The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-10
GETTING JURY IS SLOW WORK One New Man to Try Harry Thaw. LAWYERS ARE DISAPPOINTED Patrick McCue Never Heard of the
 Case. Service Has Been Secured on Edna Goodrich To Ten What She
 Knew of Stanford
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New York, Jan. 9--One new sworn juror was added to the Thaw trial panel today, making seven in all selected from the four hundred tales men summoned since the beginning of the second hearing on Monday.
 Another panel of 100 will report to- morrow. Justice Bowling has an- nounced that he will hold court on Saturday if necessary to complete the jury.
 Just before the adjournment at S o'clock when the new venire had been expected. five temporary jurors had again been selected to fill the back row vacancies But once more the ar bitrary challenges were brought into play and all but one of the men on probation were allowed to go.
 The sole survivor of the day. who took his place as trial juror No. [, was William +. Doolittle. chief clerk in the Auditing Department of the New York Central Railway.
 The rate of progress was not grati- flying either to prosecution or defense. and better things are hoped for to- morrow.
 At the close of todays work the prosecution had exercised fourteen of the thirty challenges allowed by law and the defense had expended nine- teen. The court can. in it's discretion, increase the number of challenges al- lowed either side and last year at the first trial. Justice Fitzgerald did so.
 Patrick McCue, hat manufacturer furnished the only bit of color to the proceedings today by declaring that he had never heard of the case. Conse- Quenkly he had no disqualifying opinion. and was placed on the tenn porary side of the trial panel only to be excused peremptorily later on.
 Lawyers Were Refreshed.
 With half of the jury that will try Harry K. Thaw on charge of wilfuily murdering Stanford White secured the trial was resumed this morning. with 100 extra taiesmen summoned. Out of this number, and another 100 ordered to Eepoft tofqorrow morning. an ate tempt will be made to secure the oth- CT six 5urymen necessary for the trial
 There are still plenty of peremptory challenges left to both sides and it is even thought that some of the men who have been sworn in as jurors may be excused before the actual hearing of evidence begins.
 The venire having been exhausted there was no night session last night and the attorneys were in court this morning refreshed by a nights rest and ready to complete the task of se- curing Jury with the least necessary delay.
 Both District Attorney Jerome and Mir. LittIeton, Thaw's chief counsel, are doing all consistent with their duty to carry out Justice Dowling's wish to hurry the trial and their examinations are being conducted rapidly. Neither side Is willing to prophecy when the jury will be completed and those who have followed the case closely are not confident of speedy end of the pre- liminary work.
 The defense this morning had used eleven of It's thirty peremptory chaI- lenges and the prosecution, which has the same number. had used but eight. That many more will be used seems probable.
 When court opened this morning there were three men in the box in ad- dition to the six sworn jurors. who had been passed for cause but who are still subject to peremptory challenges.
 That insanity at the time of the kill ing will be the only defense offered for Thaw was made certain yesterday when it was learned that MT, Littleton had subpoenaed several of the alienists who testified for the prosecution at the former trial. It Is said that all of these alientsts believed Thaw was suffering from paranoia, variety of insanity which they hold to be incurable. when he killed Stanford White, which they testified before the insanity committee summoned during the progress of the trial still existing. It is believed that Mir. Littieton will call upon them to testify thereby forcing MT. Jerome to demand commission in lunacy for the examination of Thaw.
 The defense, 1t is said. believes that Thaw is now able to withstand any ex- animation which the alienists may give him. It has been rumored for some time that the defense would claim that Thaw had suffered from paranaoia but has recovered since he has been in jail, although alienists hold that only very small proportion of paranaoiacs ever recover.
 WIII Call Edna Goodrich.
 Just before the beginning of the morning session, Attorney Daniel O'Reilley, announced that a subpoena for the defense had been served on Miss playing here this week. Miss Goodrich failed to appear in response to sub poena last year. Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, on the stand at the first trial, declared that it was Miss Goodrich who first introduced her to Stanford White, and took her to luncheon with him.
 A messenger from Mir. O'Reiliy's of- Gee sat in the audience of the theatre where the young actress is playing, all of yesterday afternoon and last night and finally served the papers upon her. Mir. O'Reilly says, as she left the play house at 11:30 D. m. It was intended to serve the subpoena after the mati- nee. but Miss Goodrich had dinner served in her dressing room.
 A new venire of taleSmen reported this morning. and. with six sworn and three provisional jurors in the box, the attorneys for the prosecution and de- fense set about filling the vacancies and preparing for another exercise of per emptory challenges
 Young Mrs. Thaw had to make her way through a crowd of several hum dred persons gathered outside the criminal courts building when she came down town for the morning ses- sion. Several policemen had to be called to clear a passage through the throng.
 The sixth talesman reached today passed a successful examination for temporary juror. He was Frank Man ming, an insurance man. who said he had been too busy during the first trial A mVaa