The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-02
THAW JURY FILLED;
NOT YET SWORN IN
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.

that / would know Of" responded Mr.
Townsend without hesitation.
HAS any one spoken to you about this
case since you were summoned as a tales
man?"
Yes. sir
since you entered this courtroom?"
Yes. sir
"Wm Mr. O'Mara stand up?" said Mr.
Garvan. shortly. wheeling on his heel so
as 10 survey The courtroom.
The huge form Of Roger O'Mara, for
merly chief of police in Pittsburg, and
now one Of the chief witness getters for
the defense. rose away over at one side
of the courtroom. Even the pathos bri-
grade suspended work.
WAS this the man who spoke to you?''
demanded Mr. Garvan.
NO. sir, said the talesman
Mr.. O'Mara resumed his seat beside Miss
Mckenzie and the sensation collapsed.
Again the pity patrol resumed its patent
march.
Pity Patrol FOiIed Again.
There was something doing a few mo-
ments later, however for when Mr. Hart
ridge took I'D the examination of Mr.
Townsend, he said:
Mr.. Hammond stood up. He is the chief
of the district attorneys stats of detec-
| tives
WAS this the man who spoke to you in
| court ?" demanded NJ Hartridge.
mo. sir. said the talesman
YEARLY, the sympathy squad fell back
10 writing. Gould anything IN all the
range and gamut of human emotions be
more pitiful, &c"
| The tensity was over in a moment. In
deed. there was not much tensity accom-
ipanying Mr.. Hartridge's query, for II was
promptly inferred that this was merely a
harmless little grandstand play INDUCED
/ in with view to getting back at the pros
ecutiOn.
Nor was the prosecutions unexpected
move regarded as intended 10 be anything
more than good substantial hint that
the prosecution is alert.
"Jerome's just telling en- that he's on
/ he job" was the way one old-time Grim
| lnaI lawyer expressed il.
All the same, there is no doubt, reasona-
| BILE OF possible, To use two terms fire.
quently used in the courtroom in the
| course of the last ten days, that the Thaw
/ jury viii be most tenderly cared for
! Jury VIII he TenderIy Guarded.
That this VIII be done is not the slight
est reflection on the jurymen themselves.
OF, in fact. on anybody else in particular.
| II simply means that the prosecution is
/ fully aware Of the fact that in the mind
/ OF the public the trial Of Harry Thaw
| for the murder Of Stanford White is one
/ Il the most important cases in tho his
| tory Of the criminal law Of this state.
and that no possible precaution will be
/ left unutilized TO carry IL TO a square
/ deal finish.
/ 1t is stated and generally believed that
not only Will the jurors be in charge Of
[ trusted attendants of the court from now
until theiT verdict is in. but alsA that
I they Will be more or less. unofticially.
under the not far distant eyes Of -detec-
| tivcs from the district attorneys Office
and private detectives as We'll
| glance at the list OF jurymen reveals
/ the fact that every one Of them is mar
ried, a fact that is attributed largely 20
+ the work Of The defense. It is always be-
heyed by lawyers that in murder trials
/ in which h IS commended that the victim
/ was killed Tor having designs on the
faitafUlness Of wife. married jurors are
more likely 10 have sympathy for the
supposedly aggrieved husband.
/ All the jurors are more than thirty
i years Of age, and most o. them are either
/ middie-aged or bordering thereon. Most
/ OF them were born IN this State. though
4 one. Ar. Denee is a LOUisiauian by birth.
I Two OF them are retired, and the rest are
4 In active business Many artists Were
called as talesmea. but none was accept
/ ed, several Of them having conscientious
/ scrunlcs against the infection Of che death
+ penalty