Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-07
COURT TO MEET THREE TINES DAILY
Evelyn Thaw in Court Alfred in the
the School Girl Dress of Blue She
Wore Year Aao-she Was Ac-
eompanied by Mrs. Carnegie and
josiah Thaw.
(By Asaoclated presn !

NtW YORK, Jan. Cat the close
of three court sessions. which marked
this, the first day of the second trial
of Harry X. Thaw, 70 the alleged
murder Of Stanford Waite, nine ten
tatiye urors had been selected out
of 81 talesmen examined bv District
Attorney Jerome for the prosecution,
ana Martin w. Littleton for the de-
Tense.
All of the men in the jury box
4 subject to e-emptory chaleng-
IS, Of which each side has 30. In
view of the difficulty experienced last
yer: in discharging five jurors after
they had taken their oath of service.
II was agreed this time not to ad-
minister any oath until both sides
are finally satisfied with the full panel.
Legal insanity at the time of the
tragedy Is to be the sole defense.
rms was made clear at the very
outset of the proceedings today. when
Nj. Littleton formally served notice
that the former plea of not guilty
WIS amended by the specification
that the defendant was insane when
the homicide was committed. Three
court sessions, including an evening
sitting from 10 10 o'clock are to he
held daily until the jury is completed
The trial opened with little or no
ceremony and there was distinct
evidence of slackening of public in
terest.
Admittance TO the court room was
restricted and all day long there
We're vacant benches in the court
Itoom
The only women allowed to be
present are the members of the de-
PENDANTS family and newspaper writ
ers.
No Check on Artists.
Artists. who were barred after the
fist few days of the first trial. were
allowed to sketch Ia their hearts
content. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was
again the center OF interest. She was
followed by throngs of curious per-
sons as she entered and left the
court house. Size did not attend the
night sitting. Ever. possible con-
venience is to be provided for the
jurors who are to be locked up
throughout the trial. They are to
be qucrtered in one OF the fashionable
hotels in upper Broadway and lunch
eon is to be served at an expensive
downtown restaurant The jury ex-
animation did not develop such n
Strong vein of unalterable opinion as
was anticipated and many of the
talesmen wee excused on other
grounds than bias based upon the
reading Of the extensive reports of
the first trial.
Neither the district attorney or
counsel for the defense would hazard
an estimate today as TO the time that
VIII be required to find ~ satisfac.
tory men
Throng in the Corridor.
In the co ridors OF the court house
there was also throng of several
hundred persons who had come to
witness the opening scene OF this
rehearsal OF an old story. squad
of 90 policemen kept the passage
ways clear. The arrangements were
far bette than at the first trial, when
the crush to get into the court room
aHN'''AtNt pidtt'CdlIE 10 IL r1Ot. Judge
Bowling arrived Mt the court build
ing at 1925 a. m. the days session
was fo!nnlly onaned few minutes
Later Thaw was visited by members
of his counsel in the Tombs prison.
He was elated over the fact that the
day of his second trial had at last
rived
Mrs. George Lauder Carnegie, his
sister, and Josiah Thaw. one of his
brothers. olso called and brought
message of greeting from his moth
er. WIN is i'll at he home in Pitts
burg 1t Wis the first time in several
months that Thaw had seen his sis
ter am brother and his greetings
were affectionate.
Mra Harry X. Thaw went directly
from her hotel to the court house.
h-rc of the Panel Dismissed.
4 There were the usual number of
$sSvncr' chort the court house today.
Me of them being that the first 100