Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1909 — JURY FOR SAMPSON CASE [ARTICLE]

JURY FOR SAMPSON CASE

Woman Accused of Slaying Husband Pleased With Men Selected. Lyons, N. Y., April 6—The work of selecting the jury which is to sit In judgment over the fate of Mrs. Georgia Allyn Sampson, charged with the killing of her husband, Harry Sampson, was completed when court adjourned after an entire session devoted exclusively to the examination of talesmen. The jury is composed of nine farmers, a laborer, a merchant and a carpenter. The young defendant expressed herself as pleased with the men who will weigh the evidence of her guilt or innocence and declared her belief that she would be freed. Throughout the day’s proceedings she sat dressed in full mourning, displaying no apparent interest in the case. >