Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-11
THAW'S JURY IS
CLOSELY GUARDED
May be Taken for Drives and
May be Allowed o Walk
Around a Little.
JURORS BEYOND MIDDLE AGE.
Ten OF Them Are Married, Two Wild
owers--Actual Trial OF Case
Begins Monday.

New York, Jan. 1.-The attorneys in
the Thaw trial are taking a day off to-
day and going over their testimony for
the last time before the actual trial OF
the case begins. On Monday morning
the trial proper win be opened with
brief address by Asst. Dist. Atty. Gar
van and then the peoples case will be
put In. The case will be brief. The
killing will be proved and evidence will
be introduced TO show that the shot
which killed Stanford White was fired
by Harry X. Thaw. 1t is now likely
that more than two or three hours will
be required. Then the prosecutors
direct case will be closed and the de-
fense win begin.
The jury which was completed yester-
day will, however. spend the day and
tomorrow and all the other days until
the case is finally completed under close
guard.
The Jurors may be taken for drives,
they may be allowed TO walk around a
little, but all the time they will be in
the custody of a battalion of court Off
GERS and will not be allowed to even
receive visitors although they be mem
bers of their own families, except in
the present of bailiffs. Their mail will
be read before they are allowed to see ii
and they can only read newspapers
after the head bailiff has carefully cut
from them every reference to the trial
They will be even more closely guarded
than Thaw himself. the man whose fate
even now rests in their hands.
JURORS ALL MARRIED
The II men who viii decide the young
Pittsburger's fate are all. beyond middle
age, there being five gray heads in the
jury box. Ten OF them are married,
the other two being widowers and prac-
tically all of them are fathers of fam
lies. The fact that the jury was finally
accepted without the attorneys using up
all the peremptory challenges allowed
them. shows that both the prosecution
ana the defense are satisfied. OF the 500
venire summoned 372 were examined,
the defense using 20 peremptory chal-
lenges and the prosecution 20
At the first trial 1886 veniremen were
examined before the jury was finally
completed and zach side used all IS
peremptory challenges, The fact that
eight days was iequired TO COMPLETE
the first jury. while the work this time
was accomplished In five, Is due t.
of the court, which Justice Downing in
sisted on holding.
.ta ~ TIiAws SATISFIED.
When the panel had finally been COM
pleted, after many vexatlous delays,
and after the exercise of 20 peremptoiy
challenges by the defense and 80 By
the people. Thaw announced that he
was entirely satisfied and, in fact, we'll
pleased with the II men chosen. Young
Mrs. Thaw. who has watched the Sc
lection Of the jurors with the keenest
interest. also declared that She was
well satisfied
THEY are much nicer than the men
selected last year." she said, as court
adjourned. and Thaw exclaimed that
he echoed his wife's sentiments.
The prisoner and his wife had an
earnest Ave minutes talk after the last
Juror had been sworn, and while the
attorneys We're comforting as TO the
appointment of commission which
will be sent to Pittsburg to take the
testimony of Mrs. William Thaw, the