Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-24

decide his fate, leaning wen forward
and holding his hand to his ear to
catch every word that might fall from
the lips of the talesmen. Again he
would seem l~istless, and his eyes, deep
set and having something of a stare,
roved about the courtroom. His face
was pallid, doubtless due to his seven
months confinement in the Tombs.
Thaw Is fully six feet in height and Is
quite thin. He wore a dark blue sack
suit and had always with him a plaid
ulster coat.
Just behind the prisoner sat the sew
eral members of his family gathered
here for the trial. They greeted him
with n smile. With his eyes r~esOlutely
on the front Thaw did not see his
mother or his wife until he was almost
upon them. Then his sober face broke
into a quick smile, and he bowed gra-
ciously.
Mrs. William Thaw, the prisoners
mother, was the first of the family to
arrive. She was dressed plainly in
black and wore IL heavy black veil.
The Countess of Yarmouth, who was
Miss Alice Thaw, followed her mother.
Her gown was of brown, cut with coat
effect. The brown hat was Of fur. and
a heavy brown veil covered her face.
But the countess. too, after she had
become more accustomed to her sur
roundings pushed aside the veil which
had hidden her features. There was a
decided mur1npr In the courtroom as
the spectators noted the striking re-
semblance between the countess and
the prisoner.
Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie, an
other sister of the defendant, came in
with the countess, and there was q
lively craring of necks to catch the
first glimpse of Mrs. Evelyn Nesbft
Thaw. around whom the storm of The
great trial will rage. She quickly ap-
peared with May Mckenzie, the ac-
tress, who has been her sole companion
since the night Of the tragedy when
the artists model wife of Stanford
Whites slavAr fed - Miss McKenzie's
apartment. The younger Mrs. ThaW
was dressed in dark blue and wore q
plain dark hat, which was almost en-
tirely covered by a white tulle veil. but
her features were plainly dlscernible,
and there was about them much Of the
beauty which caused her to be so Wild
ly sought as a model by noted artists,
Her dark of hair made a pretty
letting for the ivory of her cheeks.
She seemed to take the keenest interest
in every question put to the talesmen
and was constantly nodding her head
as If to give assent to some mental
conclusion she had reached. Hardly
once during the day did Harry Thaw
take his eyes from the front and look
at his relatives. His brother, Edward
Thaw, and brother-in-law. George Car
negie, sat almost at his elbow.
Aside from the members of the fam
lily there were only four women in the
courtroom, and these were newspaper
writers. The attendance was confined
10 newspaper people and jury tales
men.
The jurors who remained in the box
when the day was done and who were
turned over to a bailiff who will have
them in charge until the end of the
trial were Derning Is. Smith, a retired
manufacturer Of umbrellas, and Charles
II. Fecke, an employing teamster.
Both men are married and have famI-
lies. Smith is about fifty-ive years Of
age and Fecke forty-tive.
Frank P. Hill after being accepted
and sworn was excused from service
for private reasons.