New-York tribune., 1908-01-09
THAW STEALS A MARCH
TO USE JEROME DOCTORS.
Subpenas States Experts of Last
Yeor-.Sir Jurors Nozc SaCorn.


a.ienists who for the prosecution al 'ne ~
.rsaa tha+ Thaw was incurably insane have DeeH
snbrauaed for the defence this year WIN "h
aid Nr Littleton believes that he can oe SURE "
establishing Thsvrs insanity at the time oi ~.
shooting. and then by his OWL eAte'
as client is now
The influence OF Justice Downing mas -
aes nv the expedition with which the taiesliieii
have been examined. Six men hao oeeh ~~ ~~
prhe7 court adjourned last evening, ana 'ilee nv
had been seated Professionally Ihere ~ ~
-irht session. as the third special panei was
.a,,s-e5 The fourth and fifth special paneis OF
t,5,As r7an each will report this morning Al
.boueh one less juror has been selected lla" a.
.be close Of the 1hird day Of the nfst 'Iia| w
lso,;es Of the Jury is expected 10 last ionee
-, z;s -. ~ ne first one. eight days II TINS
: oorrecr the taking of testimony VIII prooaoiS
begin by Wednesd%E- ,o haeo
More than tvic- as many 'alesiieh iafe -
examined as last year in the hTst three us
rsaev because Of the determination OF justice
T1ovlinc 70 keep both SIDES strictly 20 'heiI
,,ear 1o1 men were examined in the frst ti'ie
- and rhis wear 80 men. OF whom elgh'N-oie
were examined yesterday The TWO hien' s
have practically added extra day 10 'le e.@l
-i~oe however The jury, as so far constituted
stands: - . broker
raarrleG. thi-zy-one years old No ca i1
>o e8sRTH1-R P NAErHINe. baker, married forty
I've years cid No 49, seventh ,r,v-
Nc
~ five years cd, Hotel Churchill. .,. ,ca-
No GEORGE G RJPTREcar: I,8,E .5Tse, "io'eSa'e
,a 5-JoHN Il HoI-BEIRT married. spF'ns "a's' ~
SO Is7ngzood avenue. The BroiA .L.~-,r
avn = ARROWSNTTH. JR, mar -1el, 'i5 1as..b
Street azs s'7'S .-...,
TIE following have been selected as p.o1ie,
.o-s nothing having been discovered to disquaiiiy
- So, service but they may be removed oH
,o--- challenge either by the state or the oe
fence.
-, WILLIAM MADE. salesman No 80 Columbus
20 e0cFoRGE I. METZ drugs, No e1s West 1S8'h
I.x,rs DAVIDSON, clerk No. 200 West 42d
street
\ an example Of the cautious way IN "hcH . tne
-. : fs5r 1iclzed il will be recalled that the jury
- found for the second Moineux tr1al IN iou'
da,-e- in the first trial Of Nan Patterson III -
aaxS- second trial, four days, ano IN 'ie 'ii1iu
; ny rvro davs II took only three days 10 ger
a 511rv for the trial Of Josephine 1errahoNa' "iO-
defence was emotional insanity
The announcement that Thaw's defence "oNiu N
Insanity and the questions put 10 each .aie
made the announcement Of the calhhg oI 'eio =
-f~ee former experts rather less surprise thaI 1t
would otherwise have been These three ai.eiis
Tor william Mabon. DR.. Carlos F Macdonald aho
Or Austin Flint-when Jerome mace ms appi
zion for a commission 10 be appointed oecidie
4ha- Thaw was incapable OF UNDERSTANDING tii0
v,roceasiugs against him and was Incapable OF IN
-a,lfgar-lx advising with his counsel They SAID
,hev believed Thaw incuraby insane Inns
testimony viii he used TO establish fhaW INSANITY
Al the time the shooting ON the Wluhess Stau'
s,rxrszer these same physicians in response 10
Ierou1e-s famous Hypothetical question reviewing
,ba whole case said that in their belief Thaw
knew what he was about when he shot and Aiiieu
The architect Mr.. T.ttleton apparently plans 10
4zx,e them say that Thaw was insane then, ana
H., limiting fheir testimony TO that one time aro
win his own experts 70 show Thaw's present san
5tv mus preclude the possibility Of Matteawan-
The selection OF Jurors dragged along all through
Tho DAY NFr Jerome or Frank Garvan monPtonous-
X sroning through one set Of auestlors' ana MI
Tftt1e-on another Altogether eight men were Sc
1ected tentatively Of whom two found places IN
-ba iurv box with of the three selected in the
evening session Of the night before When the
morning session opened there were seven men 1T
the box three OF them sworn Several men were
{ examined when John II Hobert was called He
had : strong opinion. based newspaper reports
but had no prejudice against defence Of insanity
Nj Iatileton-s challenge for cause was overruled
and ne took the eighth seat He is married and
4 lives at No. Ss9 Longwood avenue. in The Bronx
He is president Of a spring water company.
The second talesman after him was Philip j.
C,codbsrt who was fined $50 for answering to
hfs name on Tuesday Justice Dowling was salts
fe5 with his excuse and remitted the fine Wher
he said that the evidence could not change ms
ori7ior formed on newspaper reports Justice Dow
ling transferred him general jury service al
though the broker said he had changed his mind
since being before the Comrsissioner OF Jurors
Ambrose Shea was challenged peremptoriy by the
prosecution and several more men were examined
before another POSSIBLE Juror could be found This
+ was John EntNistle a decorator uptown He was
rather deaf but was found acceptable to both sides
] Holmes Butler said that The only opinion he had
4 formed was that Thaw had killed White, and that
he had formed 70 opinion whether the act was
iustf6atle Justice Downing refused 10 sustain Mr.
Littleton-s challenge for cause, and the defence
challenged peremPtorily-
No more men were picked up until the afternoon
session when the first three men were quickly
dropped David a. Arrowsn2ith, jr-. president Of
carpet cleaning establishment in Third avenue was
found acceptable taking the tenth seat He is
married and lives No 40 West lS6th street Mr.
ArrowsTnith IS Of the youngest Of the jurors
being only about thirty-fve years old. The after
noon then dragged on until tire forty-ninth talesman
of The day was reached. This Clarence E.
Andersen A real estate man. about forty years old
who took the eleventh seat Professionally, although
he had passing acquaintance with Dan" OReilly
TIE box was filled by the next talesman. George
" Hubhen. insurance actuarg- living at No p
West lz7th street. He is married.
As soon as he was seated Justice Dowling granted
a few minutes Tor consultation before the exercise
OF the right Of peremptory challenge by both sides
M Jerome talked for some time with his chie1
clerk John Herlreberry- and Lieutenant Beery. Wft
SIR tiarvan they scanned lis carefully and ke
talked with the defence After the whispered cor
sslItation NJ. Littleton talked moment with Ev.
elyn Thsw. returning TO speak again 10 Mr.. 1er'
ONE . result Of tho consultation Charles z
Anderson juror 40. Il. excused by consent
Then the sixth and seventh jurors John r Maginr
8 and Thomas / Cranston were challenged per
ssraptorilv By dle people These had been pickcf
the night before. The defence used its challenge
= on Moses GTeen5sUnl juror No. 5. who was o.
those picked the night before. and Nos 8 an
p John Entwiiste and George ". Hubbell, Re
specfiyely. OF The other provisional jurors Geors'
& FesspTy-echf tcapth 4 John II. Hol