The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-26
SEVEN JURORS AND
COURT TAKES REST
Proceedings in the Thaw
Murder Trial Adjourned
Until Monday Morning.
TALESMAN CAUSED A STIR
ASKED iF HE HAD KNOWN STAN
FORD WHITE, HE REPLIED II
Am PLEASED TO SAY ! DID NOT"
-HE WAS EXCUSED.
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Publishers Press1
New York. Jan. %. When the
criminal branch of the supreme court.
over which Justice Fitzgerald is pre-
siding. and in which the trial of Harry
Kendall Thaw. for the murder of Stan
| ford White, is proceeding, adjourned
| at o'clock this afternoon until Mon
day morning. seven Jurors to pass in
Judgment on the young Pittsburg mil
lionaire had been secured and the
special panel for the trial was less
| than half exhausted. In fact, to be
exact out of the 200 names originally
| taken from the wheel, 81 had been
quizzed by the attorneys on both
| sides and ii now Gems certain that
the jury will be completed from the
first venire, something unusual in a
case of this nature. Had the court
/ followed out its original intention OF
holding Saturday sitting. the jury
might have been completed tomorrow.
Proceedings Rather Dull.
The proceedings in the court room
-
two days, the monotonous questioning
of talesmen proceeding slowly and de-
liberately with nothing to eniiven the
| crowd of interested spectators
| Thaw himself continues to take an
! active part in the selection of the men
who will decide whether he is to go TO
the electric chair. to the confinement
of state institution for the insane. or
s t.<,v tod ~.
place among his fellows, through con-
vi the twelve judges that his
murderous acr was justified under the
law.
Jurors Above the Average.
Tne LIZ. sS4..a 4-..c~Sa during yuo
first two days OF the trial appear to be
men above the average in intellect All
seem to be In prosperous circum-
stances. Two of the five are seem
}5nelE nak ste - - ol4 QeoEE q
Pfalf. Z hardware de6ikf. I9 ;R6 III
est. probably not more than "a.
Charles II. Fccke. the shipping agent.
is possibly 10 and Arthur g. Campbell,
superintendent OF telephone construc-
tion, is not more than AZ. The other
two jurors are Deming b. Smith, . re-
tired manufacturer, and Henry C. Har-
ney, manager Of piano concern.
Harold r. Fair, printer. the sixty
third talesman examined. was chosen
as the sixth juror on the Thaw case.
The seventh juror is Malcolm 8.
Frazer. 40 years old, married, of lit
East 122nd street, and is an under !.
wear salesman.
Many Had Decided Opinions.
Most OK IL ls.lesnen excused from
service had formed such decided opin-
ions as to disQualify them.
There was one peremptory chal-
lenge by Mr.. Jerome in excusing
talesman named Charles 3. Nesbit
The similarity In name to Harry X
Thaw's wife caused the examination
to be followed with much interest. He
was apparently about to be accepted.
when Mr.. Jerome challenged him.
James NJ. Ketcham. a talesman.
caused something of q stir by some Of
the answers he made to questions put
to him. Ketcham said he is a travel
ing salesman for an electrical supply
firm. Asked IL he had any conscien-
tious scruples against capital punish
menf, he replied. Il have not but I
do object to the application OF elec-
tricity as a means of carrying out such
a penalty" with some emphasis. There
was a decided murmur throughout the
court room when Mr.. Hartridge of
counsel for Thaw asked Ketcham X he
had known Stanford White. He re-
piled: Il am pleased to say I did
not" A bailin had to rap for order.
He was excused
Daniel O'Reilly of counsel for Thaw
was quoted ~ saying concerning Har-
ney: "On the assumption that man
who has voted to put man to death
on occasion will never vote for the ex-
ecution OF second man, we want him
on the jury. That jury said the man
was sane, but It was proven before
Governor Higgins that he was insane,
and the governor saved him. We be-
lieve Harnev viii never convict an
other
Much Time for Gossip.
There being nothing else to discuss.
spectators, prospective jurymen and
newspaper correspondents filled up
the time passing upon the reports OF
serious differences between the pris-
oner's wife and members Of his i'm
mediate family. The story in circu-
lation was to the effect that the count
ess of Yarmouth and Mrs. William
Thaw strongly opposed the action of
Evelyn Nesbft Thaw in bringing the
show girl afay Mckenzie. with her
to act as her companion during the
trial The countess. it was asserted.
insisted that Miss Mckenzie be barred
Md III gossip it to be believed, there
was a lively worry encountered be-
tween the sister and the wife in hotel
lorraine Wednesday night, after the
party returned there after the first
days proceedings. The wife stood
firm, however, that her old time
friend, she and the Mckenzie woman
having been associated for years,
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