Evening star., 1908-01-10
TWELVE MORE JURORS
Box Filled Again in the ThaW
Preliminary.
TEN OF THEM ARE SWORN
Two Remain Subject to Peremptory
Challenge.
DENIED MRS. THAW IS ILL
It Will Be Necessary to Summon
Second Panel of 100
Talesmen.
DENIED MRS. THAW IS ILL

SptC1Hi 10 Inc
NEW YORK. January 10.-The jury box
was filled today for the fourth time at the
trial of Harry X. Thaw. Before the close
of the morning session five provisional
jurors had been selected to fill the vacant
seats and then recess was taken so tina I
the prosecution and the defense might
have time for consultation before present
ing their peremptory challenges. In all
twenty-nine talesmen were examined dur
ding the session. and this left about fifty
in the courtroom still uncalled. Outside
of the provisional jurors there We're seven
men in the box.
The men selected Professionally this
morning were: William H. McHugh. a
clerk. of 1868 Madison avenue; Frank j.
Howells. vice president at III Broadway
and living at ga West SD street; William
l.. Sondheim. an insurance broker at 14l
Broadway and living at 800 West 111th
street: William Burck. assistant secretary
of the Y. NJ. C. A. branch at 153 Bow
cry. and Henry Duschnes. card manu-
facturer at So WOOSTER street and living
at ia St Nicholas avenue.
The action in the criminal branch Of the
supreme court where iThaw is on trial
before Justice Dowlink was rapid this
morning. The ninth. tenth and eleventh
provisional jurors we're selected within
twenty-five minutes. The proceedings ran
smoothly with the exception of one little
brush between Mr.. Jerome and Mr.. Lit
tleton. At one point MIR. Littleton object
ed TO what he called Mr.. Jerome's instruc.
tiefl of lths witness in the chair on the
matter oGlaw
After recess two of the five temporary
jurors were excused and three sworn,
leaving only tEo vacancies vet to be filed
in the trial panel.
Sessions on Saturday, Perhaps.
The trial Of Harry K Thaw for the kill
ing OF Stanford White opened this morn
Ing with one juror as the net result of
&oy's work. Twice the jury box was filled
yesterday and twice it was partially
emptied again and this morning the at.
torneys face the threat of court sessions
on Saturday unless they complete the
jury before 10 o clock tonight 1t is not
usual TO hold court sessions on Saturday,
and the attorneys on both sides had
counted In having time tomorrow To take
will be no time after the jury is COM
peted.
A fifth panel of 100 veniremen was pres
ent when court convened this morning. and
IL is hoped. but hardly expected, that the
five remaining jurymen may be found
among those newly summoned So far 400
men have been summoned and 80 have
been examined. the remaining ninety hav-
ing been either excused by the court OF
not found by the officers serving the
summonses. OF the 80 examined seven
remained in the jury box, nineteen were
excused on peremptory challenges by the
defense. fourteen on the peremptories of
the prosecution. and 2aO were allowed to
go on challenges for bias, allowed by the
court or by consent OF the attorneys. AT
the first trial 336 talesmen were examined
10 secure the twelve jurors. eight DAYS
being consumed in the process.
Actress Subpoenaed Again.
Mr. Littleton. Thaw's chief counsel has
made it very plain during all the time
he has been examining prospective jurors
that the defense will be based entirely on
plea OF insanity at the time of the
shooting. and il is not likely that there
will be any such plea OF Justification as
made by Mr.. Delmas in his summing
up at the first trial
Rumors of a mistake in Identity when
al attempt was made to serve Edna
Goodrich. the actress. wanted a a Wit
for the defense in the trial of Harry
Thaw. led to the serving OF another sub
poeua upon the young woman AT the the
ater where she is playing .ast night VIII
liam Moore. from Attorney Peabody's
office. made the service. Miss Goodrich
and her mother received him on the stage
and the actress willingly accepted the
papers. and promised 10 be on hand
whenever desired.
Justice Bowling announced this morn
Irg that night sessions of court would NOT
lie Lott
The taking of testimony begins tho court
hours will be from ~ am 10 i pm, with
~ hour for luncheon.
The sixth panel of loo taesmen was or
dered today TO report in court tomorrow
mornin. Justice Bowling accepting the
prevailing opinion that the five jury va
"dncies existing when todays session be-
gan would not be filed from the panel
which reported this morning
Fines Were Remitted.
The progress in dsposing OF talesmen at
the morning session was slow Both Dis
tFict Attorney Jerome and Mr.. Little,on
for the defense were inclined TO question
the proposed jurors at great length. and
during the hrst hour only nine names
had been drawn from the clerks box
Four absentees from yesterdays panel
ca.le in today, secureds the remission OF
their fines and were examined for service
The last one of the four. William III Nc
i1uSH. ii SitIh. ludflUtd Temporary
juror. McHugh had some question in his
mind as to what should be considered a
reasonable doubt In weighing the evil
dcnce. He concluded, however that he
would take the courts ruling in the mat
ter
The prosecutions fifteenth peremptory
challenge was directed against Clayton r.
Olena a clerk. who had qualified for
Messages From Evelyn.
The fourth man to quality at the morn
ing session was William Burck. assist
ant secretary of the Bowery Branch OF
The Y NJ. c. A. Mr.. Burck Is ? rrar OF
kindly face and silver gray hair He said
he haa read but little about the case and
had formed no fixed opinion. He had no
s,.ruples against capital punishment or
prejudices against defense of insanity
During the examination of Mr.. Burck Mrs
Evelyn Thsw sent several hurried mes
ssSes Ia her husbands counsel sble.
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