Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-29
No Explanation, But Pre-
sumed 1t Was For
Business Reasons.
DEFENSE DROPS HINT
Indicates There Will Be More
Than One Excuse for
Killing Ct White.

New York, Jan. 29.-By the consent
<Jf all concerned in the Thaw case. jur
ors Arthur s Campbell, No. 1. and Har
old r Faire, No. e. were excused from
ther service this afternoon.
The reasons for excusing the jurors
were not made public. but it is said
they are Of a business nature.
Another Accepted.
New York. Jan. 29-David 5. Walk
er, aged "a. a real estate dealer. was
this afternoon accepted as juror in
the Thaw case.
There are now nine jurors in the box
New TnIcsimen Present.
New York. Jan. 29.-One hundred Of
the new taIesmcn were present this
morning when the Thaw trial was re-
sumed before Justice Fitzgerald They
were summoned Yesterday when i
seemed the old panel of 200 might be
exhausted before the jury box could
be filled. There were three vacant jury
chairs when this. the fifth day of the
u - ,
names in the original panel 10 be
called. 1t was agreed they should first !
be exhausted before calling upon any
of the newly summoned talesmen.
Family All There.
All members of the Thaw family
were again present today arriving in
two parts. Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
and Miss May Mckenzie entered the
court room with George Carnegie.
Miss Mckenzie took her accustomed :
seat at the far end of the second Of
TWO rows Of chairs assigned the pris-
Oner's relatives. This was the most
inconspicuOus place in the family group
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw sat beside her Mrs
Carnegie sat with the prisoners wife
until her mother Mrs. William Thaw.
arrived with the Countess of Yarmouth
and two of Thaw's brothers, Edward /
and Josiah.
Placed side by side.
Mrs. Carnegie then moved into the
front row of chairs and her place was
taken by the elder Mrs. Thaw The
prisoners wife and mother We're thus
thrown side by side again. and il seem
ed as though this arrangement was de-
signed in advance TO further discredit
the stories which have been so preva-
NJent as To dissension in the family.
Both Attorney Delmas. who is suffer
ing from a cold. and his law partner.
McPike. were absent from the defend
ants counsel table when the morning
session opened. This left a gap of two
vacant chairs on the prisoners right
and gave him a clear view Of the jurors
thus far sworn
He prOfited by the opportunity TO
study their faces for some time.
Quicl>Iy Chosen.
The morning session had been in
progress but an hour and quarter
when juror No 10 was added to the
trial panel He is John Denne. who
gave his occupation a. that of a travel d
ing railway freight agent Denne is
married and about IS years of age. \
good juror was the general comment I
in the court room When all challeng- lo
es against Denne were withdrawn hel
faced the defendant TO take his oath.
May he Other Excuses.
Hartridge. for the defense. again indi-
Gated by his questioning of talesmen
today that there may be more than one
excuse offered by Thaw for tkilling {
White. Denne is a former resident OF ;
Louisiana, and when he was accepted '
Thaw seemed especially pleased to
have a southern man on the jury /;
When the talesman said he was from i;
Louisiana the defendant Immediately
engaged his counsel in conversation.
Jerome noted this, but interposed no
objection.
Recess Ordered.
Luncheon recess was ordered at I'LL
until 2:15 o'clock. just after the exam {
ination of the 18th talesman. Donald {
Bethune, had been concluded and he
had been challenged peremptorily by +