The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-15
Death CAUSES
TRIAL TO HALT.
Wife Of Juror Dies From
] Pneumonia. and Court
Adjourns t0Monday
JUDGE WARNS AND
RELEASES THE JURY
Counsel Consents That Juryrnen
Shall Be Released from Gus
tody-1f Mr.. Bolton is Able
to Return to Court on
Monday Case Will
Proceed.

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NEW YORK, February 14.-Anotber
tragic chapter in. the history of the ,rha w.
" "hlte episode was written to-day ,,,bo,,
grim death stepped in to halt the 4. mo !.
trial in Its fourth week. Tho wife !,
Juror NO II, Mrs. Joseph b. Bolton,
PASSED away this afternoon soon after
her husband had reached her bedside
he had been summoned from the court
room. where the trial had been in nro-
gress for less than fifteen minutes. ma
formal announcement Of Mrs; Bottoms
ueath was made In court shortly after
=. NJ the hour set for the aftar,,oo,,,
session. and Justice Fitzgerald i'm.
ltieeolately Iaey ordered an Adjournment ~
me IN case until next Monday morning.
me court also ordered, with the con.
sent OF counsel, that the other 3eIava,,
lurylneh ;e DC given their liberty and no
longer be held together. He admonished
the Jurors to be guided by their honor
ana their oaths, and not to read the
neWspapers or discuss the Tha;w case
with anybody. 90. -
The death OF Juror Bottoms wife cast;
a. gloom over the Criminal S~ Conrti.a
building. and had a particularly de-
pressing effect upon every one con!
hected with the trial. The prisoner.
seeh1ed TO feel the matteraquites skeenlys
When he was brought into court this
afternoon to hear the formal announce
ment Of the order for postpone1nent
OF his further hearing
Thaw Sympathizes.
been kept In close confinement since
they We're selected for trial srvice. and
mat Mr.. Bolton had been allowed to
visit his homo only three times dur
Ing his wifesl fatal illness, lent ~
pathet tic, aspect to the case, and 4l,e
grea atest sympathy for tile afflicted
man man was expressed on all sides. During
me ,i sprler morning session. when Mr..
Bolton had taken his place In the bos.
Thaw fixed the juror with his gazr5
as he entered. 1t was not a stare of
curiosity or of concern us to his own
welfare that the defendant turned unon
the 5uryman. but there seemed rather
TO be a light Of sympathy in the cyes
OF the man accused OF the murder OF
Stanford White. ~
Il Mrs. Bolton suffered from double pneu-
mona. Her condition became serious
Yesterday, when the morning session az
the trial was abandoned to allow the Juror
TO visit his home, which Is far IN m
the Bronx. Bolton was accompanied by
Two other jurymen and by two cou.t
ofticers The law which was invoked az
the beginning OF the trial to keen foo
Jury together, provides that no one Juror
athars a,1aai at any time be separated from the
/, Evans Begins Testimony.
Mrs. Bolton rallied yesterday afternoon
her husband returned to his place, and
e,e ~ orial IA Went, on. When court convened
at. 1880 o'clock this morning MIR. Bolton
was again IN seat No II. but 1t was
stated that his wife's condition was cr,t'
ical and he might be called away at anv
moment.
Dr. Britton D. Evans superintendent
OF o. the New Jersey State Hospital for
me insane, was recalled as an alienist
10 g, tinue his direct examination.
Inc witness was asked TO detail tho
conversations he had had on various
occasions with Thaw in the Tombs. He
mad already declared these converse tions
to be an essential feature IN Ills CO.'S
clusion that Thaw was of unsound ,,,inr,
at tho time of the doctors first three
visits to him. the last being on son
tember 22d. VI 'ep-
Mr. jerome had withdrawn his obiec-
tons to tho statement BY Thnw eoino
into the evidence. and Or. Evans was
about to detail the events Of his f1rst
Visit. on August 4th. when the summons
for Juror Bolton came.
Captain Ricketts,. Of the court nolinc
SQUAD, was seen to whisper to Justic,
fitzgerald Bolton seemed to divine his
mission and moved uneasily In his chair.
3 a recess was taken until 9 p. M.. and
the juror, still accompanied by two OF
his associates and two court officers.
hurried to the little home in the Bronx,
where Mrs, Bolton was being kept alive.
only by the use of oxygen, She died
soon after her husbands arrival. Juror