A famous prosecutor used to say, "Get your jury--the case will take care of itself." But as the examination of the panel and the opening address come last in point of chronology it will be well to begin at the beginning and see what the labors of the prosecutor are in the initial stages of preparation.

Let us take, for example, some notorious case, where an unfortunate victim has died from the effects of a poisoned pill or draught of medicine, or has been found dead in his room with a revolver bullet in his heart.

Some time before the matter has come into the hands of the prosecutor, the press and the police have generally been doing more or less (usually less) effective work upon the case.

The yellow journals have evolved some theory of who is the culprit and have loosed their respective reporters and "special criminologists" upon him.

Each has its own idea and its own methods--often unscrupulous.