Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-25

into the case. Each OF the acceptc
jurors promised to abide by the
Interpretation of the court.
Mother Not In Court Today.
Mrs. William Thaw, mother of
the defendant, was not in court
today. She was greatly fatlgued
by the long session of yesterday
and was on the verge of collapse
at one time during the night. She
remained IN her apartments. where
she was attended by her daughter,
the Countess of Yarmouth. The
other members of the family were
In their accumstomed seats in court
behind the defendant. Howard Mes.
bitt, brother of Mrs. Harry X.
lhaw, also was In court, sitting
well in the rear with the man
who was Stanford Whites seer
tary. Neither he nor his sister
glanced at each other.
Police Had Crowd Under Control.
None of the confusion which was
so apparent yesterday marked the
opening of the second day of the
trial. Today the police had uhe
situation we'll in hand and those
who had no immediate business In
the court room learned yesterday
the futility OF trying to break
through the Gordon OF bluecoats.
Evelyn Hides Her Face.
Nearly half an hour before the
morning session opened, Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbt Thaw made her way into
the court room through the main
door way. She wore the same blue
dress as yesterday. Her features
were again c5scured by the heavy
white tulle veil. May Mckenzie
followed close behind the prisoners
wife, and then came Harris George
Laduer Carnegie. Mrs Carnegie
was muffled In furs. The Thaw's
imposing array of counsel, number.
ing six in all together reached
the court room shortly before 1880
O'Clock, at which time Thaw was
In the prisoners pen, waiting to
make his entrance,
/, Public WAS, Barred. ,,:s!,
The newspaper writers and tales
men again filed every available
space and the public was barred.
Josiah G. Thaw, brother of the
accused, was in court for the first
nlme. The district attorney followed
in detail the lines of examination
he pursued yesterday. His ques-
lions seemed to be directed to
purpose of securing jury which
would not be swayed by sentiment
or emotion. but which would be
guided by law OF the. State as in
terpreted by the presiding justice
to the exclusion OF any SO called
higher or unwrltten law.
Thaw was Indifferent.
Thaw seemed to take little in
terest in the examination of the
| talesmen. When the district attor-
ney asked n talesnan il he was
acquainted in Pittsburg or with
| TruxtOn Beale of Thomas McCalleb,
Thaw bent forward TO catch the
| answer, after which he settled back
in his seat. His eyes sought those
| of talesmen only now and then,
but most of the time his gaze was
directed at the table before him.
When Mr.. .Hartridge. his own
counsel. took up the examinatio
Thaw appeared more animated and
whispered several times TO the att
torneys nearest him. These were
Dolphin Delmas. on his right, and
A. r. Peabody, on the left. During
the luncheon recess there was a
conference between Thaw and hts
counsel in the prisoners room. BY
special permission of the court the
prisoners Wife,, his sister. Mrs.
Carnegie, and his brother were per-
united to visit him at the same
time. When Thaw came in after
the recess his eyes were all for his
wife. He stopped rs he passed her
and bowed very low to her
The Wife Ever Alert.
The young woman leaned forward
in her seat, smiling radiantly. There
was much restlessness in the court
room and 1t seemed as though
the strain of the extended exam
nations, which contained SO many
repeGtions, was beginning to tire
the spectators. This wasn't true,
however, of Mrs. Evelyn Thaw who
followed Mr.. Jerome's questioning
of the talesmen with as eager inter-
est as ever. The prisoners fac