Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-31
A Crowded Court.

Haas refused to talk.
A Crowded Court.
With the prospect of seeing the Thaw
iurv completed and the possibility of hear
ing the district attorney open the famous
case. the court room this morning was
more crowded than it has been at any time
since the first panel OF 200 was summoned
Added to those who by some pull with the
officers on guard got in to gaze curiously
there was the new panel of 100 talesmen
called yesterday to get the only juror then
to be chosen. This final panel was as no
ticeable for it's silk hats as the last one was
for a preponderance of Dutch names.
Before court opened there was long con-
ference between the district attorney. Mr..
Caravan and the attorneys for the defense
The conference delayed the opening OF court
for nearly fifteen minutes, and 1t gave rise
to the rumor that two more jurors were
to be dismissed from the box.
The rumor was confirmed the moment
court had convened and the roll of tales
men had been called. Mr.. Jerome arose
and said: after consultation between
the counsel for the state and the defense
we have decided. if it be agreeable to the
court, to excuse jurors Nos and o." The
court nodded assent, and Clerk Penny said
in a loud voice: "Mr. David Strothers
Walker and Mr.. Louis Haas are excused
from further duty"
The two men got up quickly and left the
box The Thaw jury was then left in the
same condition that it. had been three days
ago. All sorts of rumors were rife as to
the reasons for excusing the two jurors,
though the district attorney would say
nothing definite. Outside the court room
Mr.. Walker said: "Of course, this came as
a surprise to me. but it did not come as
any more Of a surprise than my acceptance
on the jury. I knew both Stanford White
and members Of the Thaw family. If there
was any other reason for my being excused
1 do not know It,"
Haas declined to talk. When some one
asked him if the reason was because he
was known to hang around the Occidental
Hotel on the Bowery. he replied: go ahead
and print it if you want to; 1 have nothing
to say"
Walker is a son of John Brisben Walker,
and both he and Haas are unmarried. Haas
is candy salesman, and no especial reason
for his dismissal is known unless it was
that which Mr. Haas had refused to con-
firm.
Thaw Women Look Well.
po,,,., of r,,n,orS which were nretfy ar
curate in their forecasts the action did not
come as surprise. 1t was evident, how
ever, that an agreement as to the dismissal
did not come without a lot of argument.
Mrs William Thaw, the Countess of Var
mouth and Mrs. Carnegie were the first ar
rivals of the Thaw party this morning.
Both Mrs Thaw and her titled daughter
looked better physically afer yesterdays
rest than they have at any time since the
trial began. Mrs. Thaw had bright color
in her cheeks and looked fresher and less
worn than she has on the former days of
the trial, and the worn expression which
has rested on the face of the countess had
disappeared to a great extent. She sat on
the front row of seats between her brother,
Edward Ihaw, and George Lauder Carne-
gle. and directly behind her were her
mother and Mrs. Carnegie.
Evelyn and the Actress.
1t was fully half an hour later before
EVELYN Nesbit Thaw and her actress friend
came in through the side door and took
their seats in the second row, Mrs. Thaw
sitting next to Mrs. Carnegie, and her pur
ple-c oored friend still in her usual cor
ner. Before they could get through to their
seats the countess and her two brothers
had to get up and pull their chairs aside
| for them. The countess smiled and bowed
deeply to her sister-in-law and the girl in
purple, and when they had sat down turned
around and began to chat with them. Mrs.
William Thaw and Mrs. Carnegie also lean
| ed over and apparently asked them why
| It was they were SO late. 1t was learned
| later that their electric cab refused to work
on the way down and they had to wait
! until it could be fixed. Over in his corner,
with Mr.. Harriet, young Howard Nesbit
looked on curiously.
When the announcement that two Jurors
were to be excused and the trial put back
at least twentyfour hours was made,
shade of disappointment was visible on the
faces the party.
1t was learned today that the district at
torney had sent one of his detectives to Lit
| tie Falls, n. Y, to subpoena man named
Warren who was the Madison Square
Roof Garden on the night of the shooting,
| and to have seen the affair.
II was ten minutes to IL before Justice
| Fitzgerald took his seat on the bench, and
the seventh day of the trial began. Clerk
! Penny read the roll of new talesmen, and
! several failed to respond. AS soon as Thaw
| took his seat he was handed bundle of
| mail by Lawyer Peabody, who always sits
! close beside him while in court. The con-
| tents of several of the letters made Thaw
| smile Some of the letters contained news
! paper clippings. These he showed Mr. Pea
| body and the two laughed in unison. 1t
| was IL o'clock when the first talesman was
| called He was Edward 8. Steinam, q
| clerk He presented a doctors certificate
| and was excused. VIM. Wiffins, a large
man. who had retired from the mining bust
| ness, followed.
Very Careful Replies.
| Mr.. Virgins got smoothly over the pre-
lminary examination by Mr. Jerome.
IF you were satisfied beyond a reasonable
doubt that the defendant was guilty would