The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-31
BY Common Consent of Both
Sides, 1t Is Said, that Two
Others Will be Let Go.
ARTISTS TO QUIT COURT
JUDGE ORDERED THE MEN WHO
HAVE BEEN DRAWING PICT-
URES TO SToP-TALk OF A
LARGE BRIBERY FUND.
Publishers Press.l

New York. Jan. 30.-While when
court adjourned late this afternoon it
seemed likely that the jury. which is
TO hear evidence in the muraer trial
OF Harry X. Thaw, slayer of Stanford
White. would be completed in time to
fore the noon recess Thursday. IL per
sistent rumors in and about the count
room are to be believed. two of the
men already accepted, will be excused
by Judge Fitzgerald tomorrow with
the consent of both sides. Rumor
goes SO far as to name the men who
are TO be relieved of service. the re
port being that No. D, Henry c. Hai-
ny, 55, married. piano dealer OF
Brook avenue, the Bronx, and No 4,
David Strother Walker. unmarried.
real estate dealer of 156 West a5th
street and son of John Brisben Walk
er, magazine editor, would be excused
with the consent of both sides. None
of the counsel would discuss tho re-
port tonight, and il was impossible tn
establish its authenticity, but it was
generally credited.
Harney8 Heaith NOT GOOD.
Harvey has not been enjoying the
best of health since chosen as a Ju-
ror and in addition when being ques-
toned, he gave as a reason why he
did not think he should serve tha. his
business affairs would suffer. 1t may
be that he has succeeded In convinc-
ing the attorneys that he could not
give the proper attention to the tcs-
timony that might be introduced.
So far as Mr.. Walker is concerned,
he told both sides when being exam
ined as to his qualifications that he
knew both Stanford White and the
Thaw family very WE'LL He de-
clared. however. that he had no prejn
aline ins1h4raaSerand.o oonld give YER
diet on tne eVidence. II he is excrs
ed it will be because of his acquaint
ance with White and his slayer.
Second Panel Exhausted.
The second panel OF talesmen was
exhausted tonight and another run
dred names were drawn and the men
notified to be in court tomorrow morn
ing. Out of four hundred men exam
ined, fourteen have been accepted.
three OF whom were later excused,
and court adjourned tonight with ele,-
en- men in the box.
Neither Mrs. William Thaw. nor the
Countess of Yarmouth were in court
today, and the prisoner directed his
counsel to explain their absence.
Leaning over to Mr.. Peabody. he said:
Tell the reporters | told my moth
er and sister to stay at home today be-
cause they had severe colds iester-
day, and they would be uncomfortable
and iii IL they sat in the courtroom
all day. They may come i'm later Il
they feel better"
Evelyn Was on Hand.
Evelyn Thaw was, OF course. on
hand. with her chum, Mae Mckenzie.
Behind her blue veil. she looked frail
and quite unfit for the long session i'm
the badly ventilated courtroom Her
skin is waxen and her eyes big and
wistful. She seems but the shadow
of the pretty, well-set-up, healthy lit
tie woman who began her daily visits
to the Tombs last June. Mrs. George
Carnegie, Thaw's sister, was not pres
ent when the court proceedings open
ed but she came in later.
The morning proceedings were I'M
eventful, one juror being secured out
of the first fifteen examined. He was
Harry G. Brearley, "a, married. an adj
vertising agent, living at 10 East Six
teenth street He took seat No. 6, va
Gated yesterday.
Thaw Seemed Much Eiated.
1t was with evident feelings of ella
ton that Thaw returned to court in
the afternoon, for there were then ten
Jurors safely installed. He was hap
pier than he had seemed at any other
time at the trial. and made no attempt
to conceal his joy at the thought that
the long, tedious work of choosing the
men to try him was nearing an end.
I'VE are getting along splendidly,
he had told Deputy Sheriff Michael De
lahanty. who took him across the
Bridge of Sighs.' when court adjourn
ed for the luncheon recess, and may
be the jury box will be filled at this
session. 1t can't come too quick for
me-.
Thaw's Neighbor Suicides.
moment later, however, his pref
~ wife visited him in his cell with
the distressing news that an inmate
of the tier below that occupied by her
husband. had committed suicide
shortly before noon by hanging When
Mrs. Thaw visited the Tombs she was
forced to pass through the crowd OF
attendants, physicians and other em-
ployes OF the prison, who were exam
lining the body OF Julian Yosminsky.
a Russian, of Coxsackie, y. Y, who
had been a prisoner for felonious As
sault on a policeman.
The man, who was arrested several
days ago. was being held for examina-
ton, as II was thought he was suffer
ing from religious dementia. One of
She keepers found him hanging from
the bars in his cell he having COM