The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-26


NEW YORK, January 2J.-F'ifty-one
.alesmcn were examined in rapid-nre or
der to-day in the effort to complete the
jury which is 70 try Harry IS. Thaw for
the killing of Stanford White, and at
tho end OF the days session two names
had been added 10 the jury roll, making
seven in all. One hundred and one
laIesmen have thus far been examined.
That there IS Increasing difficulty in
finding men who are willing or compe-
tent TO serve was evidenced by the fact
that on the first day Of the trial three
jurors were sworn from among nineteen
talesmcn one of them being excused sub
sequently by the court. On the second
day three jurors were secured from among
thirty.one talcsmen, while to-day it re-
otiired the winnowing of more than one
fourth of the entire panel of 200 men
10 secure two members Of the necessary
twelve.
Married and Unmarried.
ono of the Jurors is Harold 4. Faire.
- printer and publisher, who Is the only
unmarried man thus far selected. rare
IS not more than twenty-eisht or thirty
years OF age. The second new Juror is
Malcolm S. Frazer, dealer IN unoeF-
wear. He is perhaps forty years OF age
and is married. Early IN NIr. Frazer's
examination II became apparent from the
,,Ipnner OF his answers that he would
make a Juror satisfactory TO both SIDES.
and there was no surprise when he was
accepted. r.
Faire was registered as No. ana i,,,'l re
yer as No. in the trial panel. Inns
,,aneI as 1t grows. impresses the iol-
ably. , y,
Excuses formed by the talesmen TO
ovoid iurv duty in the case are growins
more varied each day,
Many Excuses.
Ma, after man declared to-day that
n,is oninion as to the guilt or innocence
os the accused man WAS so firmly fixed
as to admit of no change by reason o!
any testimony that might be adduceo.
District Attorney Jerome tried 10 con
vince the talesmeu that newspaper $40
ries were not the same as sworn testl-
mony before a court. but his efforts We're
generally unsuccessful, and challenges 1or
cause were sustained by the court. VI
the fifty-one talesmen examined to-day
only three were percmptorly rejected.
The State challenged a taesnlaIl named
Nesbit who stated, however, tlat nc
Was In no way related to Mrs. Evelyn
Ncsbit Thaw, wife of the defendant. ihe
calling Of AIr. Nesbit and his examination
attracted much interest. the most eager
listener being young Mrs. Thnw herself.
The defense used two peremptory chal-
lenges-onc to relieve from duty Harris
NJ Fletcher. who declared that while he
would carry mn opinion into the jury
he was sure he could lay 1t aside upon
hearing the evidence, and render laif
and impartial verdict.
Thaw More at Home.
The dcfcnse challenged Fletcher on their
own right, only after Justice Fitzgerald
had overruled q challenge for cause. The
second peremptory challenge by the de-
Tense was directed against Sol. ~ Levy
a tobacco dealer.
Harry Thaw seemed much more accus-
toned to his surroundings to-day, and
for the fic1t time sazed into the crowd
and around the COURT room, which Was
limited, however, to talesmen and news
paper writer's. Thaw seemed especially
Interested in the reporters tables, and
tried once to read the large typed ac-
count of his trial In a paper one OF the
writer's was scanning. He seemed to
have much better color to-day. although
his wife was paler, the wtiteness OF her
face being intensified by tho thin blue
veil she Wore in place of the customary
white tulle affair
Ketcham on Electricity.
The work of going through the jury list
was extremely tedious. Bits OF color
were thrown into the days proceedings,
however, by a talesman named ietcham,
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