Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25


report of the trial and has given in
house.
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Three new jur-
ors to try Harry K. Thaw for the muir
der of Stanford White We're secured to-
day. This result was attained during
the closing hour of an extremely tedious
session. When court adjourned for the
day five jurors, including the two chosen
yesterday, had been accepted and sworn
in. Thirty-two talesmen in all were
examined. The three jurors chosen to-
day are:
Henry C. Harney, a piano dealer;
George Pfaff, a dealer in machinists'
supplies; Arthur S. Campbell a super
intendent of telegraph and telephone
construction. The two chosen yester-
day were Deming b. Smith, a retired
manufacturer who will serve as FORE
man, and Charles H. Fecke, a shipping
agent.
The tedious manner in which the Sc
lection of jurors proceeded today makes
it difficult to predict just when the trial
panel of twelve will finally be filed.
The courts order that the jurors must
be kept together under the care Of
ing many of the talesmen reluctant to
serve.
Various excuses were offered today,
one man declared that to be locked up
for two months would so wreck his
nerves as to make calm consideration
of the case an impossibility. He was
excused. The nineteen talesmen cx-
amined yesterday and the thirty-one
today brings the total thus far called
for examination up to fifty.
OF the thirty peremptory challenges
each allowed the prosecution and the
defense, the former has used eight and
the latter six The defense today
seemed willing to accept any talesmen
who made reasonable answers to the
district attorneys questions.
The fact that Thaws attorneys asked
several of the talesmen If they had
any prejudice against any particular
line of defense was taken to indicate
that the defense might be either the
so-called 'unwrltten law" or emotional
Insanity or combination of both.
Thaw's attorneys again today Of
fered no objection, however, to the dis
trict attorneys questions as to whether
or not the proposed jurors would be
guided by the actual law as laid down
by the court to the exclusion of any
fanciful law they might themselves
import into the case. Each of the ac-
cepted jurors promised to abide by the
Interpretation of the court.
Mrs. Thaw, mother of the defendant,
was not In court today. She was great
ly fatigued by yesterdays long ses-
sions and was on the verge of a col
apartments today. The other members
of the family We're in their accustomed
seats behind the defendant.
Howard Nesbit, brother of Mrs.
Harry Thaw, also was in court, sitting
well i'm the rear with the man who was
Stanford Whites secretary. Neither
he nor his sister glanced at each
other.
Unexpected Features Develop
The work in the court room yester-
day developed one or two features out
of the ordinary. The first of these was
the order of Justice Fitzgerald that
the jury shall be kept in seclusion until
its members have reached verdict.
At the recess I'm the middle of the
day Justice Fitzgerald swore in two
officers to take charge of the Jurors
and admonished most seriously those
already In the box upon the Importance
of their duties and the care they
should take not to have any communi-
cation with outsiders.
TO lock up a juror at the beginning
of atrial Is unusual. No explanation
of this was given, but 1t is plain that
the Judge wishes the jurymen kept
from possible outside influence. The
jurymen viii be lodged at the Broad
way Central hotel and will be con-
stantly under the surveillance of the
officers placed In charge OF them.
The second development was the ap-
pearance in court on behalf OF the
prosecution OF three noted alienists.
Their duty, apparently, is to watch
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