Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-01-25
EMOTIONAL INSANITY
DEFENSE OF THAW
SLAYER Of Architect Stanford
White Faces Trial.
THE FAMILY TO WITNESS TRIAL
London and Paris Newspapers Have
Sent Special Correspondence to Wit.
ness Proeeedings-orest Interest 10
Msnifested-Poliee Were Busy.

New York. Jan. 2i.--The trial oS
Harry X. Taaw. for killing stanford
White began "Wednesday before Jus
tice Fitzgerald in the criminal branch
of the supreme court. Two hundred
al,smCn have been summoned. and
from them a jury Is to be selected. 1t
is expected that it will take at leas,
a week to fill the jury box.
The selection Of the jury will be
one ~ the important features OF the
case. aud during the examination Of
the ,dlD ~m,n, il Is expected that the
line OF defense Will, in q measure.
o. indicated.
Criminal lawyers generally have
taken an interest in the case. and II
Is their opinion that the "unwritten
Law" and emotional insanity will play
large part In the efforts Of Thaw's
lawyers 10 obtain freedom for their
client. This being SO. it Is expected
tHat Thaw's counsel will endeavor to
obtain only such jurymen as would
be influenced by the pleas indicated.
Thaw is said 10 have been studying
up criminal trials during tAe last
fCw days. II Is understoond that he
intends 10 take a very active part in
the ,r'c,iou of the jury. He in
'cuGs 10 see. II is said that no juror
is selected unless q is with his ap-
proval.
Tnaw Will he seated beside his
counsel az toe head OF which viii
re Mr.. HarirIdrc. Mr.. Delmas,
the Californian, will play an impor-
ant part later In Thaw's defense.
On the prosecution side Will be Mr..
Jerome and MIR. Garvan viii attend
mostly 10 the selection Of the jurors.
Mr.. Jerome will cross examine the
Defendants witnesses and conduct the
direcf examination ~ the peoples
Witnesses
OF TE.ws family. there Will be In
court his mother. his wife, his two
sisters. Mrs = Carnegie and the COun-
tess OF Yarmouth. and his brother.
Edward The ThawS will occupy
seats directly behind the defendant.
There will he no room for outsiders.
certainly not while the jury Is being
selected.
Great preparations have been made
for covering the Thaw trial A tel
egraph company has strung wires into
the court house and a telegraph once
has been erected temporarily on the
main fooor.
Many oul-of- town newspapers wiz
have reporters at the trial and even
faraway London and aPris have sent
CORES pOndents. 50 widespread Is the
interest IN the remarkable tragedy
that saw the death OF Stanford White
az the hands OF Harry X. Thaw. the
son OF one OF Americas rich men.
Scenes approaching absolute dis
order attended the opening OF the
trial. Most OF the clashes were DO
tween reporters aud COrresPondens'
and the police. OF the newspapM
men. mere were perhaps 300 ana
there Wes n policeman FOR each. Inc
great squad ~ blue coats was COM
msnded by a police inspector. ony
about 80 newspaper writers nnshy
We're admitted, the raminder OF spaoe
in the court room being reserved 1o'
the zoo ialesmen summoned on the
special jury panel
Dcming q smith, about so years
OF ace. a retired umbrella manufse-
iurer. was acc, nted ard sworn rs INC
first juror He was the second tales
man .NomipaH