Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1915 — N'COY MURDER CASE ATTRACTS CROWDS [ARTICLE]

N'COY MURDER CASE ATTRACTS CROWDS

Frankfort Man Displays EmotJotn When Children Appear in Court Room—lnsanity flea Frankfort, Feb. 18.-/N0 time was lost here today in the ease of the state of Indiana v«. William H. McCoy, charged by grand jury indictment with voluntary manslaughter, for the slaying of hte» wife, Norma McCoy, and her paramour, John Byerley When court adjourned this evening, a jury had been selected, the opening statement of both state and defense had been made and the testimony of two witnesses given. The case is attracting unusual ab tention, and long before the time for court to convene, every available seat in the court room -Was occupied by men and women anxious to hear the facts. This afternoon standing room was at a premium. William iMOOoy, the defendant, was accompanied to court this morning by John (Miller, sheriff.' He seemed greatly distressed as he made his way through the throng in the halls of the court hduse, and when he reached the court room he broke down when he saw his two motherless children seated at the defendant’s table. All daring the long ordeal of selectihg a jury he sat with a handkerchief to his eyes and seemed utterly crushed. McCoy is being represented by John W. Strawn and William Robinson and Charles G. Guenther, prosecuting attorney, Is assisted by O. E. Brumbaugh. (McCoy has entered a plea of not guilty to the charge, and also a plea of temporary insanity at the time the deed was committed/ The case promises to be one of the hardest ever fought in Clinton county, and 71 witnesses have been subpoenaed. Hon. Joseph Combs, one of the foremost jurors in the state, is presiding over the case.