The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-14


member of a certain secret order. !
understand you are members of it,
The same juror in telling of the first
open break among the twelve men who
had Thaw's fate in their hands said
that trouble arose during the early
morning of THURSDAY, when Juror
Pfaff, who stood out for conviction
from the first. made some remarks
which were resented by the four men
who had voted for acquittal. While
they were at breakfast that day, Juror
Steele approached Pfaff and said;
Jurors Nearly Fought.
You owe mo an apology, sir. -
"Indeed, | do not, was the reply.
'EYou abused me- said Steele
''I think you are very much mistak-
en-. I abused nobody"
"Then don't let me hear you talk
like that again
'fPardon me, sir, but L shall repeat
what ] said as often as / choose. Meth
m me- sY' DY' any ''4'4'' D'''n van ''''
"Well, let me tell you that # you do,
III punch your d head OF, and
Steele shook his clenched fist in Pfaff g
face.
Other jurors intcrfered and prevent
ed further trouble.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw reached the Tombs
tation with her husband, The three
talked together for more than an hour,
and then Mr.. Delmas left the building,
A crowd of newspaper men who had
been waiting in the corridor. pressed
around the attorney as he passed
through the hall, but he stopped only
a moment.
everything is in statu quo,' he said to
his questIoners.
Asked If they might expect formal
statement of anv kind later In the day.
he replied that he would have nothing
more to say.
Mrs. Thaw looked very pale and worn
today, She said she intended to remain
with her husband until she was com.
PEELED 10 leave at the end of the regu
lation visitors hours,
The other members of the Thaw fam
ily remained closely in their rooms. de-
nying themselves 10 callers and declin-
ing to receive communications of any
kind.
Jurors Story Published.
a unique feature of the case, and one
which has caused considerable discus
sion in legal circles today, is the pub.
lication Of q signed article by one Of
the Jurors, giving a complete story of
the deliberations IN the jury room. This
is said to be the first time such thing
ever occurred in this jurisdiction. As
a rule the luries IN great criminal cases
have considered their delIbera tions as
secret and confidential The story writ
ten by one of the jurors throws some in,
teresting sidelights upon the jury-room
procedure According TO this account.
when they retired after the Judge S
charge, they gathered about the big
table in the center of the room and en-
gagged in prayer.
The discussion was largely in the ma
ture of formal debate and each speak
ker, after securing recognition, was per
mitted to proceed with his remarks
without interruption.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw broke down com
pIetcly while taking leave of her bus-
! band. They were standing before the
door of Thaw cell talking, when the
Young woman buried her face Iii her
\ hands and began sobbing. Thaw tried
| TO comfort her. but she could not con"
| troll her emotions,
AS she was leaving the prison. she
was asked if it was true that she was
going out of the city for a time To re-
Cover from the effects of the long
strain.
| S.No. il is not rue. am going to
I stay right in the city where | belong,
so as to be near my husband, she
II was reported today that counsel for
Thaw will soon apply TO New York
State Supreme court justice, outside OF
New York county. for a writ of habeas
corpus for Thaw and that they VIII
tjou that Thaw be admitted TO bail
Before leaving for his Lakeville.
Conn, home today, District Attorney
jerome said;
''If there is any application made. by
counsel of the defendant for bail, l
shall oppose it strcnuously.
Mr.. jerome denied rumor to the
effect that he had made An agreement
with Thaw g counsel to have the pris-
oner declared insane and sent TO Mat.
teawan or to a santarium to be named
nv the court, He said he would use
every effort to have Thaw brought 10
trioI again and would press for COM
| .,f ,,,nrdar in the NrRh depT1e.