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close proximity to him that he could
turn around and v with them
whenever he wished. Directly be-
! hind Thaw was seated MI. Carnegie
and Edward Thaw and behind then
the women.
A few minutes later District At
torney Jerome entered the our
room and took his seat. Following
I him came Carlos O. Mcdonald anc
DR.. Austin Flynt, two %alienists. They
presented Mr.. Jerome's cards at the
| court room door and were admitted
1t was said that the reason for
their presence at the trial is due tc
the fact that they had been engaged
by District Attorney Jerome to watch
young Thaw during the trial and en-:
able Jerome to prove that Thaw was
not suffering from emotional insanity
at the time he shot and killed Mr.
White, should the defense present
such a contention. Mr.. Jerome has
left no stone .unturned to foil any at
tempt the defense may make.
At half past ten O'Clock Thaws
lawyers arrived at the building.
Clifford w. Hartridge, Dolphin M.
,Delmas, of San Francisco fame. Hen
ry w. McPike and John 5. Gleason
entered together. They were met by
Mr.. O'Reilly and Mr.. Peabody, and
they all entered the court room at
| Tense counsels' table.
The Thaw family gazed with much
wonderment at the District Attorney,
| Mrs. William Thaw fastened her eyes
upon the nan who is prosecuting her
son with intense feeling.
Court opened promptly at half-past
| ten o'clock. Court Clerk Penny then
began calling the role of talesmen.
| After announcing that absentees were
fined 800 each tho court clerk sat
down.
District Attorney Jerome then
| moved that the CASE of the people
| against Harry K. Thdw, charged with
| murder in the first degree, be begun.
Judge Fitzgerald first ordered that
perfect quiet must be maintained and
then motioned to Court Clerk Penny
to call the defendant
"Harry X. Thaw to the bar" the
court clerk announced.
The murmur Of voices in the court
| room instantly ceased. Everybody
turned as a door opened IN the rear
| of the room. There was a little wait
and then Thaw stepped out of the
prisoners passageway.
Thaw blinked his eyes in the bright
light of the court room, hesitated for
a moment, but finally strobe with
| easy gait to his seat. He turned as
he passed the row of yelled women
and recognizing the slight figure of
his wife, nodded.
Thu nod was accompanied by a
| glance that took in all his friends,
but he did not smile.
His face was pasty yellow - his
natural notified color-except where
two patches of color burned unnatu-
| rally just under his eyes. His big
| eyes, with lots Of white around them,
| like the eyes of a half broken horse,
| roamed uneasily, searching out faces
as he passed. He smiled and his lips
moved silently as he slid into his seat
and surrendered his big ulster to Mr..
Peabody. He didn't speak to any of
his lawyers or look at them. He
| stared straight at the Judge.
Thaw wore a blue serge sack suit,
a slender blue tie and a turn-down
collar. The gray streak in his rough
hair had preceptibly increased since
he was last in the court room. Ex-
cept for a slight twitching at the cor
ners of his thick lips, he showed no
| signs of uneasiness. AS soon as Thaw
was in his chair Clerk Penny read
the customary routine:
Harry K. Thaw, if you intend to
challenge an individual juror, you
must do so when the juror appears
and before he is sworn"
Thaw made no sign; he wasn't ex-
pected to reply; his lawyers will do
that for him. 1t was merely by way
| of being a signal that the great trial
had at last begun.