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Show young mm 1EN 10 W HE icnwoiM DENVER, Nov. 21. Boforo a Jury of comparatively young married men, dniong whom thero is not a gray head, Gortrudo Gibson Patterson will be tried for tho murder of hor husband, whom sho snot and killed September 25" last, whilo walking with him In i Buburb of Denver, near a tuberculosis sanitarium In which he was a patient. pa-tient. Acceptance of the Jury camo suddenly at tho closo of tho day's proceedings "Tho Jury Is satisfactory to the state," declared Special Prosecutor Horace G Benson at thi3 point. "The defense' la satisfied with tho jury," asserted Attorney O N Hilton, and the Jury was sworn. The Jury to Try the Case. Tho JurorB aro: Charles R Bosworth, real estate dealer. F. S Perry, assistant cashier of a banking company. William II? Gardner, real csttto dealer. John T. Doyle, merchant. John Dlmlock, hotel clerk. John L Brubaker, agent for a packing pack-ing company. Stafford E Beckett, grocer. Francis J Crane, mining engineer. Harvey W. Bird, fruit broker. M C, Klnkcl, proprietor of a sheet metal works. Charles G Opponlandor, grocer. James J. Flint, mechanical engineer All Are Young Married Men. Bosworth; tho youngest man on the Jury, is 27 years old. The rest range from 35 years' of ago up, with tho oldest Jufor well below CO. Every man on the Jury Is married Most of them have children Not one of tho jurors has over seen service before In a criminal case. Each member stated under oath that ho Is willing to Impose Im-pose the denth penalty If the ovldcnco appears to him to warrant It. An almost unbroken round of examining exam-ining nnd challenging of tnlosmen filled out the day. Moro opposition to inflicting the death penalty on a woman appeared among tho talesmen today. Talcs-man Talcs-man Albert N. Eells disagreed with Special Prosecutor Benson In the letter's let-ter's contention that tho law should be enforced" equally on man and woman. Should Show Women Consideration. "Men make tho law," said Eells "Womou don't. I think women are entitled to more consideration than men when they faco punishment for the alleged violation of the law." Finally he was challenged for cause when ho declared that under no circumstances cir-cumstances would ho Impose tho doath penalty on a woman William E. Gibson, another talesman tales-man challenged for cause, doclnrod himself willing to Impose tho death penalty on a woman "in some cases " Then his eye wandered to the piettv, glrllBh dofendant, Ju6t In time to meet hor gaze "But not In thla caso," he added |
