Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-26
TURNING OUT
 TALESMEN Fifty of Them Examined in the Thaw Case and Only Six
 Jurors
THE JURORS LETTERS
Are Opened and Read Before Reach ing inc Men Thus Far Selected 10 Sit in the Celebrated
 Case.

New York, Jan 26.-Three days of the trial of Harry K. Thaw have passed and the net work of all this time has been the selection of seven jurymen. To get these seven jurors 1O1 talesmen, half of the panel drawn have been examined. While the law yers engaged have got so that the ex- animation of the talesmen consumes less time than was taken in the carly stages of the trial. the talesmen them- selves have become more wary, ap- parently, and the excuses put forward for not serving are varied and ingen- iOus. It is possible that the remain ing five jurors needed will be found in the 100 talesmen still awaiting ex- animation, but if yesterdays proceed ings are any criterion this is doubt full
 Fifty men were examined yesterday and from this number two jurors was secured. Five were drawn from the first fifty talesmen examined.
 The chief reason for the general desire not to serve is probably found in the order of Justice Fitzgerald practically locking up the jurymen from the time they are drawn until the trial is over. This is an unusual proceedings and, as most of the tales men are active business men, it in- wolves possible financial loss, beside the hardship.
 About the only physical exercise the jurymen selected enjoy now or are likely to enjoy for some weeks is the little walk twice daily. accompan- jed by court officers, to and from the Broadway Central hotel and the court house. The men are practically pris- oners. They dine together and then spend the evening in chatting until they retire.
 Every letter. that is sent to the iur- ors is opened and read by Police Cap tain W. J. Lynch' who has immediate personal charge of the jurymen. This is not done with the mall of prisoners in the tombs. No newspapers that have in them any reference to the trial or tragedy are permitted.
 Captain Lynch cuts out these parts of the newspapers that refer to the case and the jurors have to be con tent with the censorship, Even the books and magazines are subjected to the same sort of scrutiny.
 The men are comfortably housed at the hotel. seventeen rooms, with baths, private dining room. nav ing been engaged for them. The jur- ors so far selected are accepting the situation in philosophical spirit and with the utmost good nature.
 The plans of the defence. while they have not definitely developed, are still believed to be those which hay been generally phophesied--emo- tional insanity and an appeal to the so-called "higher" law. Only the faintest indication in this direction has appeared at the trial thus far and that was yesterday when Clifford w. Hartridge. chief counsel for Thaw, asked prospective juror this ques- ton:
 Would you take into consideration all the evidence tending to show ;he condition of this mans Thaw's)
 
 mind at the time of the killing of Stanford whiteT'
 There were rumors in the court yes terday that there had been a serious disagreement among the members of Thaw's family.
 The reports started when Harry Thaw's wife and Miss Mae Mckenzie, her constant companion, arrived at the court house some time before Mrs William Thaw. and Mrs Carnegie. mother and sister of the prisoner. The gossip was intensified when 1t was noted that though Mrs William Thaw sat near her daughter-in-law. the two took no notice of each oth- CT all through the day.
 Lawyer Hartridge. when his at- tention was called to the gossip. took occasion to deny that there had been any disagreement between members ,S hia r1ioufss family