Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-31
Walker and Haas AL
lowed to Go at Je-
rOme's Request.
PLACES ARE FILLED
Then District Attorney Gets Rid
of Another After Long
WrangIe.

New York. Jan 31.-Juror No. If
has been excused. His name is Henry
I. Klenberger.
Plenty Of TnIcsmcn.
New York, Jan. 31.-When the sew
cnth days proceedings of the trial of
Harry X. Thaw opened today a panel
of 100 new talesmen appeared in re.
sponse to the orders issued yesterday,
so there was plenty of material avail
able for the selection of the last juror
necessary TO complete the trial panel
Prepared for Arraignment.
The defendant appeared especially
confident that today would witness the
real beginning of his trial, and ne evi-
IDENTIFY had steeled himself for the
ordeal of the district attorneys arraign-
ment In anticipation of important
events the day was expected to dc
velop most of the members Of the Thaw
family were early in their seats.
wife Came Late.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw and companion.
May Mckenzie, usually among the first
persons to reach the court room each
day, did not put in appearance until
1890 The morning session had not;
however. opened. being delayed by
conference Of all the attorneys with
Justice Fitzgerald, and il was nearly
IL o'clock when court was called to
order.
Let Two More go.
The result Of the conference was
made known as soon as the roll Of the
new jury panel was called. District
Attorney Jerome announced counsel
for the people and defense had agreed
to excuse from further service on the
jury. David 5. Walker and Louis Haas.
No cause was assigned for the action.
RumOrs that both Walker, who is
son of John Brisben Walker, and Haas
would be excused were rife all morn
ing. and there was but little surprise
in the court room when the decision Of
the attorneys was announced.
Lose No Time in Complying.
Walker and Haas are both unmav-
ried. The former is a real estate brok-
cr. the latter the New York represCn-
tative of Philadelphia candy concern.
After Jerome made the announcement
Justice Fitzgerald said: Jurors Walk
or and Haas are excused and may step
down" The jurymen promptly com
piled with the command. Their going
left three vacant chairs. and the time
of reaching the taking of testimony ia
the case is again indefinitely post
poned
Four sworn jurors have been sum
marily excused within three days.
Did Not RendIIy Consent.
II is reported Thaw's counsel did not
readily consent to the release of the
two jurors today Jerome was insist
ent. however. and after he had argued
the matter for some time he gained the
consent of the defendants counsel.
Walker and Haas were two Of the
three unmarried men on the jury.
'Thaw was visibly disappointed at the
turn Of affairs. though he had been ap-
prised in advance of the decision to
release Walker and Haas.
Had wanted walker.
1t was practically at Thaws dcta-
tion that Walker was first accepted.
BOi1 Iie ftltdHCu jury men were tdh'H
by surprise at the proceedings, but
quickly left the court house.
Places Quickly FILLED.
Oscar A. Pink, a grain salesman,
aged 4G was chosen at the 10th juror,
and Wilfur F. Steele, manufacturer of
gas plants, aged GO, was chosen as the
11th juror
After Another One.
During the luncheon recess rumor5
began to circulate that another juror
in the case might be excused at the af
ternoon session. II soon developed thar
District Attorney Jerome had asked for
a conference of attorneys with Justice
The name of the juror said
to be under consideration was freely
but there was nothing Off
cial to any of the statements made.
Jerome Seemed Angry.
The conference ended at 1925 p. m,
having been in progress for half an
hour Jerome looked decidedly angry
as he strode rapidly to his seat. II