The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
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increasing approval of all the lawyers
who watch his methods. He evidently has
1 laid out his plan of campaign with great
pains and completeness, knows precise
| ly what he wants IN the way of jurors,
and drives straight at his mark without
any fuss OF feathers. He wastes no time
in useless repettions or irrelevant ques-
TONS When he questions a talesman re-
| peatedly on the same point there is in
variably reason for ii that appears after
| a moments thought. lie Is scrupulously
polite with all the subjects of his inquiry.
scarcely ever raises his voice above the
| conversational level, and few Of his in
quiries are ruled out by Justice FitZ-
gerald.
Says There Is No Family Agreement.
| Alone of all the members of Harry
Thaw's family who appeared in court on
the first day Of the trial. the Countess Of
| Yarmouth was absent to-day Evelyn
| Nesbit Thaw occupied her usual seat De-
tween her chorus girl friend, May Nc
/ Kenzie, on one side and Mrs. William
/ Thaw on the other On Mrs. Thaw's right
| sat her daughter Mrs. George Lauder
Carnegie. In front Of them were Josiah
Thaw and Edward Thaw, brothers Of
/ Harry.
| Alr. Hartridge took occasion to deny to-
/ day that there has been any falling out
or serious disagreement between members
| OF his clients family The absence of
/ the countess, he said. was accounted for
/ by the fact that she had not recovered
! from severe cold. Persons who watched
the Thaw family in court however, were
struck by the fact that Mrs Thaw and
/ her ex-chorus girl daughter-in-law, though
/ sitting side by side. apparently took no
notice Of each other all through the day.
and never exchanged a word in the course
1 Of each session.
Mrs, Grundys Find Rich Picking.
The tongues of the Mrs Grundy news
papers were also set wagging by the fact
/ that Harry Thaws wife and Miss Nc
/ Kenzle arrived at the Criminal Courts
| building together. and some time before
/ Mrs. William Thaw and Mrs. Carnegie.
They wagged still faster when IL was
/ known that in the course of the noon re-
cess. when none Of the Thaw party left
the building Mrs Harry Thaw and Miss
/ Mckenzie ate their luncheon together at
/ one side of the courtroom. while Mrs.
Thaw and Mrs. Carnegie ate theirs al the
other side Of the room
/ The pathos specialists that have been
hired 90 spur The feeble efforts Of tie sim
pie writer's OF simple news had another
good day They got there early. sharpen
/ ed up their pencils and began % tell how
/ peaked and I'D al ease the defendant
I looked. The strain ot the trial was be-
ginning 90 show itself in his face Half
/ an hour later the defendant entered the
courtroom.
/ But some minutes before that the SYM
pathy Sharps had turned their batteries
| on Evelyn Nesb.t Thaw. They had been
so busy with Harry that they hadn't had
/ time 90 attend 90 her case before. She
I wore a blue veil to-day instead Of the
white one behind which she had hidden
/ her face on the first two days Of the trial.
/ FlHshIiEht Artists Come to Grief.
! The change allowed a close observer TO
see even more clearly than before that her
1 face was pale. that her eyes kept closing
and enclosing rapidly. and that she was
lvery grave. Il enabled the pathos special
lists 10 see with a glance that she was on
/ the verge Of a collapse And having seen
Il. they made no bones about saying so.
/ Beauty is truth and truth IS beauty, and
the bulletin boards in Park row need
large. very large, letters for their adorn-
ment
Second only to the sympathy sharks in
/ Importance were the photographers They
I are not popular I'm the courtroom. As q
matter OF factA they are excluded by order
Of the judge. But one Of them got In to-
day. He carried heavy overcoat over
/ his arm and under the coat was his cam
era, folded with an inconspicuous neat
ness. Unfortunately, in pushing his way
I through the crowd the man Of the in
Simultaneous shutter was j0sted and he
( dropped his camera. IL hit the floor with
an annoyingly loud thud. A court attend
ant saw it and I'm a moment camera and
camera bearer were gazing al the outside
+ Of the courtroom door Prehensile fingers
/ are an almost Indispensable attribute Of a
/ successful photographer the way things
are going these days.
1 Camera Outcasts Make Last Stand.
| But one man had scheme that made
the overcoat dodge seem clumsy. He had
/ a tiny camera so arranged as 20 go inside
a watch case II was a rather large
watch case. but not larger than some Of
/ those Z}-cent ones with the incredulous
name. The owner Of this ingenious device
was suspected by the court captain and
was. in fact, subjected 20 the narrowing
| ndignity of search that proved vain.
The photographer looked often at his
watch in the course Of the day.
/ Late in the afternoon the Outcasts OF
the camera made a last stand. They all
; lined up on the ground floor of the build
ing waiting for the inevitable exit OF the
/ Thaw family There could not have
been less than fifteen of them. and the
/ cameras included every sort of snap
/ shOtter from the Brownie to the biggest
| black box YOU can get on a tripod. II
/ was so dark then that all hands had to
I get out their flashlights and there was a
hopeful prospect that at the right mo-
ment the Criminal Courts building would
/ look like the fireworks pavilion at Man
! haitian Beach on a busy night
! Then came what the sympathy dealers
/ called the brutal minions of the law As
/ the Thaws came down the steps the cops
/ rushed the thin red line of photographers.
/ The line wavered a moment, then broke
I and fed with a thousand imprecatiOns
and amid showers Of hashlight powder
/ The Thaw party seized this strategic
/ moment to advance, and. though the cam
| era carriers rallied and returned TO the
| charge. their intended victims made good
! their escape, unphotOgraphed, their fight
! covered successfully by the police.
Morning Session of Trial.
! The morning session was interrupted
! briefly by the arraignment Of William a.
! Brewer, jr., formerly president of the
/ Washington Life Insurance Company. for
/ whom William Rand. jr., his counsel, en-
/ tered a plea of not guilty on charges Of
! perjury and misdemeanor. Mr.. Brewer
/ had already pleaded not guilty to charges