Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-25
NESBIT AND NIMR0D
CURIOUS NAME OF TWO OF THE
TALESMEN-THE FAMILY JAR.

NEW YORK, January 25.-By a curious
coincidence two of the talesmen summoned
In the Thaw case are named Nesbit and
Nimrod. And young Howard Nesbit, the
bitter enemy of Thaw and hunter after
Whites slayer, yesterday sat far back in
the court room. his boyish face a ready
index to his feelings, beside him was
Charles Harnett, Whites private secretary
the pair presenting one party in the curious
three-cornered struggle-the division of two
families-which is the undercurrent OF
Thaws battle for life.
Brother and sister, hopelessly separated
in the contention which has ranged mother
and son against the girl-wife, spent hours
within few yards of each other without
exchanging look or word. And. closer at
hand. In divergence that no diplomacy
of counsel could circumvent or wholly hide,
was the more striking evidence of the rift
between Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and the
women Of her husbands family. Neither
the elder Mrs. Thaw nor the Countess OF
Yarmouth was present But Mrs. Cornegie
did duty for the others, and with set face
men were examined and all but three dis
carded.
Evelyn and Mrs. Carnegie Sit Apart.
Mrs Carnegie occupied the, seat next
Miss May MacKenzie-at a polite distance
ingly to comment or two from the lively
chorus girl. but 1t was evident that she
resented both her position and the social re-
lation 1t implied. Evelyn. on the other side
of Miss Mackenzie, was entirely cut off
from conversation with her sister-in- law,
though George Lauder Carnegie, on her
right, lent the appearance of friendly
to the situation. If Miss Mackenzie was
sensible of the frigidity she showed q
mastery disregard of it. She was the prop
OF Mrs Thaw throughout. She held her
hand, whispered gay encouragement and
even sacrificed the becoming tone of her
purple veil the better to view the talesmen
under fire. Somewhat subdued and trihe
nervous behind her white veil. Evelyn. i'm
mediately behind her husband, turned her
entire attention to her chum, save in the
two. instances. late in the day, when Thaw
forced his lawyers to challenge peremp-
torily two jurors whose acceptance had
been agreed on.
II the difference between the women was
noticeable in the forenoon 1t was still more
so after the luncheon recess. The three
had remained in the court house, the Jury
room being placed at their disposal for
their picnic meal. while Edward and Josiah
Thaw and George Carnegie went to q
restaurant. The unpleasantness of facing
the line at the door and the necessary
hurry made the women prefer the seciusion.
But Mrs. Carnegie returned almost at once
and her lonely figure in the empty court
room awaiting the recOnvening OF her
brothers judges was an unintentional touch
of pathos. She had uncovered her face as
though she no longer cared for the outside
world. and at the extreme end Of the bench
from Evelyn and Miss Mackenzie. far from
all semblance of intercourse with them, she
stayed until adjournment.
Mrs. Carnegie Intensely Interested.
The Thaw brothers and Mr.. Carnegie
placed themselves near the others and In
terested themselves in the choosing Of the
jurors. Carnegie consulting once or twice