The Washington herald., 1907-01-29
NINE JURORS; PATHOS SQUAD BUSY.

He explained that he would have the
heating apparatus in order by o'clock
It was then ] O'Clock, and Justice Fitz-
gerald said he wasn't going to endanger
any ones health in "a cold courtroom. He
announced his reasons for taking a recess
an hour before the usual time. and when
court rec0nyencd az O'Clock the eugi-
neer had made good and the room was
warm.
William Dove. announced as living at
80 West Twentieth street, was the first
talesman mp in the afternoon. He proved
that be didn't live IN New York and got
of.
All this time the interest of the tales
men, yet urcy8mincd. ia the excuses that
succeeded was very great They stretched
their uecks To get every word. and wills
pers Of What was that2T and Did you
hear what he said2' We're frequently ex-
changed between them. But there were
enough pauses Tor them to- notice that
Mr. Delmas was not present, and 20 learn
that he had bad cold and 90 see that
Mr. McPike was not occupying his Gus
tomary seat on the defendants right
Editor Escapes Jury Box.
Julius Sommer. of 1s2 Claremont ave-
nue., art editor for Golfers Weekly. was
allowed TO go on the plea that he didn't
think De had viii power enough To give
up a previously formed opinion and do
eide the case on the testimony presented
I'm court
He admitted that his opinion was based
on newspaper reports, and he said that
he did not regard it as based on idle
gossip
You're an editor, eh?" inquired Mr..
Jerome, smiling.
Mr.. Sommer admitted it.
Charles f. Harvey. Of 22l Eighth ave
nue., did not believe in the death penalty.
Daniel T. O'Keefe an upholsterer. of
1917 Crotona avenue. created some amuse-
ment by saying that If he became a juror
he d want 20 bee allowed TO see his wife
The jury isn't going 10 De put in cold
storage, said the district attorney, and
then challenged O'Keefe peremptorily.
Albert Thornef, tailor, of zoe Union
avenUe, was excused by common consent.
though a purple shirt seemed to be the
only objection 10 him.
Several talesmen that seemed. to belong
to the solid citizen class followed IN
rapid succession, but none Of them was
accepted, the defense challenging some OF
them.
Henry Cane, a tailor, met the same fate.
Challenged by the Defense.
Wales r. Stockbridge, of the Hotel Luz
cerne, an exporter of general merchandise
with an office at 4 Broadway. looked as
if he might be an ideal juror. He an
sWered all the questions satisfactorily
and was one of the few taIeSmen who said
ne had formed no opinion on the case.
He was peremptorily challenged by the
defense after a whispered conversation
between the lawyers, in which Thaw took
part
William Sterlitz. a merchant, of I72S|
Madison avenue, didn't believe in the
death penalty, and wouldn't vote TO in
hict it on anybody. Charles H. human
stationery merchant. Of 1O2 Fulton street
said he knew Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's
mother. That sUfficed to get him OF.
William McFadden. who makes brushes
way over in East Ninth street, answered
all the questions with d strong brogue
He suited the defense. but Mr.. Jerome
challenged him. DUndas w Howard. n
life insurance agent, of 2l4 West 10th
street, said he had served in two capitaI
cases. That was apparently the reason
for challenging him. So they went. until
Louis Haas was reached. 1t did not take
both sides long to reach the conclusion'I
that he would do, and he was sworn in
and took seat No. 9 few minutes before
court adjourned for the day
Mr.. Hartridge denied that counsel for
the defense had stated that the defense
would be based on a plea of emotional in
sanity, but there is no doubt that the
prosecution still expects TO have TO meet
that line of testimony It is possible that
the Jury will be completed tomorrow