Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-11-18 | Page 1 | Women with Lunches Crowd Courtroom as M'Daniel is Tried for Wife Murder

WOMEN WITH LUNCHES CROWD COURTROOM AS IS TRIED FOR WIFE MURDER I 0 Br Dy N New wj Smite to Th The 1ST I 1 ST. ST JOSEPH Mo Nov 18 Hundreds Hundreds of spectators who swarmed into ioto the Buchanan county courthouse this morning made the real start of the trial of Oscar D. D McDaniel for murder more of a gala event than a life and death struggle of a man who until a few month months ago Held the spotlight of respectful prominence Though the tho final elimination of twenty eight to leave the twelve men who form the jury was scheduled to be made at o'clock the density of the tho crowd and the difficulty the police had in maintaining order delayed the procedure More than half the eager curious spectators were women Scores Score of them were waiting at the courthouse doors at the break of day for the opportunity of obtaining choice seats seah Many of them brought lunch prepared to watch and end listen all day without disturbance t 1 The courtroom has a seating capacity of less leIS than but by o'clock persons were crowded inside the doors Scores were waiting in the corridors corridors- for a chance to slip through The crowd was even backed down the stairway leading from the main mam floor to the courtroom McDaniel accompanied by bis his aged father and hi his hii brothers Charles and Pasley entered the courtroom through the judges judge's chambers at Instantly friends of the accused prosecuting attorney surrounded him and shook hook his hand They spoke words of encouragement and expressed confidence that he h. would be cleared of the stain of a murder charge Special Prosecutor Lockwood at the last laet moment was wu chosen to make mak th the states state's opening stat statement ent because of his hil familiarity with the cast case He will d declare that McDaniel McDaniel sought to rid himself of his wife because of his hI fear of exposures McDaniel spent last night at his home with his children For sever seven hour hou he Ile and nd his attorneys conferred The Tha states state counsel held a conference in q 1 Lr cl rt woods wood's office that lasted until 2 o'clock this morning i 1