Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-26

color was thrown into the days pro-
ceedings, however, by talesman
named Ketchum who said he was
connected with an electrical supply
and supplemented this with the de-
claration that while he was not OPP
posed to capital punishment in first
degree murder cases. he was opposed
to the use Of electricity In that con-
nection. Ketchum when asked If he
knew Stanford White replied:
Il am glad to say did not" An
other feature of the day was the mum.
lar of the talesmen who had known
Stanford White. At one time three
men in succession asserted that they
had been SO well acquainted with the
architect as to make them unsuitable
as jurors. There will be no session
tomorrow. the court aIjourning late
today until Monday morning. 1t is not
customary for Supreme Court Justices
to sit on Saturday in this city in the
meantime the seven jurors will be in
the custody of bailiffs
Mrs. Thaw, Senior, Didn't Sec Evelyn
Mrs. William Thaw. mother of the
defendant was in court today, having
fully recovered from the indisposition
which kept her INDOORS yesterday.
She was accompanied by her daugh-
ter, Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie,
the two having been preceded some
minutes by Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
and her constant companion, May
Mckenzie. The prisoners wife still
wore the plain dark blue suit in
which she has appeared in on every
day of the trial.
The Countess OF Yarmouth did not
attend the trial today, owing to
cold. Edward and Joseph Thaw were
early In their seats. When the elder
Mrs. Thaw came into court she seem.
ed oblivions of the presence of the
prisoners wife in the next seat. The
latter assisted her mother.in.law.
however, in removing her furlined
cloak When Harry Thaw entered
the court room from the door lead
ing to the prisoners pen he passed
his mothers chair and reaching over
with his right hand grasped both of
hers. She looked up quickly and
caught her sons smile. Mrs. Harry
Thaw gave her husband an earnest
look Of greeting and during the en-
animation of the first talesman of
the day, she assumed her customary
attitude leaning we'll forward in her
seat, eager to catch every answer to
questions put to them by the district
attorney or by the leading counsel of
tho defense.
Thaws All Lunch Together.
The seating arrangements OF the
few members of the family were
changed after the recess. During the
Thaw's mother and wife sat
side by side. Mrs. Carnegie took the
scat next the prisoners wife for the
afternoon session, the elder Mrs.
Thaw taking Il place one seat remov
ed. All the members of the family
attending the trial lunched together
in the clerks office. thus avoiding
the crowd which gathers every day
in the hope of seeing some of the per-
sons more prominently connected
with the case.
Has Convicted One Man
Counsel for Thaw were informed
today that Henry C. Harvey, the fifth
juror accepted, had acted as juror
in case of Edward Pekars, who was
convicted of murder of the first de-
gree. Pekars' plea las insanity and
several alienists testified that he was
unbalanced when he muir
dered woman from whom he rented
a room. The verdict was guilty and
Pekars was sentenced to death. Sub
sequently the sentence was COM
mutted to life Imprisonment
Daniel OReilly, OF counsel for
Thaw, was quoted as saying today
concerning Juror Harvey: I'VE went
on the assumption that man who
has voted TO put man to death on
one occasion will never vote for the
execution of second man. We
wanted him on the jury, Mr.. Harney's
jury said the man was not insane
but it was proved before Gov. Hig-
gins that he was insane and the Gov
ernor saved him. We believe that
Mr.. Harvey will never convict anoth-