New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
THAW JURY COMPLETE
ARGUMENTS ON MONDAY.
Prisoners Wife Expected to Go on
the Stand Again.

The twelfth juror of those who are to try
Marry Kendall Thaw for the murder OF Stan
ford White on June % 1906. was sworn in at
x O'Clock yesterday. ard the opening arguments
viii be made Monday morning. AS soon as the
hast TWO 1sleu had been found Justice Dowling
ordered the doors OF the courtroom locked and
rhe cath was administered TO them. Thaw and
his counsel as well as District Attorney jerome,
declared themselves well pleased with the ap-
-eararce Of the men who to hear the case
when the excitement which marked the COM
melton Of the jury subsided- Justice Dowling.
p whom much of the credit for the compare
,ivelv short tine it took to finish the work is
die turned to counsel and said:
4 wish 10 thank counsel for the expeditions
manner in which what promised TO be
xerv r-otracted effort has been carried TO
cl51sf5n Three hundred and seventy-two tales
men have been examined in the FIVE days since
Monday morning. constituting, in the courts
orjnion a very noteworthy record The Court
also wishes TO thank the talesmen- And if the
newspaper men viii be kind. 1 trust that they
will announce that the presence Of the addi-
tionzI panel called for tomorrow morning VIII
not be required"
Il was decided that the daily sessions would
last from 10 a 10 > p. m
The jury as completed is as follows:
Nc FENEds Is fSTemsP %1 s77 sRD fs 0T2ssi fssss
NJ a-sFTFz1-R P NAETHIxG baker married. forty
fve years ole. No 1928 Seventh avenue
No s-GEORCE ". CARY. drygoods. widoVeT. sixty-n'e
years old. Hotel Churchill
~ GEORGE c RUPPRECHT. wholesale grocer
married. forty-hve years old, No 4e6 West l4Sth
,yo John II Ho1BERT spring water. married forty
years old Nc $50 LonEwood avenue, The Bronx
married thi-ry-hre years cid Nc 176 West l86th
No. 7-wu11Am T DooLITTLE. auditor. married
forty-eigft years old 557 West l4sth street
Nc s-wIILIAN 4. MHUGH clerk, widower. No 1893
FRANK Howell M %, ySs I. PFs;9e9t ss5 Street RaTTisd
No 1o-wII-IIAM BURCK. assistant secretary Bo"ery
Young Mems Christian Association - g.
~ enth avenue
,-o LANES 4. HOOPER. butcher No 2754 Broad
As before. the prosecution will not take up
any more than two or three hours in presenting
The direct case and the defence viii not require
much longer the hard fight and the examination
Of the many witnesses coming in rebuttal and
srr-rebut-aL II is probable that Evelyn Thaw
will again repeat the story she said she told her
husband which three years later caused him. he
said r. shoot and kill Stanford White. Miss
Edna Goodrich. who is said 10 have introduced
EVELYN Nesbit to Stanford White and 10 know
much about her early adventures in stageland.
has been subppnaed by both defence and prose-
cution and viii testify. Several other new wit
resses VIII testify
L Is problematical whether Mrs William
Thaw viii be able to attend the present trial
Toi--Sh4,-g reports are that she is seriously i'll
and likely 70 be 50 for some time Application
has been made 10 take her testimony, and il is
not expected that the prosecution viii make any
serious effort TO block this. Justice Bowling is
expected 10 assign some New York lawyer to
take her testimony and certify 70 il
When court opened. with only six sworn men
n the box Justice Dowing ordered the sixth
special panel 10 be present to-day, and for
long tine II looked as though their presence
would be necessary, for it was not until the
stroke Of that two men 70 i'll the last seats
could be found The first taIesmen examined
were some who had failed to appear the previ-
ous davs out Of this leftover lot one per
rr1anert Juror was found. William H McHugh
who took seat No s The first TO prove
acceptable in the panel called for the day was
Frank J Howell. vice-president at No III
Broadway and living at No 325 West 81st street
He took seat No { as a permanent juror In
reply 70 whether he would have any objection
70 q defence Of insanity he said:
That Is hard TO answer It is hard for me
70 believe that man can be insane one mo-
r1ent. commit an act like the killing Of another
man and be sane the next moment I do not
know. bur I do not think that I could look with
indulgence upon plea like that
William L SondheiIn, al insurance broker,
said ne had read the story OF the shooting and
last TRIAL only casually, and had formed no
decided opinion He was accepted Professionally
as the tenth juror. William Burck, assistant
secretary Of the Bowery branch Of the Young
Mems Christian Association, said he would want
the defence Of insanity TO be well established
before he would accept it. but he was accepted
professionally. He is single Henry DUschnes
a manufacturer. had 10 opinion which would in
fuence his consideration Of the evidence and
so he was accepted tentatively. Recess was
then taken until . O'Clock for consultation con-
cerning the exercise Of the peremptory chal-
lenges-
When court was resumed Nj Sondheim WIS
challenged by Mr.. Jerome and Mr. Duschnes by
the defence. The box was filed again, but
perempIory challenges reduced the number TO
Ter. Then the box was filed once more, this
tine the last. Francis DUvaIe, a real estate
dealer. about forty-five years old, had no par
ticUiar views and was accepted as No IL He
Is single. The last juror was James A Hooper.
VINO had slight acquaintance with Jercme's