Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-01
He Expected His Trial Would Be Well Under Way By
 This Time.
LAWYERS AND JUDGE
Had Another Conference Over Jury men To.day.-Al Looked For Turning 0ut oi Another But
 IL Failed To Materialize.

Thaw was the most disappointed man
 in the court room yesterday when, af-
 ter another day of strenuous work
 counsel failed to complete the jury
 that is to try him for shooting Stan-
 ford White. Thaw has been exceed
 ingly anxious for the real trial to be-
 gin and felt sure, when the court
 opened. that this would occur yester-
 day. He was soon apprised, however. of the fact that there was to be an-
 other weeding out of jurors already
 sworn nnd when this process finally took place his face showed the dis appointment he felt.
 To-day another attempt will be made to complete the jury and, while the prospects would be good were the
 men already sworn kept in the box, there were reports that another weed
 ing out would occur.
 If the twelfth juror is chosen to-day and none excused, Assistant District Attorney Garvan will address the court and the jury stating the case and the outlining of the prosecution.
 He will be brief, and his witnesses establishing the fact of the tragedy will be put In.
 It is hardly likely that court will he held on Saturday but if the jury is still incomplete tonight there is ev- cry reason to believe that the court will sit on Saturday -and the examina- tions will be continued that day. Tes- timony IS expected to begin Monday surely.
 It is evident that while the selec- tion of the jurors is in progress the district attorneys office is making a close investigation of those already chosen md that Mir Jerome is deter mined to be sure that he has the best possible Jurors from every point of view before the court proceeds to the hearing of testimony.
 Since the examination of the tales- men was begun on Wednesday of last week, no less than six of the jurors sworn in have been excused. Such n weeding out never before took place in a trial in New York. It has occa- sionally happened that one or two have been dismissed.
 The extent of the legitimate outside interest in the trial of Thaw is shown by the visitors to the court, visitors who are not, apparently. actuated by curiosity merely.
 Chief Justice Phippen of the court of appeals of Manitoba has spent good part of the time consumed In the examination of talesmen studying the work of both sides.
 Two prominent lawyers of Virginia attended yesterdays session of tho court One of them was Minetree Folkes. commonwealth's attorney of Richmond, and the other Harry M. Smith, famous criminal lawyer of the Old Dominion. Both carefully studied the methods used in the SC lection of the jurors.
 Among the criminal lawyers in the judiciary, and among the people the trial Is causing the keenest interest in Virginia, as suppose 1t is In oth- CT part of the country" said Mir Smith.
 There was more or less of an at- mospfere of uncertainty in the court room to-day as the hour for resuning the trial of Harry K. Thaw approach cd. The reports which had held over from yesterday to the effect that there might be further wedding of the jury was again In circulation as the II men now on the trial panel filed in- to take their places in the jury box.
 The court room was crowded with talcsmen this morning. the new fourth panel of 100 having reported and about sixty remaining of the panel which reported yesterday. Some of the talesmen found their way into the seats for the members of the Thaw family but they were uncere- routed out when Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and May Mackenzie ar- rived shortly before 10.30 o'clock. There was no indication on the sur face of any further upheavals as Jus Clerk Penny began to call the roll of the new jury panel.
 The Countess of Yarmouth. Mrs George Lauder Carnegie. Josiah Thaw and Mir Carnegie arrived during roll call. Mrs William Thaw. mother of the prisoner remained Indoors to-day because of the indictment weather. She was generally fatIgued at the end of yesterdays long drawn out pro- ceedings.
 When the last name on the tales mans roll had been called. District l Attorney Jerome called Mir Hart l ridge. If counsel for Thaw to the I judges desk and held a long consul | tation with Justice Fitzgerald. The | attorneys were in earnest conversa- lion with the judge for 15 minutes and again the rumor spread that a Juror was to be excused
 At the end of the conferencp. how rver. no announcement was made and \ Mir Jerome proceeded with the ex- l. animation of the flrst talesman- As .isfant District Attorney Garvan has Iened from the room on some import mt errznd for hIs chief
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