New-York tribune., 1908-01-07
FILLING THAW JURY BOX
NIGHT SESSION HELD.
Insanity the Defence = TentatiUe
Panel Being Selected.

6av In the morning and afternoon thirty five
rslesnen were examined. with only one peremp-
tory challenge used. that being by the District
Attorney late in the afternoon Twenty three
more we-e examined at night. At the first trial
only three jurors were chosen on the first day
under the system of exercising the challenges.
Il agreed that TO expedite matters a
sort Of tentative jury should be put in the box
As soon as the box is filled and before the men
are sworn each side viii then exercise its per
er1ptory challenges and thus take out the IN
desirable jurymen- In the mean time the men
viii be kept under lock and key at the Hotel
Bnickerbocker where each juror and keeper has
room and private bath.
Wher the trial opened late in the morning
Shere were few persons in the corridors who had
no business there and only small number of
persons gathered in the street 10 get glimpse
Of Thaw passing over the Bridge OF Sighs. Lieu
tenant Barney kelleher. who was in charge Of
the police work around the courtroom. had no
trouble until late in the afternoon. when he had
&c be sent home seriously i'll with the grip The
command then turned over TO Lieutenant
Charles Place, from the Bronx, Lieutenant Fred
Mott being temporarily placed in command last
night
Just before the doors opened a court attend
ant said that fourteen Of the panel had been
fined for not appearing Somebody misunder-
stood him and the story was sent down that
the talesrnen had been discharged by Justice
Dowling
Mrs George L Carnegie and Josiah Thaw
went 10 the Toubs just after 10 o'clock and
talked with Thaw Mrs. Evelyn Thaw went
directly 20 the courtroom seats for the party be-
ing placed outside OF the rail Mrs Thaw sat
al The morning with her hands clasped on the
rail watching her husband, thirty feet away
She wore the familiar blue suit with its white
-urndozn collar. and heavy. black veil When
Tf1av was called the bar he came in with a
srr3ngy step looking much better than al the
previous trial He was also much less nervous
A Russell Peabody sat between him and Dan
O-RaiIlv. next to whom was Martin W Littleton
Ir Jerome had Frank Garvan to help him ask
questions.
Nj Littleton arose and read formal state
rrent signed by M Peabody as personal coun-
SCI in which il was stated that at the time Of
the commission Of the crime Thaw was insane
Mr.. Jerome said he supposed this was simply
70 be added 10 the original plea Of not guilty
Justice Bowling said that for the present he
would hold sessions from 1913 8 n 70 l p m
from 2 10 2. and from p m TO
n \ n
After the plea had been entered Mr- Littleton
rose and protested against the jury being locked
up This is barbaric relic that should not
he enforced in the present trial" he said To
keep the jury away from their families would
not make them determine this issue better
The court will assume all responsibility" said
Justice DoVlng dryly. and the jury was locked
Up last night
William F. Miller was the first talesmah
called lie knew Stanford White having come
into contact with him in the course Of his work.
.rf had met Mrs Thaw when she purchased
some goods from him. He was e--Cused- CARES
: Cs-en1rseIs. broker living al No. S1I East
1-5th street, was the first temporary juror He
is male and slight, about thirty-ffve years old,
with visp OF a rlustache. He said that he
would not bring in a verdict Of guilty unless
absolutely every doubt was removed He was
NOT r-eiudiced against insanity a defence.
and after being examined for three-uuarters of
ar hour took the foreman's seat the stroke
Of ] o'clock.
After recess II was some time before another
---r- was found This was the fifteenth tales
nan. John R Hatchett, a cigar manufacture.
living al No. ~ West SD street. He is mar
RED has a daughter and is about forty-fve years
old The next talesnan. George H. Morewood,
q Tea and coffee importer. living at No l36
West 10Th street also qualified temporarily as
Juror Nr Morewood. who is a Scotchnan,
with long pale face, framed by jet black hair
and r--s-acle and flowing Dundreary whiskers,
xzS precise and careful in all his answers. Mr.
-.--1eton asked him If he did cherish certain
,r.i-5on The witness said that he did not think
1T- Ift-leron 10 reply that We all cherish our
o-7-5orS think after giving utteranCe to
man which brought q laugh TO Harry Thaw's
Eps.
r. took sore tine = get the fourth juror.
F1a-= : Sanford who Is assistant manager Of
an uptown bank He Is a young man and mar
-ia5 The last juror picked in the afternoon
was found a. Just $40 o'clock. He was the
-.,s-rfarh talesuaan, James E Conway. the pro
r,-fa-o- of hotel at No 271 West 1lth street
7-a = = heavy thick set man. about sixty-fve
years old.
The night session saw twenty-three taiesmen
examined 50 well did Justice Dowling expedite
Matters -Four turymen were found TO fl the
hoy -e-7po-arflv. and il was hinted rather
strongly by both prosecution and defence after
The session ended that these four were about the
o--z- oree nirled who would be the jury
uhen i was sworn in The first temporary
i1ro- Al tae night session was William z
E-ore- a decorator at No 313 West 125th street
z-7 living a. No lSS CIaremont avenue. His
business had brought him into contact with
stanford White and McKin. Mead White. but
hi. unbiased attitude gave him the sixth seat,
which he did not want a. all
The third talesnan after Mr. Brewer was
Arthur r Naething q baker. ith several bak-
cries and lunchroorns He had not read much
of the testimony Of the previous trial and al
though be had formed an opinion he said that
he --ss able 70 consider the evidence at the
present trial and forget his opinion He be-
cane Juror No. :. Juror No. S is Maurice
72o,,yie-. vjce-president Of ". r Grace & Co
OF the men selected last night he is the least
Itlzelz- 70 be a member Of the jury after it has
been sworn IN, for he said that defence based