The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-29
Two Thaw Jurors Already
Sworn in Have Been Excused.
Only One Additional Member
Added in Half a Day.
THAW CHALLENGED 3
After His Counsel Had Ex-
pressed Their Satisfaction.
Jack Barrymore on Hand to
Testify for the State.

New York. Jan. 29.-when the
morning session of the Thaw trial
ended today there remained but two
vacant seats in the jury box and the
impression of those following the case
seemed to be that complete jury
might be expected before night.
!. Out of the Is talesmen of the orig
inal panel of 200 men. who were ex-
amined this morning. one proved ac-
ceptable and he took his place an
juror No. 10. He is John s. Dennee. a
travelling freight agent. Mr.. Dennes
| is native of Louisiana and Thaw
seemed especially pleased at having
secured a southerner on the jury.
The defendants attorneys set new
high record for peremptory chal-
! lenges. bringing this privilege to bear
five times in excusing talesmen from
service. The defense has thus far
used Is of its 80 peremptory chal-
! lenges and the state IA. All the Thaw
family was in court today and there
was no evidence of friction among it's
members. 1t seemed as though ef-
fort was being made to show there
! has been no ground for such rumors
| during the past few days. Mrs. Harry
| Thaw, and May NICK Kenzie, Joined Mrs
William Thaw, the Countess of Var
|
conversation as the court room was
| being cleared at the conclusion of the
! morning session.
A new panel of 100 taIesmen was in
! court today but it has not been drawn
upon.
BY consent of all concerned in the
case cas- Jurors j r Arthur s Campbell and
ther service this afternoon.
The Days Proceedings.
New York JAN 29-One hundred new
| talesmen were present this morning
when the Thaw trial was resumed.
| There were three vacant jury chairs
when this, the fifth day of the trial be-
gan, and there remained about 35
names in the original jury panel is be
! called. 1t was agreed that they should
first be exhausted before calling upon
any of the newly summoned talesmen.
| ALI the 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 Mr. and Mrs. George
| Carnegie. Miss Mckenzie took her ac-
| customed seat at the farther end of
| the second of the two rows of chairs
! assigned the prisoners relatives. This is
| the most conspicuous place in the fam
| ily group. Mrs. Evlyn Thaw sat beside
| her. Mrs. Carnegie sat with the pris-
oner's wife until her mother. Mrs. Will
! liam Thaw, arrived with the Countess
of Yarmouth and the two Thaw broth
ers, Edward and Josiah.
| 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 were thus
| thrown side by side again and it SEEM
| ed as though this arrangement was de-
! signed in advance further to discredit
! the stories which have been so Prev
alent as to dissensions in the family.
The Thaws often meet in one of the
ante-rooms of the court and consult
| with counsel for the defendant. This
accounts for the fact that they some
| times do not greet each other when
| taking their places in the court room.
Both Attorney Delmas who is suffer-
| ing from a cold and his law partner.
Mr.. McHike, were absent from the de-
fendants counsel table when the morn
! ing session opened. This left two
cant chairs on the prisoners right and
gave him a clear view of the jurors
thus far sworn. He profited by the op
portunity to study their faces for soma
time Then he expressed confidence TO
Mr. Peabody, who sat at his cleft.
First TeIesman Called.
The first talesman called was Theo-
dore V. Boynton, an intimate friend OF
District Attorney Jerome. He was ex-
cused
District Attorney Jerome peremptorily
challenged Daniel ]. Martin, the sec
ond talesman called
Mr. Jerome questioned the talesnen
today as to the extent they have been
reading the papers since the trial be-
gan and if they had been Influenced in
any way thereby. None of the men put
under examina ton in the early part OF
the proceedings would admit that he
had attached Importance to anything
outside of the actual proceedings in
court.
Sidney II. SaIamon. a young busi-
ness man. was looked upon as a pos
sible juror until he struck that portion
of the district attorneys examination
which has to do with the defense be-
tween a reasonable and a possible
doubt Salamon was not sure as to
where the distinction should be drawn
and he was excused by consent.
Samuel Pepper, a manufacturing
jeweler, went through the regular ex-
animation by both the prosecution and
the defense. but he finally came to
grief against a peremptory challenge
exercised by Thaw,s lawyers. Pepper
was the first man of all on the panel
originally summoned to declare that
he had neither formed an opinion nor
heard one expressed.
Mr.. Hartridge for the defense again
indicated by his questioning of this
talesman that there may be more than
one excuse offered by Thaw for his
killing of Stanford White.
''Would you object to two or more
defenses?. p. Inquired the prisoners
counsel
NO replied the talesman.
After a consultation among the de-
fendant,s attorneys the peremptory
challenge was entered.
Juror No. 10.
The morning session had been in