The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-24
TRIAL Of THAW
STARTS NEW ACT
IN LIFE TRADCEOY
BEGIN LEGAL BATTLE TO SAVE
LIFE OF MILLIONAIRE SLAYER
or WHITE.
THREE JURORS SELECTED
In First Days Session of court--De-
fcnse Craftily Refrains From
Showing Handicapped Emo.
tionai Insanity Plea.

New York Jan. 23.-The curtain
was rung up today for another act in
the tragedy of real life known as the
Thaw-White case The setting was
not the gay all night restaurants of
the tenderloin. where the principal ac-
tors In the tragedy once were familiar
figures. It was not the roof garden.
crowded with summer revelers, who
on the fateful night clinked glasses
in rythm. to the music of an orchestra
and listened laughingly to merry
singers, and then were hushed into
S lence of horror as three pistol shots
cracked and a noted architect lay
dead at the table where he had been
chatting with friends,
Act Set in Grim Court Room.
The story of the play was brought
down to a grim court room scene
where twelve men are to sit and rend.
or judgment which may mean either
he taking of another life. this time
by the state, or in the determination
that Harry X. Thaw was justified in
the claim he shot the man who had
ruined his Wife
There may be third decision, that
that Thaw was insane at the time he
committed the -"emotional in
sanity" it was called today-but there
viii be no opportunity to say that
Thaw is now i-sane.
Three Jurors Accepted.
The trial began this morning and
when adjournment for the day had
been taken about j o'clock this after
noon there were two Jurors in the
hox. A third juror had been accepted
and sworn, but he was excused in the
closing moments of the session The
reason for the action being of a pri-
yate natrre was not made public.
Nineteen talesmen were examined be-
fore the session closed.
Nearly all seemed anxious to serve
and only small percentage was eX-
Cused for causes. Challenges in near.
" every Instance were of a peremp-
tory character and about evenly divid-
cd between the prosecution and the
defen sc.
Hand Of Defense ont Shown.
The examination of the first tai s
man called was followed by the keen
est interest as II was thought that the
line of questioning by attorneys for
Thaw would develop the character Of
the defense that they are TO set up.
There was disappointment in this re-
gpecI. The defendants counsel seem
ed perfectly willing to accept any pro-
posed juror who satisfactorily answer
cd the questions put by District At
torncy Jerome. who personally con
Quoted the examinations. The de
fense peremptorily challenged two
talesmen. how YER who gave their
business as architects.
Tlaw wa, seated at table beside
his counsel. at the head of whom are
Mr.. Hartrldgc, Mr. Delmas, the Cali
fornia lawyer. will play an impori-
ant part in Thaw's defense. ON the
prosccutions side are Mr.. jerome and
Mr.. Garyen. NJ" Garyen will attend
mostly TO the selection OF the jurors.
Mr.. Jerome will cross examine the
defendants w.tncsse and conduct the
direct examination of most of the
peoples Witnesses.
Thaw Bored at Times.
Al times Thaw semed deeply inter
csted in the selection of the jurors
and at other times was listless and
appeared TO be bored by the whole
proceedings.
OF Thaw's family were in court his
mother. his wife. his two sisters. Mrs
Carnegie and the Countess of Var
mouth and his brother Edward. The
Thaws occupied seats directly behind
tho defendant
Aside from the members Of the fam
lily, there were only four women in
the court room aud these we're news
paper writers. The attendance today
was confined to newspaper people
aud the jury talcsmon.
The jurors who remained in the bix
when the day was done we're Dem'ng
B. Smith. a retired manufacturer of
umbrellas. and Charles II. Fecks. an
employing teamster Both men are
married and have families Smith Is
about 55 years of age and Fecks 45.
The trial will be resumed tomorrow
morning.
Two hundred talesmen have been
summoned and from that lot the 9th
er ten of the twelve men good and
true" will be selected who will say
finally whether OF not Thaw commit
ted a crime when he killed his wifes
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