The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-11
Five Men Are Accepted In One Days Session
INTELLIGENT BODY OF MEN
Harry Thaw and His Wife Are Both Better Pleased Than They Were With the First Jury-Trial
 Will Be Expedited.

New York, January 10.-The second jury to try Harry K. Thaw for the killing of Stanford White was completed late today,
 and on Monday morning the prosecution
 will present it's direct case against the defendant. Five jurors in all were accept
 ed and sworn at the morning and after
 noon sessions held today. As a whole the jury is made up of most intelligent body
 of business men, most of whom are at the middle age or over. When the panel had finally been completed after many delays, and after the exercise of 23 per
 emptory challenges by the defense and 20
 by the people, Thaw announced that he
 was entirely satisfied, and in fact well pleased with the F men chosen. Young
 Mrs Thaw, who has watched the selec-
 tion of the jury with the keenest in terest also declared that she was well
 satisfied.
 They are much nicer than the men se-
 lected last year." she said, as court ad-
 journed, and Thaw exclaimed that he
 
 oner and his wife had an earnest five
 minutes talk after the last juror had been
 sworn, and while the attorneys were con-
 ferring as to the appointment of a com
 mission which will be sent to Pittsburg
 to take the testimony of Mrs. William
 Thaw, the mother who is still too i'll to come on to New York.
 The Completed Jury. The jury as firally completed stands as follows
 1. Charles F. Gremmels, ship broker, foreman.
 ?. Arthur R. Naething, employing baker.
 3. George W. Cary, dry goods.
 1. George c. Rupprecht, salesman. 5. John H. Holbert, mineral waters.
 6. David E. Arrowsmith, manager.
 T. William F. Doolttle, auditors clerk. 8. William H. McHugh, clerk. g. Frank J. Howell, manufacturer. TO- William Burck, assistant secretary Y. M. c. A.
 H. Francis Dovale, real estate. 12. James A. Hooper, meats and pro- visions.
 The new jurors selected today were
 Messrs. McTIugh, Howell, Burck, Dovale
 and Hooper. The last two seats in the
 jury box were especially hard to fill and
 number of talesmenf eere passed tenn porarily into these places, only to be ex-
 cused in few minutes by challenges from both defense and prosecution. Judge Bowling announced at the beginning of l today's session that beginning with Mon day the court hours will sbc from 10 a..
 m. to 1 p. m. and from ?. m. to 6 p.
 m. Afterwards, at the request of the at- torneys, he fixed the hour of adjourn
 ment at 5 clock instead of o'clock. As sistant District Attorney Francis P. Gar win will make the opening statement for the prosecution as he did at the first trial He will not consume more than 10 min utes, and it Is said that the states direct
 witnesses will not occupy more than two
 hours. The defense will open Monday afternoon, Martin w. Littleton, Thaw's s new chief counsel, making the opening l statement.
 Fifth Panel Called. A fifth panel of 100 veniremen was | present when court convened this morn- I ing, and it was hoped, but hardly ex- pected, that the five remaining jurymen l would be found among those newly sum- | moned. So far 400 men have been either | excused by the court or not found by l the officers serving the summons. Of the 1 BIO examined, seven remained in the jury | box, 19 were excused on peremptory chal- 1 lenges by the defense; IA on the peremp- I tories of the prosecution and 270 were al- :, lowed to go on challenges, biases al l lowed by the court or by consent of the :; attorneys. At the first trial 336 tales men were examined to secure the 12 jurors, t-lxL |. l.. l cess. There has been little of interest 1 during the examination so far and the crowd that has begged admission at the l court room doors, has been noticeably I smaller than during the first trial. 1 MT. Litleton, Thaws chief counsel, 1 has made very plain during all the time he has been examining prospective jurors. | that the defense will be based entirely | on plea of insanity at the time of the 1 shooting and it is not likely that there will be any such plea of Justification | as was made by Demas in his sum- moning up at the first trial Edna Goodrich Wanted. Rumors of a mistake in identity when | an attempt was made to serve Edna | Goodrich, the actress, wanted as a wit 1 ness for the defense In the trial of Har- | ry K. Thaw led to the serving of an- other subpoena upon the young woman l at the theatre where she is playing late ] last night. William Moore from At torney Peabodys office, made the service. Miss Goodrich and her mother received him the stage and the actress will ingly accepted the papers and promised to be on hand whenever desired. Justice Bowling announced this morn- ing that night sessions of court would not be held after the jury is completed. When the taking of testimony begins the ..x.k i. l<o &. D. m, with an hour for luncheon. The sixth panel of 100 talesmen was or dered to report in court tomorrow morn ing, Judge Bowling accepting the prevail ing opinion that the five jury vacancies existine when today's session began, would not be filled from the panel which reported this morning.
 Four absentees from yesterdays panel came in today, secured the remission of their fines and were examined for serv- 
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