The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-01-28

Lawyer Hartridge Denies Rumors--The
Imprisoned Jurors.

New York, Jau 2S.--There were fu-
mors in the court Saturday that there
had been serious disagreement among
the members of the Thnw family. The
report started when Harry Thaw's wife
and Miss Mckenzie, her constant com
paniou, arrived at tile court house some
time before Mrs William Thaw and Mrs
Carnegie, mother and sister OF the pfis-
oner, The gossip was intensified when
il was noted lat, though Mrs. William
Thaw sat near her daughter-in- the
two apparently took no notice Of each
other all through the day. Lawyer Hart.
ridge, when his attention was called 10
the gossip, took occasion to deny that
there had been any disagreement be-
tween members Of his clients family
One Of the reports in circulation deal
ing with Thaw's motive for shooting
Stanford White was to the effect that
on the night before the shooting Thaw
called on Mr.. White and exacted from
him a promise that he would never try
TO communicate with Evelyn Thaw again.
1T was also reported that while AZ din
ner In the Cafe Martin. four hours be-
fore the tragedy, Thaw intercepted a
note from White asking Mrs Thaw to
meet him. Rooms are said to have been
engaged at New York for eight Pitts
burg witnesses for Thaw, TO be brought
to New York under the care OF Roger
O'Mara, the Pittsburg detective,
About the only physical exercise the
iurymen selected now enjoy or ere likely
TO enjoy for some weeks is the little
walk twice daily. accompanied BY court
lie .,,I fea... a.. 1ar... .4,.sa 90,
trail hotel and the court house. The
men arc practically prisoners. They
dine together and then spend the evening
in chatting until they retire. Every let.
ter that is sent 70 the Jurors IS opened
and read by Police Capt William j.
Lynch. who has immediate personal
charge 81 the iurymen, This Is not done
with the mail Of prisoners in the Tombs.
no newspapers that have in them any
reference to the trial OF tragedy are per-
mitted Capt. Lynch cuts out those
parts OF the newspapers that refer To
the case, and the jurors have to be con
tent with the censorship. Even the
books and magazines are subjected to
\ the same sort of scrutiny The men are
comfortably housed at the hotel, IL
rooms, with baths, and a private dining
room, having been engaged for them
THE Jurors SO far selected are accepting
the situation in a philosophical spirit,
and with the utmost good nature. Il
was learned Saturday that Henry G
Harvey, one Of the members Of the Thaw
jury, did not, as reported, serve on the
Jury which convicted a man OF murder
some time ago. In the only capital case
in which he il said ever TO have served
the defendant was acquitted of The
charge 81 numbering q woman
The plans Of the defense while they
have not definitely developed, are still
believed to be those which have been
GENERALLY prophesicd emotional insanity
and an appeal to the so-cplIed higher
law. only The faiutest indication in this
direction has appeared az the trial thus
far, and that was Friday, when Clifford
NV. Hartridge, chief counsel for Thaw
asked a prospective juror this question
"Would YOU take into consideration al
the evidence tending TO show the condi.
ton Of this mans (Thaw's) mind at
the time Of the killing Of Stanford
4 White? ~