Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-24
Looked Careworn To-Day and Was Not in as Good Humor
 as Yesterday
FACED THE TALEMEN
None of the Confusion Which Mark. the Opening oi Court Yesterday Was Visible To-Day.-His
 Mother Not Present.

New York, Jan 24.-None of the confusion which was so apparent on yesterday marked the opening of the second day of the trial of Hurry k. Thaw on the charge of murderlng Stanford White. To-day the police had the situation well in hand and those who had no immediate business in the court room learned yesterday the futility of trying to break through the cordon of bluecoats.
 When the morning session began to-day there were two jurors in the box. Deming R. Smith, No l; and Charles H. Fecke, No 2; Frand r. Hill who was selected early yester- day as juror ON 2. was excused later in the day upon explaining the extent to which his business would be sac rif1ced If he. were compelled to serve. The jurors as selected will be placed ln charge of bailiffs and kept in GUS tody until the end of the trial They will be lodged at downtown hotel.
 Nearly half an hour before the ses- sion was to open today Mrs Evelyn Nesbit 'Thaw made her way into the court room through the main door. way. Yesterday she arrived by way of the private entrance from the judges chamber. Mrs Thaw wore the same blue dress as on the first day of the trial. Her severely plain black hat was trimmed only with n small cluster of violets. Her features were again obscured by the heavy white tulle veil.
 May Mckenzie followed close be- hind the prisoners wife, and then came Mir and Mrs George l.. Carne- gie. Mrs Carnegie was mufIied In furs. the thermometer lowering about the zero mark to-day.
 Thaw's imposing array of counsel numbering six altogether reached the court room shortly before 1O:30 at which time Thaw was in the prison CTS pen waiting to make his appear ance. The newspaper writers and jury talesmen again filled every available seat lin the room and the public was barred.
 Justice Fitzgerald was on the bench promptly at 10:30 o'clock and the call of the rool of special panel was be- gun by he clerk.
 District Attorney Jerome and his assistant. Mir Garvan, had preceded the judge by a few moments and taken their places at table inside the court rail. The defendants law yers have table just outside the rail.
 Edward Thaw arrived alone and this gave rise to a report that Mrs William Thaw. mother of the ac- cused. and the Countess of Yarmouth, his sister, might not attend the morn- ing session.
 Thaw was called to the bar at 10:45 o'clock and was again attired in the dark blue suit he wore yes- terday. As he walked briskly by his relatives to his place at the lawyers table the smiles and bows which had marked his appearance yesterday were missing. His wife leaned for ward to nod to the prisoner.
 Thaw greeted each of his counsel in turn and then sat facing the first talesman called. His eyelids seemed to move heavily as though he had not rested any too we'll last night.
 The first talesman was George F. Tangenbacher. No 20, who was quick ly excused because of non-residence.
 Josiah c. Thaw, another brother of the accused, was In court for the first time.
 Isaac Kendall. a banker, was drawn as talesman No 21, and was examined by District Attorney Jerome.
 "I have formed an opinion in this case" said the proposed juror. Un- der questioning by Mir Jerome and by Justice Fitzgerald, Kendall said he thought he could reach fair ver- dict despite his previous conclusions which were drawn entirely from the newspaper accounts.
 The district attorney then followed in detail the lines of examination laid down yesterday. His questions seemed to be directed to the purpose of securing a jury which would not be swayed in any way by sentiment or emotion: which would be guided by the actual law of the state to the exclusion of any so-called higher or law. and which would ex- ruse a criminal act in person whose Insanity was proved to be of such a character as is contemplated in the explicit language of the statute. The law provides the insane person must be laboring under such defective reason as not to know the nature or quality of the act committed, or even To know that the act is wrong.
 Mr Kendall answered all these questions satisfactorily. but when he declared he had known Mrs William rhaw for many years he was prompt y excused by common consent
 The absence of Thaws mother rom the court room to-day was ex- ,lained by one Of the attorneys for he defense- He said that the strain f yesterday proved tcp much for the ,rieoner's mother and that she vas "a the verge of collapse when she re- i urned to her hotel He said. also. hat Mrs Thav win not tFy to at- nu1 svery soD1oa q the court dur