farmer, who was the eight
man to be accepted by both sides.
Twenty-Five men were called befo.s
the ninth man was agreed upon, seat
ed and sworn. He was H. E. Filing
| ton, janitor at the Henderson post o.
| flee. Six more men were called ant
G. w. Norwood, Dabney merchant wa
seated as the tenth juror, and the las
one to be accepted before the luncl
| hour.
! When the case was called two me-
] attorneys appeared at the defens'
| table. They were J. G. Kittrell, fathe'
of T. S. Kittrell, who with A. A. Bun.
had been appointed by the court t..
4 defend Fairbanks, and j. M. Peace
who has often appeared with M:
| Bum in criminal trials. Mr.. Peac,
did all of the questioning for the de
| fense of prospective jurors when they
were called.
Solicitor E. R. Tyler is bling a.:
| sisted in the prosecution by ]. +
| and j. H. zollicoffer as private prJ
| secution. The solicitor did all of the
questioning of prospective jurors d. =
| ing the forenoon session. PRS
| The Fairbanks case was the fir2'
| to be called when court opened f.
| the day at $50 a. m. Judge r. Hur
| Parker, presiding, who is fanailia,
with the doubtful strength of the cout
house building to support tremendou
l h in fhQ nr60raC
| hat aisles be cleared and that spec
ators must find seats. 1t was Difficult
| to enforce the order, however, an
many stood at the rear of the court
| room, and others at various points
within the bar enclosure.
| Everywhere in the court room was
I generous sprinkling of women, VIII
lad jammed inside to get seats for the
procedure. They took a deep interes'
in the proceedings.
| During the procedure of the early
morning, fingerprint experts OF ttl'
State came into court, carrying tnt
Ike with which Good was killed, ano
various other exhibits that are to pc
used in prosecution testimony. lt WI
oe impossible to display any or IN
nenagerie of birds, monkeys and dogs
| the Goods had in their travelling Ton
Thumb circus because all of this ma
,een sent back to Texas in the truck,
trailer in which they traveied aoo''
over the country giving their. exhib
ion in schools and elsewhere. They
| ,ad come to Henderson for a perfor
nance before Henderson high schoo
| students on Monday morning aftc4
he tragedy the night before. ~
It is expected, however that pic
.nres Of the birds may be exhibited
and fingerprints will be produced, i
is thought, by the State in it's effor'
70 build UP a case against Fairbanks
A A. Bum, of defense counsel, sal
Eairbanks would be their only witnes'
so far as he knew. He had told hi,
i client that he was the whole show II
i his own behalf, and it was up to him
i The attorney intimated there migh
he a new angle to the case that has
not as vet been mentioned in public
4 nrints. and if this turn should develo1
was considered likely to furnish on
of the interesting, if not sensational
aspects.
/ Fairbanks confessed to officers tn
| dox, oftar the Shaving that he killed