The Irish standard., 1907-02-02
ONE MORE NEEDED
TO Complete JURY
eleventh MAN ACCEPTED TO
TRY THAW FOR sLAY,NG
OF WHITE.
LAWYERS FREE IN
USE OF CHALLENGES
Defendant Annoyed at Excuse Of
Veniremen and Anxious for Begin.
ming Of case-TaIk Of Big Corrup.
ton Fund.

New .Iork, Jan. 31.-The ratio of Sc
curing one new juror at each morning
and afternoon session Of the 1haw
trail was maintained Wednesday.
when Harry G. Brearley, an advertis.
ing agent, rs years of age, was added
to the trial panel before the luncheon
adjournment was ordered. Mr.. Brear-
Icy makes the tenth juror in the box
The eleventh juror was secured at
1920 D. m. He was Henry I. Klein
berger, silk merchant, AZ years of
age and married When Mr. Klein
berger was asked by the defendants
lawyers if he had any prejudice
against a defense OF insanity. he de-
clared it was Il subject he knew very
little about and that he would have to
be guided by the court To MIR.
Jerome he said he would form a ver-
dict by an intellectual process and
would not be Influenced either by
sympathy or emotion.
Twenty-seven talesmen We're dis
posed OF during the morning aud the
second panel of 100 men WAS being
exhausted so rapidly that Just before
I o'clock orders We're sent out to SIM
mon 100 more talesmen for this morn.
ing. This will make 400 men who
have been summoned for possible
service in the Thaw case.
| Both state and defense engaged in
a duel of peremptory challenges and
during the forenoon session each side
had employed the privilege four times.
Mother and Sister Absent.
Neither Mrs. William Thaw nor the
countess of Yarmouth attended the
morning sessions of the trial. 1t was
said they we've suffering from colds
and did not deem it wise to venture
| out iii tho snow. The defendant had
a piece of paper and a pencil with
him, and from time to time during
the examination of the talesmen he
made notes.
The juror accepted was asked by
Thaw's counsel il he had any preju-
dice against a defense of insanity
and when he replied in the negative
the further question was put as to
whether or not he would give the de.
PENDANT the same benefit of reasonable
doubt on this plea as on any other
The new juror said he would.
Thaw Anxious for Beginning.
Thaw passed an uneasy night, and
Wednesday morning he said he was
greatly disappointed that the jury had
not been completed yesterday. He
had, however, good hopes that the
jury would be procured during the day
and that the real business of his trial
would go on Thursday. He is anxious
for the taking of testimony to begin,
and especially anxious for the testi-
mony of witnesses in his own behalf.
Thaw was especially annoyed by
the excusing of Harold Faire, the bro.
ker, who had made a good impression
on him. BY advice of his counsel,
Thaw refrained from reading any of
the newspaper articles giving explana.
tons of FAIRIES removal from the jury,
and accepted his counsel's explana-
ton that considera lions of the health
of the two jurors caused them to be
excused
Thaw was disappointed on entering
the court room to find that his wife
was the only member of his family
present.
100000 Story Secuted.
There was wild story going the
rounds of the criminal courts building
Wednesday to the effect that that
there was a fund of 100000 for use
in corrupting a juror. 1t was given
no credence in any responsible quar-
| ter. II was also stated that the tales.
men who are yet to be examined are
under the surveillance of county de.
| tectives, but this could not be veri.
fled.
The statement Of Harold r. Faire
one of the jurors excused Tuesday
that he could offer no explanation as
to why he was replaced in the jury
box was repeated on many sides
Wednesday and it was rumored that
he might demand in court an explana
ton of the action taken in his case.
The action of the court in excusine
two of the sworn jurors Tuesday
! afternoon has lent an air OF llncer
tainty to the proceedings, and even
the attorneys in the case arc not will
ing to hazard guess as to when the
jury may be completed. What caused
the withdrawal of Jurors Campbell
and Faire has not developed, counsel
on both sides maintaining strict 81
lence on this point, but the action
| itself leads to belief that there ma,
be further wedding out of the Jurors
| already sworn.
Bars sketehino by Artists.
Justice Fitzgerald threw somethine
of bombshell into the camp Of the
newspaper artists in the court BY
announcing through the court officers
that no more sketches should be made
during the trial. This came as com
plete surprise. Artists from most Of
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