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==The Trial of the Conspiracy Case in Progress.== “The jury was completed yesterday afternoon in the government case against Patrick, Epps and Petty by the selection of Messrs. George O’Bryan and W. A. Wray to fill the vacancies. Both asked to be excused, but Judge Taft overruled their claim, stating that he was sorry to keep them from their business, but he thought it his duty to keep them. “Assistant District Attorney Lee Brock then read the official indictments in the case, the defendants standing meanwhile and listening with intense interest. “Judge Taft then put the question to each defendant separately and each responded in full clear voice, ‘Not Guilty.’ Epps’ reply was in a cracked voice, though evidently from age and not fear or excitement. The question included all the counts in the indictment. “The jury then stood up in their seats and were sworn in in (sic) the case by Clerk H. M. Doak. “Deputy Clerk E. L. Doak then called the names of all the witnesses in the case and they lined themselves up in the corner of the room. There were over a hundred of them, including a dozen women. All together they held up their hands and swore to tell ‘the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.’ “The Court then ordered all the witnesses to retire from the court-room, and warned them to converse with no one but the counsel in the case in regard to the merits or demerits of the claims of either side. “Counsel for both sides waived the right to make a statement of the case, and the trial was ordered begun.
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