The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-29

LeWlS, CnarleS F. Rlce, NaUnaL Dane, George T. Johnson, Joseph Wallace, Wilhelmina Day, Arveo Larson, John F. Condon, J. Edmund Miller, John T. Manson, Ann H Vance, John R. Bassett, Louise Ko- ella,
 North Branford
 R. Earle Beers, Ernest c. Linsley. North Haven
 Molly Johnson, Kingsley T. Leigh ton.
 Orange Thomas N. Brons, Mary L. Beebe Oxford Catherine s. Beardsley, Bertha J Peck, Cyrus J. Shelton, Jessie King. Prospect Victor Boardman, Michael Valasek Seymour
 George Owens, Charles s. Sargent Harry Sponheimer, Elmer MacHardy
 Southbury
 Harold Benedict, Henry Ward Beecher.
 Wallingford
 Jared R. Kimberly, William R Talcott, Bennett c. Wooding, Jo- seph L. Narchant, Miles Oddly, John F. Downey.
 West Haven
 Wilbur Hough, William Corcoran Ernest Wood, Henry A. Dean, R. w Embler, Charlotte Richards. W0lcOtt
 Robert A. Wakelee, William P Ogden.
 Woodbridge
 Clarence Beisiegel, Ethel Street.
 5 Questioned Yesterday
 Fifty-three veniremen were ques- toned yesterday at the session which bore the 11th juror for the conspir- acy trial. Twelve were challenged by the court; 21 by the defense and 19 by the state.
 Mrs. Spencer was the 32nd ex- amined yesterday--tlie 310th since the start of the trial. She was ac- cepted without questions of state or defense at 2:40 D. m.
 Twenty-two of the 53 men and women were questioned ill the morning session and the balance ln the afternoon. Seven were women.
 Disqualified In Afternoon
 Those disqualified in the after noon session were: William D. Thayer, former police chief of Mer- iden, by the court; Harold c. Fowl CT of Guilford, by the state; Mrs Katherine V. O'Connell of Ansonia by the state; James Gurinski of Ox- ford by the state; Mrs. Agnes F, Bowe of Beacon Falls by the state; Phillip Rubin of Ansonia by the court.
 William Ayers of Naugatuck by the state; Joseph H. Holmes of Sey- mour by the court; Edna c. Fenni- man of Naugatuck by the defense; George L. Hubbell of Woodbridge by the defense; Robert Newton, Jr., of North Branford by the court; David Briggs of Wallingford by the defense.
 Also Morris Kent of New Haven by the state; Phillip Little of West Haven by the defense; Walter M. Noonan of Naugatuck by the de- fense; Leonard T. Nolan of West Haven by the state; Edward R. Braun of Guilford by the state; Ot- to G. Glueck of Cheshire by the de- fense; Fred Cooper of Seymour by the defense; Graham A. Hitchcock of Cheshire by the defense; Louis Mo- Cormack of Wolcott by the court: Charles P. Pope of Oxford by the court.
 Marion E. Bristol of Guilford by the court; Walter Murray of West Haven by the state; Harry D. Platt, of Southbury by the defense; Sher- man Sanford of Oxford by the de- fense; Burton Hoskins of Hamden by the state; Bennett Atwood of Middlebury by the court; Charles T.. Looby of Meriden by the state; Fred w. Westwood of Meriden by the defense.
 Total Challenges
 At the conclusion of yesterdays session, the court had challenged a total of 82, the defense 122 and the state 116. Fred w. Westwood was the 331st man to take the stand.
 At the start of today's session the state possessed 60 peremptory chal- lenges and the defense had 54.
 Final Moments of Yesterday
 After Mrs. Spencer had been &C., cepted as the 11th juror there were many thrilling moments as pros- pective jurors took the stand. In two instances, when only one juror was needed, Special Prosecutor AL corn accepted veniremen, but the defense challenged. In another in- stance, under the same circum- stances, the defense accepted man, and the state challenged.
 Between the utterance of the &C., ceptance by one side and the exer- else of a challenge by the other, the air was decidedly tense.
 New Panel Ordered Judge Inglis interrupted the pro- ceedings at 3:55 yesterday after- noon to instruct Chief Deputy Sheriff Callahan that another panel of veniremen would be drawn this morning at 11:30 o'clock. He esti- mated that between 50 and 100 would comprise the new panel, which will be the fifth drawn in the effort to prepare jury for the trial. Court was adjourned yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in order that Judge Inglis could make more convenient travelling arrangements to his Middletown home.
 At the time the new panel was ordered there were less than 30