Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10
ANOTHER JUROR FOR
THAW TRIAL PANEL.
Ten More Peremptory ChaNenges---AE
legged Harry-Eve|yn Quarrel Is
Absolutely Denied.

New York, Jan. Gone new sworn
juror was added to the trial panel IN
the Thaw case today making seven in
all selected from the 400 tales,nen sum.
moned since the beginning of the Sec
ong hearing on Monday. Another pan
| ell Of 100 will report tomorrow morning
Justice Dowlig has announced that he
will hold court Saturday, if necessary
to complete the jury.
| At the luncheon recess today the box
was filled with six permanent and six
| temporary jurors, but peremptory cha!-
lenges cleared it of all the latter Just
before adjournment at O'Clock. when
todav's veniere had been exhausted,
five temporary jurors had again been
selected to fill the vacancies. But once
more arbitrary challenges were used
and all but one of the men on proba-
ton We're allowed to 60
The sole survivor of the day, who
took his place at trial juror No. Z,
was William F. Doolittle. chief clerk
in the auditing department of the New
York Central Railway.
The rate Of progress today was not
gratifying either to the prosecution or
the defence and better things are hop
ed for tomorrow. At the close of to-
days work the prosecution had en-
ployed IA of the 80 challenges allowed
by law and the defence had expended
10. The court can, in it's discretion. in
crease the number of challenges allow
ed each side and last year at the first
trial Justice Fitzgerald did SO.
Patrick McCue, q hat manufacturer,
furnished the only spice to today's pro-
,eedngs by declaring that he had new
n heard of the case. Consequently he
had no disdualifying opinion and was
>laced on the Temporary side of the
rial panel only to be excused peremp-
'Orily later on.
Counsel Of Harry TIaw have request
I'd The Associated Press to denv ahso-
'utelv a story which it is said has been
-rinted to the effect that Thaw and his
wife had q quarrel at the luncheon hour
'oday. They declare the story is abso-
'utely without any foundation.
New York, Jan. 9.-Just before the
beginning Of the morning session of
the trial of Harry K Thaw today, At
torney Daniel O'Reilly announced that
subpoena for the defence had been
served on Miss Edna Goodrich, the ac-
tress, who is playing here this week in
support of q well-known star in roper
toire Miss Goodrich failed to appear
in response to a subpoena last year.
Mrs Evelyn Nesbet Thaw on the stand
at the first trial. declared that it was
Miss Goodrich who first introduced her
to Stanford White and took her to
luncheon with him.
a messenger from Mr. O'Reilly's Of
fee sat in the audience of the theater
where the young actress is playing all
Of yesterday afternoon and last night.
and finally served the paper upon her,
Mr.. O'Reilly says. as she left the play
house at 11.%0 p. NJ. 1t was intended to
serve the subpoena after the matinee.
but Miss Goodrich had dinner served
in her dressing room.
A new venire of talesmen reported
this morning and with six sworn and
three provisional jurors in the box. the
attorneys for the prosecution and de-
fence set about filling the vacancies
and preparing for another exercise of
peremptory challenges.