Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-25
TALESMEN TRY To
FLEE THAW JURY
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the trial and prepare to oppose a pos
sible introduction by the defense of the
emotional insanity plea
The plans of the defense are still hid
den. To the questions asked of the
talesmen by the counsel on the other
side close attention was paid yesterday
to see If they would give any indica-
ton of what line the defense would
take. But it seemed as though Mr.. Je-
rome was a s much in the dark as any
body and the lawyers for Thaw per-
mitted no word to escape which would
betray their intentions.
The district attorney carefully
guarded against the two obvious points
which could be made against him.
Each talesman was asked if he would
be content to abide by the law as the
| judge declared 1t. With great care
counsel elabor"tod this point. Once or
twice he mentioned by name the ''un-
written law; more often he spoke of
an ethical law, a supposed sense of
equity or higher law.
| He took up the question of insanity.
He read from law books the legal def
milton of that state, and informed the
talesmen that the law had declared
that man might plead it as an excuse
| if "at the time of an alleged criminal
act he was laboring under such a de-
feet of reason as either not to know the
nature or quality of the act or not to
know that the act was wrong"
Intense Interest in Trial
That interest in the trial is wide
spread was indicated by the collection
of reporters and newspaper artists
which was such as never came to-
gether before in the court room. Other
trials and Investigations have excited
the utmost local interest. The Thaw
case is being reported to the end of the
civilized globe The eminence of the
victim the wealth of the prisoner and
the dramatic circumstances of the crime
and the light it sheds not only on
| Broadway life, b; : on the doors of the
fast set in every capacity have caused
special arrangements to be made for
the press.
From the center of the criminal
courts building two great cables come
down to table where a corps of teleg-
raphers is installed. Some of the wires
run straight to newspaper offices in
the city. others connect the newspapers
in Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Ar
rangementS have even been made by
which the stories written in court may
be placed upon a wire connected with
the Atlantic cable, so that they may be
flashed without a mpment's delay to
London. The telephone has also been
used and one Pittsburg newspaper has
engaged a direct wire.
In the court room two long tables
have been set apart for the reporters
of the afternoon papers. The reporters
for morning papers are accommodated
in the enclosure above the bar to the
left of the judge. Then along the side
of the court room is another batch of
special writers and artists.
Every inch of the rest of the room
was filed yesterday by the talesmen.
The lawyers for the defense have only
small table outside the bar on the
right of the court. AS an officer of
the court District Attorney Jerome and
Assistant District Attorney Frank p.
Garvin were accommodated within the
bar
Thaw himself took practically no
part in the proceedings. He listened
intently enough and occasionally whis-
pered to counsel near him or to Mr..
Delmas, but there was none of that
continuous interference which 1t had
been said he would insist upon.
Trial Is Orderly
None of the confusion which was so
apparent yesterday marked the morn
ing of the second day of the Thaw
uation we'll in hand and those who had
no Immediate business in the court
room learned yesterday the futility of
trying to break through the Gordon of
bluecoats.
When the morning session began
there were two jurors in the box, Dem
ing b. smith, No 1, and Charles H.
Fecke, No. 2.
Nearly half an hour before the ses-
sion was opened Mrs. Evelyn Thaw
made her way into the court room
through the main doorway. She wore
the same blue dress as yesterday. Her
features were again obscured by the
heavy white tulle veil. May Macken-
zie followed close behind the prisoners
wife. and then came Mr.. and Mrs.
George l.. Carnegie.
Thaw's imposing array of counsel,
numbering six altogether, reached the
court room shortly before 1890, at
which time Thaw was in the prisoners s
pen waiting to make his entrance
The newspaper writer's and talesmen
again filled every available seat In
the room, and the public was barred.
At 1030 the call of the roll of the
special panel was begun.
Edward Thaw entered the court room
alone. Mrs. William Thaw, mother of
the accused, and the countess of Var
mouth, his sister were not present.
Josiah c. Thaw, another brother, was
in court for the first time.
One of the attorneys for the defense
said that the strain of yesterday
proved too much for the prisoners S
mother He said that ii is not her in
tention to attend every session of her
sons trial.
Thaw Called to the Bar
Thaw was called to the bar at 10:45.
As he walked briskly TO his place at
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