Subject: [KYF] NEWS: Hearing of Evidence in Trial, 1921, Harlan Co. Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 8:23 PM Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, Ky Jan. 22, 1921 Special Venire Of 100 Is Summoned To Try Dr. Winnes Hearing Of Evidence In Case Not To Start Before Monday Or Tuesday -- Feeling In Harlan County Is Intense. Harlan, Ky., Jan. 22 -- Hearing of evidence in the trial of Dr. H.C. Winnes, charged with the murder of Miss Lura Parsons, Pine Mountain Settlement school teacher, will not start before Monday or Tuesday of next week. A special venire of 100 talisman, from which to choose the jury that will try Dr. Winnes, was summoned by Sheriff H.H. Howard of Harlan county. Circuit Judge W.T. Davis instructed the sheriff to go outside the county, if necessary, to get enough men. It is expected that at least two days will be occupied in selecting the jury. The feeling in the community is very intense over the trial, and Harlan is thronged with people of the surrounding towns, who began collecting here several days ago. The hotels are overflowing, and more people are pouring in all the time. One hears the trial discussed on all sides -- in the railway station, in the trains, on the streets, in the hotels -- by both men and women. That is a reason why the court officials feel there may be some difficulty in obtaining a jury. The case has caused so much comment throughout Harlan county, and a majority of the citizens are believed to have expressed their opinions.