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the late architects memory, it is believed
/ that the actor viii Doe put on the stand
as a witness Ia rebuttal.
/ Mr. Barrymore and the detective sat
/ well back in the courtroom beside the
aisle that led to the main entrance. After
/ court had adjourned the pair kept their
/ seats until the courtroom was pretty
nearly empty, and casual observer
would have been justified in infeTring that
/ it was desired that the Thaw party and
! that the actor was present
The Countess Of Yarmouth was IN court
to-day for the first time since the first
day Of the trial She sat just in front
Of her mother and her brother. Josiah
Thaw. sat beside her. The countess was
/ present at both morning and afternoon
/ sessions
Mrs. Thaw. the defendants mother.
came to court with her two daughters.
| the countess and Mrs. George Lauder
/ Carnegie. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and her
chorUs-girI Chum. May Mckenzie, arrived
at about the same time. coming In an
other automobile II was apparent to-day,
as il has been before. that Harry Thaw
wife believes her husbands relatives
have little sympathy for her, and that
| she regards Miss Mckenzie as about the
only real friend she has in court.
Thaw's Appearance Good.
Harry Thaw himself made a better
appearance to-day than he has hitherto
made in the course Of the progress Of the
trial His eyes were brighter and his
bearing easier and more self-possessed.
He took more notice of what went on
in the courtroom that was not vitality
connected with the trial itself Two news
papcr illustrators were busily engaged in
sketching him at an adjoining table, and
the defendant smiled at them amiabiy and
made no attempt To hinder their work
Fifteen talesmen were called and eN
cused at the morning session before the
counsel for the defense got chance to
examine them. All Of them were excused
before Mr.. Jerome got TO the point Of
questioning them on the subject OF
whether they would accept the law from
the court on insanity. They all had very
decided opinions or knew Stanford White
or some member of JOS firm. Some OF
them were opposed to capital punishment
Charles II. Eapes, Of 90 West Fortieth
street, said he knew Mr.. White and his
family for twenty years.
And it would embarrass you to sit as
Il Juror in this case2" asked Mr.. jerome.
Most decidedly and very seriously re-
piled Mr.. Napes.
Maurice La Montague, a merchant OF
1873 East Thirty-eighth street, said he had
such an opinion that evidence would not
sway IT,
Charles II. Harris Excused.
Charles X. Harris, the music publisher,
was excused on Mr.. Jerome's statement
that he was friendly with certain wit
nesses for the prosecution. Mr.. Jerome
probably referred to certain theatrical
people who were on the Madison Square
roof the night that Thaw killed White.
Samuel j. Newman, who had known
White for twenty years. was excused.
1t took an hour and a'half to get the
first Juror of the day, Charles d. New
ton. a retired merchant. of PSI West 18th
street The other talesmen had been dis
posed of so rapidly that he was the frs,
one the defense had a chance to examine
He said, in response to a question from
Mr. Hartridge that he had no objection
TO several defenses if they were legal.
But if the defenses were inconsistent
one ., the other, what would you do?'
asked Mr. jerome
I'D be guided by the ruling of the
court" responded Mr. Newton.
That was satisfactory to Mr. Jerome,
and Mr.. Newton took the eighth seat in
the jury box He is married. he has
gray hair and a mustache, and looks to
be over fifty
John B. Babcock looked as if he might
be accepted. but at the very last moment
il was discovered he votes In Rhode Isl
and Then James p. Paulding, the presi-
dent of the Cuttyhunk Fishing Club, of
Massachusetts. was let go because he and
White We're club members
BY that time the courtroom. which had
been very chilly, got to the freezing point. /
OvercOats Are Aeceptn Bile
All over the courtroom talesmen were
Struggled up in heavy .Overcoats. One male
writer of heart throbs, who sat under
window, had his head screened by a
newspaper in his coat collar The tales
men complained that they feared pneu-
monia and Clerk William Penny com
municated their complaints to Justice
Fitzgerald, who sent for the engineer.