Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-29
THE THAW JURY NOW !.
LACKS THREE MEMBERS
Two Were Secured Out Of Fifty
Ta|esmen Examined, Thus Max
ing Nine in All.
REASONABLE DOUBT EMPHASIZED
District Attorney Jerome Makes 1t a
Leading Feature in His Examina-
-tlon-All the Members of the rhaw
Family in Court and They Were
Apparently Friendly Enough.
INV Assoclated Press

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NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-The jury
which is to try Harry X. Thaw for
the killing of Stanford White is near.
ly completed. When court adjourned
this evening there were nine men in
the jury box, one having been added
during the morning session and one
just before adjournment The taking
of testimony may begin with We'd.
nesday afternoon. Fifty talesmen
were examined today and so rapidly
were the remaining members of the
special panel disposed of at the morn.
ing session that at noon orders were
hurried from the court for the sum
moning Of an additional 100 men who
are to report before Justice FitZger-
aid tomorrow morning This will
make total of 300 men thus far
summoned& or the original panel
there remained tonight but So, and It
was not certain that this number
would he sufficient from which to Sc.
lect the jurymen necessary to make
i uIl heHtriaI comm lement of twelve
or the fifty men examined today
40 were excused upon doctors certi-
ficates or upon the ground that they
had formed opinions which were too
strong to be shaken by the testimony
or for various other reasons sufficient
to incapacitate man for service in
cases where the penalty may be
DEATH
Five talesmen were challenged pre-.
cmptorily, the state leading in the ex.
ercise of this privilege with three
challenges.
The two men OF the fifty who prov
ed Acceptable to the state and to the
defendants counsel were Charles D.
Newton, retired railroad official
who is perhaps 65 years old. and Louis
Haas. the New York representative
Of Philadelphia Wholesale candy
concern, who is not more than thirty
years old. In accepting the latter
Mr.. Jerome dwelt for some time on the
question of reasonable doubt, ques-
tioning the talesman searchingly as
to his ideas of the difference between
a reasonable doubt and possible
doubt. .sSs
Mr. Haas seemed inclined to the
idea that conviction for murder in
the first degree should be voted only
when such doubt one might feel in
regard to some vital issue in his own
life. had been removed by the evil
dence. This seemed to satisfy the
district attorney. Mr.. Newton became
juror number eight and Mr.. Haas
number nine
"UnWritten Law" is Prominent.
District Attorney Jerome continued
today to base his examination of the
talesmen upon the belief that Thaw's
lawyers may offer two, defenses, one
of emotional insanity at the time of
the shooting, the other the unwritten
law
He asked the accepted talesmen If
in tho event two defenses were offer.
y" eAiiu thSy "Si = NV Will
each other, which would they accept.
Both of the new jurors declared they
would be guided by the courts in
structions when it came to questions
OF law.
The Dashins May Was There.
All of the defendants family were
in court today. Mrs. Harry Thaw and
her companion, Miss Mckenzie, were
the first to arrive. Then came Mrs.
William Thaw, mother of the prison
err accompanied by her two daugh-
tiers, the Countess of Yarmouth and
Mrs. George l.. Carnegie. Edward and
Josiah Thaw and Mr.. Carnegie also
were present.
The family sat closely grouped just
back of the prisoner. AS usual they
seldom spoke to each other. Mrs.
William Thaw had gracious bow