The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-01-08
Nearly a Hundred Men Exam
inPd During the Day
CASE DRAGS ALOEG YEARLY
One OF the Talesmen Is Robbed of His
Watch While In the Court Room
and Detectives Are Put
On the Case.

New York, January 7-Three Jurors
sworn to serve on the trial panel for
Harry K. Thaw, represented tonight
the net results of the two days and
| six sessions of the trial before Justice
| Dowling in the criminSl branch of the
supreme court In ad .tion to the trio
who are on oath, well and truly to try
the case, there were in the jury box
| at the close of the night session, four
| tentative Jurors who are subject still
to peremptory challenge by either side.
fThe task of filing the five vacant
chairs will be resumed tomorrow MORN
| ing when the last installment of 100
talesmen summoned on the original ON
nibus panel of 800 names, will report
for examination.
| In all 95 jurors were called and ques-
toned today as against 81 of yester.
day.
| At the close of the afternoon session
the jury box was filled and hopes ran
| high that at least a majority of tn ose
tentatively chosen would prove accepta-
BILE to both sides. With the beginning
such hopes were dissipated. When, the
suddenly descended story of peremp
tory challenges cleared away there
were but three survivors and 1t was
agreed that they should be sworn as
| the nucleus of the trial panel. They
| are: Charles A. Gremmelsen, ship
broker who is to be foreman; Arthur
| N. Naething, baker and caterer, and
! (SnA Cat
! Counsel announced that the jury box
| would again be filled before any more
| peremptory challenges were exercised.
/ Forty talesmen were examined at the
| evening session, which lasted until
| 1850 p. m.
| With nine jurors in the box, all being
! subject to peremptory challenge, and with
| a new panel of 100 talesmen to draw
| from the Thaw trial was resumed at 1922
a. m. today.
| Thaw was not called to the bar until
| the roll of the new panel was called and
| the absentees noted and fined $3.50. This
| required nearly twenty minutes Eighty
| members of the new panel we're present.
| Mrs. Evelyn Thaw was not in the court
| room when the proceedings began.
| As soon as Thaw had taken his place
| the work of filing the jury box was
taken up with District Attorney Jerome
| again conducting the examination for
| the people.
Young Mrs. Thaw came in while the
| first talesman was being examined She
| was ruddy of cheek and appeared in the
| best of health-a sharp contrast to her
| husband, who is thinner and more pallid
l than last year. His hair. wiry and badly
| cut, gives him something of an unkempt
| appearance. The first six men called
| for service were all disqualified.
AS on yesterday Justice Bowling fire.
too hon nd in ha n m n
| of talesmen, his interrogations usually
| bringing the examination to an abrupt
conclusion. Justice Dowling is not partial
| to long arguments among counsel. His
| Interruptions and suggestions carry an
| impression of firmness but always in the
| best of humor.
Litteton Is Thorough.
| Mr. Littleton is through In his examina-
tions, probing into the innermost thoughts
| and beliefs of the talesmen. One question
| asked most of the taiesmen was what
| newspaper "purported' accounts of tina
| previous trial they had read. He spent
| nearly half an hour on William H. Roo
| erts, secretary to railway signal con-
| Germ, and a native of England, who fl
nally was accepted as juror No. 10 Rob-
| erts declared he had an impression as
| to the guilt or innocence of the defend
| ant, but it was not very decided one,
| and he was sure he could lay it aside.
| Assistant District Attorney Garvan oc-
| casionally relieved Mr.. Jerome In con-
| Quoting the preliminary examination OF
| talesmen.
| During the first two hours of the morn
! ing session sixteen talesmen had been
| examined but only one conditionally ac-
! cepted
| 1t required thirty minutes for Mr.. Lit
| tleton finally to dsqualify Dexter c. Tif-
/ fany, a stock exchange broker, who said
| he had a fixed opinion. 1t took thirty
! seconds for Mr.. Jerome to dispose of
| Charles Mccullough, a publisher. who de-
| clared that evidence might remove but
| could not change his opinion. McCul-
! Tough was the last named in the first
| panel and the second panel, which re-
| ported today, then was drawn upon. Two
! OF the provisional jurors selected on yes
| terday were excused by consent. They
were William K. Brewer. decorator and
James Conway, hotelkeeper.
| Jerome Varies Little.
| During the examination of Charles c.
| Goss, an auditor and accountant, District
| Attorney Jerome asked for the first time
/ during this trial: Have you any ideas
of your own as to higher law or irristi-
| BILE impulse or anything of that sort
| Goss replied in the negative and was
accepted as a provisional juror as the
| luncheon recess was ordered.
| One of the jurors created something of
| a sensation as the afternoon session
opened by announcing that he had lost
| his gold watch and chain, valued at $3.50,
| since coming to the court.
The detectives arrested two men in the
! court house lobby on suspicion of hav-
| ing been concerned in picking the tales
| mans pockets. The incident caused quite
| a commotion in the court room, Dis
! trict Attorney Jerome taking lively
personal interest In the matter. and as
| signing some of his own staff on the
| case. He also undertook the examination
| of the suspected men.
| Mrs. George L. Carnegie. Thaw's sis
| ter. came down town in driving rain