Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-23

NEW YORK, January 2}.-Unexpected
progress was made today in the work OF
selecting jury for the trial of Harry Ken
dali Thaw, millionaire, for the murder OF
Stanford White, the architect, at the Mad
ison Square Roof Garden the evening Of
little before 1 o'clock two jurors had been
accepted and sworn. Five talesmen had
been rejected. The examination of tales
men did not develop the Hne of defense.
though there were illusions in the ques-
tons Of the prosecution both to the law az
it relates to the sanity of an accused per.
son and to the "unwritten law" of which
SO much has been said and written since
the tragedy was enacted.
During the examination OF the first tales
man Thaw's counsel objected to the form Of
questions propounded by District Attorney
Jerome as to insanity or the unwritten law.
but they told the court they did not object
to the questions in principle.
Thaw's face, pallid from his long stay in
the Tombs, broke into smiles as he saw
his wife. his mother, his sisters and q
brother seated in court just behind the
chair that had been left vacant for him.
He bowed low to his relatives, and seemed
for the moment oblivious to everything
else. A great crowd beseged the court
room.
Family Was Early.
The first session of the trial of Harry X,
Thaw found the entire family of the de.
PENDANT in court nalf an hour before il was
scheduled to open or Justice Fitzgerald.
who Is to try the case, had taken his seat
behind the desk. They came in at 10
o'clock and took their seats Immediately be-
hind the defendants counsel table.
Mrs. William Thaw came in first through
the side door which leads to the judges
room. Behind her were her two dauSh-
tiers. Alice, the Countess of Yarmouth and
Mrs. George Lander, Carnegie who were
followed by the wife of Harry Thaw, and
with her was her former stage companion,
May Mckenzie, with whom she stayed the
night after Stanford White had been shot
to death. With them were Edward Thaw
and George Lander Carnegie, husband of
Mrs. Thaw's second daughter.
The live women wore wells, and sat with
out taking them off, in spite of the heat
Of the court room. Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw wore dark blue dress and a dark
blue velvet hat, trimmed with violets and
covered with a white chiffon veil, while May
McKenze's dress was of purple and her
bat carried two long feathers
Mrs. William Thaw's dress was of black
and she wore a fur-lined coat which was
not removed until she had been in the
court room for some time. Her veil was
thinner than those of the other women and
she came in with the same air of deter
nination which she has manifested since
the shooting of White. Mrs. Carnegie was
dressed in black with a brown hat and q
heavy black veil, and the Countess of Var
mouth wore a dark green hat with heavy
black veil which, however. did not prevent
the people in the court room from catch
ing glimpse of her features.
Mrs. Thaw Very Pale.
Harry Thaws wife was the only one Of
the five relatives of the defendant who
showed any Visible signs Of the strain which
they have been under since the shooting
and the ordeal they were undergoing In
being the center of the whole curiosity Of
the crowded court room. She looked as II
the worry and waiting had been almost
too much for her. Her face was death'y
pale under the white veil, and under her
eyes were dark rings which had APPARENTLY
come from weeping.
At. exactly 1890 O'Clock Justice Fitzgerald
came in from the side room and took his
seat. When he entered and the court ON
Ger raped for order. the other persons
in the court rose to their feet without hes
itation. but the women in the rhaw party
remained seated for several minutes. Final
iy they rose slowly. the Countess Of Var
mouth last
BY this time Thaw's counsel were seated
at the table, a formidable array. At the