The Washington herald., 1907-01-28
AngePed Because Of Stories
Of Family Rows.
WIFE MAY NEVER TESTIFY
Countess Of Yarmouth May Leave
for England Because of Husbands
Bc Resumed TO-day-May Mcken-
zie stunned by the Thasys.

New York. Jan. 27.-The work of getting
the FIVE jurors necessary To I'll the box
in the trial of Harry *. Thaw for the
murder Of Stanford White VIII be cen
tinued tomorrow morning before Justice
Fitzgerald in the Supreme Court. criminal
branch. There are stiu 80 taIesmen out Of
panel Of 200 To be examined. On the basis
Of getting seven jurors out Of half the
panel. the jury should be completed
before the panel is exhausted. but IT is
noticeable in criminal cases that it is
harder % get jurors after the first six
have been selected. The general impress
sion Of the lawyers seems TO be that the
taking Of testimony may not begin until
Wednesday.
Harry ThaW did NOT spend a very pleas
ant day in the Tombs to-day. # hts
actions were any indication When he
got up I'm the morning he was cheerful
egOugh. but after he looked at the morn
ing papers he became very sour. He
would not talk 10 any one. and when it
came time TO attend the usual Sunday
morning services of the Protestant Episeo-
pal Church ne stayed in his cell. II has
been his custom to attend these services.
which are conducted by the Rev. A
Wade. and several times he has Joined In
the singing
Thaw has not neglected TO take his
regular exercise with tire other prisoners.
but to-day he declined to leave his cell
at all While the other prisoners were
marching around the Tombs yard, he
watched them from his cell window.
VIII Not Answer Note.
Later on the reporters sent him a note
asking him how he felt. and if he had
anything to say. but ne declined 70 make
any answer During the rest Of the day
he read magazines
There may have been several things
that accounted for Thaw's unpleasant
frame of mind For instance. il was
stated with positiveness by some Of the
papers that his defense would be that he
killed White because he had progressive
paresis, which the medical authorities say
is incurable and terminates in death.
Thaw's personal idea is that he was
justified in killing White. and as he will
go 70 trial with the proposition that he
IS sane now but was insane at the time
OF the killing. there is only one explana-
tion Of the defense of the paresis and
that Is that he was cured when he killed
W hlte. Those who have talked with Thaw
say that he objects very much 10 the in
sanity talk
Another thing that may have annoyed
Ihaw was the publication of n story that
his wife would be the first witness called
by District Attorney Jerome. OF course
II wasn't true, and there is some doubt as |
TO whether a wife is competent to testify |
or can be compelled TO testify against her |
husband. but Thaw read all these things
ana II upset him. In addition he wasn't |
pleased with the idea that the Countess /
OF Yarmouth may sail for Europe before 1
the trial is over. Despite denials from
the Representatives of the Thaw family. |
there is reason for believing that the
countess may not stay here until the trial /
is over
Countess Husband Is III.
Her husband is said to be very i'll /
Thaw's actions to-day were a surprise /
TO the Tombs keepers. White he has
not been as popular with the keepers |
as some other prisoners, he has gener- /
ally been pretty cheerful. Many stories |
have been told about Thaws generosity /
and the way his family was throwing /
around money A life insurance official. |
George BUTnham, ir., who was connected |
with the Mutual Reserve Life, who went /
to Sing Sing on Saturday. after some de-
lay, spent more money around the Tombs |
in day than Thaw usually spends In |