Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-10
THAW TRIAL ON;
PLEA IS INSANITY
YOUNG PITTSBURGER FACES COURT
AGAIN FOR MURDER OF
STANFORD WHITE.
EVELYN IN THE SAME ATTIRE.
Wife of Defendant Appears Dressed Like
a School Girl-Prisoner Looks
the Same
THREE JURORS ALREADY SECURED

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Harry X
Thaw today for the second time faced
trial on a charge of wilful murder Aft
er months OF waiting in the TOmbs the
tedious work of securing a jury to try
the young Pittsburger for the killing of
/ Stanford White began in the criminal
branch of the supreme court, the same
room in which Thaw sat daily for nearly
three months during the previous trial.
Ihaw was called to the bar at II 81
clock. His appearance showed little or
no change from last year
As soon as Thaw appeared his chief
counsel, Martin w Littleton. announced
that the former plea of not guilty enter
ed by his client would be amended TO
read That the defendant was insane al
the time the deed was committed"
Three Jurors Chosen.
One juror. Charles E. Gremmes. a
ship broker, was accepted by both sides
at he close of the morning session.
John K. Hatchott, a cigar dealer, was
selected as juror No. : this afternoon.
George b. Norwood. an importer, was
selected as Juror No g.
Neither Mr.. Jerome nor counsel for
the defense would hazard an estimate to-
day az to the time that will be required
to find twelve satisfactory men. Eighty
six of the first 100 talesmen summoned
were present this morning.
Evelyn in Same Dress.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw, attired in the blue
school girl dress which became familiar
during the first trial, was in the court
room when the proceedings began. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Carnegie and
! Josiah Thaw.
Justice Bowling announced that until
further notice there would be three
court sessions each day as follows:
| From 1915 a. m. to l p. M; from ,
p. NJ to p. M, and from p. m. to 10
.. IN. He also announced that the jury
De locked up throughout the trial.
Curious Crowds Again.
| The usual curious crowds gathered
! about the criminal courts building today
in the hope of catching a glimpse of
Ihaw as he crossed the bridge of signs.
In the corridors of the courthouse were
several hundred persons. Fifty police
men kept the passage ways clear.
Thaw was elated over the fact that the
! day of his new trial, so long awaited,
/ had at last arrived.
| Mrs. Carnegie and Josiah Thaw and
| his counsel brought him a message of
greeting from his mother. who is still i'll
L
! first time in several months that Thaw
! had seen his sister and brother and his
greetings were afTectionate.
| Interest at Low Ebb.
| Compared with the former trial, inter
est in New York is at a low ebb. The
Encouragement of the courtroom has ma
! terally lesSened the number of seats
! for representatives of the press. but the
! demand for room for reporters has been
considerably less than at the former trial
and there was no trouble i'll accommodate
ing all those who are entitled to press
! seats.
1t is probable that many tedious days
! will be spent in securing Il jury. During
| the previous trial thousands of columns
of evidence were printed i'll practically
every paper in New York and it IS not
! likely that any case ever tried i'll New
| York attracted the amount of attention
or caused widespread argument that ac-
companied the first trial Of ThaW. 1t has
already been decided that jurymen will
/ be placed under lock and key from the
moment they are chosen until they finish
with the case, and this will add to the
difficulty in finding qualified jurymen
who will be willing to serve in the case
and who will not in some way be able
to squirm out of duty. 1t will not be
surprise to the attorneys in the case if
the month or more IS consumed in Sc
curing the jury.
Prosecution to Be Brief
District Attorney Jerome and Assist
ant Attorney Garvin again represent the
people while Martin W. LittletOn. a well
| known Brooklyn attorney appears as
! Thaw's chief counsel, replacing Dolphin
| Michael Delmas, the California lawyer
The prosecutions direct case will be
brief. The actual killing will be proved
and then the defense will have an oppor-
tunity to prove. if it can, that Thaw
was not mentally responsible when he
fired the shot which ended the life of
Stanford White. 1t is said that the de-
Tense has subpocnaed large number
of additional witnesses for this trial but
it is believed that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
will be The principal witness for the de-
Tense. That she will tell practically the
same story as she told on the last trial
! is probable, but it is rumored that the
! prosecution will cross-eXamine her even
more severely than was done at the
| other trial.
Assistant District Attorney Garvan is
said to have spent a greater portion of
his vacation i'll Europe last summer in
going over the route of the trip through
Europe made by Thaw and Evelyn Mes
bit before they We're married and it is
not impossible that he secured infOrma-
ton there that may come out on the
! cross-eXamnatiOn.