Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-02
Would Further Weed
Gut Panel
District Attorney Makes Vain Effort to
Get Dismissal of Unsatisfactory
Juror-Tria Set for
Monday
THE THAW JURY

tired manufacturer, married.
NO. 2, George p. PfnT, 64, hardware
merchants married.
No. 8, Charles NJ. FecI<, 45, shipping
agent, married.
No. 4, Oscar A. Pink, 40, salesman;
married.
NO. ., Henry C. Harney, 80, pianos,
married.
No. o, Harry G. BreaIcy, 30, advertis-
ing agent, married.
No. Z, Malcolm s. Fraser, 40, sales
mani married.
No. s, Charles ID. Newton, 60, retired
railway official; married.
No. o, Wilbur S. steele, 90, manufac-
turer, married.
No. 10, John s. Dene, 3S, railway
freight agent; unmarried.
No. II, Joseph Il. Bolton, 81, clerk,
married.
No. IL, Bernard Gcrstman, SO, manu-
featuring agent; married.
BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The Thaw jury
is at last complete and the actual in
PRODUCTION of evidence is scheduled to
commence Monday morning. Further
wedding out of the panel is not impos-
sible, however, as District Attorney Je-
rome, who has been contending since
yeserday afternoon for the removal Of
one of the men now in the jury box,
but who has failed to gain the consent
of the defendants counsel to a change,
was still reluctant as court adjourned
today to begin The actual proceedings
f,,r h " tn nj n
with Thaw's advisers
At his request therefore Justice Fitz-
gerald ordered all talesmen who have
not yet been examined to be in court
Monday morning ready for jury service
| in case any are needed. Mr.. Jerome
| then announced that If there should be
no change in the situation in the mean
time that the state would proceed to
place all it's Cirect testimony before the
jury at the Monday morning session.
| The defense was notified to be in readi-
ness to proceed by Monday afternoon.
I'VE are entirely satisfied with the
jury" said Clifford w. Hartridge,
Thaw's leading counsel tonight, and he
added the intimation that he would
not consent to any further alterations
of the personnel.
THE defense will be ready to proceed
the minue the prosecution has finished
it's case" declared John B. Gleason,
another of Thaw's attorneys.
Comes as Surprise
The selection of the twelfth juror
came as a complete surprise at the end
of a long and tedious day-the eighth
of the trial-and Immediately after this
last member of the trial panel had been
sworn in Justice Fitzgerald adjourned
court until 10:30 o'clock Monday morn
ing.
Assistant D:1trict Attorney Garvan
will make the opening address for the
prosecution. His remarks will be brief.
The state will then introduce such wit
nesses as are necessary to prove STAN
ford White was shot and killed by Har-
ry X. Thaw on the Madison Square gar
den the night of June 20 last.
In announcing that the introduction
will not require more than one session
of court Mr.. Jerome is evidently of the
opinion that the cross-examination of
the states witnesses to the actual
events associ ed with the tragedy may
not be very extensive.
From the questions which have so
persistently been put to the talesmen
by Thaw's attorneys as to any preju.
dice against a defense of insanity, it is
at last generally conceded that a plea
of emotional insanity will be the main
reliance of the young defendant.
MS Will ltdu W al CTOSS-
questioning of the states witnesses as
to any popularity they may have no.
ticed in ThaW's conduct the night of the
tragedy, in which event the conclusion
of the states direct testimony may take
longer than is now anticipated.
Thaw seemed to be in the best of
spirits as the last juror was sworn.
Is Forty-first Taesman
Forty talesmen had been examined in
vain during the day, when Bernard
Gerstman declared he had no such
opinion in the case that could prevent
his rendering a fair and conscientious
verdict and he was not prejudiced
against any line of defense and would
give the prisoner the benefit of every
reasonable doubt.
But" suggested District Attorney
Jerome, would you go farther than
that and require the state to remove
every possibility of doubt?"
II would certainly want every doubt
removed" replied Gerstman, before 1
would vote to convict in a capital case. )"
The district attorney challenged the
juror for cause.
Thaw's attorneys We're not content
to let the talesman go, and on cross-ex-
animation they brought his answers
within the legal requirements Mr..
Gerstman replying to Mr.. Hartridge
that he meant by doubt" any doubt
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