Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-25
SIX JURORS FOR
TRIAL Of 1HAX
Better Progress Being Made in
Work of Securing Twelve
Jurymen
GOOD MEN so FAR ACCEPTED
First Clash Between Opposing Counsel
oceurs-state Challenge Of Question
able Juror sustained-sisty three
TaIesmen in All Examined-RsIa-
tives Present.

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New York, Jan. 25.-One more juror,
making six in all, was added today TO
the panel which is to try Harry n.
Thaw. on the charge Of murder in the
first degree. He was selected near the
close Of the morning session and was
the thirteenth. talesman examined to-
day. His name is Harold r. Fair. He
is the hrst unmarried man to be select
ed. and Is about 2s years old.
Most Of the talesmen excused from
service today had formed such decided
opinions as to disqualify them. There
was but one peremptory challenge, and
this was by Jerome, In excusing
talesman named Charles S. Nesbit.
The similarity in the name to Harry K.
Thaw's wife, caused the examination
Of the talesman to be- followed with
much interest. He was apparently
about to be accepted, when Jerome
challenged in behalf OF the people.
Mrs. Thaw, the prisoners mother, was
in court today.
Relatives Again Present.
New York, Jan. 25.-There were five
men in the jury box today when the
trial Of Harry K. Thaw. for killing
stanford White, was resumed before
Justice Fitzgerald. Mrs. William
Thaw. mother of the defendant, was
present at the opening of the morning
session. having fully recovered from
the indisposition. which kept her in
doors yesterday. She was accompanied
BY her daughter, Mrs. George Lauder
Carnegie. the two having been preced4
ed some minutes by Mrs. Evelyn Mes
bit Thaw and her constant companion,
May Mckenzie. The countess Of Var
mouth did not attend the trial today,
owing to slight cold she contracted.
Edward and Josiah Thaw were early in
their seats.
The five jurors selected during the
first two days of the trial appear to be
men above the average in intellect. and
all seem to be in prosperous circum-
stances. Two Of the five are seemingly
Just above SO years Of age. George
Pfan, a hardware dealer, Is the young
est, and Is probably not more than "a.
Charles III. Fecke, a shipping agent Is
possibly 49, Arthur S. Campbell is q
superintendent of telephone construc-
ton. The other two Jurors are Dem
1 ing B. Smith, retired manufactures,
who is foreman, and Henry c. Harvey,
manager Of q piano concern.
Counsel for Thaw was informed to-
day that Harney acted as q juror in
the case in which Edward Pekarz was
convicted Of murder in the first !e-
gree. Pekarz's plea was insanity. Sew
eral alienists testified that he was men
tally unbalanced when he murdered
the woman from whom he rented
rooms. The verdict was guilty and
Pekarz was sentenced to death Sub
sequentiy the sentence was committed
to life Imprisonment.
Daniel O'Reilly, counsel for Thaw, is
quoted as saying today concerning
Harvey:
1--WE went on the assumption that a
man who has voted to put man to
death on one occasion will never vote
N the execution of a second man. We
wanted him on the jury. Harney's Jury
said the man was sane, but it wes
proved before Governor Higgins he was
insane, and the governor saved him.
We believe Harney will never convict
another man."
Examination Of Talesmen.
When Thaw made his appearance in
the court room, his wife gave him an
earnest look of greeting and during the
examination Of the first talesman she
assumed her customary attitude, lean
ing we'll forward in her seat eager to
catch every answer to the questions
put either by Jerome or Hartridge.
The first talesman proved to be
Walter N. jackson, a real estate broker
who was excused on challenge by the
people when he declared he entertained
certain prejudices which might make
him partial juror. Ashley c. Jen-
nings, who followed Jackson, was ex-
cused by consent. During Jennings
examination, Hartridge asked the
talesman what was regarded as a sig
nificant question. The talesmen had
already stated that so long as the de-
fense offered by the prisoner. was
legal one, he had no objection to what
line it might take. When he was
asked: would it make any difference
to you If there were a half dozen diff
ferent defenses?" he said: ct would
not Thaw's counsel seemed reluctant
to lose Jennings. Charles NJ. Levy was
excused by the court without examin-
alton. Charles A. Fuller, Charles D.
Halsey and Horace H. Smith had such
decided opinions they believed could
not ha noAyed hv rho evidence thew
were excused by consent
James NJ. Ketcham caused something
of stir by some of the answers he
made to questions put to him. Ket-
cham said he was a travelling salesman
for an electrical supply firm. Asked If
he had any conscientious scruples ver-
sus capital punishment, he replied:
Il have not. but I do object to the
application Of electricity ~ . means