Jury Was Secured from One Original Panel
OF MATURE AGE and Consists of Three Farmers, a Contractor,
Two Plumbers,
Blacksmith, Bank Cashier, Manufacturers, Egg Dealer, and Foreman.
SPECIAL TO THE PITTSBURG POST.
BUFFALO, Sept. 23.—The panel from which the jurors were chosen
for the trial of the assassin was drawn two weeks before the President
was shot. Out of the 36 men drawn for trial in the criminal term
12 were found who said they had no opinions that could not be removed
by evidence, proof of the fairness of the trial for this murder.
On the jury are three farmers, Silas
Carmer, William Loton and Samuel P. Waldo; two plumbers, Frederic
V. Lauer and James S. Stygall; a street railway foreman, Richard
J. Garwood; a machinery manufacturer, Henry W. Wendt; a blacksmith,
Walter E. Everitt[;] a bank cashier, Benjamin J. Ralph; a dealer
in butter and eggs, Andrew J. Smith; a boot and shoe dealer, Joachim
H. Martin; Robert J. Adams, a contractor.
Eight of these are native-born Americans,
three are German-American citizens and one was born in London. It
is a jury of mature years. If the ages were averaged the figure
would be between 48 and 50.
Two of the jurors, fine specimens
of the well-preserved American farmer, are 65 years old. Henry W.
Wendt, of the Buffalo Forge Company, is the youngest member. Silas
Carmer and William Loton are the oldest jurors.
It is a clear eyed, intelligent jury,
and heard the evidence to-day with judicial intentness. The judge
and the prisoner are the only clean shaven men connected with the
trial. Two of the jurors wear full beards. Bank Cashier Ralph has
side whiskers and all the rest wear moustaches.
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