The Washington times., 1908-01-07
Expect TO Fill Box Be-
fore End of This
Week.
Evelyn S Auto in
Trouble, She Reaches
Court Late.

NEW YORK. Jan There was TO
lessening IN rapidity Of selecting j4rors
today in the case Of Harry h. Thaw.
charged with the murder Of Stanford
" hite, but the gain Of two jurors made
today was Offset By the excusing Cf
TWO Of the nine who sat IN the box.
when court opened this morning.
william II. Roberts. manager Of q
business, was the tenth Juror chosen
but shortly after he was admitted,
James T. Conway, juror No. ., and
NJ lludm T. Brewer, juror 40. 6. were
excused. Neither had been wholly sat
lsIactofy 10 the lawyers, and IN view Of
tie fact that good men seem plentiful.
the attorneys take the chance Of getting
more satisfactory men.
Shortly after the beginning OF the az
ternOon session, Charles a. Con. q
clerk IN the AUDITORS office Of the Amer
lean Tobacco Company, took the place
OF juror No. 3
The selection OF this juror pleased the
defense very much, and Martin W
LlttletOn, chief counsel for ThaW, eX-
pressed the belief that the jury VIII be
complete by the end OF the week.
i haven't the slightest idea that II
would be possible TO secure q Jury Of
twelve men in New York who haven't
opinions in this case" said he today,
and If could get them I question very
Euch whether / would want them.
All I want is straightforward
american citizens who VIII lay their
opinions aside and judge this case by
the evidence. We are prepared TO prove
tnat InaW was insane when he killed
White. That Is the only contention We
snail make. and We think auy twelve.
men that viii hear the evidence we
nave viii be satisfied We are right"
May DisquaIify Some.
Of the nine men selected when court
adjourned at 10 o'clock last night some
are morally certain TO be peremptoriIS
challenged so soon as the twelve seats
in the jury box are occupied. But
neither side Will discuss this phase.
Rumor, OF course, picks certain men.
such as Charles +. GTemmels, the ship
broker, who has seat No. I, and who
confessed 10 prejudice against cap
ital punishment Then there is q QueS-
tiOn II No. ., James +. Conway, who
runs a hotel, suits Mr. Jerome. But if
1t is intended to bowl these men out il
will not be known in advance.
There is much comment about the
court room over the changed attitude
OF Thaw- The young man has found his
match in his new senior counsel, and the
latter is choosing the Jury himself
Three or four times ThaW has tried 10
inject his opinion, but on every occasion
LittletOu has calmly continued his cross
examination OF JaleSmen, and paid abb
solutely no attention 10 his client
Snubbed Sy LittleJon. Thaw is devOting
his attention entirely TO A. Russell
conversation between the couple becomes
animated at times.
Not Angry With Evelyn.
Despite the rumors that Thaw and
his wife are a trife estranged, owing
10 differences Of opinion as to her in
innate friends, neither OF them indicates
that there is any truth in the matter
by their attitude in public.
the press inclosure. spends most of her
time casting loving glanCes in the di-
rection Of her accused husband, and he
sends them back to her with interest
When a stubborn taIesman Is being in
terrogated Mrs. THaw signals her hus-
band across the courtroom as TO her
opinion Of his availability
Justice Bowling reached the court be-
fore District Attorney jerome and the
legal array of the defense had put in
an appearance and court was formally
opened before any OF the lawyers had
reached their places. The remainder Of
the first panel answered their names
and Jerome came in Just before the
PROSPECTIVE juror was called JOSIAH
ThaW was the only member Of the pris-
oner's family in court when the pro-
ceedings began. Members Of the. second
panel of 100 men ordered 10 report today
occupied seats in the rear Of the court
room. Those who failed TO answer the
call or ClCTh Eeuueg were lntG e-JJ
each.
Jurors Are Jubilant.
The temporary jurors, looking bright
and fresh after the night spent at the
Hotel KniCkerbOcker. sat through the
long roll call laughing and joking.
Harry Thaw was called from the pen,
at 10 90 u. m, and the work Of examin-
ing the taIesmen then began. Thaw
wore the same suit and carried the same
portfolio as he did during the first trial
He appeared disappointed when he
looked toward the 'ThaW row. and
saw only his brother Josiah.
u have heard from Mrs, ThaW," he
SAID TO a reporter. she viii be down
later in the morning" he added.
MyrOn W. Thayer, contractor, was
the first talesman called. Mr.. Thayer
said that he had formed an opinion in
the case from what he had read in the
but he was confident this
opinion would not influence him in
the evidence presented.
While the examination was ia prog
ress Mrs. Evelyn Nesbt Thaw hurried
into the court room. She wore the
same blue dress with schoolgirl collar
and blue hat with vioiets that she
wore yesterday. Explaining her delay.
Mrs. Thaw said that her automobile
had been tied up in a blockade. Harry
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