The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-31
ELEVEN JURORS
NOW IN THE BOX
Jerome Is Billed to Make the
Opening Statement in the
Thaw Case Today.
SENSATION is EXPECTED
nEEENsE MAY PLEAD TEMPO
RARY INSANITY.
SENSATION is EXPECTED

49,. york. Jan. 3O.-There was but
-. ,.,c,nt chair I'm the Thaw jury box
80, court adjourned today. ana II i
a.,sd t,at tomorrow afternoon, at the
- Dist-ict Attorney Jerome will be-
=, his opening address TO a completed
- Then the defendant his wire ana
y, .ss members Of sis family who are
5. ~ be IN court must listen to the
..orv of the roof garden tragedy toid
Ill las dramatic detail and as impress
svelv as lies within the po"e' Vi '"0
neopie's officer 20 portray.
only Jerome Knows.
inst how far back ne will delvc into
,bo bistor,, of the principals IN the Ia
80 case mo- one bat Mr.. Jerome knows
1rc has not related the plans OF ms open
5rc address 10 anyone thouBh IL nas
been intim,,ed aqtn io i,rosecution will
- tbc bricfcst possible character,
floating only with the incidents leauhlS up
- tn killing and the story or the traS-
W 9 iteeif as seen BY eye-witnesses. one
wy ~, ,,.;tneeses MAY be heard as TO the
,lcrod motive for the crime. 1t remains
~, 6ofcusc TO open the way TO tes-
rinouv which has Co 90 WITH any reia-
Stanford White and Evelyn Nesbit prior
:. fhe shaving OF the architect. Thaw S
,t.o,,,o,-e nrobablv will not reply to Mr..
Jerome tomorrow. reserving their open
Ing until thc state has finished.
Eleven in Jury Box.
two Jurors were added 70 tho trial
r7rcI TODAY. making eleven IN all In an
effort 10 complete the jury the attorney
exhausted the second special panel OF
talesmen summoned for the trial A new
panel Of lco was ordered and will be in
court tomorrow morning. the tWeltth
turor will be chosen from the new list
and should be in the box before recess
SiKty-fivc talesmen were examined to-
day. breaking all records of the tria
thus far. The highest number on any
previous day was fifty-One. one juror
was secured at the morning session anC
one near the close OF the afternoon set
ting Of the court.
Two Men Passed Muster.
Harry 6. Brearley. an ADVERTISING
agent. was the first talcsman 10 qualify
IIc took his place as juror No. s. thu
chair made vacant b. the dropping o
Harold r. Fairc from the jury pane
yesterday. Mr. Brcarley told the attOr
neys for the defense that ne had M
prejudice whatsoever against plea o
Insanity. and that i'm judging such a plc'
he would be guided by the principle o
allowing tho defendant the advantage o
every reasonable doubt.
The afternoon Juror. Henry /. Klein
berger. a silk merchant. said he kneN
very little about the subject OF insanit
and would have to be guided by the in
Ftructions of the court in arriving a
g. conclusion on such plea He did no
think his Judgment would be undul
swaycd by sympathy or emotion.
Temporary Insanity"
The manHcr in which Thaw's attor
news continued 10 dwell upon the sub
1ect of insanity i'm their examination o
various talcsmcn seemed to indicate tina
n plea OF temporary insanity. whic
would be a legal defense. Will eventual
bo- entered. In developing this claim tina
Thaw was insane at the time of the traR
Cdy the defendants attorneys may brin
in such details as they and the prisone
believe will influence the sympathy q
the men who may have an underlined be
lief i'm the sO-called ''unwritten law
jerome May Call a Halt.
There is much speculation as to VIVA
course Mr.. Jerome will pursue if Thaw
counsel begin TO develop their plea {
temporary insanity. He is prepared {
combat their aHenists. but there is a DOS
sibility that he may bring the proceed
iugs to an abrupt halt and apply f.
the appointment OF a commission 10 dc
eide whether or not the defendant is in
sane at the present time. Or he ma
let the matter be fought out in ope
court expert for expert In that even
The trial viii drag out to a great length
Prisoners Mother Absent.
Neither Mrs William. Thaw. the pris
Dner's mother. nor his sister. the Count
ass of Yarmouth was I'm court today I'll
day opened stormy after a heavy snow
fall. and as both Mrs. Thaw and III
countess are nursing colds they decide
not TO risk their health today by bein
IN court during the dull process of 5,
Letting a jury
Tell the newspaper men,, Thaw sal
90 one OF his counsel. that / advised m
mother and both my sisters to stay hon
today and take care Of themselves"
Mrs. Carnegie disObeyed the injunctio
however. and was present. Evelyn Mel
BIT Thaw and her companion. Miss Ma
Mackenzie. were early in the courtroom