The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-26
TWO MORE JURORS FOUND TO TRY TEiAW

man. OF 2lz Lenox avenue. He is little,
lantern-jawed man. with bright eyes and
an air of assurance He answered all the
questions satisfactorily, including the one
about knowing Abe Hummel, and said II
wouldn't make any difference TO him II
the defendant had half dozen defenses.
Then he told the judge something about
his health and they let him go.
Charles NJ. Levy proved 10 be exempt,
and Charles A. Fuller, a real estate man,
OF 456 West 18th street, said he was too
prejudiced and got of quickly. Charles
p, Halsey a broker, OF % East Seventy
second street, escaped because he had
been member Of two clubs TO which
Stanford White had belonged. and Horace
II. Smith, who deals In bakers supplies
at Il West Ninety-second street, thought
he had made up his mind too firmly
already to be an unbiased Juror.
Does Not Approve EiectrOcutiOn.
Then came two talesmen. who handed
up notes for teacher" They were Brace
Hopkins. Of 1864 Lexington avenue, and
Andrew B. Grafus, Of $50 West Seventy
first street. They both got off
Then came the bright spot of the morn
ing It arrived simultaneously with
James NJ, Ketcham, who works as an
electrical engineer for the Sprague Elec-
trio Company. Mr.. Garvan took up the
examination, and got at Mr.. Ketcham
so that he did not have time to hand up
any note. il he had intended doing 60.
Mr.. Ketcham spoke right out in meeting,
and his answers were heard all over the
af.Fs
candidate until he made a statement that
made people sit up because r came from
an electrical engineer. He said that he
had no objection to the death penalty for
murder, but that lie did not believe in its
infection by electricity. MI Ketcham was
the original old subscriber" He said
he read all the papers
DID you know Stanford White?" asked
Mr.. HarTidge.
i am pleased to say that 7 did not.
snapped the witness, while d murmur ran
about the courtroom.
He finally got off, because a man who
worked for McKim, Mead * White had
told him things
i man named Charles II. Nesbitt came
soon after. but he said he knew none Of
challenged him. After Albert \ Brock
way, Of Is West Sixty-frd street was
excused on account Of the death OF his
father. Harold r Fair came up and WIS
very quickly accepted and sworn. He
said be would take into consideration my
evidence 10 show ThaW's condition IT the
time OF the shooting. and had no preju-
dice against any line Of defense.
Several Were Friends of white.
In the afternoon session. several men
had opinions so positive that they said
they could not be fair jurors. Three or
four Of the men called had been witnesses
in other criminal cases. notably the Nan
Patterson, Al Adams and Josephine Ter
ranOva cases. They were not excused,
however, because Of that reason. Archi-
bald lie Roy was let go because he is a
friend Of Mr.. Jerome, and was q clubmate
OF Stanford White.
Three men, one after the other. knew
White and were excused for that reason.
one Of them. Robert Underwood Johnson,
associate editor OF the Century Maya
zine. said he had known White for many
years. Henry c. Gryder, Of I4 East
SiXty-second street, said frankly that he
had a personal acquaintanceship with
White, and he was excused. Then came
Francis c. Greene, OF IS East Forty
eighth street who announced that he
could not accept certain testimony which
he felt might be introduced. He added
that ne knew White slightly, and al
though he was not allowed to explain
what testimony he thought would be
brought into the case he was excused.
Seventh Juror Finally Secured.
Martin T. Ford, who said he was an
agent for the Equitable Life Assurance
Society. caused some amusement among
the spectators Ford said he would be
very much worried about his business II
he was locked up, and everybody got the
impression from his answers that Paul
Morton doesn't do much work around the
Equitable, and Mr.. Ford had 10 be on the
job. After he had been questioned for a
long time, he finally came around 10 the
statement that he did not believe he could
give proper consideration to the case be-
cause of his business worries. He was
let go
1t began to look as ?: there wouldn't be
any juror obtained at the afternoon ses-
Sioils "ieH dd4tOiHi = IaLeT was called
at 4.30 o'clock. He answered all the tech
nical questions without blinking and was
accepted in a very few minutes. He said
he is a clothing salesman, and that he
has been employed by big firms He is
about forty years old, and married
When court was adjourned at o'clock
Justice Fitzgerald announced that the
next session would be on Monday. which
pleased the taleSmen. who had been ex-
pectins that Justice Fitzgerald would hold
session to-day No one stated how the
jurors who had been selected felt about it.