The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-25
Eight Deputy SherIffs Guard
the Entrance and Exits to
Their Suite of Rooms at the
Broadway Hotel.
THAW SEEMS JOCULAR
THROUGHOUT THE DAY
Legal Representatives OF
Slayer of Stanford White
Guarding Closely Line of
Defense.
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| eight deputy sheriffS, five men occupy
tonight suite of rooms in the Broad
way Central Hotel and during the ear
ly hours of the evening, tried to amuse
| themselves with card playing and sto-
ry telling, the while the evening news
| papers We're refused them and a guard
OF special deputy sheriffs occupied the
positions which controlled the en-
frances and exits to the rooms. The
| men were those selected today and
yesterday, into whose hands the fate
| of Harry X. Thaw, murderer of STAN
ford White, is to be entrusted by both
the state and the attorneys for the de-
fense. All are married men, and il
the apparent wishes of the attorneys
for young Thaw are carried out. this
jury is to be composed exclusively of
married men.
1t begins to look now as though the
jury will surely be secured from the
present panel before the end OF the
week. Five talesmen have been ac-
cepted out of the fifty first names
drawn from the jury box and there are
still one hundred waiting their turn
to be grilled by the lawyers on both
sides.
Rather Tiresome Day.
Today's developments were tire
some in the extreme. Only those en-
titled to, were permitted In the court
room and all curiosity seekers were
compelled to remain away from the vi
cinity, by very strong guard OF po-
lice. Mrs. William Thaw mother OF
the prisoner, and her daughter. the
Countess of Yarmouth, were not in
court today, and outside of four news
paper women whose assignments
compelled them TO be there, the only
representatives of the female sex that
witnessed the dragging proceedings.
were Mrs. George Carnegie, Thaw's
sister, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, his wife.
and May Mckenzie, the actress friend
OF the latter. Thaw himself seemed
quite jocular throughout the proceed
ings today and where yesterday he
watched the cross examination OF tai
esmen and apparently paid no atten-
ton to the others in the court room,
today he positively scrutinized every
one from the judge on the bench to
the attendant at the rear door. The
jury as SO far made UP Is composed
OF Deming b. Smith, retired umbrella
manufacturer, who is foreman. and
George II. Fecke, manager for the Sec
ond cabin department of the Cunard
Steamship company. who were chosen
yesterday, and George Pfalf, married,
several children, hardware merchant,
of 122 Center street, whose home is at
GIT West 136th street: Arthur s.
Campbell, AZ, married superintendent
of telegraph construction, of S23 West
End avenue, and Henry G. Harney.
married, piano manufacturer, of 132nd
street and the East river.
Good Progress Made.
The latter two were secured quYve
late in the afternoon, after IL began
to seem that court would have to adj
journ with but three men in the jury
box. In many cases the defense was
compelled to resort to peremptory
challenges in order to get out OF the
way men who Thaw himself thought
would not give him a fair show
In three instances, at least, during the
days proceedings, four men were ap-
parentIy satisfactory to the lawyers
on both sides, Thaw whispered to his
counsel with the result that challeng-
es were raised and sustained. When
the court proceedings ended for the
day, both sides expressed themselves
as well satisfied with the progress
made, and Thaw remarked tn the
keeper who led him back to his cell,
that he felt sure none of the men In
the jury box would vote to convict
him for what he had done.
Defense "Under Cover"
While the court proceedings mp 70
the present time have been dull and
constituting as they do
simply the carrying out of the provis-
ions of the law in reference to the
examination of talesnen as
to their qualification to sit in judg-
ment on the accused, there was con-
siderable discussion among lawyers
and court attendants as to what the
defense would be. This is a closely
guarded secret and not in single in
stance has one word been uttered by
the lawyers for Thaw in questioning
prospective jurors which would give
even an inkling as to their plans They
are greatly worried however, over the
presence in the city of Mrs. Charles
J. Holman, mother OF Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw, who is relied upon by the dis
trict attorney to combat any evidence