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box as prospective jurors to be ques-
toned by the opposing attorneys.
They were Perry c. Behrens, 41e
1ngraham street NV, chief ac-
countant with Chambers under
takers: Sidney Bluth, 1877 Thirty
fifth street NE, with Max ZWeig,
pawnbrokers' exchange; Frank R.
Caldwell, 1921 Forty y-seventh street
NV. civilian employe of the Bu-
reau of Naval Aeronautics; John F.
Colbert, 4444 Reservoir road NV,
real estate salesman; Chester H.
Crawford, 4514 Seventh street NV,
superintendent of the Certified
Bakery: Russo H. Crowel. 3726
Connecticut avenue NV, a certified
public accountant.
Also, Myer Ehrlich, 4810 Blagden
avenue NV. poultry dealer; Mrs.
Hilda Ray Evans, of 101 S street
NV, housewife; Bernard M.
Fairall, 1922 Fifteenth street Sc, a
painter; John S. Farquhar, 4211
Chesapeake street NV, WPB in
dustrial analyst; ]. Louis Gundling,
1916 Appleton street NV, a buyer
and Mrs. Louise F. Herfurth, 1922
Garfield street NV, housewife.
Against Capital Punishment,
Mr.. Ehrlich, Mr.. FairalI, Mr.. Cald-
well and Mrs. Evans said they were
against capital punishment and
were Immediately excused.
They were replaced by Isaac Ise-
man, 80 Riggs road NV, floor man.
ager for the Hecht Co.; Mrs. Lois
Bradshaw Lewis, 919 South Carolina
avenue Sc, an employe of the Pen
tagon branch of the First and Mer-
chants National Bank of Richmond; :;
Wesley I. MacFall 5740 Colorado
avenue NV, an employe of the
Atlas Powder Co., and Henry T.
Mullen, 2010 Ninth street NV, op-
orator of moving and storage busi-
ness.
Other jurors said they had formed
an opinion and were excused
Among those called to the jury
box in the constant changes were: ::
Robert E. Neal, 1921 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc, employe of Washing
ton Gas Light Co.; William B. Pol
lard, 4514 Connecticut avenue NV,
employe of the Federal Reserve
Board; Guy T. Purdey, % Ingraham
street NV, employe of Certified
Bakery; Amy c. Royal, 1906. Tenth
street NV, restaurant manager;
Howard E. Simmons, 56l1 Fifth
street NV, meat manager of the
A. g. P. Co.; Allen L. Simms, GIT
Florida avenue NV, file clerk in
the Department of the interior;
David R. Simon, 2745 Twenty-ninth
street NV, real estate builder;
Walter R. Stubbs, 918 Eighteenth
street NV, manager of Southern
Building; Joseph P. Swineburne
1918 Saratoga avenue NE, employe
of the Brookland post Office sta
ton; Frank G. Weaver, 81 Franklin
street NE, manager of a Safeway,
and John H. Westerman, 5000
Thirty ninth street NV, refrigera-
ton salesman.
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If jury has been selected before
adjournment today, the Government
was prepared to call as first witness
Mrs. Ida H. Soelter, manager of the
apartment house at 2120 Sixteenth
street, who found Mrs. Boyer's body
in the kitchen of her apartment on
the night of March g. She was to
be followed by Deputy Coroner
Christopher j. Murphy, who re-
moved two .32-caliber pistol bullets
from Mrs. Boyer's brain.
They we're to be followed in turn
by participants in poker game in
Mrs. Boyer's apartment the night of
March S. All will be asked to iden-
tify Medley as one of the players.
Medley is charged with first-degree
murder in two counts, murder while
attempting to perpetrate a robbery
and murder while perpetrating a
robbery.
Before the trial started, Mr.. Fihel-
ly said that 80 to 40 witnesses were
here from other cities to testify for
the prosecution. In all 116 witnesses
have been subpoenaed by the Gov
:rnment.
Call Handwriting Experts.
The witnesses, he said, include
handwriting experts, who will bt
asked to identify signatures on hote
registers as those Of the defendant
New Orleans, where the body
of red-haired Laura Fischer, 28-
year-old garment worker from New
York, was found in a bathtub, the
registration for the room was signed
'tE. J. Stafford"
Medley is under murder indict.
ment in this case.
Another signature, 81. H. Hanan,'
which the Government will try te
introduce, is for the hotel room ir
Chicago where the body of another
red-haired woman, Mrs. Blanche
Zimmerman, 38, a telephone opera.
tor, was found in the bathtub. Chi.