The Washington herald., 1907-01-29

TaIesmen Promptly Excused.
New York. Jan. 2S-The total number
OF jurors obtained to try Harry X Thaw
Tor the murder Of Stanford White. stood
at nine when court adjourned for the
day at o'clock this afternoon. At that
time about 175 Of the original panel of
30 talesmen had been called and it
seemed unlikely that the jury would be
completed from the twenty five who were
left.
Earlier in the day Justice Fitzgerald had
foreseen this situation and had directed
that new venire of 100 talesmen be-
summoned. They viii be present in court
tomorrow morning, in case they should
be needed.
The eighth juror was selected just be
fore the noon recess. He is Charles ID.
Newton, a middle-aged, married man,
who was in the business of railroad man
agement. but is now retired. He lives at
267 West 18th street
Juror No. s is Louis Haas. a gOod-look
ing young man. whu lives at II West
Ninety-sixth street, and manages a candy
manufacturing business at % Wooster
street He is the second unmarried man
thus far chosen for the jury.
The morning session of court was cut
short an hour or SO because the steam
heating apparatus of the building Went
wrong. 1t was chilly in the courtroom
when the proceedings began for the day
and il rapidly grew chillier. Soon the
juTymen began u send for their over
coats and Thaw himself put his covert
coat on.
AS the janitor reported that he could
not do any better before afternoon
Justice Fitzgerald ordered a recess just
before noon. BY o'clock repairs had
been made and the afternoon session was
conducted in a comfortable temperature.
Sympathy squad Is Blue.
The sympathy squad was getting a bit
blue to-day. II had been deserted by sew
eraI Of it's female members, who were Of
the opinion that they could write about
The pathos of il just as well by the side
of their own steam radiators in Harlem as
they could in the chilly courtroom.
Their absence Lad q visibly depressing
effect on the wholesale pity merchants.
They were looking really downeast, when
their interest and ambition was revived
by the arrival Of Rev. Madison c. Peters.
who Immediately took command Of the
squad.
Under the command of Gen. Peters, the
pathOs brigade once more presented
a united front to the enemy; for how
could a man of them faltcr under the eye
of a leader capable of this sublime senu-
ment?
The Thaw-White tragedy points moral
and teaches many golden lessons we
would do well TO learn if we wish 20 live
virtuous lives, useful to ourselves and
serviceable to the community.
Forward the pathos brigade.
Was there man dismayed?
Not on your life long" they thundered
Gen. Peters waved his glittering pen
and proceeded to give a dozen recipes, by
following which any young man may
avoid being "a murderer, no matter how
much money his mother gives him.
On the whole il was day of triumph
for Gen Peters, his nearest rival being
a vivandiere. She is "a former emotional
actress, and therefore knows all about
emotional insanity. Wherefore she is
right next TO all the sObbng breaths and
murmured prayers and strangling curses
in the courtroom that everybody else is
too thick TO perceive.
Sermons by Those In the Ranks
The privates in the pathos brigade had
10 faH back on little sermons on the
vanity Of earthly goods" and the Pow
erlessness Of riches to buy happiness"
There was, however. among them one
who had an original idea. He decided
that the six lawyers hired TO defend Harry
ThaW were a lot more interested in the
supposed falling out OF the Thaw rela-
tives over the presence of Miss Mckenzie
in court than they pretended TO be He
developed this fruitful theme with flying
pencil and shining eyes.
Miss McKenzie's conduct" he wrote,
''has been variously commented on. some
of those interested protesting 10 believe
that her show of light-heartedness and
Indifference had q beneficial effect upon
judge and jury, while others vehemently
declared it was prejudciaL"
This done, he breathed deeply, and whis-
pered to the messenger:
Rush that. now, It'll just get the
12.3o- I'll have some more for the l2.6 -
There were two or three recruits to
the squad to-day, but they were all sharp
shooters and sCouts-men who have
thrown tie hammer in every land on
eaIth-solemn, scoIding men they were
men with beetling brown and relentless
lips analysts, stern, UncOmpromising.
pitiless. They turned their guns on Harry
Thaw and mis- WIFE, and when they had
finished their work neither Of the pair had
a secret left that the readers of .'chro-
matte evenings" did not know all about
The common reporters wrote Just news
as usual
Jack" Barrymore In Court.
An Interested spectator of the afternoon
proceedings was Jack Barrymore the
actor lie came TO the courtroom with
Detective Flood, of the district attorney
Office. and it can be stated that under
certain circumstances he viii be a witness
fer the prosecution. Barrymore was very
well acquainted with Evelyn Nesbit at the
time Stanford White made her acquaint-
ance, and is familiar with the circum-
stances under which the architect came tc
know the chorus girl.
Should any attempt be made on the
part Of the defense TO introduce testimony
regarding Whites acquaintance with
Evelyn NesDit that would tend to blacker
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