Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-01-31
THAW MAY PLEAD
THE UNWRITTE LAW
Selection of Southern Man AS
One of the Jurors
is VERY PLEASING TO THAW

Same Intense interest, However,
Is Maintained In Sensational Case
Which Means Life or Death.
New York, Jan. 30.-Harry ThaW
is delighted tina; one of the men who
are to pass upon his life or death Is
southern man-John s Dennee, OF
louisiana
This may mean that Thaw's plea
viii be the ''unWritten law, OF it may
not. Al any rate, young Thaw BEAM
"a with delight when he heard that
uennea vas sou, ,hern man.
rne work OF securing jury TO Efy
Harry K GhaW was resumed Wednes~
day. but the prospects OF rIlinz the
box are most dubious because OF the
surprise Tuesday when TWO jurors
which had been sworn, were excused
Two addlt y al jurors, however, were
drawn Tuesday, leaving nine men in
he box Nnen court adjourned for the
day.
What caused the withdrawal of Ju-
rors Campbell aad Faire has not de-
yeloped, counsel on both sides main
tiniag strict silence on this point,
but ne at,ion itself leads 10 a belief
that there may be a further wedding
ont of the jurors already sworn and
that the taking of testimony may con-
sequentIy be pos, ponCd until late in
the week or possibly next week.
District Attorney Jerome introduced
a new figure into the case tuesday
| when he asked talesmen If they knew
| Cincinnati. and Mr.. Baker of that
city.
Nobody confessed to knowing Mr..
! Baker. ana the defense seemed sur
pri=cd a tae Introduction Of the name.
Th4 ~ cuUnsel professed entire ig-
notanae CT what the district attorney
had in mild, and would hazard no
| explanation MI. jerome was equal
| Is uncGmmunb- alive. From questions
asked by talesmen by the defense on
Tuesday it appeared chat the prosecu-
giun will have to consider more than
one line OF defence.
ilt tlNtI ttl al ttJi -lGy III MS 1AetIliil4-
alton Of tale smen has been very in
sistent that jurors should remember
| thar thc court and the court alone
may define wha, is insanity from The
legal point of view.
Lawyer Gleason in examining Mr.
Henry Peacock directly, asked him if
| he had any prejudice against de-
fense based on the insanity plea, and
| then pressed him to know if he was
| quite sure what it meant.
On the other hand Lawyer Hart
ridge asked several talesmen if they
would object to more than one line of
! defense and 50 it appears that Thaw
Will attack the peoples case from
several points.
AS the trial progresses Thaw APP
| pears to better advantage each day.
! His spirits seem 10 rise as the day of.
| the real trial gets nearer, and Tues
! day he was apparently one of the hap
| piest men III the court room. 1t was
only when he stood While a juror
| was being sworn that he was solemn
and appeared TO appreciate the gravity
of his situation Thaw showed his
love for his mother again Tuesday
as he was leaving court for the day.
In passing, he stopped, kissed and
whispered words of cheer which made
| her smile. ThaW continues to watch
| the selection Of jurors closely Four
times Tuesday he caused his counsel
Three vacant chairs in the jury
| box Wednesday morning appeared as
a formidable barrier to a beginning
| of the taking of testimony before
| Thursday afternoon or Friday The
average of jury selection has here
| tofore been two a day The action
of the court in excusing two of the
sworn jurors Tuesday afternoon has
| lent an air OF uncertainty to the pro-
ceedings, and even the attorneys in
| the case are not willing to hazard a
guess as to when the jury may be
| completed.
Justice Fitzgerald threw something
| of bombshell into the camp of the
| newspaper artists in the court room
| by announcing through the court Off
| GERS, that no more sketches should
| be made during the trial. This came
as a complete surprise Artists from
most of the principal cities of the East
| have been in court from day to day
| and have not been restricted hither-
TO n any way. whatsoever.
Thaw was disappointed on entering
| the court room to find that his wife
was the only member of his family
| present. The others, it was stated,
had been detained uptown by the
heavy snowstorm which began early
Tuesday night and continued Wednes-
| day.
There was a wild story going the
rounds of the criminal courts building
| Wednesday to the effect that there
was fund of $40 900 for use in cor
rupting a juror.
| Harry G.. Brearley, an advertising
agent has been accepted as the tenth
juror in the Thaw case.
!