THE SCENE IN COURT.
The clock in the court room was striking ten when the prisoners filed in through the door communicating with the iron corridor that led to the jail. Ex-Senior Warden Beggs led the procession. Behind him came Coughlin, O'Sullivan, Burke and Kunze, in the order named. A big bailiff walked shoulder to shoulder with each prisoner. For a moment the five men who were about to be placed on trial for their lives appeared paralyzed as they contemplated the immense throng that had gathered to gaze at them, and to listen to the opening address in behalf of the State. Beggs was as white as a sheet, Burke's face crimsoned, while the faces of the other prisoners turned pale and red by turn. Close after them came the attorneys for the defense, then those for the prosecution, then Judge McConnell, and lastly the jurors.
JOHN CULVER. | JAMES A. PIERSON. | |
CHARLES C. DIX. | JOHN L. HALL. | |
HENRY D. WALKER. | FRANK ALLISON. |
THE JURY.
GEORGE LUTHER CORKE. | WM. STANLEY NORTH. | |
EDWARD BRYAN. | ELIJAH BONTECOU. | |
CHARLES F. MARLOR. | BENJAMIN F. CLARK. |
THE JURY.
Each of the twelve good men and true rose in his place and answered as his name was called. This was the roster:
John Culver, age 43; born in Illinois; father, American; mother, Scotch; married; real estate business; Methodist Episcopal.
James A. Pierson, 54; born in New York State; parents, American; married; farmer; no religion.
Charles C. Dix, 33; born in Chicago; American parents; bachelor; insurance business; Episcopalian.
John L. Hall, 29; born in Illinois; American parents; married; architectural draughtsman; Methodist Episcopal.
Henry D. Walker, 58; born in Massachusetts; American parents; married; upholsterer; Protestant.
Frank Allison, 39; born in New York State; American parents; machinist; no religion.
George Luther Corke, 30; born in Illinois; parents, English; married; druggist; Methodist.
William Stanley North, 33; born in Cleveland, Ohio; American parents; married; manufacturer; Presbyterian.
Edward S. Bryan, 40; born in New Jersey; American parents; married; law book salesman; Congregationalist.
Elijah Bontecou, 35; born in Troy, N. Y.; American parents; married; salesman; Protestant.
Charles F. Marlor, 30; born in New York; parents, American; married; clerk; Episcopalian.
Benjamin F. Clark, 53; American by birth and parentage; married; real estate dealer; Methodist.