The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-01-29

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turn around and converse with them
whenever he wished Directly be
hind Thaw was seated Mr.. Carnegie
and Edward Thaw and behind them
the women.
A few minutes later District At
torney Jerome entered the couri
room and took his seat. Following
him came Carlos O. Mcdonald and
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 contention. Mr.. Jerome has
left no stone unturned to foil any at
tempt the defense may make.
At half past ten o'clock Thaw's
lawyers arrived at the building.
Clifford w. Hartridge, Dolphin M
Delmas, of San Francisco fame. Hen
ry w. McPike and John B. Gleason
entered together. They were met by
Mr.. O'Reilly and Mr.. Peabody, and
they all entered the court room at
once and took their seats at the de-
tense counsels' table
The Thaw family gazed with much
wonderment at the District Attorney,
Mrs. William Thaw fastened her eyes
upon the man who is prosecuting her
son with infnuca fon1inp
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 the court clerk sat
down.
District Attorney Jerome then
moved that the case of the people
against Harry K Thaw, 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 K Thaw to the bar" the
court clerk announced.
The murmur of voices in the court
room instantly ceased. Everybody
turned as door opened in the rear
of the room. There was 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
moment, but finally strobe with
easy gait to his seat SFIe 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 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 5. eak to any of
his lawyers or look at them. He
stared straight at the Judge.
Thaw wore blue serge sack suit
slender blue tie and a turn-down
collar. The gray streak in his rough
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he was last in the court room. Elk
cept for 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 X. 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. It was merely by way
of being signal that the great trial
had at last begun.