The Washington herald., 1907-04-13

present lawyers who would be retained,
and she declined to say anything about il.
1t was said that the Thaws might so
back to the firm Of Black, Olcott Gruber
& Bonynge. who we're employed By Thaw
and then left the case soon after his ar
rest All through the trial there has been
friction between the Thaw lawyers. At
times some of the lawyers have not been
even on friendly terms. In the last week
or so they have even been making re-
marks about one another which have not
been complimentary
Jurors Almost Come 10 Blows.
From statements made by several of
the jurors after they had been discharged
it appears that the last twenty-four hours
of the confinement We're stormy in the
extreme On at least two occasions one
of the men who held out for acquittal all
bat came TO blows with one Of the oppo-
site party
AT one time the voices Of the jurymen
rose 10 such "A pitch and there was 50
much seufiiing of feet and dragging
about Of chairs that the officers on duty
just outside of the door became alarmed
and reported 10 Justice Fitzgerald that it
sounded as II there was a fight going on
inside. The judge at once instructed
Capt Lynch 10 enter the jury room and
inquire if there was any trouble. Every
thing was quiet by the time he arrived,
and he departed az once, advising the
twelve men on behalf of the court 10
manage their deliberations with less noise,
inasmuch as already there were rumOrs
going about that all was not well there
Juror Wilbur r. Steele. who voted for
acquittal from the start, and during the
deliberations of the jury acted as spokes-
man for those Of his opinion. was found
tonight at his home. 5Z9 West 13lst street
| He said that he was willing that every
body should know where ne stood and
everything that went on in the jury room.
begin with Prayers.
The first day, he said, right after the
/ jury began 10 consider the case Juror
| FGad suggested that proceedings should
be opened with prayer. This was OBJ
/ jected to by Juror Gerstman, on the
ground shat he was member of the
/ Jewish faith. Personally. Mr.. Steele said
/ that he did not consider that a prayer
was particularly appropriate on such an
| occasion. but he had no great objection
/ to #. Finally, Juror Gerstman said that
/ be would consent to the proceedings be.
/ ing opened with prayer If he were allowed
/ TO say one of his own afterward This
programme was accordingly followed out
/ Juror Steele said that while he usually
/ spoke for the minority, Juror Brearly
usually acted as spokesman for the ma
jority. Juror Pfan, said Mr. Steele. after
one or two ballots had been taken and
/ the sentiments of the several Jurors had
/ been pretty well made known. took oeca-
/ sion 10 make a speech. in which he laid
/ great stress upon the fact that ne him
/ self was honest Mr.. Pfaff went on to
make statement which Mr. Steele re-
garded as an insinuation. Whereupon
/ Steele said: IF you mean me, you had
/ better cut out that sort of talk"
/ About 4 o'clock this morning. when
/ every jurors body was weary and tenn
! pers We're strained 10 the breaking point,
/ Juror Steele went on. he himself was try
/ ing 20 get a little sleep on the only couch
/ the room contained. when he was aroused
/ by Juror Pfalf who was talking at the
/ top Of his resonant voice about there
! being something wrong somewhere.
Not Afraid of Public Opiaiar.-
Juror Steele understood Mr.. Pfan TO
say that he was worrying about what
the world would think when it found that
! some of these jurors had been sticking
! W evidence
that had been presented. That woke
Juror Steele up with a jump. he said.
! He got TO his feet without any appre-
ciable delay and remarked that he was
not afraid of what people would say.
/ According to Mr.. Steele. he got very
/ close to Juror PfaR's face and remarked
! Myself and four other jurors are of
/ the honest opinion that evidence shows
! that the defendant was insane. Let no
man impugn my motives"
/ According to Juror Steeles account.
/ Juror Fraser. who worked overtime as a
/ peaeemaker all during the two days ses-
/ sion, seized this opportunity to jump in
! between the two disputants Whereupoa.
| Juror Steele said. he closed the incident.
/ expressing hts opinion of Juror Pfam II
was not at all complimentary opinion,
! AS q matter of fact he said: you are a
! dirty. contemplate cur -
After breakfast this morning there was
! something like a reconciliation, but this
was followed by another controversy be
| tween the same two. which was again
I terminated by PeacemakeT Fraser.
Juror Steele went on 10 say-that some
i little time after this episode some of the
/ jurors had talk with Pfaff. as a result
of which hes came over and manifested a
/ disposition to apologize. Juror Steele said
I he told his fellow juror: IF you mean Il,
I it is all right; but If you don't, well, at
/ this point juror Steele again expressed
/ his provisional opinion Of Juror Pfaff.
Il haven't any use" said Mr. Steele
tonight, for a man who puts his one