The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-30
.IHAW FAMILY
OUT IN FORCE
Nav Mackenzie Joins the Cir
Gle in Criminal Court
Room.
TWO JURORS ARE EXCUSED
AGAIN BROUGHT UP TO
NINE.

xov York Jan 29-The first big sur
.-,ss in the trial OF Harry K Thaw came
.o5sv when Justice Fitzgerald. on the mo-
e,r of District Attorney Jerome and with
,ho consent Of the attorneys for the de-
s.ro announced that two of the jurors
.,s,tsd in the early days Of the proceed
ms would be excused.
without any reflection whatever on the
,urymen," said the presiding Judge "ju-
rors Nos and 6 viii be excused"
The men in question were Arthur g.
campbell a superintendent Of telephone
construction. and Harold r. Faire. a prin-
ter and publisher. The court room was
crowded for the opening of the afternoon
session when the announcement was
District Attorney Jerome said: The
reason for this action will not be made
public but they are of a business ma
Both Jurors Surprised.
when the excused jurors left they
we're besieged by questioners. Mr.. Faire
created a mild sensation when he as
se~ted that he was utterly i'm ignorance
of any reason why he should be asked to
step down. He SAID:
.'The announcement in court was the
first knowledge / had Of the intended ac-
fi0n. I'm passing through the court house
corridors this morning I heard a man re-
mark that two Of the Thaw jurors were
70 be excused today ! had no idea that
the remark could include me"
Mr. Campbell. the second OF the excused
Jurors declared he had too much res
/ pect for the court to give an interview
| Ii was generally reported that Mr., Camp
| bell had asked 10 be relieved He begged
10 be excused when first placed on the
jury.
one new juror had been added to the
trial panel when the excuse OF Faire and
Campbell was announced, and a second
was subsequently secured. thus offsetting
the loss. When court adjourned there
we're nine men in the jury box. Forty
six talesmeu were called before the two
satisfactory jurors were secured This
Exhausted the original panel OF go men
and used up eighteen Of the new panel
'or 100 summoned yesterday. The two new
Jurors sworn in today We're:
No. 1O.-John 6 Dennee. travelling
freight agent. 3S years old. unmarried A
native Of New Orleans.
No. david II s Walker. real estate
broker. "a years old, unmarried. A son
of John Brisben Walker. He was cho-
sen during the afternoon session and re-
placed Juror Campbell.
Thsw Appears Pleased.
Thaw seemed we'll pleased with the Sc
lection OF Dennee and Walker. and smiled
when the prosecution withdrew pending
challenges. AS soon as Mr. Dennee said
he was "A LOuisianian IhaW was seen IN
earnest consultation with his lawyers.
Mr. Walker was accepted by the defense
in suite OF the fact that he said he knew
Stanford White and many OF the dead
friends He also had formed
an opinion ip the case and expressed il
many times. These facts. Mr.. Walker de-
clared However. would not prevent his
rendering an impartial verdict. He had
not seen White for year before his
death
Thaw's attorneys set high water mark
f1r peremptory challenges today. when
they summarilv excused seven talesmen.
The state challenged peremptorily only
once The defense now has thirteen per-
emptory challenges left and the state
seventeen.
Whole Family Present.
The members of the Thaw family were
al In court and for once disarmed those
who had circulated reports Of family
Quarrels. Mrs. William Thaw. mother of
tho prisone-. cOuversed and chatted with
Mrs Harry Thaw constantly. The count
ess Of Yarmouth also talked freely with
young Mrs Thaw Miss May Mackenzie
was a participant in several Of the family
chats. notably during the luncheon re-
cess when the party sat for time in a
circular group. The prisoner seemed in
high spirits and the fact that the ac-
tual hearing of the case had been put
back n fun day or more by the excusing
Of two Jurors cid not seem to have the
least effect on him ii is now believed
that the taking Of testimony cannot be
reached before Thursday afternoon or
Friday morning.