The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-02-14
PRAISE FOR
THAW JURORS
LAWYERS THINK THEM the
Right SORT FOR GREAT
cAsE-PATtENT AND
KEEMLY ALERT.

Another Thin and so,emn-penee,
Former Washlnstonlan. Has Cold
Expression.
NEW YORK. Feb. II. = a great
many lawyers Of standing have visit.
cd the Thaw trial, and invariably as
they have watched the progress Of
the PROCEEDINGS their remark has
been:
What a fine jury-just the right
substantial sort Of a jury for SO great
o case"
Those who have been in the court.
room day after day since the trial be.
gan have had a chance to ponder upon
and to analyze, and to narrowly watch
not only the Jury as a complete body.
but as well the individual twelve good
men and true.
They seem to be most patient
jury. Hour after hour they listen and
listen aad listen, and never nod. The
restriction which the law places upon
them does not permit them 70 discuss
among themselves any part or parcel
of the case until they shall be together
at the end of it all in the jury room.
This hardship which thu law impos-
es apparently has not had the effect
of firing any of the twelve. for they
arrive each morning fresh faced and
vigorous and interested. Then they
listen to the witnesses, to the objec.
lions. {, the wransling Of counsel, to
the h,ndred and one stretches Of de.
sert that separate each oasis OF inter.
esting facts.
Foreman caimest Of Twelve.
Deming b. Smith. the foreman. and
the first map selected. and hence the
man who has had the most TO contend
with. is perhaps the calmest, most
quiet man of the twelve. He has keen,
deep-set eyes under slightly bristling
brows. that counteract the effect of an
otherwise mild and benign %counten-
ance. He hears all that passes with
out so much as moving in his chair,
and no one in the court room would
so much IS venture to suggest what
effect either the dry or the interesting
testimony has upon him.
His hands r always at his side
and he rarely glances away from the
witness when testimony Is being tax
en-. His bearing is only a triie more
calm than that Of his left.hand neigh.
Dor, George Pfaff. a strengthened,
smooth.shayen. fne-headed man, who
looks like the pictures one sees in
story books OF the gladiators. Facial.
1y. he is Of the Osborne or Rand type
of mana man Of strong but well-con.
served emotions. The recital Of each
witness he seems to absorb rather
than to pay minute attention to, for
his head rarely moves and his face
never changes It's set expression.
Juror Feeke Nervous and Ruddy.,
Charles II. Fecke. who Is Juror No.
"a, is inclined to nervousness, as the
blinking Of his eyes and frequent pull.
ings at his stubby black mustache in.
dictate. He has the ruddiest, health.
lest color of all the Jurors. His round.
ed physique Is in marked contrast to
Oscar A. Pink's, the Juror who sits
upon his left hand in seat No. 4. Pink
isn't pfak at all. but brownfsh in
mustache and complexion. His head
frequently is inclined toward the rail-
supreme interest is belikened In his
eyes. Not a sentence escapes him
Gray mustached. military looking
Henry G. Harvey. who is juror No. 5,
has a face a 8 impassive as Bismark,s.
Reserve. pose. equanimity. and force
are in Tho very air about him, but the
effect is tempered by the more mild
glance Of his eye. He is manager Of
a piano warehouse-and hence. natus
ally, a man OF courage.
a Thin Juror Who Never Smiles.
More serious than all the rest is
Juror No. 6-Henry G. Brsarley, the
thinnest n In the box. Breariey
always looks intently at the witness,
and he rarely faces to the front. The
side attitude makes It for
him to see any of the spectators when
he raises his eyes and peers through
the glasses that balance on the bridge
of his nose. He frequently places his
elbow on his knee and leans with his
elbow upon the uptarned palm. He
never su:iles-even when all about him
are weathing their faces over some
pleasantly that is not against the dig.
nifty OF the court. Ha completes the
first liue and forms a grave period to
the serious sentence.
The back row. with small mustach-
ed. round.headed. pleasant:faced NAL
colin 5. Fraser at one end as Juror
No. z and smooth,shayen Bernard
eerstman as Juror No. 70 at the other.
is more animated. Gerstman has an
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