The daily sentinel., 1908-01-03

and face a jury of his fellow men
charged with the murder of Stan
ford White. Only two days. Satur-
day and Sunday. now remain be-
tween the present and the date set
for the trial. 1t is considered GER
tain that when the case of the People
VS.. Harry Kendall Thaw is called
before Justice Victor j. Bowling on
Monday morning, the work of select
ing a jury will almost Immediately
be commenced. Judge Bowling has
declared that he will hold sessions
night and day until a jury has been
secured and that the trial will be
pushed to the speediest possible con-
clusion consistent with the cause OF
| Justice.
Judge Victor j. Bowling is the
youngest and most energetic jurist
OF the supreme court bench, and is
famous among New York attorneys
for the promptness and unerring ac-
curacy of his rulings. He believes
in expedition, the New York spirit
of "rush," and in consequence 1t is
likely that the coming trial of Thaw
Will be completed in half the time re-
quired by the first famous hearing of
the case.
Judge Fitzgerald, the presiding
justice at the former, trial. allowed
the lawyers the widest latitude in
arguing motions, and frequently aft
er he had made ruling listened to
a long drawn out debate among the
attorneys ON the same subject. The
attorney who attempts to argue re-
garding ruling made by Judge Dow
ling will likely find himself ''called
down" with neatness and dispatch.
The young Judge is a stickler for le-
gal forms and what he says "goes.
Judge Bowling Is about forty years
of age. and. despite his apparent Sc
verify on the bench, has u round
smooth face that easily and frequen-
tly expands in broad smile or q
hearty laugh. His brown eyes are
keen. piercing and penetrating. but
sparkle. He is regarded authority
on constitutional law and is the auth
or of the Bowling anti-gambling law
which he presented while in the sen
ate.
Bowling nolds the record In New
York for brevity in trying murder
case. Insanity was offered III de
fense of the prisoner, as will be tho
case in the Thaw trial, and fatel
listening to the evidence for forty mi
nutes Judge Bowling sent the case
to the jury. which promptly return
ed verdict of mot guilty because ol
Insanity"
A special panel of $50 talesmen
from which to select a jury to tr,
Thaw has been ordered by Justic,
Bowling and will report Monda,
morning, when Thaw will be lei
forth from his cell and across the
famous bridge of signs to the court
room. Lined up in the court room
in battle array, will be District Attor
ney Jerome and his assistants, fol
the prosecution, and Martin W. Lit
tleton and half a dozen of less ia
nous attorneys for the defense. Thl
silver-tongued oratory of Dolphin NJ
Delmas. the California lawyer. will
not be heard in defense of the "un
written law" but another western
/ er will take the place of Delmas al
: Thaw's leading counsel Martin w
Littleton is even younger than tn,
youthful Judge Bowling. and will
attain his s5th birthday on Januar,
12. He is native of Roene count,
Tennessee. and is self-educatet
man. His young manhood he spent
in Texas. and was at one time as
sistant prosecuting attorney at Dal-
las. He married a Dallas. Texas
woman. Miss Maude Wilson, on Dec
list, 1896. Five years after he had
commenced his legal career. He left
Texas to go to New York, settling
in Brooklyn. where he speedily be-
came prominent. He was for four
years assistant destrict attorney OF
Kings county. and president of Bro
olSiyn borough. 1908 to 1905. He
first attained national prominence
when. as delegate from New York
to the Democratic national conven-
tion in 1904. he presented the name
of Judge Alton B. Parker for the
presidential nomination.. He is
member of several Brooklyn clubs
and prominent In the social world
and political affairs of the borough.
1t is known that Mr.. Littleton is
distinctly opposed to any appeal to
the so-called "unwritten law" and
that he will make his sole appeal for
his client on the ground that Thaw
was temporarily deranged when he
fired the shot which ended the life
of Stanford White. While the de-