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Show NEGRESS GOES ON TRIAL HERE Selection of Jury to Try Laurine Griffin Occupies Day Trial of Laurine Griffin. negress. for the murder of Io Tun. one of the proprietors of the Vienna cafe, on Twenty -fifth street, began In the dldtrlct "court this morning before Judge 'Joorge 8. Barker. At 10 o'clock Impanelling of the jury began and It was Indicated that ( practically the entire day will bs consumed with the selection of the Jurors. Taking of testimony probably will bo under full sway tomorrow mornl ng. George Halverson nnd Arthur Wool-ley, Wool-ley, represented tho woman as counsel, coun-sel, while District Attorney Joseph B, .Evans will direct the pro3ecutlou. The woman is alleged to have fired throo shots at the head f the Chinese while he lay sleeping In his room In the rear of the cafe on February L One of the shots crashed Into the brain and death was Instantaneous. Following the shooting the woman Is alleged to have told police officers that she shot Leo because he would not return money she hod given him for safekeeping She has been confined con-fined In the county Jail for the last six weeks. |