The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10

New York, Jan. 9.-When to-day's ses-
sion of the trial Of Harry X. Thaw for
numbering Stanford White ended seven
jurors had been sworn and accepted As
there were six in the box when the pro-
ceedings started in the morning, the net
result of the days work was one juror.
1t was evident from some things that
happened that Justice Bowling was not
pleased with the result BY holding long
day sessions and night session he had
hoped 10 III the box within a reasonable
time. Once to-day when there We're
twelve men in the box the back row sex
tet as the provisional jurors were called,
were wiped out by peremptory challenges,
three each by District Attorney Jerome
and Martin ". Littleton, Thaw's counsel.
1t is understood that Justice Bowling
had a few firm but gentle remarks to
make about it. At the end of the days
session, when five more provisional jurors
had been selected, four of them We're bowl
ed out three by peremptory challenge and
one by consent When Justice Bowling
had looked at the once more depleted jury
box he announced that. If a jury wasn't
obtained tomorrow he would hold a ses-
sion on Saturday The jury must be OBJ
tanned this week, ne added. unless some
thing unforeseen should happen, and the
opening of the prosecution's case begun
on Monday morning.
Long Sessions Held.
To get the seven jurors SO taIesmen have
lya To
first four days Of the first trial took
about 175 talesmen. So far thirty-five pro
visional jurors have been put in the box,
out of which seven have been retained as
real jurors There mad been no expeeta-
ton that it would be as easy to get
jury this time, but the court sessions
which have been held We're about equal
to the hours of four ordinary sessions.
The box was filed about noon, and the
six men who had been drawn temporarily
waited to hear what would happen 10
them while Mr.. Jerome and his staff and
Mr.. LittletOn and his associates con-
ferree. After "a consultation that lasted
ten minutes Mr. Jerome peremptoriIy
challenged Frank Manning. superintend-
ent of agents for the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company. Charles II. Thurston.
a bOOkkeepeT. and William Meade. q
salesman. The men swept OUT OF the box
by Mr.. Littleton We're George l. Metze.
d druggist; James s. Dawson. clerk.
and John De Harte, an architect.
Justice Bowling Annoyed.
This left the box more desOlate than it
was when court opened, for then there
were three provisional jurors from the
night before. But the work of dropping
men into the box went on until $50
o'clock, when the panel was exhausted.
Then fve more provisional jurors had
been selected. Justice Bowling suggested /
that IL would save time tomorrow morn [
ing if the right of peremptory challenge /
was exercised then and there.
There was another conference between |
the lawyers Of both sides, with this re-
suit: Patrick j. McCue, a halter. was
challenged peremptorily BY Mr. Jerome. /
Nathaniel B. Walls, superintendent for an /
elevator company, and Robert NJ. Van
Dyke, a clerk, We're challenged by Mr.. 7
LittletOn. Lincoln A Stuart. a bank
teller, was dropped by consent This left
out of the five only one accepted Juror
William NJ. DoOlttle Of 557 West l4sth
street He is the chief auditor Of the
disbursing department Of the New York
Central Railroad. He has been with the
company Tor nineteen years, and has /
served in capital cases before.
Before adjourning court for the day
Justice Bowling called all the attorneys
to the bench and had an earnest talk
with them. What he said was not dis
closed, but it was in connection with
the delay in getting the jury Justice
Bowling said he had ordered a venire OF
100 for tomorrow and another for Sat
urday Mr.. LittletOn saying that he hoped