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fOL xvm.' ■ i mmiimmmMmmmmmmmi .........MAY SECURE MURDER STOTRIAL JURY TODAYDiffrQFIRST IN BIG SPECIAL PANEL N«* REACHED IN EXAMINATION hill*YESTERDAY idropr« n i liCOURT CHAMBER IS TILLED\.gp v Ne_ Jj -r-rrw».-«■.*« markNumerous Spectators Here for Hear dniin inK--Pnsoner‘s jpmily PresentFor Triailtive iv a rioSpecUitora filled tin* ditrilt;t courtfhttmh#*r yesterday during the initial JH,intselection of the jury foi the tiriul of flt; JM 1 lt;) VV Langley, charged with i he hankmurder of Judge Pfeiffer. Good jcausew i t hPROprogrcHH was made, contrary to ear-Her expectations, and the jury rnay he completed hy tonight. It 1h man ofl®ifealty impossible, however, to ac- ,culately forecast todays developo-ments.Shei iff .1 ohn L. Schick entered!tin* court room shortly after 101o*i lock yesterday fo?eno«»n with theprisoner, and the officer was th teafter instructed hy Judge pemhet j * ^ton i«» temporal ily exclude all pros-1 pec five jurors. A large coating* nt ,« r Cortland peopl* v * re on 1* ? ' Wai rom t hi tni. thatThe appearance of th** prisoner impelolt; i - ned I ooii hui jo it * on t he u gndpart of the rptctulors who had not (,f faiM-en him since the night or the pronntragedy. IP* appeared to he intire farm: ly self po sen ed and in e\eelllt; nt hy thhealth. Ho was dm ed in a m at the bMilt of blue and wa carefully all mgroomed. The remark was made that N the former Cortland farmer teemed mcnt the average Imi in* man m app i r wotk*w ides-Mrs. Pfeiffer Present platliSeated not far from Langley wa * tende his wife, who reached him a quick motnl ly as possible on the August night mcnt of the ihooting, and who has fre “1 quenlly visited him at the jail dm* not 1 Ing the rix months In* ha loan 111 am* 1Sheriff S* ho k f U tody N * * lt;» hlt; r » f‘ were serval of their tlt;n children nlihoand at some distance were hit f itter thrm* i. ^ u urkbrother und HiHter, who are he*'1u da; iridu*-from Arkansas.Mrs. Pf«iffer, widow nr ih« Cortland Justice, and her mall daufch- 'Kter were In the court room. ROB’Twonty-three jn the orii-tnal Juiypanel were called as the first tlt; hoexamined and it m; early afret Ronuon before the first member of and the special panel of 150 were reach Fifth ed. The first 12 prospective jurors, hack having been passed for cause, occu- aboil’ pied the box shortly after the noon an a hour, and both prosecution and d* tiH lt;fenso then took up the challenge*.'aboui Eight challenges had been used up Th to the adjournment late in the aft- home crnoon, five hy the defense and ,.,t y, three by the state, The defense is pjekrpermitted 12 strikes and the prose- ,la,teutlon 10. or a total of 22. VV i ft slate eight, out of the way. I t remain. j drove leaving seven each for the defense ;i |,]( and state. Out of 39 who were ex out tjamined, 14 remained ye teiday aft-1 was i r the remainder had either been clone r,truc or had been eliminied by port*idekncHM or for other causes.Permanently Excused jp:t;Bo, far as t he personnel of the j willJury is concerned, none were finally lead decided upon yesterday. The pros- menpective jurors who were permanentJv excused were: J. H. Ilale, Frank Mumford, J. H. Stansbury, Paul ^ Dresp. Geo. Arnold, O. Zehrung.\T(AU Jno. Pierson, Ray Mudge, A. O.Sears, A. A. Ballard, Wm. Kline, Byron Dalni, Ben Broekmeir, lr. S. Cravett, Ernest Doty, E. Close, J.M. Darby, J. H. Alden, Dickka. D. M. Bindernagle, Leo Munster,Jno. Gouff, C. II. Cravett and Harry Glasgow.a pewasw e r c hadTIizedThe charge is first degree murder, the penalty being capital pun-J boys ishment or a life sentence. County its 1Attorney Walter A Vasey and Attorney H. II. Wilson of Lincoln, tradwho is assist ing in the prosecution, j seek stressed this in the examination of j Fed* the panel. The prisoner’s attorneys are ITazlett, Jack Lnughlin and I ^ Frank A. Dutton of this city, and + j Judge W. G. Walker of Fayettes-J4 ville, Ark. j +♦ hFirst Since Shumway | ♦ clt;John Schick, jr., and A. IT. Gray ♦ L are serving as Sheriff Schick’s dopii- 4 tl ties, with Deputy Sheriff Frank Acton. Mr. Gray is in personal charge 4 o of the prisoner during the progress 4 tlof the hearing. ,♦ uThe work In connection with reg;4 e istering the big panel and details 4 11 concerning the numerous witnesses 4 w4 tl4men a vast amount of de tail for District Clerk Frank Lcnhart and Deputy Frank Hughes. The issuance of 4 g warrants also brings a great deal of 4 v xx-ork fnr County Clerk C*. L.Mumford and Deputy J. C. Emery.Tliifei la the fust murder tirial in ♦ I the county since the Shumway case 4 stwelve years ago. 1 +♦ P4 (i
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Beatrice Daily Sun
Beatrice, Nebraska, US
Wed, Feb 25, 1920
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