Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-30
MEMBERS OF THAW FAMILY
ARE GROWING VERY CORDIAL,
ThaW Much Pleased With New
Jurors--No Evidence Expected
Before Thursday or Friday.

New York. Jan. 29.-The first big sur
prise Of the trial of Harry X. Thaw
came today when Justice Fitzgerald,
on the motion of District Attorney
Jerome. and with the consent of the
attorneys for the man accused of the
murder of Stamford White. announced
that two Of the jurors selected in the
early days Of the proceedings would be
excused.
without any reflection on the jury
men whatsoever" said the presiding
judge" jurors Nos. 4 and will be ex-
cused."
The men in question We're Arthur S.
Campbell. a superintendent of a tele-
phone construction. and Harold +.
Faire. printer and publisher of a pham-
plCt circulated in Wall street. The court
room was crowded for the opening of
the afternoon session when the an
nounccment was made.
"By agreement" said District At
| torley Jerome 1.-THE reasons for this ac-
ton will not be made public. but they
are OF Il business nature. Counsel rep
resenting the people and the defendant
have conferred with the court in re-
gard to the matter and Il unanimous
decision was arrived att
When the excused jurymen left the
court room they were bcSieged by
questiOners. Mr.. Faire created a mild
sensation in the corridors when he as
serted with positivencss that he was
utterly ignorant Of any reason Why he
should be asked to step down. He
said:
"rhe announcement in court was the
first.knowledge | had of the action. In
passing through the court house cor
ridors this morning l heard man re-
mark that two Of the Thaw jurors
were to be excused today. I had no
idea that the remark could include
me- About three years ago when I was
connected with Il brokerage concern
two detectives from the district at
torncys Office who said they visited
the places which sold securities, drop
ped in on me, asked some impcrtinent
question and wanted to know if
would be willing to so up TO the dis
trict attorneys Office anytime l might
be wanted l said yes but that was
| the last | ever heard Of the matter"
Mr. Campbell. the second of the ex-
cused jurors. declared he "had too
mucn respect for the court to give an
interview 1t was generally reported
| that Mr.. Campbell had asked to be ex-
cused He asked to be excused when
first placed on the jury.
One new juror had been added to the
trial panel when the excuse of Faire
and Campbell was announced and q
second one was subsequently secured.
thus offsetting the loss Of the two
previously sworn jurors. When court
adjourned there We're nine men in the
| Jury box. Forty-siX talesmen were
| called before the two satisfactory
| Jurors were obtained. This exhausted
| the original panel Of 200 men and used
| IN IS of the new panel OF 100 summoned
| Yesterday and in court today for the
| time. The two new jurors sworn in to-
| day were:
| No. 10-John S. Dennee. travelling
| freight agent. IS years old, and unnlar-
| rIed. Mr.. Dunnee is a native CT New
| Orleans. La.
| No. 4-David S. Walker. real estate
broker. "a years of age land unmar-
| rjed. Mr.. Walker is q son of John Bris-
| ben Walker. He was chosen during The
afternoon session and replaced Juror
| Campbell as NO. 4.
Thaw seemed to be particularly vel
pleased with the selection OF botf
Dennee and Walker and smiled wher
the prosecution withdraw all pending
CHALLENGES against the talesmen. AS
| soon as Mr.. Dennee said he was
Loui3ianian Thaw was seen in earnes
| consultation with his lawyers MI
Walker was accepted by the defence II
spite of the fact that he said he knew
stanford White and many of the deat
architects friends. He also had formed
an opinion in the case and expressed l
many times. These facts, MI Waike
declared, however. would not proven
; his rendering an entirely fair and i'm
partial verdict. He had not seen White
for a year before his death.
Thaw's attorneys set high waite
mark for peremptory challenges toda,
when they summarily excused from