The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-01-10
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/ - 80 Eight members OF lhe second
panel ere present. jirs Evelyn Lha"
/ Vas not n ,Ae CUl.t room "heh '"t
Proceedings began, yosh!2 Thaw being
the only relative p.esent
IS soon as Thaw had taken h's
place the work OF :.iling the jury box
was taken up with District Attorney
Jerome conductions the examinations
! for the people.
! Young MIS-. Thaw came in while The
first talesman was being examined.
| She was rudy Of cheek and appeaFed
in the best OF health, sharp contrast
10 her husband. who is thinner and
. more pallid than last year. His hair.
wirv and badly cut, gives him soma-
things of an unkempt appearance
I The first six men called for service
were all disqualified.
Justice Bowling frequently took a
hand in the question of talesment,
! MS interrogations usually bringing
| the examinations to AZ abrupt cOnclu-
sion
| sir. Lit-leton is thorough in his eA-
aminations. probing into the inner
most thoughts and beliefs OF the tales
men. One question asked most OF the
talesmcn vas what newspaper "pur-
ported" accounts Of the previous trial
they had read. He spent nearly half
an hour on William II. Roberts. sec.
retary TO a railway signal concern and
a native of England, who finally was
accepted as prospective Juror No. 10
| Roberts declared he had an impression
as to the guilt or innOCense of the de-
| fendant but ii is not a decided one
| He was sure he could lay II aside
During the first two hours of the
morning session l6 talesmen had been
examined and only one Conditionally
accepted.
1t required thirty minutes for Mr.
| LittletOn to disqualify Dexter c. Tiff
fany, stock broker. who said he had
| fixed opinion but insisted he coulu
render a fair verdict. II took thirty
seconds for Mr.. Jerome to dispose OF
| Charles Mccullough, a public account
ant, the last Of (. e first panel, who
declared that evidence might remove
but could not change his opinion.
The second panel which reported to-
| day then was drawn upon. Two Of
the provisional jurors settled on yes
terday were excused by consent They
| were William f. Brewer, decorator.
| and James Conway, hotel keeper.
During the examination of Charles
c.. Goss, an auditor and accountant,
Mr.. Jerome asked for the first time
during this trial Have you any ideas
of your own as to a higher law. r
irresistible impulse or anything of that
sort?"
Goss replied in the negative and was
accepted as provisional juror.
One of the jurors created something
of n sensation when the afternoon scs-
sion opened by announcing that he had
lost his gold watch and chain, valued
at $50, since coming to the court De
tectives were assigned TO the case.
Mrs. George L. Carnegie, Thaws
sister. came down town in a driving
rain to be present at the afternoon sit
ting of the court.
Within 10 minutes after Justice Dow
ling had resumed his place on the
bench, eight talesmen had been dis
posed of They all had opinions which
no evidence could change
District Attorney Jerome exercised
the peoples right of peremptory chaI-
lenge of John f. McHOrter. an auditor.
who had been passed for cause by botn
prosecution and defense. McHorter
said he was travelling at the time of
the first trial and did not follow il
closely.
The detectives arrested two men
lettering in the court house lobby on
suspicion of having been concerned in
picking the talesmen's pocket. The ia
cident caused quite a commotion in the
court room.
The last vacant chair was filled at
$50 p. m, Albert S Frazier. a mer-
chant, passed a satisfactory examina-
ton and the tentative panel was COM
pleted
A consultation of attorneys followed
and at its close Justice Bowling WAS
asked TO grant a recess. as they de-
sired to confer as to the exercise OF
their peremptory challenges. Recess
was ordered at 5.45 O'Clock.
The full jury panel did not last long
after the recess. Peremptorily challenc
ing one after another Of the condition
al jurors, by Jerome. and Mr. Little
ton for the defense emptied ths box OF
all but three. These were accepted
and sworn and thus are finally accept
ed for the trial panel. They arranged
their seats and became: