Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-14
THAW TRIAL rs NEAR
DECEMBER THIRD SET FOR A
HEARING.

dispatch from New York says: Two
weeks from next Monday, on December 3,
Harry X. Thaw will be placed on trial,
charged with murder in the first degree, for
the Staying Of Mr.. Stanford White during
a performance on the Madison Square roof
garden, on the night Of June 25 last. II
counsel for the young man intend to ask for
further delay they gave no hint of it yester
day. All along they have professed to be
anxious to face the ordeal as soon as pos
sible.
To have everything in readiness for pro-
ceeding District Attorney Jerome will soon
make an application for the drawing Of
special panel of talesmen. from which the
twelve men who will decide Thaw's fate
will be selected. The hundred or more men
to be drawn have all been examined as to
their qualifications to decide on murder
cases by the commissioner Of Jurors Sell
dom does the counsel for an accused man
make any opposition to a special panel, gen.
orally preferring this should be the course.
While the district attorney has not de-
cided as yet whether to move the trial In
one of the parts Of general sessions court or
in the criminal branch of the supreme court,
1t is likely it will be held in the former
tribunal. Some time ago the lawyers for
Thaw tried to have the case transferred
from general sessions court to the supreme
l.
torney, with the result that the application
was denied. This, however. does not pre-
vent the district attorney from placing the
trial nthe calendar Of the criminal branch
of the supreme court, of his own volitfon,
should the conditions satisfy him that this
would be the better course.
Golf May Preside.
With the tribunal not determined. the
question of the Judge before whom the trial
shall be held is still matter of consid-
Grafton. Most of the important murder
cases of recent years have been tried be-
fore Recorder Goff, and because of his ia
miliarity with such cases the district attor-
ney, it is believed. would prefer he should
preside at the trial OF Thaw. Should he be
the choice, a notable case would come be-
fore the recorder as his last In that posi-
ton. For with the beginning of the year
he steps down from the general sessions
bench and becomes Judge Golf of the su-
preme court.
This change of Office is one of the points
which must be considered in the selection
of the recorder as the presiding Judge at
the Thaw trial. Should he enter on the
trial on December 3 II would be necessary
to end it before the beginning OF. the new
year. This would give three clear weeks
before the Christmas holidays INTERVIEWED,
and there is some question that the trial
would be terminated In that period.
Jerome Will Prosecute.
That it will be a contest bitterly fought
on each side there is little doubt But with
the exception Of Christmas day itself the
trial could proceed the last week of the
month, and this might enable Thaw to
know his fate before the end of the year
and make it feasible for the recorder to un-
dertake the arduous task.
!: District Attorney Jerome, who will con-
duct the prosecution in person, aided by
Assistant District Attorney Caravan. VIII
not talk about II nor give any idea what he
thinks of his chances of obtaining con-
viction All the work OF the preliminary
preparation has been completed. and the
prosecutors side will be the plain. con-