The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-09
SIX JURORS
 ARE SECURED Thaw's Lawyers Spring
 a Surprise. SUMMON ERoME'S DOCTORS This May Be Scheme to Block
 Prosecution. IitfIeton win Eadeavor to show That Defendant Was Crazy when
 He KiIied Waite. But is
 New Sane. .s#
SUMMON ERoME'S DOCTORS

New York. Jan. s--The work of securing jury to try Harry K. Thaw, a second time. for killing Stanford White, was half complete when court adjourned shortly before o'clock to- night
 service jurors had been exhausted at that hour and the customary night sitting was not held.
 Two hundred additional talesmen have been ordered to report tomor- row morning and the task of seeking satisfactory trial jurors will be re- sumed- M
 The oath of service was administered today to three men, making six in all who have been finally accepted. Three provisional jurors were also in the box at the close of the days session. but they are still subject to peremptory challenge. Another series of these arbitrary removals reduced the panel when all twelve seats had been filled at { o'clock and six chairs were left vacant when 1t was finished
 The defense has now exercised eleven of it's thirty challenges and the prose- cution eight.
 The sworn jurors in their respective positions are: Charles E. Gremmeils, ship broker. foreman: Arthur R. Naeth- ing. baker; George w. Cary, dry goods; George c. Rupprcht salesman; John H. Holbert. mineral waters; David E. Arrowsmith. manager.
 The provisional jurors are: William McAdie, salesman: George M. Metz. drugs and James s. Davison. clerk,
 Plan ia UniQue.
 The plan of maintaining temporary and permanent jurors in the trial panel atrsf4 fra or4Ax he 4i..1n n1xr an selected for service is unique in the New York courts and has imposed 8 double duty upon the guards who are directed nightly to keep the sworn jurors and the provisional ones separate.
 In the selection of the jury, Martin W. Littleton. Thaw's senior counsel, is 90 conducting his examination of tales men as to impress upon them that should the defense introduce evidence tending to show that Thaw was in- sane at.tEle tinie of the Madison Square Roof Garden trAxedy. the burden of proof will fall uDon the shoulders of the District Attorney, and he must prove beyond all reasonable doubt that the 0efendant was legally sane. This princiDie of law was not so clearly enunciated at the former trial.
 Thaw's attornexs today furnished the first big surprise of this trial by ad- mittinE that several of the expert witt nesses who were retained by tho Dis trsct Attorney for the first trial and who declared when MT. Jerome made application for lunacy commission, that in their opinion Thaw was so in- sane as not to know the nature of the proceedings against him and was en- tireiy Incapable of intelligently advis- ing with his counsel. are now under subpoena bv the defensa
 This move. 1t is said. is intended by fc q kA. putting the doctors on the stand. and II IS taken as showing a determination not to have Thaw convicted even with the danger of the stay in the asvlur1 Tor criminal insane at Mattewan. as tha alternative. N''0
 The defense fin the present trial is insanity at the time White was killed Tn making out their case. the defensa VIII need to exercise delicate handling or N 10 show that ThaW was an da. ranged at that time as not to know th.. nature or quality of his act ana to SHOW at the same time that he Is now mentally sound. O"
 Work of Getting Jury
 When the Thaw case was ro.,,., sls morning there were three i,,rors ni thS pox who had been sworn ir ar,S WIG unless something unforeseen ban- pens Will remain there until inc trisI is ehdeo. Tn addition there were four as< nave peen tentatively ac-. cePted but who may be perem ntori1,, cnailenged at any time before thev ars actually sworn in.
 Hardly one of the talesmen examina5 curing the two days the trial has haa,, on denied that he had an opinion ra- sardlng the guilt or innocence of tba young Pittsburger who is acoused aS the wilfui murder of Stanford Witt whether or not they are acckptabJa tn the lawyers engaged in the case de- pends entirely upon the strength of that opinion.
 There were men called who said their opinions were fixed while others Jury box leaving whatever oninion they had outside. Only a few of fine second 100 veniremen remain and the third hundred of the original speciaI venire reported this morning.
 one or the attorneys who has been connected with the case almost from the night of the shooting stated that he neileYed that It would require at least two weeks longer to secure a iurv wntch would be perfectly satisfactory to both sides.
 The night sessions which Justice towing mas insisted upon add two hours day to the time of the co,Irf ana although they are tiring for the attorneys who are deVoting all their energies to this most important stage or the trial the added hours will ma terially shorten the time required to obtain the jury. "
 HOIbert iS Accepted.
 The first batch of talesmen caIIed to the witness chair were quickly disposed of as every man had too fixed sn opinion to serve as a fair juror untii John P. Holbert, an elderly man ana President. of the Spring Water Com pany, was reached. MT. Holbert said he had formed something of an ontnio,, but he was sure he could lay if asida He was closely questioned by District Attorney Jerome and Mir Littieton. ana was finally accepted.
 Philipp J. Goodheart, a stock broker who was absent yesterday when his name was called. appeared today ana made his excuses. The fine of s25O i'm posed upon him was remitted by Jus. tice Bowling.
 Goodheart was then examined for jury duty and when he declared he held an opinion which could not be changed he got a lecture from the court. ending with the order that his name be strick- en from the special and put upon the