The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-25
6S OF the 200 TaIesmen Have
Been Examined.
THAW SEEMS PLEASED.
Regards With Favor the Per-
SONS So Far Chosen.
Jerome Causing Most Of the De-
lay in Selection.

making six in all, was added today TO
the panel which is to try Harry h-
Thaw on the charge of murder IN the
first degree. He was selected near the
close of the morning session ana was
the thirteenth taIesman examined to-
day. His name is Harold r. Faire. he
is the first unmarried man to be Sc
lected and is about % years of age.
Most of the talesmen excused from
service today had formed such decided
opinions as to disqualify them.
There was but one peremptory chaI-
lenge and this was by Mr.. Jerome in
excusing a talesman named Charles H.
Nesbit. The similarity in name TO
Harry K. Tnaw's wife caused the ex-
animation of the talesman to be fol-
lowed with much interest until he ap-
parently was about to be accepted
when Mr.. jerome challenged him:
Mrs: William Thaw. mother OF the
of the morning session, having fully
recovered from the indisposition which
kept her indoors yesterday. She was
accompanied by her daughter, Mrs
George Lauder Carnegie, the two hav-
ing been preceded some minutes by
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and her con-
slant companion, May Mckenzie The
prisoners wife still wore the plain dark
blue suit that she had appeared in on
every day of the trial Today she had
discarded her white veil for one of blue
chiffon. The effect was to bring out
more distinctly the features of her face,
which appeared unusually pale.
The elder Mrs. Thaw was in conven-
tional black. The Countess of Var
mouth did not attend the trial today
owing to slight cold Edward and
Josiah Thaw, were early in their seats
The five jurors selected during the
first two days of the trial appeared to
be men above the average in intellect
All seem to be in prosperous circum-
stances. Two are seemingly just above
80 years of age. George Pfaff, a hard
ware dealer, is the youngest, probably
not more than "a years of age. Charles
bly, 40, and Arthur s. S.sCampbell. sup
erintendent of telephone construction. |
is not more than two years older. The |
other two jurors are Deming B Smith. |
and Henry c. Harvey, manager of |
piano concern.
when the elder Mrs. Thaw came in !
TO the court she seemed oblivious of
the presence of the prisoners wife in |
the next seat to her own. The latter |
assisted her mother-in-law, however, |
in removing her fur lined cloak.
Family Greetings. /
When Harry Thaw entered the |
court room his family's attention was
distracted by the arraignment of a |
defendant in another case. Thaw |
noticed this, and as he passed his
his one hand and grasped both of hers, |
which were clasped about a small. /
gilt leaved book in her lap She look |
ed up quickly and answered her sons |
smile.
Mrs Harry Thaw gave her husband |
an earnest look of greeting and during |
the examination of the talesmen she |
assumed her customary attitude, lean |
ing we'll forward in her seat eager to |
catch every answer to questions put |
either by the district attorney or by |
counsel for the defendant. Counsel |
for Thaw were informed today that |
Henry c. Harvey, the fifth Juror ac- |
cepted, has acted as a juror in the |
case in which Edward Pekarz was
convicted of murder in the first de- |
gree. Pekarz's plea was insanity and |
several anenists testified that he was
mentally unbalanced when he muir
dered a woman from whom he rented |
rooms. The verdict was guilty and |
Pekarz was sentenced to death. Sub
sequently the sentence was commuted |
to life imprisonment
Daniel O'Reilly of counsel for Thaw
was quoted as saying today concern
ing Juror Harney:
1--WE went on the assumption that |
man who has voted to put a man to !
death on one occasion, will never vote |
For the execution of a second man.
We wanted him on the jury.
Mr.. Harney's jury said the man
was sane. but it was proven before
Governor Higgins that he was insane
and the governor saved him. We be- !
lieve that Mr.. Harvey will never con-
vict another man..
The First TaIesman
The first talesman today proved to
be Walter NJ. Jackson, a real estate
broker who was excused on a chaI-
lenge by the people when he declared |
that he entertained certain prejudices
which might make him a partial jur.
or.
Ashley c. Jennings. who followed
Jackson, was examined in detail both
by the prosecution and the defense and
1T seemed as though he might be ac-
cepted the sixth juror. but at the
last moment he spoke privately with
Justice Fitzgerald. The attorneys were /
called into conference and the talesman
eventually was excused by consent
During Jennings examination, Mr..
Hartridge. of defendants counsel. ask
ed the talesman what was regarded as
a significant question. The talesrnan
had already stated that so long as the
defense offered by the prisoner was a |
legal one he had no objection to what
line it may take, when he was asked:
would It make any difference to YOU
II there were half a dozen different de- |
fenses?"
TT would not" replied the taIesman.
Thaw's counsel seemed reluctant to /
lose Mr.. Jennings.
Charles NJ. Levy was excused by the |
court without examination.
Charles A. Fuller. Charles D. HaIsey |
and Horace H. Smith had such decided |
opinions that they believed they could |
not be moved by the evidence. They
were excused by consent.
Objects to E1ectrocution.
James NJ. Ketcham, the next tales
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