The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-09
Is VENIREMEN FINED
$3.50 TO-DAY
They Failed to Show UP For The Thaw
Trial and Were Promptly Assessed
The Usual Amount.

New York, Jan. Only rs Of the
new panel Of loo responded to the roll
call when the Ihaw trial opened this
morning and the absentees were fined
$3.50 each. The first talesman to prove
satisfactory to both sides was Frank
Manning, ~ years old, insurance broker
connected with the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Go. He had read very little
about the case and although interested
IN ii, had formed no opinion as 70
Thaw's guilt or innocence. He took
scat Na.a10
AT The close OF the morning session
the jury box was again filled with oe.
cupants for the third time since the
opening on Monday. Six of them are
subject to perenptorv challenge, and an
early recess was taken by Justice Dow
ling so that both sides might have time
to examine the reports Of their deteo-
tives, who have looked up the records of
all the men drawn as talesmen, Coed
progress was made today, only one per-
emptoFy challenge being necessary.
Twenty eight talesmen were examined
before the needed three were secured.
Charles H Thurston, d bootkeeper, was
accepted as no, II, and John De Hart, an
architect as no IL.
First Big Surprise Of Trial.
Thaw's attorneys yesterday furnished
the first big surprise Of the second trial
By admitting that several Of the expert
witnesses VINO served On the staff Of
the district attorney at the first trial,
and who declared when Mr. Jerome made
application for lunacy commission TINT
In their opinion Thaw was SO insane al
not to know the nature of the proceed
iHgs against MIN and was entirely in
capable Of intelligentIy advising with
bis counsel, are now under subpoena By
the defense
They made afEidavit that in their
opinion Thaw, at the time Of The inquiry
was suffering from an ineurable form Of
insanity. These same doctors, however,
had previously testified on the witness
stand, in response to Mr.. Jeromess fa-
nous Hypothetical question. that they
believed that Thaw knew what he was
about when he killed Stanford White
This move, Il il said, Is intended by tie
defense as block tp the prosecution IN
putting the same doctors on the stand,
and taken By some as showing de
termination that Thaw shall moi be con
victed even with the danger Of stay
In the asylum for the criminal insane at
Mattewan as the alternative,
the alienists who were the mainstay
of the prosecution at the first trial, were
Doctors William Mabon, Carlos Mae.
Donald and Austin Flint. They were
present at the former hearing from tine
very first day, and their absence this
year has hecn commonly noted
The defense in the present trial Is IN
sanity at the time White was killed. In
making out this case, it will require de.
licate handling TO show Thaw 50 mental.
ly deranged at that time as not to know
the nature or quality Of his act and at
the same time show that he Is now men
tally sound.
If they are placed on the stand. Mr..
Littleton may interrogate and draw
from these men the opinion that Thaw
vas also insane at the time Of the
homicide and then endeaver 70 limit all
testimony as to tile defendants mental +
condition to the immediate period Of the I
tragedy.