The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-07
Nine Jurymen Are Ac-
 cepted.
CURIOUS CROWDS GATHER
 ABOUT THE COURT ROOM
Yt-ng Wife of Prisoner Attends
 Opening Session.
Afternoon and Night, Are Held and the Trial is Mak- ing Fast Pre-
 gress.


 xress.
 New York. Jan. s.-At the close of three court sessions. which marked this, the first day of the second trial Of Harry K Thaw for the alleged mur- der of Stanford White, nine tentative jurors had been selected out of fifty seven talesmen examined by District Attorney Jerome for the prosecution and Martin W. Littleton for the de- ; fense.
 All of the men in the jury box are subject to peremptory challenges. of which each side has thirty. Tn view of the difficulty experienced last year in discarging five jurors after they had taken the oath of service. 1t was agreed this time not to administer any oaths until both sides finally are satisfied with the full panel.
 Legal insanity at the time of the tragedy Is to be the sole defense. This was made clear at the very outset of the proceedings today when Mir. Lit tleton formerly served notice that the former plea of not guilty was amend ed with specification that the defend- ant was insane when the homicide was committed.
 Three court sessions. including an evening sitting from 8 to 10 o'clock. are to be held daily until the jury is completed.
 sIackening of Interest.
 The trial openeY with little or no ceremony, and there was distinct evil dence of a slackening of public in- terest.
 Admittance to the court room was vigorously restricted and all day long there were vacant benches in the cur tailed quarters given over to specta- tors. The only women allowed to be present are the members of the de- fendant's family and newspaper writ CTS. Artists who were barred after the first few days of the trial were allow cd to sketch to their hearts content.
 Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was again the center of interest. even to the exclu- sion of the defendant himself. She was followed by throngs of curious persons as she entered and left the court house. She did not attend the night sitting.
 Every possible convenience is to be provided for the jurors, who are to be locked up throughout the trial. They are to be quartered in one of the fash ionable hotels on Upper Broadway and luncheon is to be served at an expen- sive downtown restaurant. The jury examinations did not develop such a strong vein of unalterable opinion as was anticipated and many of the tales men were excused on other grounds
  extensive reports of the first trial. The occupants of the jury box at the conclusion of tonight's session were the following:
 1. Charles E. Gremmels. ship broker ?. John R. Hatchett, cigar dealer.
 3. George B. Morewood. importer.
 {. Floyd S. Sanford, bank manager. 5. James E. Conway, hotel keeper.
 6. William E. Brewer. decorator.
 z. Arthur R. Naething, baker.
 &. Maurice Bouvier, exporter.
 9 George W. Carey, dry goods dealer
 Curious Crowds Gathered.
 The usual curious crowds were gathered about the criminal courts building today in the hope of catching glimpse of Harry K. Thaw as he crossed the bridge of signs on the first day of his second trial In the corridors of the court house there was also a throng of several hundred per sons who had come to witness the opening scenes of this new rehearsal of an old story. A squad of fifty po- licemen kept the passage ways clear. The arrangements were far better than at the first trial, when the crush to get into he court room amounted practically to a riot. The word that women were to be barred had been given out and there were none but newspaper writers on hand today. Last year at the beginning of the trial, women predominated in the court room and it was their insistence which caused much of the disorder of the opening day.
 Before the Thaw case was reach ed today, Justice Bowling, who is presid- ing. was called upon to charge the January grand jury and to attend to the other formalities of the new term. The judge arrived at the court build ing at 1925 a. m., and the days ses- sion was formally opened few min utes later.
 Thaw was visited today by mem- bers' of his counsel in the Tombs prison. He was elated over the fact that the day of his newt trial. so long awaited, had at last arrived.
 Greeting From Mother.
 Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie, his sister. and Josiah Thaw, one of his brothers, also called on the defendant and brought him a message of greet ing from his mother, who is still too i'll at her home in Pittsburg to come the trial. It was the first time in several months that Thaw had seen his sister and brother, and his greetings were affectionate.
 Mrs. Harry K. Thaw went direct from her hotel to the court house.
 There were the usual number of ru- mors about the court house today, one of them being that the first one hun dred names had been stricken from the special jury panel of 800 on ac- count of the publicity being given to their selection. Clerk of the Court Penny said there was no truth in the report. One hundred talesmen are un- der orders to report on each of the first three days of the trial
 Thaw was called to the bar at Il:27 o'clock. His appearance showed little or no change from last year.
 As soon as Thaw appeared his chief counsel Martin w. Littleton. an nounced that the former plea of moi guilty entered by his client would be amended to read: That the defendant was insane at the time the deed was committed"
 Thaw was seated at the counsel ta- hla with MT Littleton. A Russell Pea-