Show AARON BURR JURY ITS SELECTION WAS A LONG TEDIOUS TE-DIOUS PROCESS Fate of the Defendant Rested In the Hands of Those Who Were His Avowed EnemiesChosen by Burr Himself > nly four of tho first panel of 4S hsmen summoned for Jury duty had undecided opinions about Burr and only ono of those four expressed himself him-self as entirely unprejudiced concerning concern-ing him Tho other 14 wore so Irreconcilably Ir-reconcilably hostile that tho court promptly discharged them and another panel was aummoiicd says n writer In Harpers Magazine This second lot however was worse than the first and tho situation grew more and more serious nu tho sifting process con tinned ono candidate after another ox pi cased open hostility and oven hatred for the defendant At last when hope of securing an Impartial jury had almost al-most faded n talesman by tho namu of Morrison took tho stand who it was believed would prove an exception to tho rule This gentleman had apparently appar-ently kept an open wind on tho subject sub-ject of tho prisoners lunocouco or guilt and was willing to servo us n Juror almost too willing It Deemed to tho defense and Mr Botts rose to crossexamine Are you a freeholder asked tho counsel Yes 1 have two patents for land answered tho candidate Aro you worth 300 continued the oratnliior Yes snapped the witness I have a 1 horso hero worth half of It Have you another at home to makeup make-up tho other half jocosely l pursued the attorney and the audience laughed Yes four of thein retorted tho talesman angrily J am surprised there should be so much terror to me he continued addressing the audience but perhaps my name may bo a terror ter-ror ho added his voice rising to a shout for my name Is Hamilton This unprejudiced candidate was then excused and for 11 days the weary search continued without success suc-cess Not one Impartial citizen was discovered in the entire second panel ntrl nt this Juncture the proceedings were brought to a standstill After some discussion however tho defense suggested that It be allowed to select anyone It chose from tho last panel and the acceptanco of this unique proposition raved the way for one of 8 the most startling moves in this extraordinary = ex-traordinary trial Strictly speaking not ono of the proponed pro-poned jurors was eligible to a scat In tho jury box but of course some of them wore less bitter against the defendant de-fendant than others and It was natural na-tural to suppose that Burrs advisers would take advantage of that fact and choose tho boat of a bad lot Nothing so commonplace however characterized character-ized their plans and to tho utter amazement of all outsiders Burr proceeded pro-ceeded to nominate tho most objectionable objec-tionable talesman of the entire list Inexplicable as this surprising maneuver maneu-ver must have been to tho general public It was of course Instantly comprehended by the opposing counsel coun-sel Burr and his advisers doubtless reasoned that the safest jurors would be those whoso hostility bad been most thoroughly exposed Tho very fact that ho was willing to place his life In the hands of his avowed enemies ene-mies was of course the most eloquent protest of Innocence which a prisoner I could make |