Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-09
HALF IF THAW JURY
Box Is Filled For Second Time, but Only Six Men Are Sworn.
SLAYER STUDIES EDDY BOOK

{ Had For Purpose, It Is Said, of Plan ming a Lunacy Board Coup-Prison- CT Wrote to Christian Science Leader. New York, Jan. 9.-The Thaw jury box was again filled, but the feat had scarcely been accomplished when challenges and requests thinned down the dozen. and only three were left ag l jurors still subject to removal for sui ficient cause. The three who were left as the days gleaning were sworn, taking permanent seats with the trio sworn Tuesday night and making just half of the final jury.
 Coincident with the discovery that counsel for Thaw had subpoenaed alienists who testified last year for the district attorney tEat the defend ant was incurably insane it was learn ed that the prisoner had been in com munication recently with Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy and had become inter- ested in Christian Science
 Mrs. Eddy Knew Thaw Family.
 The move of the defense in summon ing Jerome alenists was interpreted in some quarters as signifying an hr tention of forcing the district attorney to demand another lunacy commission and of running the risk of having Thaw sent to Matteawan in preference to the death house at Sing Sing At the first trial Thaw's counsel stood out for an absolute verdict of guilty or in nocent.
 Thaw's interest in Christian Science is understood to have been brought about by Mrs. Pamela J. Leonard of Brooklyn, one of Mrs. Eddy's most prominent aids, whose death occurred the other day. Mrs. Leonard sent "Science and Health, With Key to the Scriptures" to Thaw and with it a let ter saying that Mrs Eddy had known the Thaw family and was particularly well acquainted with Benjamin Thaw, an uncle of Harry
 Thaw read the book and wrote to Mrs. Eddy. It is said the correspond ence has been continued ever since.
 When seen in court Thaw admitted having received the book. but declin ed to say anything more about it.
 Provisional List Grows.
 During the sessions of the third day of the retrial several new provisional jurors were accepted. So many of the first drafts of talesmen were passed that two additional panels of 100 each were summoned, one for today and the other for tomorrow, making 500 called in all for the second trial.
 Announcement that the lawyers fol the defense had subpoenaed several Of the aienists who testified for the considerable surprise. When the dis trct attorney applied for lunacy commission last year, his experts made affidavit that in their opinion Thaw at tSe time of the inquiry was suffering from an incurable form of insanity. These same doctors, how ever, had previously testified on the witness stand in response to ALr. Je rome's famous hypothetical question that they believed Thaw knew what he was about when he shot and killed Stanford White.
 Same Bills" Says Jerome.
 Although the subpoenaing of these alienists is believed by some to be a move on the part of the defense tC block the prosecution, Mir. Jerome ex hibited no anxiety when the matter was called to his attention. "I know whom the defense has sub poenaed," he said. but have not lost any of my experts. I expect to see the same old bills at the end of the trial. Mir. Llttleton would not admit that the calling of the alienists had any thing to do with radical change in the plans of the defense
 There is nothing in it." he said. 'I subpoenaed the alienists last Decem Der only because I understood they were going out of town
 The alienists who were the main stay of the prosecution at the first tria were Drs. William Mabon. Carlos r Macdonald and Austin Flint. They were present at the former hearing from the very first day. and their ab sence this year has been commonly noted.
 Case For Finesse.
 The defense in the present trial ls insanity at the time Stanford White was killed. In making out this case | will require delicate handling to show that Thaw was so mentally deranged at that time as not to know the na ture or quality of his act and at the same time show that he is now men tally sound.