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uuu DegSU UOttt IV OCIOCX , *nd it took a rorjr short tint* to •elect the jury.
Commonwealth Attorney Raynor V. Snead asked for a verdict of Srst degree murder and tv* quested the death penalty. He call, ed it a clear case of cold-blooded murder.
Attorney James W. Fletcher led his plea for the defense in doctor- • lag that Adelaide Sloan acted in •elf-defense. He stated that she and her brother had had argumeats on several occasions and that she was afraid of the brother, and hence, had gone armed ' to protect herself.
Early in the trial one of the witnesses refused to repeat some of the language that he had heard used before the fatal shooting took p!«Ow When he wrote the words which he preferred not to repeat in the courtroom, Judge Alexander explained to the ladies present that the language would not be pleasant and they could leave. Some of them left. -
There were more colored people present at the trial than white people.
The accused, Adelaide Sloan, appeared in court in a dark brown coat and had a scarf tied around her head. She gave her testimony in a very low voice and had to foe asked to lift her heed end speak more distinctly. She appeared very meek and subdued.
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