The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-01-11
HARD TO GET JURY.
One More Permanent Juror
Secured For Thaw Trial.
TEARS UP SUBPOENA

&una Goooricns sale TO have Intro
duesd Evelyn Neshlt to Stanford
White, Ignores summons-one Hun
dred Crank Letters For Thaw.
New York. Jan. l0.-One new sworn
Juror was added to the Harry X Thaw
trial panel. making seven in all select
ed from the 400 talesmen summoned
since the beginning OF the second hear
ing on Monday. Another panel of 100
will report Justice Bowling has an
nounced that he will hold court on Sat
urday. IL necessary. to complete the
Jury. At the time OF the luncheon re-
cess the box was filled with six per
lengeS swept all of the provisional men
away. Just before the adjournment
when the venire had been exhausted.
Ave temporary jurors had again been
selected to fill the back row vacancies.
But once more the arbitrary challenges
were brought into play and all but one
Of the men on probation were allowed
to 20.
The sole survivor. who took his place
rs trial juror No. Z. was William F.
Doolittle. chief clerk in the auditing
department OF the New York Central
railway. The rate of progress was not
gratifying either TO prosecution or de-
Tense. At the close OF the work the
prosecution had employed fourteen OF
the thirty challenges allowed by law
and the defense had expended nineteen.
The court can, In its discretion. In
crease the number OF challenges allow
ed either side. and last year. at the
FIRST trial. Justice Fitzgerald did so.
Patrick McCue. hal manufacturer.
furnished the only bit OF color to the
proceedings by declaring that he had
never heard OF the case. Consequently
he had no disQualifying opinion and
was placed on the temporary side az
the trial panel only 20 be excused per-
emptorily later on.
II was learned that the defense had
subpoenaed as a witness Edna Good
rich. the actress. who remained out OF
the state during the last trial. although
her testimony was badly wanted. The
testimony OF Miss Goodrich is expected
10 prove highly important
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified last
year that It was Miss Goodrich who
introduced her TO Stanford White AMI
took her to luncheon with the arch
itect
Announcement OF the subpoenaing
OF Miss Goodrich. who is playing with
Nat Goodwin at the Grand Opera
House. was made by Lawyer Daniel
O'Reilly.
A messenger from Mr.. O'Reilly's Of
fee sat in the audience OF the opera
house all afternoon and Wednesday
night and finally served the papers
upon Miss Goodrich as she left the
playhouse. The plan TO serve the sub
poena after the matinee was defeated
by the fact that Miss Goodrich had
dinner served in her dressingroom.
On receiving the paper Miss Good
rich is said TO have angrily torn IL up
and thrown the pieces on the ground.
Thaw exhibited more animation
Thursday than on any previous day Of
the present trial. He ran over the
contents OF his letter file several times.
selecting first one paper and then an
other. read them and scribbled notes
thereon.
He consulted Lawyer Peabody fire.
quently and kept him almost constant
" engaged in answering questions or
in persuading Thaw OF the unavaila-
bility OF many OF his suggestions.
One Of the lawyers for the defense
said that the reason Thaw was Animal
ed was because crank letters that the
news OF the trial inspired were begin
ing to reach him. Fully 100 letters
were received by Tha-